crisscross streets(shí zì jiē tóu)

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Synopsis

Lao Zhao, a Tang, elder brother Liu and Xiao Xu are four unemployed college students, but their situation is different: elder brother Liu did his best to save the nation from danger, and took part in the Anti Japanese War; Xiao Xu lost confidence in his life, once depressed, and wanted to commit suicide. After Lao Zhao rescued him, Xiao Xu returned to his hometown; on the contrary, a Tang was very happy, and his life was very happy His job was to set up shop windows; Lao Zhao proofread newspapers. Yang Zhiying, a girl who works as a coach in a cotton mill, came to the back building where Lao Zhao lives. However, because her working hours just diverged from Lao Zhao, they didn't know each other for a long time. A very accidental situation, so that the two met. Later, a rogue wanted to tease Yang Zhiying, but Lao Zhao and a Tang ran into him and beat him away. Thus, Lao Zhao and Yang Zhiying fell in love. But before long, Yang Zhiying's factory closed down, and Yang Zhiying and her friend sister Yao lost their jobs. Yang Zhiying left a note for Lao Zhao to leave because she didn't want to influence his life, but she didn't expect that Lao Zhao was also dismissed by the newspaper. Sister Yao calls Yang Zhiying back and meets Lao Zhao and a Tang in the crowd. The news of Xiaoxu's suicide and brother Liu's fighting in the front of the Anti Japanese war was published in the newspaper. The four of them walked forward together.

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Role introduction

• < DT > Lao Zhao

  Actor Zhao Dan < / dt > Lao Zhao is a dull university student, a person who meets a beloved girl and doesn't know what to do. He works as a proofreader in a newspaper office, but because the factory closed down, he lost his job again and fell into the street.

• < DT > brother Liu

  Actor shamun < / dt > brother Liu rented a house in Shanghai because he had nothing to do. In the form of an envelope, he told Lao Zhao and a tang that they would join the army to fight and contribute to the prosperity of the nation.

• < DT > Yang Zhiying

  Actor Bai Yang < / dt > also graduated from university and is in a state of employment. He came to Shanghai alone. Because the rented room is shabby and shabby, he has been quarreling with the tenants in the back building. Because he can't implicate his beloved, he left Lao Zhao after losing his job. She is a brave Shanghai female worker.

• < DT > Xiaoxu

  Actor Yiming < / dt > is a person with low self-esteem and self abandonment. He failed in the exam and wanted to commit suicide by jumping into the river. He was found and saved by Lao Zhao in time. Because he was really "sick", he decided to go back to his hometown and visit his mother, but he still chose to "escape" from the present society and commit suicide.

• < DT > Lu Ban

  Actor a Tang < / dt > a Tang is a very open person, very optimistic, doing window decoration work in the shop, giving advice to his good friend Lao Zhao, so that lovers will get married.

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Behind the scenes

In 1937, the star company launched the urban youth film Shizijie. At the beginning of shooting, the script was deleted by the film inspection department at that time; after completion, it was repeatedly deleted by the concession authorities; many meaningful scenes and dialogues were deleted. < li > < li > when Shizijie was released in 1937, Shenbao published huge stills of Zhao Dan and Bai Yang on the front page of the red cover, which caused a sensation in Shanghai.

Behind the scenes production

In 1937, when the national crisis became more and more serious, there were news about young people committing suicide or taking the road of resisting Japan and saving the nation every day. Director Shen Xiling used these materials and talked with some exiled students and unemployed people to conceive several characters with different personalities.

Film evaluation

In the movie "the streets of ten characters", Zhao Dan plays Lao Zhao, who plays a natural, vivid, free and easy intellectual with little experience, childishness, enthusiasm and simplicity. The film is a very stylish urban youth film. Although the story took place in the 1930s when the national crisis was deep and social contradictions were sharp, it could not eliminate the unique light of young people. At that time, the film was deeply loved by intellectuals, especially young students. the film is known as "romantic comedy", and the comic gimmick is also a big attraction of the film. First of all, the male and female protagonists live in the same room but they don't know it. The intentional "one board separation" makes the audience have an omniscient perspective and always worry about the film's hero and heroine. This "fate tease" creates a prototype of the film's narrative. There are also real performances in the bitter life that can be promoted to comedy factors, such as the display of life details such as using a tie to polish shoes. The film is the peak of Shen Xiling's film creation both in thought and art, and a treasure in the history of Chinese film development. (Sina online review)

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