Lisu

Lisu

Lisu (December 6, 1944 - July 1, 2003), a famous African actor, was born in tersang Kewei, Namibia in 1944. He is a native Bushman (SAM) and lives a primitive and simple life of hunting and gathering. Before becoming famous, Lisu had little contact with the outside world, only three white people. With the film "God is crazy" in 1980, it became popular in Hong Kong and mainland.

Original name

Some people think it's gcaocoma or gcaucoma or gcau. The exclamation mark in the stage name is a click consonant symbol of African mother tongue.

N! XAU, the name of Lisu, is a transliteration of the local Aboriginal Language. Because there is a sound similar to "click" in this language, there is no corresponding Roman alphabet to replace it. Before he was discovered by the director, he knew little about modern life and the outside world - he had met three white people in total, and the largest building community he had ever seen was the small village of the local indigenous people, which also explained why there were rumors that wages had been blown away by the wind. The aborigines he belongs to are also known as "San", "Bushman" and "Bushman", which means Bushman. They are the only unique aboriginal groups in South Africa and Namibia. He can speak several indigenous languages, and he can fluently use Ju ǀ Hoan, otjiherero and Tswana, but he doesn't know much about Afrikaans, one of the official languages.

After Lisu became popular in the name of n! XAU, its manager said that its original stage name should be g! Kau, and it became n! XAU due to careless typing.

Acting experience

The date of Lisu's birth is not clear, because the local people have no habit of recording the time of birth.

After Li Su was unexpectedly discovered by director jamieuys, he played the leading role in the 1980 movie God is crazy

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. His natural and generous performance was deeply loved by the audience, and he was paid 300 US dollars. But because he had no idea of banknotes, he let the wind blow the banknotes away Later, he learned what banknotes were like, and fought for himself before the sequel was filmed. He asked the film crew to pay him 800 thousand South African rand in advance. Finally, he actually got more than 500 thousand South African Rand. He said that the money was used to build a cinder brick house with water and electricity for his family, but it is said that because he is still not used to money and has no concept of financial management, he doesn't know how to spend most of the money. Actor Lei Yuyang once praised Lisu as an excellent actor with easygoing personality and dedication.

A total of six films have been shot in the "God is crazy" film series, and Lisu has played in five of them, including "God is crazy", "God is crazy II", "African monk", "Hong Kong is crazy" and "African Superman". Lisu is known by Namibians as“

The most famous Namibian actor

”。 There was once a rumor that he made a film in Japan, but it was just a rumor. So far, there is no evidence to show that there was such a film.

Retirement career

After his film career gradually passed away, he returned home to work as a farmer because of his acclimatization. He supported himself, his three wives and six children by planting corn, pumpkin, beans and raising livestock. It is also said that the total number of animals he raises can't exceed 20 each time, because he can't count the number above 20.

Main works

God is crazy

Death

Official report

One day in early July 2003, Namibian local officials in the remote area of Kalahari confirmed Lisu's death: "Lisu went out to look for wood on July 1, 2003 and died of MDR-TB in grassland..." as for the cause of death, it was reported that he suffered from tuberculosis for a long time, so it may be due to this kind of MDR-TB, and it was also reported that he died naturally Death. As for what he was doing at the time of his death, it was reported that he was hunting guinea fowl, and it was also reported that his family confirmed that he was going out to collect firewood. As Lisu himself did not know his birthday, he could only guess that he was 58 years old.

The only sure thing is that on July 12, 2003, in his hometown of tsankovi, people held a semi traditional funeral for him and let him rest beside his dead second wife.

Domestic reports

Li Su, an African actor who was popular in Hong Kong with "God is crazy", was found dead on the grassland in the suburb of Namibia the day before yesterday. He was about 59 years old (because his actual age could not be confirmed). The cause of death has not been announced. Li Su's family was at a loss when they met the bad news. Lisu's family described Lisu's death as "gone forever," and revealed that Lisu went out to collect firewood in the countryside last Tuesday, but he didn't come back, so he went out to look for his body, and was surprised to find his body in the grassland. The image of aborigines is deeply rooted in people's hearts. Li Su, who once took over the Hong Kong film, played an African aborigine in the film God is crazy, which was very popular with the audience. Later, he started shooting the sequel and the third episode, and was invited by Hong Kong director Qian Shengwei to shoot "Hong Kong is crazy". Later, he made the African version of the zombie film "African monk", which was dubbed by Stephen Chow and Wu Mengda. Li Su brought joy to many people all his life, but he didn't want to be an actor all the time. After shooting the above plays, he went back to his hometown to live the life he loved. Dedicated to work makes people nostalgic. The actors who worked with Lisu felt very sad when they heard the bad news. Liu Qingyun, Carina Lau, Ye Tong and Li Su became friends when they made the movie Hong Kong is crazy. In addition, Lei Yuyang and Lisu went to Beijing, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places to shoot the film "African Superman" in 1993. When he learned of Lisu's death last night, he said, "it's a pity that such a friendly and easygoing person. Because he is African, it's very cold for him to film in China, but he puts on a piece of clothing and starts work without shoes. He has no complaints. I communicate with him a lot with body language, and he is very playful. In addition, he was well-known in the mainland at that time, so many children vied to take a picture with him. "

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