Li Xianglan

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Life of the characters

Early experience

Li Xianglan, formerly known as shuko Yamaguchi, was born on February 12, 1920 in beiyantai, near Fengtian, Liaoning Province, China (today's Lighthouse City in Liaoning Province). Her family soon moved to Fushun.

In 1932, in the Pingdingshan massacre, Li Xianglan's father was detained by the Japanese for suspecting that he was in contact with the Chinese Anti Japanese. Afterwards, his family moved to Shenyang. On the train from Fushun to Shenyang, Shuzi met a Russian Jewish girl of the same age, Liuba. It was Liuba who introduced Shuzi to the famous Soviet opera actress Madame podoresov as a teacher and embarked on the road of singing.

Li Jichun, a Chinese classmate who recognized his father in 1933, was adopted father, so he got the name Li Xianglan.

In 1934, Li Xianglan came to Beiping to study in the name of Pan Shuhua.

Acting experience

In 1938, her artistic talent and special background were soon attracted by the puppet "Manchurian Film Association" manipulated and planned by Japan in China, and she was mobilized to join the association. She was vigorously packaged and launched as a Chinese singer. In the new program "Manchurian new song" of Japan's Mukden radio station, she sang Chinese songs such as "Fisherman's daughter", "Zhaojun's resentment", "Meng Jiangnu" and so on, and even more famous for a song "night fragrance" It's a big name. As a result, "singer Li Xianglan" was put on the stage and quickly became well-known in the music and film circles. After that, Li Xianglan also made some films to publicize the Japanese army or to whitewash the Japanese War of aggression. Despite her troubled times, her popularity has continued unabated. Li Xianglan became a "sugar coated shell" in the war policy of the Kwantung Army.

In 1942, he went to Shanghai for development and stepped on the stage under the name of Li Xianglan. He made the classic movie "eternal love" for Zhonghua film company, Zhonghua United film company and Manying, and sang the theme song "selling sugar" and the episode "song of quitting smoking", which made it popular all over China. With "nocturnal fragrance", "hate not to meet before marriage" and "Haiyan", he made it to a higher level and became a partner with Gong Qiu Xia, Zhou Xuan, Yao Li, Bai Guang, Bai Hong, and Wu Yingyin are among the "seven queen singers" of Shanghai beach.

In 1943, Li Xianglan came to Taiwan again to perform the movie "the bell of sand rhyme". "The bell of sand rhyme" was released in Taiwan, Manchuria, Japan, Shanghai, North China and other places that year. After Li Xianglan's return to Japan, all the films with his real name Yamaguchi still caused a sensation in Taiwan.

In 1944, Li Xianglan resigned and left Manying. In 1945, Li Xianglan held a solo concert "nocturnal Fantasia" in Shanghai Grand Guangming theater. At the end of the Second World War in the same year, Japan surrendered and Manchuria was dissolved. Li Xianglan was arrested by the government of the Republic of China on the charge of traitor. But later, because he proved that he was a Japanese rather than a Chinese, he was acquitted and sent back to Japan. He returned to Japan in February 1946.

In 1946, he was sent back to Japan and changed his name to suko Yamaguchi. After returning to China, he entered the film industry. During that time, he even thought about going to Hollywood for development, and then gave up for some reason.

Political experience

In 1969, Li Xianglan, who was 50 years old, became the program host of Fuji TV station and interviewed such influential figures as Arafat and Mandela.

In 1974, Li Xianglan, who appeared frequently on TV, was persuaded by Prime Minister Kazuo Tanaka to run for 18 years as a member of the Senate.

In 1992, Li Xianglan retired from the Senate.

In 1975, Li Xianglan, who is already a member of the national assembly, was received by Liao Chengzhi, President of the China Japan Friendship Association, when he passed Beijing on a visit. In 1978, she visited Beijing, Shanghai, Harbin and Changchun again.

In 2005, at the age of 85, Li Xianglan published a long article in which he admonished Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi not to visit the Yasukuni shrine where Hideki Tojo and other Class-A war criminals were worshipped, because "it would deeply hurt the hearts of the Chinese people.".

He died of illness

At 10:42 am on September 7, 2014, Li Xianglan died at the age of 94. Hong Lei, a spokesman for China's foreign ministry, said: "Ms. Li Xianglan supported and participated in the cause of Sino Japanese friendship after the war and made positive contributions to it. We mourn her death."

Personal life

family

Li Xianglan's biological father is Wenxiong Yamaguchi, who has many Chinese friends. Later, he recognized his father's good friend Li Jichun as his adoptive father. In 1934, Wenxiong Yamaguchi met pan Yugui, a pro Japanese figure in Peking, and Li Xianglan recognized him as his adoptive father.

feeling

In 1951, Yuko Yamaguchi married Yong Noguchi, an American sculptor, and they divorced in 1956.

In 1958, Yuko Yamaguchi fell in love with the diplomat Hiro Taiying. At that time, he was the Secretary and third class secretary of the Japanese ambassador to the United Nations. After marriage, she took her husband's surname and changed her name to Daying Shuzi. She quit the performing arts and became a diplomat's wife.

Main works

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Character evaluation

She is a puppet Chinese actor made by the Japanese. By playing the role of a film promoting Japan's Far East policy, she can reach the purpose of condoling the Japanese army and become the puppet Manchukuo and China's goodwill ambassador to Japan. But these are not enough to erase all her artistic achievements. Her singing is graceful and moving, and her singing attainments are profound. (people's online review)

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