Caption: Xiaolu Junzi plays Yumiko Araki Xinmin Evening News reporter Guo Xinyang photo
Caption: Yumiko Araki wrote an inscription for the readers of the Evening News.
"I will be 60 years old on January 25 next year, so I want to’ regain my dreams’." Last night, in an exclusive interview with this newspaper, Yumiko Araki, the "Junko of Little Deer", revealed that she made her debut as a singer before filming the TV series Volleyball Woman (also translated as Flame of Youth). So, starting from January 6th next year, she will perform at the China Grand Theatre. In those days, after all China audiences were ignited by her youth, she retired. Where did she go after all those years?
Taking care of her mother-in-law for more than 20 years
Yumiko Araki took care of her mother-in-law who suffered from Alzheimer’s Harmo’s disease at home for twenty or thirty years-and it started a week after her marriage, and she didn’t even have a honeymoon. When it comes to this matter now, Yumiko Araki is also indifferent. When she was sitting on the sofa, she still had light in her eyes. Years have not stolen anything from her except a few wrinkles around her eyes when she smiles. Because her father wanted to be a singer but failed, when she debuted at the age of 17, she chose a singer, "which is considered to have fulfilled her father’s dream." From her mobile phone, she found an old photo of singing on the stage in a red dress and holding a microphone. She was full of energy while singing and dancing. At that time, the appearance was very close to that of the 19-year-old who played Junko Little Deer in Volleyball Woman, except that he hadn’t put on Junko Little Deer’s braid yet. "Originally, he only planned to shoot for half a year, but as a result, the ratings kept rising, with a total of 71 episodes filmed until he was 22 years old."
Caption: "Little Deer Junko" style is still Xinmin Evening News reporter Guo Xinyang photo
At the age of 23, Yumiko Araki met her true love, and she was a famous Japanese singer Yukihara. Only one week after her marriage, her mother-in-law was paralyzed, and because she had Alzheimer’s disease, it was quite difficult to care for her. Yumiko Araki was often "wronged" by her mother-in-law, but she did not hesitate to take care of her mother-in-law and quit the show business. In the eyes of fans, this is a "great sacrifice." However, in her view, "this is what I should do as a woman, wife and daughter-in-law!" She has a good relationship with her husband who is 13 years older than her, and he is an only child, so she feels that she is duty-bound.
What makes people feel is that today, she is still very optimistic about this matter, laughing and saying: "I think I played Junko Little Deer to understand the fighting spirit and never give up. Moreover, because I play Junko, I am in excellent health, so I have enough physical strength to take care of my mother-in-law. "
Collective Memories of Volleyball Woman
The Volleyball Woman was first broadcast in Japan in 1979, and this year marks the 40th anniversary. At that time, volleyball was hot in Japan. In 1973, the women’s volleyball competition was added for the first time in the world, which was held every four years. The Japanese women’s volleyball team ranked second after the Soviet women’s volleyball team. In 1977, Japan won the second Women’s Volleyball World Cup, which inspired the Japanese women’s volleyball craze. Shotaro, a cartoonist, created The Flame of Youth, which Asahi TV adapted into a TV series for prime-time broadcast at night, and separated his cartoons as chapters in the TV series. The 71-episode TV series was broadcast in Japan until July 1980. In 1981, the China team led by coach Yuan Weimin took part in the competition. This team focused on Lang Ping, Zhang Rongfang, Sun Jinfang and other volleyball players who still look quite outstanding and outstanding today. After defeating Brazil, the Soviet Union, South Korea, the United States and Cuba all the way, they faced the Japanese team at home in the final. After arduous tug-of-war, the two sides fought fiercely for more than two hours, and China beat the last champion Japanese team 3-2. This women’s volleyball World Cup has touched the hearts of people all over the country. At that time, black and white TV sets were not popular in every household, and everyone tried their best to watch the live broadcast of the game. Every game of China team can make people empty.
Caption: "Volleyball Woman" stills network diagram
In this year, The Flame of Youth was broadcast in Hong Kong, which was very popular. Many girls will substitute themselves into roles and practice spiking during recess. In 1983, CCTV translated this TV series and named it "Volleyball Woman" and then broadcast it. Junko Little Deer jumped up and spiked in Hokkaido. As a result, the ball was broken, and a piece of paper was dropped, with the lens of "Tokyo" written on it, which made many girls in China hang a paper ball on the beam to practice spiking. Coupled with the still-popular "women’s volleyball spirit", the audience rating of this drama in China even far exceeds that of Japanese. Positive, optimistic, striving for the upper reaches and hard work, Junzi Xiao Lu crossed the border and became a common tear and collective memory of a generation.
"Clear sky thunderbolt" does not need body double.
"In Hokkaido, you rushed forward with logs and tires on your back and raced with thoroughbred horses. Did you shoot them yourself?" Yumiko Araki is only 1.60 meters tall. I can’t believe that her small body contains such explosive power and endurance.
"I made it all myself!" She nodded frequently: "At that time, there were almost no special effects and no body double, so all the actions were done by myself." She smiled again: "Because I have been filming for three years, it means that I have been exercising for three years. Therefore, after the TV station held an actor’s sports meeting, I was the first, hahaha! "
Caption: "Junko Deer" becomes a national idol network map.
Although there were no stunts in TV series at that time, because Yumiko Araki’s height was actually far less than that of volleyball players in life, other actors and even props in the whole drama were "scaled down" based on her height. For example, the net of volleyball has been reduced a lot, and the length, width and height of stadium seats have also shrunk. Other players just "look taller". However, Yumiko Araki did the forward somersault in "Clear Sky Thunderbolt" himself.
Caption: clear sky thunderbolt network map
While gesticulating, she explained: "The Clear Sky Thunderbolt was shot in four steps. The first step is my take-off posture; The second step is that I flip forward in the air; The third step is mid-air; The fourth step is the landing action. Then, connect the four steps. " So, except that I didn’t jump to the height above the volleyball net, everything else was for real. The attraction of this TV series lies in the cool ball skills that don’t exist in real life, such as "meteor chasing the moon" and "phantom whirlwind", because the emotion of the TV series is so real that the audience even suspects that these magical "big moves" seem to exist. In fact, when Yumiko Araki turned into Junko Deer, all the big moves that seemed impossible were realized by herself. That she once broke her chin …
Re-enter the stage at the age of 60.
Therefore, when serving her mother-in-law, she felt that even the "impossible difficulties" of Junzi Xiao Lu could be overcome, so could the immediate suffering. After more than 20 years, my mother-in-law’s last words before her death were: "Thank you, May …". I thought that if I stopped taking care of my mother-in-law, I could live according to my own wishes. However, she was found to have a tumor, which once made her give up her belief in life. However, at this time, she remembered Junzi’s attitude of never giving up, and summoned up the courage to walk into the operating room. It turned out that the tumor was benign. She rekindled the flame of youth, and also wrote a book entitled "The Consciousness of Nursing", reviewing the years when she got along with her mother-in-law and her understanding during it.
Caption: Yumiko Araki accepted an exclusive interview with Xinmin Evening News reporter Guo Xinyang.
This time, at the invitation of Xie Ming, a good friend and Shanghai singer living in Japan, she joined hands with Liu Mingkang, a "Yamaha Future Artist" and a young pianist with autism, to hold the concert "Singing in the Century, Music Bridge". In addition to Shanghai Station, she also plans to tour Ningbo and other places. Yumiko Araki can sing the theme song of Volleyball Woman. Xie Ming, a Shanghai singer, happened to record in Germany with Chang Xing of Tangyuan, so she became friends with Yumiko Araki. Because of her mother-in-law’s illness, Yumiko Araki is especially caring for those who are not treated well by fate but still want to make decisions for themselves. This is the combination of this concert.
"I’m almost 60 years old, and I have to work hard!" Say, Yumiko Araki showed a youthful smile and cheered for himself! (Xinmin Evening News reporter Zhu Guang)
