105 years ago today, on February 12, 1920 (December 23, 1919 in the lunar calendar), Li Xianglan, the stunning Japanese spy of the Republic of China, was born. Li Xianglan is a character who is reluctant to be mentioned but cannot be bypassed in the "character history" of Chinese movies, just like the history of Chinese movies between 1937 and 1945 is not a blank film, it also records many stories and many characters. Li Xianglan is known as the "goldfish beauty" on the screen, and many of her songs have been passed down to this day. But I am afraid that not many people know that this angel who was active on the screen of early Chinese movies was actually a Japanese, and she used the best years of her life and the most outstanding talents to contribute to the Japanese war against China. But this part of her life is beyond the decision and control of a weak Japanese woman. Li Xianglan was originally known as Shuko Yamaguchi, and her family called her Doudou. She was born on February 12, 1920 in North Yantai, near Fengtian, Liaoning Province, China, and soon moved to Fushun with her family. Yamaguchi was born in a Japanese Sinology family. Her grandfather was a Sinology scholar in Saga Prefecture. Her father was influenced by her early years to study in China and later worked for the "Manchu Railway" company. The blood red that Yamaguchi Shuzi left in her mind during her teenage years is unforgettable for her life: in 1932, she saw with her own eyes that several kidnapped Chinese were shot on the spot by Japanese military police, blood and blood. She later learned that it was related to the Pingdingshan massacre of 3,000 Chinese civilians by the Japanese army. During the Pingdingshan incident, the Yamaguchi family moved to Shenyang after her father was detained for "collaborating with the enemy". At the age of 13, Yamaguchi accepted her father's Chinese classmate Li Jichun, then the president of the pro-Japanese Shenyang Bank, as her adoptive father, and she therefore had a nice name - Li Xianglan. In 1943, the young and naive Li Xianglan, full of love for China and Japan, and longing for a future life, came to Peiping and studied with the name "Pan Shuhua" among the Peiping Yi goddaughters. Due to her natural beauty since childhood, fluent Chinese and a beautiful singing voice, her artistic talent and special origin were soon favored by the pseudo-" Manchurian Film Association "manipulated and planned by the Japanese invaders. They mobilized her to join the club and decided to promote her as a Chinese singer to advocate for the policy of aggression. Young and ignorant, she was full of infinite hope for the pseudo-" Manchukuo ". She sang Chinese songs such as" Fisherman's Girl "," Zhaojun Resentment "and" Meng Jiangnu "on the new program" Manchuria New Song "of Fengtian Radio in Japan, and became famous for the song" Night Fragrance "." Singer Li Xianglan "quickly became popular in the music and film circles, becoming a household name" superstar ". After the big hit, Li Xianglan also starred in some movies that promoted the Japanese army or whitewashed the Japanese invasion war. At that time, everyone thought she was Chinese, which also brought her misfortune in the future. With the escalation of the Japanese invasion of China and the outbreak of the Pacific War, the United States and Britain declared war on Japan. Japan became the enemy of the people of the world and was deeply mired in the quagmire. On the one hand, there was murderous anger, and on the other hand, there was singing and dancing. In the light of swords and shadows, her singing was like wine mixed with Ecstasy, which soothed people's hearts while also killing their exuberant fighting spirit. Although she was in troubled times, her popularity continued unabated. In the early days of the Pacific War, her performance at the "Japanese Theater" was enthusiastically cheered by the audience. There were seven and a half circles of fans surrounding her, causing chaos and becoming a sensation. Her fluent Mandarin and Japanese, stunning appearance, and European vocal singing like Diana, the Hollywood jade girl of the time, fully reflect the Japanese ideal of Chinese women. In this way, Li Xianglan became a "sugar-coated cannonball" in the implementation of the war policy of the Kwantung Army. She filmed "Mulan Joins the Army" and "Ten Thousand Years of Life", in which she became famous in Chinese cinema for playing Lin Zexu's daughter. She has different interpretations of these two films. She believes that they can be understood by Chinese audiences from the perspective of patriotic resistance against the enemy and Japan. She even said that this is a film acceptable to both China and Japan. Her real success was in the 1950s, after performing in Hollywood movies and Broadway operas, several films "Golden Bottle Plum" and "One Night's Love" were filmed at the invitation of Hong Kong film companies, and the interludes were all performed by her and recorded. Although some people accused her of starring in movies full of Japanese militarism, art cannot be completely used as a propaganda tool for militarism. In "Shina Night", Li Xianglan left the audience with the impression of a beautiful Chinese woman and her sweet singing voice, but the insulting word "Shina" is very easy to sting people's emotions. Yamaguchi Shuko's "Li Xianglan era" coincided with the Japanese invasion of China. " "She spent a very distressed youth being played by fate in the gap between her native Japan and her native China," said Sakuya Fujiwara, one of the authors of Li Xianglan. In this regard, Yamaguchi Shuko said that there are two things that she will never forget for the rest of her life, and she still feels sad to think about it. In October 1938, Li Xianglan, 18, returned to Japan for the first time as a representative of the "Japanese-Manchu Goodwill". In her excitement, she never expected that when she checked her passport and was about to disembark, she heard an official yell fiercely: "Are you still Japanese? Don't you feel ashamed that the first-class citizens are wearing Shina clothes?" Yamaguchi Shuko said: "At that time, I was confused. I didn't understand why the Japanese said that kind of thing, and I was very distressed about it." Later in Tokyo, when she sang Chinese songs in Chinese clothes, she was greeted with abusive applause. This began to shatter her illusions about her motherland, Japan, and she felt sad that "it was not the Japanese who mistook me for Chinese, but the Japanese of the motherland who insulted the China where I was born, the country of my mother." After a press conference in Peiping, a young reporter caught up with her and asked: "Li Xianglan, are you not Chinese? Why did you perform movies that insulted China like'Night of Shina 'and'Song of Bai Lan'? Where did your Chinese pride go?" When she was asked, she apologized: "I was young and ignorant at that time, and now I regret it very much. I apologize to everyone here, and don't do that kind of thing again." Remembering the past, Yamaguchi said: "In that war era, in order to survive, I really tried my best to learn to sing." She said she felt guilty about movies that had served militarism and discriminated against Chinese people. Unable to bear the weight of her identity as "Li Xianglan", she resigned from "Full Film" in 1944 and lived in Shanghai. After Japan was defeated in 1945, Li Xianglan was tried by a military court on suspicion of "traitor". Later, she was spared because she announced her Japanese identity. However, Yoshiko Kawashima, who was also indicted, was considered treason because of her identity as a flag man. Yamaguchi, who bid farewell to "Li Xianglan", entered the film industry after returning to China. During this period, she even thought about developing in Hollywood, but later gave up for some reason. In 1958, Yamaguchi fell in love with diplomat Hiro Otaka. After marriage, she changed her surname to Otaka Sooko, and quit the entertainment industry to become a diplomat's wife. In 1969, Otaka Sooko, who was 50 years old, fulfilled her dream of being a journalist and became a host of Fuji TV. She also went to Vietnam, Cambodia, the Middle East and other war fronts to interview Arafat, Mandela and other influential figures. In 1974, Otaka Sooko, who frequently appeared on TV, ran for election under the persuasion of Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, and has been a member of the Senate for 18 years since then. In 1975, Otaka Sooko, who is already a member of the National Assembly, visited Pyongyang. When she passed through Beijing, she was warmly entertained by Liao Chengzhi, president of the China-Japan Friendship Association. In 1978, she again visited Beijing, Shanghai, Harbin and Changchun, which left the footprints of her youth. In August of the same year, with tears in her eyes, she watched the live broadcast of the conclusion of a peace and friendship treaty between China and Japan. In 1992, Yamaguchi retired from the Senate. After her husband died, she chose to live alone. During this time, she still served as the vice-president of the "Asian Women's Fund". She hoped that this would lead to the Japanese government's apology and compensation to the victims of the war and the "comfort women" who joined the army. Li Xianglan's ups and downs have become a legend in the hearts of many Japanese people, and she has been repeatedly adapted into scripts and adapted for the big screen.