Keiko Kitagawa (right) interprets the showa-era film goddess, while Shoko Sugada plays the director. Courtesy of Caichang International
The latest work "God of Cinema", directed by the 90-year-old "Japanese temple-level famous director" Yoji Yamada, gathers many movie emperors and film queens to perform together, and invites "after the Japanese Drama Academy Appreciation" Kitagawa Keiko to interpret the film goddess who is active in the Showa era, which not only allows people to see her with a fashionable face, but also interprets the classical beauty of women, and recreates the trend-setting "True Knowledge Scroll" shape in the film, which makes people's eyes bright. In "The God of Movies", Kitagawa Keiko interprets the screen goddess "GuiYuanzi", who lived in the golden age of cinema and was fascinated by everyone. The character has the brilliance and temperament of a popular actress, but her personality is very approachable, and she even has a hearty sense of humor.
Kitagawa Keiko recreates the trend-setting Machiko roll shape of the year. Courtesy of Caichang International
This was also Kitagawa's first participation in the work directed by Yoji Yamada, and when she learned that the director had asked her to play the role by name, she also exclaimed: "Am I going to enter the Yamada crew?" Being chosen is really, really unreal, and it's really a dream that has been fulfilled for a long time. She added: "When I was a child, Yoji Yamada was a very well-known director, and it was really surprising and gratifying to accept his guidance. The director is very professional on the set of the shooting, and he can also shoot the beauty of the scenery of the past films, retain the beautiful parts of the past, and give it a new form of transformation, which makes me feel very powerful. ”
However, filming with a famous director also made her anxiously reveal: "He is a giant who has created many business cards, and has cooperated with many excellent actresses." To play a movie actress in front of him, let me fight the pressure every day, and keep asking myself if I can do it? However, her worries were obviously over-worrying, and director Yamada praised her afterwards: "She was very beautiful and fascinating during the shooting process." ”
Kitagawa also revealed the process of preparing for the female character: "Not only did I look back at the films of the time, including Tokyo Story, trying to shape the character from it, but also the makeup and hair and clothing helped a lot. I also collect pictures, read pictorials, and read books about the famous scenes of Shochiku films from that period to absorb the atmosphere of the times. In addition, the process of talking to the director also made me very inspired. In the film, she recreates the "True Zhizi Roll" shape that was popular among young women and wrapped around her head with a shawl, reflecting a gorgeous and charming posture that makes the audience's eyes light up.
Kitagawa Keiko shows classical beauty in "God of Movies", which makes people fascinated. Courtesy of Caichang International
During the filming of "God of Movies", Kitagawa Keiko knew that she was pregnant. Due to the overlap between shooting and pregnancy, she was worried that she would cause trouble for everyone, and she was very uneasy about it, but she still insisted on reporting this matter to director Yoji Yamada, but the director encouraged her instead: "Be a good mother!" She was in tears of emotion at the moment.
As a screen goddess in the Showa era, she not only has both gorgeous and temperament in the film, but also takes care of her work partners on the set as her own siblings, presenting a strong sense of humanity in that year. It is reported that Kitagawa and Nagano Yayu are related to the previous generations of the brokerage company, and Nagano also said: "There are two scenes at the end, because Kitagawa is a senior, which makes me a little nervous. When I was in tears, Kitagawa said to me, 'I was moved to tears too.' I'm so thankful to hear that from my seniors. Like the characters in the film, she is like a sister. ”
Nagano was fresh and unworldly in "God of Movies" and was honored as the "First Signature Daughter of the Canteen". Courtesy of Caichang International
The plot of this film depicts a gambling and alcoholic township with a lot of debts (Kenji Sawada / Sugata Willhui), and he is only left with movies to enjoy in his old age. Faced with the disillusionment of his family confiscating all his belongings and not allowing him to squander it at will, he hides in the community theater run by his former on-set work partner Terashin (played by Minoru Kobayashi/ Yojiro Noda), and unexpectedly falls into the old dream of the movie he loved when he was young. It turns out that he used to be a famous director assistant, met the temperament actress Yuan Zi (played by Keiko Kitagawa), and even fell in love with Tera Shin who works in the cafeteria (Nagano Hata Yu / Miyamoto Nobuko). When the township finally had the opportunity to make his own film, an accident made the opportunity disappear. Until half a century later, the script he wanted to shoot once again appeared in front of the elderly villagers, and also rewrote his unfinished dream of film. "God of Movies" has been released.
Shoki Sugata (right) and Yojiro Noda (left) fall in love with Nagano (center) together in God of Movies. Courtesy of Caichang International