In the 1980s and 1990s, China introduced the Singapore TV series of Ruo cadres, which had a certain impact in China. Compared with Hong Kong dramas or Taiwanese dramas, the film and television dramas of this Nanyang Chinese island country far from the mainland have similarities and appear more diversified, especially in business war dramas and family dramas. Today, I would like to introduce a 15-episode episode of the country's World War II drama "This Land is Mine", which was broadcast on Singapore's Channel 5 on August 9 this year.
Poster of "My Land and My People"
The title of the play is reminiscent of the Taiwanese anti-Japanese film of the same name released in 1975, but in fact, the two are not the same thing in terms of plot, and the script of the new drama "Wu Tu Wu Min" is based on the novel "The Devil's Circle, This Land is Mine" (1956-) by the country's former attorney general, Walter Woon (1956-), which mainly tells the story of the Singaporean people punishing war criminals and rebuilding their homes after World War II.
Wen Changming
The show's male and female lead actors are Pierre Png, 48, and Rebecca Lim, 35, who have played couples in film and television dramas on several occasions, but in "My Land and My People," they will play cousins who work at the same law firm. Lin Huiling joked in a live broadcast on Facebook: "This time, the two of us finally have no romantic relationship." ”
Fang Zhanfa and Lin Huiling
Lin Huiling's character jiang qiong, a law firm clerk, claims that "this is one of her favorite characters to date because she can bend, be brave and compassionate". Lin Huiling added: "It was a huge honor for me to be able to play the role of Joan in the 40s, because women at that time did not have the freedom and opportunities we have now... This role has helped me understand all the hardships and sacrifices that our ancestors made to allow us to enjoy what we have today. ”
Fong is a big fan of Japanese culture, so it's challenging for him to play Dennis Chiang, a lawyer who returns from England, who stands in the shoes of Singaporeans during the Japanese occupation and tries to understand their anti-Japanese thoughts and emotions. In fact, the character of Dennis Chiang also faces great contradictions in the play, and as an anti-Japanese activist, the first case he took on after liberation was actually to defend a Japanese war criminal who was spurned by the people.
Fang Zhanfa plays Dennis Jiang
Speaking to reporters, Fang said: "The post-war situation in Singapore has made the trial of war criminals very challenging, and lawyers will face problems such as lack of food, insufficient preparation time, loss of documents, and the inability or unwillingness of witnesses to take a stand... Because the people want to see the Japanese punished for waging World War II and committing many atrocities in the occupied territories, this will also have an impact on the work of lawyers..."
Playing with Fang is Sugie Phua, 40, who plays Nakamura, a Japanese officer accused of multiple murders and tortures, and although he may be sentenced to death, the strange thing is that Nakamura refuses to defend himself at trial. Sugiura complained: "This role is really difficult, because I have to speak lines in English with a strong Japanese accent, so I went through tutorials on how to use the accent correctly, and at the same time learned to understand the psychology of the abuser..."
Sugiura plays Nakamura, a Japanese officer
Directing "My Land and My People" is the famous Singaporean film and television director Lee Thean-Jeen, who said: "The difficulties and tests of the time, compared to the present, their physical attributes may be different, but we can learn from the past the spirit of flexion and perseverance, which makes us move forward as human beings... I hope this show will encourage everyone that as long as we stand together and unite as one, we will be stronger and better through this difficult time..."
Directed by Lee Tin-jen
Seeing this, I think most of the students already know what the plot of this drama is, and what I want to say is that Singapore (then part of the British Commonwealth Malay colonial government) as an occupied country and war crime victim during World War II, it is natural to try and execute Japanese war criminals. This drama actually depicts the "conscience" lawyer despite the people's anti-Japanese anger to study how to provide a "just" defense for the Japanese prisoners of war, which can really be described as a superficial rational guest, but in fact, it is a bad stomach, extremely bad orientation, of course, this can not be regarded as director Li's pot, from the original author, Attorney General Wen, is a staunch abolitionist and presumption of innocence, it can be seen that this person is really studying the law and learning the brain badly, and has a strong smell of madness.