Koji Yano, there are few people you don't know, right? After all, he has appeared in so many TV dramas, and every time he appears is the image of a "Japanese devil", which can be said to be one of the symbolic memories of our post-80s and 90s growth period. As a Japanese, Koji Yano has participated in more than 30 anti-Japanese war dramas, and often works hard for Sino-Japanese friendship in peacetime, Koji Yano has also become one of the most favorable Japanese in Chinese's heart.
But his life in his home country was not so good, and it was once rumored that he was beaten and intimidated by extremists in Japan, which is not easy. Now Koji Yano is a Chinese son-in-law, and he named his daughter Shingetsu, which is also a wish for Sino-Japanese friendship. He traveled back and forth between China and Japan, contributing his strength to the friendship between the two places.
Japanese people like Koji Yano's unswerving promotion of Sino-Japanese friendship are not alone, in Japan, there is a group of Japanese who perform the Eighth Route Army every day and use art to promote friendship between the two places.
They are the performers of the Matsuyama Ballet Company in Japan. According to statistics, they have been performing the story of the stage play "White Haired Girl" for more than 60 years.
Although "White-Haired Girl" tells a Chinese story, the core choreographed by the Japanese introduces the reflection on Japan's aggression against China, and in the eyes of these people, everyone plays "White-Haired Girl" well, which is also an apology to China and the Chinese people.
As early as January 1948, Matsuyama Ballet was founded in Japan. In 1958, China and Japan had not yet achieved diplomatic relations, and the ballet company overcame various difficulties to come to China to perform "The White-Haired Girl", because the core told the Chinese story, coupled with the Japanese reflection plot, so that this stage play quickly became popular in China.
Matsuyama Ballet has long performed in China more than double digits, and the girl in this photo is "Ki'er", her actor is Japan's first generation of Hi'er Matsuyama Shuko, in 1955, she played Xi'er on stage, and today, Matsuyama Ballet's "Xi'er" has changed generations.
The success of Songshan Ballet in China is not only the stage content, but also their pursuit of art is very pure, and during their time in China, they often go deep among the people to listen to their views on "The White-Haired Girl", so that they can present a more realistic and three-dimensional image of the "White-Haired Girl" to the audience in the stage play.
Of course, the most touching thing is the prescribed program of Matsuyama Ballet after each performance, that is, all the actors of the stage play use Chinese to call on "Japan to apologize to China and express gratitude", and the expression and eyes are not only a reflection and repentance of Japan's aggression, but also an expectation for the future.
More than 60 years later, Matsuyama Ballet is still active on the stage, and they have a common desire in their hearts: to insist on all this, it is art, it is also to atone for sins, to apologize to Chinese, and to make Sino-Japanese friendship come as soon as possible.
In any case, we do not forgive that aggression, but accept all good Japanese.