The Japanese films "Life and Death Love" and "Wangxiang" and the Sino-Japanese co-production film "The Bells of Qingliang Temple" made the audience deeply remember the Japanese movie star Kurihara Komaki and remember her unique beauty.
The movies she starred in, "Wangxiang" and "Life and Death Love", caused a sensation in China more than 40 years ago. Her on-screen images have made countless people haunted by dreams and unforgettable.
The scene of Xia Zi running and jumping in a white tennis skirt in "Life and Death Love" inspired the infinite yearning of tens of millions of viewers for beauty and love. Gentle and lively, classical and modern, Kurihara Komaki once became the dream lover of young Chinese people in the 80s.
Some people say that the beauty of Kurihara Komaki is a kind of beauty that comes from the bones. Her demeanor is elegant and decent, her eyes and eyebrows are shy, and she looks forward to it, so beautiful that people refuse to take their eyes off.
Clear eyes, light posture, and elegant movements float through those romantic years like a dream.
Her subtlety is just right, sexy with sexy, and she is the most beautiful scenery among beauties.
Decades have passed, and in the hearts of many audiences, Kurihara Komaki's appearance and temperament still occupy an irreplaceable position in their hearts.
Even though Kurihara Komaki has entered the age of antiquity, and her beautiful appearance has been worn away by the years, the elegance and demeanor in her bones have still become a carving time.
Many people who have seen her think that she is still dressed appropriately, her makeup is elegant and vulgar, and her artistic accomplishment is profound. is still free and comfortable to sing and dance on the stage, like a rose that never withers. The fragrance is overflowing and beautiful.
This stunning Japanese woman in the 70s and 80s was an outstanding graduate of the Tokyo Ballet School in the 60s of the last century, a representative star of the "Japanese Youth Literary Films" in the 70s, and a performing artist in the field of film and theater all her life.
She was born in Tokyo in March 1945. "Komaki" is a very special name.
When she talks about her name, she is still very proud: "This is a relatively rare name, Japanese girls are often called anything, and 'Komaki' may be the only one." ”
Kurihara Komaki's father was a children's literature writer. He hopes that his daughter's youth will be transparent and innocent, and her life should be rich and real.
Deeply influenced by his father, Kurihara Komaki grew up in an atmosphere full of books, and the family has a lot of books, which is no different from the library.
She also learned the violin since she was a child, and felt the beauty of music. She loved ballet, and although she learned it later than other girls, she was "half talented, half hardworking", and finally completed all the courses that would take the average ballet dancer eight years to complete in just four years.
Soon after Kurihara Komaki stepped into the Japanese entertainment industry, he caused a sensation with his outstanding talent. With his beautiful face and superb acting skills, he has won the love of the audience.
There was a saying in Japan that "men love Ken Takakura, and women love Kurihara Komaki", and she quietly became an idol worshiped by Japanese fans at that time.
Based on the novel by writer Tomoko Yamazaki, the film "Hopeful" tells the story of a female journalist who explores the situation and truth of a woman who is trafficked overseas to work as a prostitute.
Kurihara Komaki, who played a female reporter in the film, remained in the hearts of the audience like a magnet with her beautiful, generous, and steady image.
Another film starring her, "Life and Death Love", although not very popular in Japan, is popular in Chinese mainland.
It's a pure love story. Natsuko, played by Kurihara Komaki, released and presented her glamorous beauty, which fascinated countless young men and women.
Many girls imitated her dress; The boy not only watched "Life and Death Love" over and over again, but also sandwiched her stills pictures in books and pressed them under the glass panes of the table, indulging in her gentle beauty and couldn't extricate himself.
In fact, the plot of the film "Life and Death Love" is very simple:
Omiya, an expert in fish research, and Nojima, an advertising director, are good friends.
By chance, Yuji Omiya (played by Shinkley) met the girlfriend of his friend Tomonojima Susumu (played by Yokouchi Masa) Nakata Nakata (played by Kurihara Komaki).
At the beginning of the film, Xia Zi's pretty figure is played, and on the tennis court, her vigorous posture and charming face instantly attracted the attention of Omiya.
Natsuko is not only beautiful, but also optimistic and cheerful, which stirs up waves in Omiya's heart.
However, Yuji Omiya is hindered by the buddy friendship between his friends and the wild, so he can only bury this feeling deep in his heart.
But what Omiya didn't expect was that Natsuko actually liked him too. The enthusiastic and unrestrained Natsuko can't care so much, she frankly expressed her true affection to Yuji Omiya.
At first, Yuji Omiya took an evasive attitude towards the love silk thrown by Natsuko. However, as time went on, Omiya found that the heat in his heart intensified. In the end, after a spiritual struggle with friendship and love, Omiya resolutely chose love.
They went to ask Tomono for their guilt, but they were unable to obtain his close friend's forgiveness.
As the relationship between the two deepened, a large part of the narration that Chinese voice actor Qiao Zhen is best at sounded on the screen:
At that time, in Omiya's heart, the desire for love, the joy, and the heartbeat were indescribable.
Omiya is very entangled, in order to escape Natsuko, he applies to the institute to do the hardest and most tiring errand, and wants to go to the remote Eight High Seas to investigate.
But Natsuko still didn't give up, and it was this perseverance that moved Omiya. Omiya finds that he can no longer deceive his heart, and his mind is full of Natsuko's figure, and he decides to accept this true love.
He found Nojima and revealed all his thoughts, and Nojima was so angry that he beat up Omiya. But getting beaten won't help, and it won't stop two people from falling in love.
For a time, Natsuko played by Kurihara Komaki was regarded by countless fans as the embodiment of beauty. It's not just male fans who fall in love with it, but also female fans.
Omiya and Natsuko have a short, subtle, and passionate love. However, just as the two were about to tie the knot, Natsuko suddenly died in an accidental explosion.
The voice actor who voiced Xia in this dubbed film is Liu Guangning, a voice actor with a sweet and elegant voice in Chinese mainland.
Many fans once combined Kurihara Komaki's appearance with Liu Guangning's voice as a typical Oriental beauty.
Decades have passed, and the stills of Natsuko and Omiya in the film pulling a trench coat and walking in fear of each other are still the mode that many young lovers are keen to imitate and take pictures.
During the hot screening of "Life and Death Love" in the mainland, the beauty of Natsuko, the foreign atmosphere of Nojima, the simplicity of Omiya, and the unexpected tragic ending of the film have become a hot topic of street discussion.
There is also a regrettable and respectable plot in the film that after Natsuko got engaged to Omiya and returned to Omiya's rural hometown to meet his parents, Natsuko was still loyal and refused to sleep with Omiya in the same room that night.
In the gentle moonlit night, she emotionally threw herself into the palace and hugged and kissed. Then he calmly whispered to his lover: Wait a minute, let's satisfy the joy of being together again on our wedding night!
After the relationship, Natsuko and Omiya went their separate ways because of work, and in that era when there were no mobile phones, the love letters between the two places became the only link in their emotional life.
Seeing Natsuko sketching page by page on the calendar in the film, and hearing the voiceover of Natsuko and Omiya: thirteen days a month, twelve days a month, five days, and three days, the audience was also whetted by them, and was full of expectations for their beautiful reunion.
However, on the day Omiya was about to return to Tokyo, he suddenly received a thunderous telegram from Natsuko's father: "At ten o'clock this morning, Natsuko died in an explosion accident."
A few eye-catching big characters made Omiya's mind blank.
Beauty instantly vanished, and the splendor became eternal. Tears welled up on the screen and in the audience...
In 1994, another film starring Kurihara Komaki, "Moscow Love", was released in China, which once again touched Chinese fans who had not performed for a long time.
The general content of the film is that a Japanese actress (played by Kurihara Komaki) who loves ballet and dedicates her entire experience and passion to the ballet career she loves. For this reason, she chose to go to Moscow, Soviet Union, for further study. Her boyfriend, who had been in love for many years, left her because he didn't understand her actions, but this did not shake her determination to be persistent in art.
In Moscow, her ballet skills made great progress, and her dance partner, a young Russian, fell in love with her. Unfortunately, when the two were about to get married, she was diagnosed with cancer. On the romantic Moscow beach, she quietly closed her eyes forever in the arms of her lover.
When the audience saw the end of this story, they couldn't help but cry again.
In the mid-to-late nineties, the audience rarely saw Kurihara Komaki on the screen again. Because at this time, she has become an ambassador for cultural exchanges between China and Japan, and is actively working for cultural exchanges between China and Japan.
Kurihara Komaki has visited China more than 30 times and has been working in the Japanese Chinese Exchange Association, where he won the Japan-China Friendship Exchange Promotion Award.
When she was 57 years old, she appeared in the famous column "Art Life" of China CCTV.
Although Kurihara Komaki sitting on the interview seat is no longer young, his smile is still like a spring breeze that warms every dreamer.
In public, Kurihara Komaki always makes herself look delicate and decent, so that people can see her back from afar, and still feel like an elegant young woman.
Kurihara has a deep relationship with China, and there are many Chinese counterparts who have very good personal relationships.
She has always answered gently and appropriately on the topic that she has never been married, every time she faces a reporter's question.
In a 2006 interview in Shanghai, she said: "Maybe I was so busy with work that I forgot to get married." In fact, in Japan at that time, a woman who was particularly strong in work like me was unacceptable to men. Sometimes I'm filming outside and maybe I don't come home for two months, and if I get married, then when I get home, I will find that my husband has already run away! I just feel that if I get married and have children, but I can't take care of my husband and children wholeheartedly, it's very unfair to them. ”
She also teased herself: "If it were to be like today's China, where men and women are paid equally for equal work and men and women are equal, my life may not be what it is today." ”
Despite never being married, she never felt alone. Insisting that art is her soul mate, able to accompany her through every stage of life.
Kurihara Komaki recalled many times the scene when he first came to China in 1979 with a Japanese film delegation.
At that time, she met Zhao Dan, Bai Yang, Qin Yi, Liu Xiaoqing and other Chinese entertainment colleagues. Later, I recalled, "I said at that time that China has created many excellent films that can leave a name in history. In recent years, China's film industry has developed rapidly and has become one of the most important film markets in the world. ”
Kurihara Komaki, who recently visited China, told media friends that she likes Chinese movies such as "The Wandering Earth" starring Wu Jing, "Embarrassing Mother" starring Xu Zheng and "Hello, Li Huanying" directed by Jia Ling. Every year, I will also watch new works by directors such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Huang Jianxin.
Kurihara Komaki praised: "From these films, I can feel that the production level of Chinese films is getting higher and higher, the scale of production is getting bigger and bigger, and the acting skills of Chinese actors are getting better and better." ”
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