Beijing, April 14 (Reporter Wang Jing) Spring came to Beijing to see the best movies, the Ninth Beijing International Film Festival (hereinafter referred to as the Beijing Film Festival) has opened yesterday. This year's Beijing Film Festival continues its previous tradition by holding the opening event of "Japan Film Week" this afternoon at the Emperor Film City in Beijing.com.
This year is the Year of China-Japan Youth Exchange, the organizers of the NPO Japan-China Film Festival Executive Committee, China Film Co., Ltd., Beijing Film Academy specially selected six of the latest and most topical Japanese films, such as "Three More Midnight Actually Want Bananas ~ The True Story of Love ~", "Good Umbrella", "Snow Hua", "Until I Met September Love" and other popular Japanese new films.
In addition to the above four masterpieces, it is worth noting that the third part of the "Hokkaido Trilogy" starring Hiroshi Ozumi is among them; the grandmother of "Thief Family" and the posthumous work "38-year-old Irika", played by the grandmother of "Thief Family" and the famous Japanese actress Kiki Shirin, will also meet with Chinese audiences.
It is reported that the above six masterpieces will be screened in various cinemas in Beijing from April 12 to 20.
The scene of the opening ceremony of the Japan Film Week. (Photo by Wang Jing, a reporter of the Central Broadcasting Network)
This afternoon, at the opening ceremony of the Japanese Film Week of the Current North Film Festival, "Three More Midnight Bananas ~ The True Story of Love~" starring Hiroshi Ozumi, Haruma Miura, Mitsuki Takahata and others first met with the audience. At the same time, the film's director Tetsu maeda, the film "Umbrella" director Takayuki Otama, the heroine Kana Kurako, as well as the Japanese actress Kiki Kirin's posthumous work "38-year-old Irika" director Hibi Yuichi, the heroine Miyoko Asada, the male protagonist Hiratake Dai and other famous Japanese filmmakers also came to the scene.
In the six films, many viewers paid attention to the film "38-year-old Irika" because of the female lead actress Kiki Shirin. Not long ago, in the Japanese movie "Thief Family" released in China, the role of "grandma" played by the tree left a deep impression on Chinese audiences. This is also the first time that Chinese audiences have seen Shuki Shirin on the screen.
According to Yuichi Hibi, the film was the first film planned and produced by actress Kiki Shirin, who died in September 2018. Based on real events, it tells the story of Atako Watanabe, a woman in her 60s who pretended to be a 38-year-old to deceive men with beauty, and was finally arrested in a foreign country. Many viewers expressed regret that although the film was about to be screened in China, actress Kiki Shirin died of cancer at her home in Tokyo on September 16 last year at the age of 75.
In his more than 50-year career as an actor, Kiki Shirin is known for playing the roles of grandmother and mother, and has played the image of an elderly character who has gone through vicissitudes but has lost his gentle humor. He is best known for his collaboration with Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda. Although she is often not the protagonist, she still impresses people. She has been nominated for and won the Japan Academy Award for Best Actress and Supporting Actress. In 2016, the 10th Asian Film Awards awarded her the Lifetime Achievement Award. Kiki Shirin once ridiculed the secret of playing an old lady like this: "If you play an old lady, you don't have to move, you don't have to say too many words, you don't have to memorize lines." ”
"Watching movies is a great opportunity to learn about foreign cultures, and I hope that Japan Film Week will help you deepen your understanding of Japan." As a representative of the Chinese side, La Peikang, chairman of China Film Co., Ltd., said that the holding of the Japan Film Week will provide an opportunity for Chinese audiences to experience modern Japan in the form of art, so that Chinese audiences can truly feel the charm of Japanese film art and understand the style of Japanese culture and people's life.
Today, the Chinese film market has grown tremendously, with a large number of foreign films released every year, and the 2016 Japanese animated film "Your Name." The boom in China is also fresh in people's minds.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Sino-Japanese Cultural Exchange Agreement, and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to China said in his opening congratulatory speech that exchanges in the film field between the two countries are now very active. In China, a record 15 Japanese films were released, in addition to a number of film exchange events. In May, the two governments signed the Japan-China Film Co-Production Agreement, and he looked forward to more cooperation between the two countries in film in the future.
Screenshots of posters for six films. (Courtesy of the organizer)
The six popular films are as follows:
"Three more in the middle of the night actually want bananas ~ the true story of love ~ "
Director: Tetsu Maeda
Writers: Hiroshi Hashimoto
Starring: Hiroshi Oizumi, Miki Takahata, Haruaki Miura
Tanaka (Haruma Miura), who attends a medical university in Hokkaido, meets a disabled Shikano (Hiroshi Ozumi) through a volunteer activity. After Being discharged from the hospital, Shikano recruited volunteers and began to learn to live independently with the help of his parents. One day, Shikano falls in love with a new volunteer, Mika (Mitsuki Takahata), and asks Tanaka to write a love letter for him. But at that time, Misaki was Tanaka's girlfriend...
"38-year-old Erica"
Director: Yuichi Hibi
Writers: Yukiichi Hibi
Starring: Kiki Kirin, Miyoko Asada, Daida Hirata, Naoko Saburichi, Arthur Kuroda
This film is the first film planned and produced by actress Kiki Shirin, who died in September 2018. Based on real events, the film tells the story of Atoko Watanabe, a woman in her 60s who pretended to be a 38-year-old to deceive men with beauty, and was finally arrested in a foreign country. She calls herself Erica, and at the direction of her lover Hirazawa Yuo, she gathers many beautiful women in the name of supporting the career briefing, deceives people with words, and collects money. However, upon learning that Hirazawa was dating several women at the same time and betraying herself, Irika severed her ties with Pyeongtaek. She deceived a rich old man and moved into a mansion, and also brought her mother, who lived in a nursing home, to the mansion. This time, she continued to cheat money through her fictitious support business briefing...
"Good Umbrella"
Director: Takayuki Otaku
Writers: Filial piety between the houses
Starring: Kana Kashina, Hayato Ichihara
In order to find his father, Rokuro, who was separated 25 years ago, and return home with him, Takashima visits the lively Love Garden Shrine during the annual festival held in May. On the other side, Tounro, who had already changed his surname and established a new family, quietly folded his hands, still thinking about his daughter and ex-wife in Yokohama. At the climax of the festival, May finally found her father, who she had missed for a long time...
Sky Restaurant
Director: Eihiro Fukagawa
Writers: Eihiro Fukagawa, Wenmi Tsuchisa
Starring: Hiroshi Oizumi, Manami Hongami, Masao Koda, Yuji Makita, Tsutomu Takamasa
In a ranch in Thekanbancho town of Hokkaido where the sea can be seen, there are Keiri (Hiroshi Oizumi), his wife's kotoe (Manami Motokami), and the shepherd Kobe (Shosei Okada), who runs a ranch and cheese workshop for a living. One day, they were very touched to find that under the cooking of a well-known Sapporo chef, the ingredients they produced had become very delicious. In order to continue this feeling, they decided to open a limited-time restaurant that was only open for one day.
Snow Of All
Director: Kojiro Hashimoto
Writers: Keiwa Okada
Starring: Hirotomi Noborisaka, Saii Nakajo, Hayaki Takaoka, Kenta Hamano, Andei Tanabe
Miyuki (Nakajo), who has been ill since childhood and is told by her doctor that she has little time left, thinks that she cannot be happy. However, she has always hoped to go to Finland to see the Aurora Borealis in her lifetime. One day, Yusuke (Hirotomi Noborisaka), who aspires to become a glass craftsman, meets Miyuki, who is also attracted to his straightforward personality. When Miyuki learned that the store where Yusuke worked was in business difficulties, she offered 1 million yen in assistance. But in exchange, Miyuki hopes that Yusuke will be able to spend a month with her...
"Until I Met September Love"
Director: Toru Yamamoto
编剧: Shogo Kusano, Mayi Yamada, Toru Yamamoto, Yumi Matsuo
Starring: Issa Takami, Haruna Kawaguchi, Ryota Hamano, Ryoko Nakamura, Rina Kawakami
The film is based on The romance novel of the same name by Yumi Matsuo. Shiori Kitamura (Haruna Kawaguchi) moves into a unique apartment, and in the room next to her is inhabited by Shin Hirano (Issei Takahashi), who aspires to become a novelist. One night, Kitamura Shiori heard a voice from the other side of the room wall claiming to be "a man living in the future after 1 year." In order to solve the mystery, Kitamura Shiori and Hirano join hands to find the truth. But, after something, this mysterious voice disappears...