"Boatman" Oda Cut Jean brings a "peach blossom garden"

Oda, who was named by "Love Letter" director Shunji Iwai as the most wanted object of cooperation, is currently the most high-profile male star in Japan, not only handsome in appearance, but also superb in acting. In recent years, he has starred in film and television dramas such as "Rainbow Old People's Home", "Blood and Bone", "Paradise Disqualification", "Statute of Limitation Police", "Swing", "Bug Master", "Tokyo Tower", "Late Night Canteen" and other film and television dramas, and he has also cooperated with Chinese directors such as Tian Zhuangzhuang and Lou Ye. 2019 is also a year of harvest for Oda, and the film "Lyceum Theatre" starring him and Gong Li and his first feature film "A Boatman's Story" were not only shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival, but also shortlisted for the Crouching Tiger Unit of the Pingyao International Film Festival. Due to the impact of the typhoon, Oda Chejang arrived in Pingyao a day late and arrived in Pingyao on the afternoon of the 14th, but he immediately started the film festival trip, and also let the Chinese media and audiences feel the charm of the new director at close range.

Is the era of "bridges" really good?

The film is all about a boatman, a river, a house, and different people coming and going, telling the story of a Japanese village 150 years ago that changed because of the bridge. The slow narrative rhythm, the relatively single scene setting, the simple character dialogue, the script that Oda Has been conceiving since 10 years ago, stems from his thinking about the modern fast-paced society. "The whole society in Japan is very fast-paced, and a year has passed in the blink of an eye. I was thinking, is it really good to live this kind of life? Wouldn't it be happier if you could live a life that wasn't bound by money or time? It was because of this idea that this creation was created. ”

In Oda's eyes, he did not like the bridge that replaced the boatman. He has always thought about whether the convenience brought by the "bridge" in the real society is a really good thing. "For example, now everyone has a smart phone, and when they contact others, they type, but they can't write, and I often forget to write." Perhaps in the future, with the development of science and technology, the era when we do not use handwriting will come. But whether this era of convenience that you see is really good, I want to make the audience think through the movie. ”

In order to find the "peach blossom source" in the story, Oda Chering ran 20 or 30 places in Japan, "I hope that summer is beautiful, winter is beautiful, morning beauty, evening beauty is also beautiful filming place." Hopefully every frame in my film after shooting in this place will be like a painting. He said. After watching the film in advance, the Shanxi Evening News reporter believed that "The Story of a Boatman" had indeed achieved a picturesque frame, and in order to find a beautiful view, he also pulled du Kefeng, a well-known photographer in the Chinese-speaking area. This photographer has shot countless classic shots for films such as "The True Biography of Ah Fei", "East Evil and West Poison", "Sweet Honey", "Chinese Partner", "Looking for Plum in the Snow" and so on, and he also did not disappoint his good friend Oda Che and the audience.

I don't make movies to make money

In the one-and-a-half-hour interview, it can be felt that Oda Isjeong is a very personal person, and his personality is reflected in his thinking about the film and his maverick behavior. At the interview site, every routine question in the media, he can give a somewhat unexpected answer.

"A Boatman's Story" has been released in Japan for a month, and when asked by the media if he ever cared about the box office, Oda Said: "I can't understand this idea, I don't think making movies is to make money, I just want to make a movie of what I'm interested in, put it out and enjoy it with everyone, if you consider the box office, it is impossible to make a good movie, I hope the film director pays more attention to the story itself." ”

Oda chose to shoot content that was different from the current trend of film, saying that he wanted to make a film that no distribution company would do, "Which is more in line with my own personality, which is something I think is interesting." ”

So, why don't you self-act after you have written and directed yourself? Oda Revealed that although the role of the boatman is based on himself, he did not play himself, which was due to his responsibility as a director and his self-esteem as an actor: "For me, this movie is very important, I want to have the most perfect presentation, and I must do my best to be a good director." At the same time, I have the self-esteem of being an actor, and I don't want to be bad at the works I participate in, so being a director and being an actor is not the best I can do, and I must have a choice. ”