"See You Again Nara" Special Edition of the Golden Team Awards for Chinese and Japanese Movies
On March 10th, "See Nara Again", produced by Naomi Kawase and Jia Zhangke, written and directed by Pengfei, and starring Wu Yanshu, Hidezawa, Hayabusa Kunimura and Masatoshi Nagase, released a special edition of the "Golden Team Award for Chinese-Japanese Films" and a hand-painted poster. The gentle and bright style adds a lot of warmth to this exotic mother-daughter relationship spanning 60 years, which arouses the audience's expectations.
Hand-painted posters highlight oriental aesthetics Warm and touching to heal regrets of the past
The story of the movie "See Nara Again" comes from a pair of foreign mothers and daughters who are not related by blood. Chen Huiming (Wu Yanshu) adopted Chen Lihua as an adopted daughter after the war orphan Chen Lihua when she was young, and when she became an adult, Chen Lihua returned to Japan to find relatives, and the two were far away from the ocean and gradually broke off contact. Therefore, Chen Huiming, who is over 80 years old, went to Nara, Japan alone to find an adopted daughter.
And this hand-painted poster shows Chen Huiming, who arrived in Japan, and together with the orphaned second generation Ozawa (Hidezawa) and the Japanese retired police officer Kazuo (Kunimura Falcon), a miniature of the process of searching for an adopted daughter. The poster's Chen Huiming, with the help of Ozawa and Kazuo, carefully crosses a small stream, and the mountains and rivers in the distance seem to indicate that this road to find relatives is far from the end...
Exotic mothers and daughters, old people searching for relatives across borders, and post-war orphans, these elements doom "See Nara Again" to be a special story. Director Pengfei said that he did not want to tell a painful story, but also wanted everyone to see the greatness of his mother through this story and feel the glory of human nature. Because of this, "See Nara Again" does not focus too much on the hardships and regrets on the road to find relatives, but uses some natural and exquisite jokes to fill this journey with warm and bright colors.
Stills from "See You Again Nara"
As the poster shows, the end of the family search journey may still be far away, but Grandma, Ozawa and Kazuo have already accepted each other on this road, tolerated each other, healed each other, and found their own emotional belonging on this road. Healing with affection and moving people with love are the most significant features of "See Nara Again".
The golden team masters of China and Japan gathered together to achieve dark horse movies
As a newcomer director who has won international awards for two films in succession, Pengfei has received help from many masters in shooting "See Nara Again". The film's producers Naomi Kawase and Jia Zhangke can be called the "Cannes Double Stars" of China and Japan. Naomi Kawase has won the Golden Camera Award and the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and Jia Zhangke has been nominated for Cannes five times, and won the Best Screenplay Award and lifetime achievement award at the Cannes Film Festival.
The reason why they were moved by "See Nara Again" is very simple, Jia Zhangke bluntly said: "The first time I saw this script, I was deeply infected, it transcended national borders, but also beyond history and culture", Naomi Kawase also said: "This work tells the history of the past, but also hopes to light up the common future." ”
In addition, the production staff of "See Nara Again" is also luxurious, and its director of photography Liao Benrong has worked with director Cai Mingliang for a long time. Editor and director Chen Bowen has worked on the classic films "Yiyi" and "The Juvenile Murder Incident on Muling Street".
Music director Keiichi Suzuki has collaborated with Takeshi Kitano and Shunji Iwai on many occasions to complete classic films such as "Humpback City" and "Swallowtail Butterfly". His music is full of poetic beauty, which complements the warm and beautiful style of "See Nara Again". With a touching story, it's no wonder that some viewers predicted: "'See Nara Again' has the potential to become a dark horse movie this March." ”
(Source: 1905 Movie Network)