The 41-year-old writer Yasushi Sato's "Hakodate Trilogy" ushered in the final chapter of the film version through the hand of director Atsuhiro Yamashita. Oda and Yu Aoi collaborated again after 10 years in "Bug Master", and stars such as Shota Matsuda, Shinnosuke Manjima, and Yuka participated. For a "depressing film" that describes the pain of life, the lineup is too luxurious. The film will also be featured in the screening section of the 2017 Beijing International Film Festival.
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<h1>【Plot】 Loser and the love of the drinking girl</h1>
Divorced from his wife, Shiraiwa (Oda Chiejō) returns to his hometown of Hakodate, where he studies at a vocational training school while living off unemployment insurance. One day, Shiraiwa is taken to a custom shop by a friend and meets Satoshi (Yu Aoi), a barmaid who "wants to become a bird", and the two get closer and closer. But Bai Yan found that he could not forget his separated wife and children, and he was troubled by this. On the other side, the training school held a soft baseball match. During the game, the fence in the field was in the eyes of Bai Yan, as if it were something that he had to cross in his life. With all his might, he swung his bat at the fence.
<h1>[Cass] 10 years ago, the two "can't talk."</h1>
Since the 2007 live-action film Bug Master, Oda and Yu Aoi have collaborated again after a decade.
Recalling the shooting scene that year, Oda Saider said: "When I was shooting, Aoi Yu was only a teenager, and I didn't know what to say to a girl of that age. So when only the two of us were left in the monitoring room, most of them ended in silence. Yu Aoi also agreed: "During the period when I was most recognized, I could really feel Oda's overwhelmed look. But I don't know what to do. For this cooperation, Oda Said with a smile that it was a "reconciliation" for that year, "Aoi Yu said about that year, thinking that I didn't talk because I hated her coming." This time it's much better to eat and chat together. ”
Yu Aoi, who has always appeared in a fresh image, "broke the rules" to challenge the role of a barmaid, which is also a growth for herself. "This experience was the first for me. Although I told myself not to go too far, I was still a little confused at the beginning of the shooting, and I couldn't tell the difference between myself and the character. The result was that the cold gaze of the other party was from 'White Rock' or Oda Cutjō. [Laughs]"
<h1>[Original author] Taishi Sato: Huai Cai did not meet, committed suicide at the age of 41</h1>
"Crossing the Fence" is based on The True Experience of Yasushi Sato. In the successive setbacks of his career as a writer, he chose to go to a vocational training school to experience life. The book also became his last work to be shortlisted for the Wasagawa Prize. It is still depicted in the filthy fringe life, the struggles and pains of life. It can also be regarded as a typical Japanese "depressive piece".
The original author, Yasushi Sato, was born in 1949 in Hakodate, Hokkaido, and graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy at Kokugakuin University. Although considered to have the talent to speak side by side with his contemporaries Haruki Murakami and Kenji Nakagami, he never won major literary awards or commercial favors. Although he was nominated five times for the Wasagawa Prize, which is regarded as a pure literary dragon gate, he was ultimately unsuccessful. Frustrated, he personally ended his 41-year-old life in 1990.
20 years after his departure, the work gained explosive popularity. His most famous "Hakodate Trilogy" has been successively made into live-action films. This belated popularity is not unrelated to the harsh economic environment in Japan. In the late 1980s, when Yasushi Sato was active, during the bubble economy, the distress and loneliness of young people in the works may not be the same as the current "grid society".
Film version of the "Hakodate Trilogy"
《Haitan City Narrative Scene》
Release date: 2010
Director: Xiong Che and Jia
Starring: Mitsuki Tanimura, Ryo Kaya, Ryo Kobayashi
"Only Shine There"
Release date: 2014
Director: Wu Meibao
Starring: Tsuyoshi Ayano, Chizuru Ikeri, Shoko Sugata
<h1>【Production】The dance is influenced by "Flowers and Alice"</h1>
Yu Aoi, who is much more low-key this year, happened to be 29 years old when he filmed this film. When I accepted the invitation, I also regarded it as my last work in my 20s. "For actresses, it is important to choose the role after the age of 30." Director Atsuhiro Yamashita said.
In the film, there is a section in which the bartender "Satoshi" played by Yu Aoi dances a "courtship dance", according to the director, this is because the producer wants to add dance to the film. Yu Aoi also specially invited a familiar choreographer to watch many "courtship dance" images of birds with the staff.
This dance is hard not to recall the dancing scene of Yu Aoi in Shunji Iwai's film "Flowers and Alice". "Dancing a stretch ballet as a teenage girl, ten years later on the road to courtship dance. It's a bit sad to say. "I also thought of the scene of 'Flowers and Alice', so I also wanted to let Aoi Jump jump and watch." ”
↑ "Crossing the Fence"
↑Flowers and Alice
<h1>[Director Talk].</h1>
Q: In Taishi Sato's Hakodate Trilogy, after Kazuka Kuma's "Narration of Haitan City" and Wu Miho's "Only Shine There", the last part is directed by you. What are your thoughts on these two works?
Atsuhiro Yamashita: "The Story of Haitan City" is very impactful, and director Xiong Che is really powerful. I have always felt willfully that there are always some gloomy places for creators from Hokkaido. The same goes for director Bear Cut. Musically, the bands Eastern Youth, Bloodthirsty Butchers, and THA BLUE HERB were also chosen. Maybe because Hokkaido has a vast land and a harsh natural environment, it will have some unique sensibilities. In college, I watched Xiong Che's "Ghost Animal Banquet" and realized that he was harboring some kind of dangerous impulse. "Narration of Haitan City" presents a dark world that he has long been missing.
Wu Meibao is a classmate of my college classmates, and "Only Shine There" is a love story told from a fresh perspective, which makes me feel that the original literature of Taishi Sato can also be told from such an incision.
↑ "Only GlowIng There"
Q: Both directors have been nominated internationally for the Hakodate Trilogy.
Atsuhiro Yamashita: Yes, I noticed that too. Both directors are outstanding. So there was also some pressure to shoot the last part of the trilogy. But the two have opened up the direction, and it is easier to do it in a way. The cinematographer runs through the trilogy of Kondo Ryujin, and the script is Ryo Takada. Basically, I joined the team of "Only Glow There" to do it. In terms of movies, what to shoot is very important, and who will shoot it will be very different.