After the screening of "The Hunt" in China, it caused quite a stir, and in the 80s, when the spiritual world was relatively poor, it brought a lot of happiness and expectations to Chinese audiences. --Headline Encyclopedia
In 1978, in order to celebrate the signing of the Sino-Japanese Friendship Treaty, Seven Chinese Cities publicly screened Japanese films, and "The Hunt" was only one of them, but it became the most popular one. Just two months after the release of "The Hunt," China announced its reform and opening up.
Here is the leisure bubble hall, the owner of the church today to take you back to "The Hunt" swept the north and south of China's great rivers in 1978, what did it bring to the Chinese at that time?
At that time, the enthusiasm of the Chinese people to watch "The Hunt" was unprecedented, it also became the iconic cultural symbol of that era, "The Song of Duqiu" was catchy for everyone, and it may be difficult for young people today to imagine the impact of "The Hunt" to our parents in that era.
"The Hunt" begins with a panoramic view of Tokyo lined with high-rise buildings, a sight that even the Hong Kong and Taiwan regions at the time looked up to. The fashionable outfits of the male and female protagonists in the film, and the advanced science fiction concept that eating an AX pill will obey others, have opened a window to the world for Chinese.
In the "special historical era" before this, they watched model plays such as "Shining Red Star" and "Red Detachment of Women", when more than 100 million Chinese people had an annual income of no more than 40 yuan, and a large area of rural areas was not connected to roads, telephones, water and electricity... And "The Hunt" tells them what modernization is, what is development, what is the beautiful expectation of a happy life, and even has a profound impact on their values.
Du Qiu, the male protagonist played by Ken Takakura, wears aviator sunglasses and a khaki single-breasted trench coat to "rule" the fashion aesthetics of Chinese men for more than twenty years, and when it is not windy, he must also stand up the plume.
In addition, the leather clothing style is also very classic, and in the impression of the owner, Dad and several uncles once had the same model.
In 1985, the second issue of China Youth published an article "Where to Find Takakura Ken", and "Looking for Manhood" once caused a heated discussion in society. In today's parlance, Duqiu is the representative of "masculinity."
He can ride horses, fly airplanes, shootouts and fights, can do everything, has a cold surface, is brave and determined at heart, and does not give up the pursuit of justice even if he is framed. The appearance of Du Qiu made all Chinese women born around the 60s full of tenderness, and also became the target of Chinese men's self-promotion at that time.
The heroine, Mayumi, appears as a modern oriental female figure that breaks the shackles of tradition. This capitalist lady from Hokkaido climbed up to a tree and wore a dignified professional outfit to run the family business, with a variety of images.
She did not shyly confess to Duqiu boldly, for Duqiu to confront her father, angrily rebuked the police, rode a horse to kill a road of escape, and there is also a picture of her and Duqiu kissing in the film.
All this surprised the conservative Chinese audience at the time, but she looked so natural and heartwarming. Especially Chinese women, for the first time, came into contact with the concept of "perm", and the cosmetics and jewelry labeled "True Beauty" in the store sold particularly well, and it is not too much to say that they led the fashion trend at that time.
Of course, the young boys and girls who chased Du qiu and Mayumi should be fifty or sixty years old now, and they are more than halfway through their lives.
In fact, two years ago, when the film was released in Japan, it was flat and only returned to the original, but it set off a huge response in China, many Chinese audiences have watched it more than once, and even the Japanese people lamented that this is "the largest number of Japanese movies in the history of Japanese cinema."
Ryoko Nakano, Jinling Zhang, Kurihara Komaki, Liu Xiaoqing
In 1979, Ryoko Nakano, the actress who plays Mayumi, made her first visit to China, and the fans who greeted her surrounded the hotel and shouted "Mayumi" loudly, so that she still had auditory hallucinations when she slept at night.
Ryoko Nakano visited China for the first time
It is worth mentioning that nakano Ryoko, who is admired by thousands of people in reality, did not get married until the age of 37, and her honeymoon trip was still spent in Shanghai and Beijing. At that time, Shanghai JinshaJiang Hotel also specially prepared Room 1016 for them as a wedding room.
Ryoko Nakano was with Chinese children during her visit to China
In the past 25 years, Nakano has visited China 49 times and has been committed to Sino-Japanese friendly exchanges, which has been called "long-term love with China" by the Japanese media.
Deng Yingchao received Ryoko Nakano and other Japanese actors
The footprints of "True Beauty" have traveled to almost every corner of China.
Ryoko Nakano founded a primary school in Qinhuangdao
She has gone to ethnic minority areas on the Border of China to shoot documentary TV dramas, planted the Tree of Peace at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, and used her savings of 2 million yen to open a primary school in Qinhuangdao, which is also equipped with solar heating public facilities that were rare in the 90s.
Yoshiko Nakano Chiko
Ken Takakura's first visit to China was eight years after the film's release. Since 1986, Ken Takakura has visited China several times and climbed the Great Wall accompanied by His daughter King Zhu Lin.
Zhu Lin accompanied Ken Takakura to the Great Wall
In addition to Zhu Lin, Gong Xue, who was known as "China's Yamaguchi Baihui" in the film industry in the 80s, also turned into a small fan in front of him.
Gong Xue became a small fan in front of Ken Takakura
Speaking of Chinese, who had a deep friendship with Ken Takakura, and Bik, who voiced Duchu in "The Hunt" at the time.
Ken Takakura and Duchu's Chinese voiced by Bik
Bicker is a famous Chinese dubbing performance artist and a generation of masters in the field of translation and production in the 1980s. The success of "The Hunt" in China is inseparable from the credit of the Chinese translation team. In particular, Byk's dubbing of Duqiu, the cold, gritty tone and Ken Takakura's screen image are seamlessly combined.
Poster of "The Yellow Handkerchief of Happiness"
Later, Byk served as the Chinese voice of Ken Takakura's films, including "The Call of the Distant Mountains" and "The Yellow Handkerchief of Happiness", so he was known as "China's Takakura Ken". On his first visit to China, Ken Takakura visited BYK at the Shanghai Translation Factory and bowed to him in thanks.
Unfortunately, in the late 1980s, Bicker suffered from a throat disease and had to leave the dubbing position. So years later, when Ken Takakura invited him to voice his new work "Railroad Man"Chinese again, Bik was unable to do so, and the two failed to work together again.
Stills from "The RailroadMan"
In 2001, Bicker died of a worsening illness. After learning the news, Takakura Ken was so sorry that he sent a condolence telegram to the Shanghai Film Translation And Production Factory, which wrote: "Suddenly hearing bad news, I was speechless for a while. I am sorry that we did not see each other again. Sincerely pray for the blessings of meditation. He also sent a box of incense sticks according to Japanese customs.
In addition to Bike, Chinese who cherished Ken Takakura also had Zhang Yimou.
Ken Takakura and Zhang Yimou
In the year "The Hunt" was released in China, Zhang Yimou had just been admitted to the Beijing Film Academy. The difference between the two people of 20 years will become a year-old friend in the future, and the gentlemanly friendship between them has become a beautiful talk in the Chinese and Japanese cultural circles, and Ken Takakura said bluntly: "I really want to take Zhang Yimou as my son!" ”
Zhang Yimou also regards Ken Takakura as his respected idol and has always hoped to cooperate with him. In 2000, Zhang Yimou planned to shoot "Hero", respectfully leaving the nameless role to Takakura Ken, thinking that this role was a chivalrous and male number one, and should not desecrate Takakura Ken.
However, Ken Takakura said to Zhang Yimou: "Director Zhang, this is not the movie I want to act in, I have acted in more than 200 movies, and my cooperation with you is not just for cooperation, I want to express the emotions between people." Zhang Yimou suddenly realized that he was thinking too superficially.
Takakura ken has seen Zhang Yimou's early "Red Sorghum" and "Alive" and recognized Zhang Yimou's talent, but the film with sufficient artistic depth is what he wants to work with Zhang Yimou, not a commercial blockbuster with only luxurious scenes.
Poster of "A Thousand Miles and a Single Ride"
Later, Zhang Yimou tailored "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone" for Ken Takakura. The 74-year-old Ken Takakura was very satisfied with the script and went to Yunnan to complete the shooting. 5 years later, the film was released, box office, word of mouth, awards, a lot, the cooperation between Chinese and Japanese literary giants is flawless.
Stills from "A Thousand Miles and a Single Ride"
Ken Takakura's performance in the film is still as calm as a mountain, which touched the hearts of the audience without moving, and the deep father-son affection made the Chinese and Japanese audiences tear up.
Since then, Ken Takakura and Zhang Yimou have maintained close contact. In 2008, when Zhang Yimou was preparing for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, the pressure was enormous. In order to encourage Zhang Yimou, Takakura Ken asked the Japanese national treasure master to build a treasure sword, and personally ran through military relations, obtained the exit approval, and escorted the sword to Zhang Yimou, who was in Beijing.
On the wooden box containing the knife, Takakura Ken wrote with a brush: "Guard Zhang Yimou, Takakura Ken prays." After delivering the knife, he was worried about delaying Zhang Yimou's work progress, and flew back to Japan the next day. Not only that, Takakura Ken also specially arranged a day's prayer ceremony for Zhang Yimou at a Japanese temple.
He wrote a passage for the master in the temple to read to the effect: "My friend Zhang Yimou, as the general director of the Beijing Olympic Games, has a very heavy task and a lot of pressure, I pray for him, I hope that he will be all right and his work will be successful." For this matter, Takakura Ken himself did not tell Zhang Yimou, and Zhang Yimou later learned about it from the translator.
The two people are not only like fathers and sons in thought, but Ken Takakura is also very concerned about the development of Zhang Yimou's film path. After "A Thousand Miles and a Single Ride", Zhang Yimou continued to try in commercial films and pulled himself off the altar several times. To this end, Takakura Ken once wrote to Zhang Yimou, instructing him, "As an international director, you must adhere to your inner choice of art, and do not be bound and controlled by the producer."
The "exhortation" letter was the criticism between Zhang Yimou and producer Zhang Weiping, who eventually parted ways under the entanglement of art, business and personal life. I have to say that ginger is still old and spicy, and Ken Takakura's vision is indeed unique.
In 2014, Ken Takakura died of malignant lymphoma at the age of 83. His last words were: "Please hold a funeral for me in secret, as long as your relatives are present, you must not disturb everyone because of my death." So eight days later, people learned that the tough guy on the screen, the Japanese actor who became a special mark of a certain era in China, had passed away.
After receiving bad news from his best friend and mentor, Zhang Yimou said that he was "in a very sad mood." At that time, CCTV and the Chinese Foreign Ministry expressed their condolences on the death of Ken Takakura, saying that he was a Japanese artist familiar to Chinese and had made important positive contributions to Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges.
Three years ago, through The Hunt, ordinary people in China and Japan re-established cultural exchanges, tempering historical hatred to some extent and being crucial to the peaceful development of the following decades.
The father of yajun Sato, the director of "The Hunt", opposed Hideki Tojo's militaristic criminal line during World War II, and after the defeat, Sato thought about the contradiction between the individual and society, and in "The Hunt" also explored the concept of never giving up personal dignity and pursuing a good life and happy love.
Yajun Sato during the filming of The Hunt
Later, in order to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, Yajun Sato and Chinese director Duan Jishun filmed "A Game of Chess That Has Not Been Played".
This is the first Sino-Japanese co-production film, which tells the vicissitudes of the two Go families of Guan Yishan and Songbo for thirty years, reflecting on the joys and sorrows of the two countries in the Sino-Japanese War, and the actors Sun Daolin and Rintaro of the Three Kingdoms have performed well in the film.
As exchanges between the two countries deepened, half of China's audience shed tears for Momoe Yamaguchi in "Blood Doubts";
Stills from Blood Doubt
Yuko Tanaka, who played the heroine in the Japanese drama "Ashin", became synonymous with female entrepreneurs;
Poster of "A Xin"
Ma Yun, who lost the college entrance examination at the age of 18, was encouraged by Junko Fawn in "Volleyball Girl" to rekindle his fighting spirit, and his post-80s and 90s childhoods included flower fairies, Ichigo Brother, Doraemon and Saint Seiya.
Poster of "Volleyball Women"
Ma Yun took a group photo with Yumiko Araki, the actor of "Junko Fawn"
In a sense, from the beginning of "The Hunt", the motivation of the Chinese people to strive for a better country and a better life was awakened, although tens of millions of people were eager to live forever.