In your heart, is there anyone who wants to meet again
"Today, I just wanted to talk to you about a movie that I just wanted to show in Nara" By the name, you might think this is a Japanese movie.
The poster style is also full of wind
But in fact, this is a movie filmed by a Chinese director and co-starring Chinese and Japanese actors. It tells about a Chinese mother, Grandma Chen, who went to Nara, Japan alone, looking for a Japanese adopted daughter she hadn’t seen in more than ten years. story.
Why do Chinese mothers go to Japan to find Japanese adopted daughters? The movie involves a history that is not well known to ordinary people - "Japanese pioneer group".
After the "September 18 Incident", Japan sent China not only the army but also a large number of immigrants. These immigrants were called the "exploration regiment." By 1945, Japan was defeated and withdrawn. Many members of the pioneering group became cannon fodder. 270,000 Japanese nationals were left behind. Except for deaths, tens of thousands of people failed to return to Japan. This includes many women and children.
Group photo of the former "Japanese pioneer group" immigrants (Source: Wikipedia)
The doll is correct. Seeing the orphans waiting to be fed, many Chinese mothers are reluctant to take in and raise adults. After growing up, the orphan knew his identity and started the road to find relatives. However, due to their special status, it is not smooth to find relatives. Many people have returned to China because they are not used to life in Japan, or stay in Japan and are not willing to mention their own backgrounds, and their lives are limited.
The heroine who helps Granny Chen find an adopted daughter in the movie. When reading the letter sent by her adopted daughter to Granny Chen, she also mentioned the difficulties encountered by orphans in finding relatives. The female protagonist is also the offspring of an orphan living in Japan
"Meet Nara" is not the first movie to mention the story of the Japanese stranded in China after the war, 's 2001 Chinese movie "Purple" "Day", the 2012 TV series "Little Aunt Duo Crane", also showed this story to the audience.
Akiba played by Chie Maeda in "Purple Sun" is an orphan who lost his mother and sister in the war and was forced to flee but died under the guns of his own national army.
"Aunt Tazuru" tells the story of the 30 to 40 years of emotional entanglement between the Japanese woman Takeuchi Tazuru who was stranded in northeast China after the end of the Anti-Japanese War and an ordinary Chinese family_ span10span
is different from these two works,The young director Pengfei turned the story of "Meet Nara Again" from China to Japan. With Chinese mothers, the descendants of orphans who helped find their relatives, and the process of tracing a retired Japanese policeman , it presents a warmer story to the audience.
The editor was fortunate to watch the premiere of "Meeting Nara Again". The film’s humorous and humorous style also made this journey of looking for women more warm. Grandma Chen, who is looking for a girl, can’t speak Japanese. She said goodbye in Russian in a hurry, but was misunderstood as cursing (goodbye in Russian is the same as the Japanese idiot); getting along with retired policemen who can’t speak Chinese relies on funny body language and a Zhang family portrait photos, barrier-free communication.
A good movie requires the interpretation of a good actor in addition to a good script.
Grandma Chen, who is looking for a girl, is an old drama player. Wu Yanshu , Grandma Wu has superb acting skills, and her sincere performance has caused heated discussions among netizens. The famous Japanese director Shunji Iwai 's "Hello, Chihua" Grandma Wu also participated.
Some time ago, Grandma Wu played a Shanghai grandma
and Grandma Chen searched for the orphaned daughter of the adopted daughter, Ozawa, the new actor Yingzawa
Played by span10span, although he is a newcomer, Yingze has comfortable acting skills.The temperament is a little bit like Yui Aragaki! The most powerful is a Chinese, who completed all the Japanese lines in the movie in one month's time.
The addition of the powerful Japanese actors Kunimura Falcon and Nagase Masatoshi has added authentic Japanese style to the movie. The life-like performances of the two actors have a strong sense of naturalness and substitution.
Kunimura Hayabusa plays a retired policeman in the movie
Nagase Masatoshi plays the deaf temple administrator
The film was shot on site in Japan The streets and alleys of Japan are also very familiar.
"Meet Nara Again" is adapted from real life, literary and witty stories, allowing the audience to understand a heavy history in a relaxed atmosphere, but the director did not deliberately describe this heavy The atmosphere, but to convey to everyone a touching family affection without blood relationship.
In the film, when introducing Granny Chen’s Japanese adopted daughter, there is a sentence: “Ming” in her Japanese name is the name of her Chinese mother. Even when she returned to China to find her roots, she did not forget the Chinese mother who raised her.
The pain caused by war may be indelible, but the sincere feelings between people,But it can melt glaciers and move the world. If you like such a heart-warming story, you might as well walk into the cinema!
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