Huayu: Director started with art films

Chapter 48 048 [Chinese Genius Golden Lion Supervisor, Sakai Izumi's love] Please follow up
First, the achievements of Li Yishu and Sakai Izumizu in their respective fields were introduced.

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi then began to ask questions from the script, "Director Li, is this your first time attending an international film festival?"

Izumi Sakai nearby helped translate.

Lee Ye-seo smiled and said, "Yes, it's the first time, and this is also my first time directing a film."

"Wow, Director Li is so amazing. He is worthy of being praised by the Japanese media as a rare genius director in a century!"

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi immediately changed her tone to admiration: "I heard that the film you brought this time won the Golden Lion Award at this year's Venice Film Festival. Can you tell us how you felt when you won the award?"

Is this a once-in-a-century opportunity?
I remember the nicknames that the Japanese gave to me later, such as once in four thousand years, once in five thousand years...

Lee Yi-su was amused while answering the question in cooperation with the other party: "I was very excited at that time, because I didn't expect that my first film would win the Golden Lion Award..."

"..."

The content of the first half of the conversation was quite normal, and Tetsuko Kuroyanagi followed the procedure and started by praising Lee Yi-su.

It is said that he is young and promising. The movie he brought this time is so excellent that it defeated all the filmmakers participating in the exhibition and won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival in September.

Perhaps because she felt that this was not a big deal, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi turned her gaze to Izumi Sakai and said, "Ms. Sakai, I heard that the theme song you sang was written by Director Li himself?"

"Yes."

Izumi Sakai nodded and said, "This is a very nice light rock song. I really liked it after I got it."

"Then I wonder if you two can sing together?"

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi smiled and said, "I heard that this song is very important in the movie, and it was also sung by Director Li himself. I think everyone must be very curious about what kind of songs such a talented young director like Director Li would write."

Hearing this, Izumi Sakai looked at Lee Yi-su for translation.

Li Yishu naturally had no objection, but just when she was about to agree, she suddenly remembered that she was here to promote the movie, so she said:

"Why not let Ms. Sakai sing it for everyone first? When the movie is released, everyone can go to the cinema to listen to my version and see who sings better, me or Ms. Sakai."

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi didn't expect the young great director to say this, but this is also a selling point of the movie.

After all, after listening to the version sung by Izumi Sakai, some viewers may want to go to the cinema to hear what Lee Yi-su’s singing sounds like.

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi applauded and said, "Please invite Ms. Sakai to sing our theme song 'That's why you go away'."

Li Yishu also clapped along the side.

Izumi Sakai smiled shyly, then picked up the microphone, stood up and walked to the center of the stage. After the live music sounded, she began to sing the song softly.

From the angle where Li Yishu is sitting now, she can just see Izumi Sakai's profile.

He wore an ordinary light brown coat with a white round neck T-shirt underneath and a cool belt tied over his loose jeans.

Her fluffy long hair was tied into a ponytail, she had thick and slender eyebrows, black eyes, and light-colored lips, and it seemed that she had no makeup on at all.

Perhaps because she was singing to an emotional point, Izumi Sakai closed her eyes, slightly opened her lips, and immersed herself in her own singing.

The impression given by Izumi Sakai is that although her facial features are not as delicate as Jiang Qinqin's, nor as mature and beautiful as Yu Feihong, she is like a lazy and casual girl next door who lives next to you.

I believe that anyone who has seen her once, even after many years, will always be moved when seeing her simple and plain photos again. And Lee Yi-su is such a person. In his previous life, he didn't know much about Izumi Sakai. The most familiar song he had heard was "Don't Give Up" and the ending song of Slam Dunk.

But after seeing the other person's photo, many years later, Li Yishu can still remember the other person's appearance.

Unfortunately, this girl fell and died in 07.

Looking at the other person singing in front of him, he inexplicably felt as if he was in another world.

At this time, the photographer seemed to notice the changes in Li Yishu's face and pointed the camera at him.

In the camera, Li Yishu's eyes were slightly narrowed, as if she was immersed in Izumi Sakai's singing.

After overnight editing, the program "Tetsuko's Room" was successfully broadcast on TV Asahi at 13:00 the next day.

Yes, this show airs at noon.

The ratings were very good when the show first aired. Toho Co., Ltd. has been running a lot of advertisements in recent times.

Especially at this time when Japan's economy is in recession, the people at Toho Company are working very hard to promote this movie.

Not only did they invite many film critics and Japanese directors to watch the film, they also played the friendship and hometown cards in the newspapers.

Japan has been learning Chinese civilization since ancient times. The relationship between father and son there is not much different from that in China, and it is all traditional father-son relationship.

However, since the economy began to take off in the 1960s, the concept of family in contemporary Japanese society has gradually faded, and a large number of youth problems have emerged. Yazaku youth also began to prevail at this time.

In addition, in the early years, a large number of young people from rural areas left their hometowns and came to the cold big cities.

They must have been happy and excited at first, but as time went on, and with Japan's economy rapidly declining, whether to return to their comfortable hometown from the hard-working life in Tokyo became a big problem facing many middle-aged people in their thirties and forties.

So after a lot of publicity in the early stages, the ratings were quite good after the show was broadcast.

The program crew also deliberately edited the shots of Li Yishu and Izumi Sakai together to create a somewhat ambiguous atmosphere, which attracted even more attention.

He’s the Golden Lion director!
Thanks to the promotion of Dongbao Film Company during this period, Li Yishu has become a once-in-a-century talented director in China. His first film won a major award and he definitely has the potential to become a world-class director in the future.

And it just so happens that Izumi Sakai is such a person.

She signed with the company last year and released her first EP album in February this year, which ranked 2th on the Japanese Oricon chart and topped the chart for 9 consecutive weeks.

After more than half a year of accumulation, the sales volume has exceeded an astonishing 60 copies.

You have to know that this is an EP album with only two songs in total. She is a new singer and her image is in stark contrast to the rock songs she sings. There are very few such beautiful rock female singers in the Japanese singing industry. It can be said that she became an instant hit.

In the early 90s, the Japanese music scene was in chaos.

The older generation, such as Miyuki Nakajima, are still active;

The Mesozoic generation’s Akina Nakamori and Seiko Matsuda have countless fans;
As a member of the new generation of the Heisei era, Izumi Sakai has achieved such outstanding results that many people are optimistic about her future.

So after the program was broadcast, the Asahi Shimbun published a large, bold headline in its afternoon edition:

"China's 100 Years of Genius Golden Lion Supervisor, Heisei New Generation Song Hime Sakai Izumi Love"

(End of this chapter)