Tokyo bubble life

In the university classroom in Ikebukuro, Tsutsui Rintaro is giving a big class. However, the teacher on the podium is giving boring lectures, and only the annoying cicada outside the window is still responding enthusiastically.

He scribbled a few words on the blackboard in his notebook, and then couldn't help but wander off.

"It seems that the new movie directed by Nagayama Naoki will be released today ~ I heard it is a comedy, it looks very interesting ~"

Next to him, his friend Nobuyo Okawa, who was dressed like a peacock, poked his arm.

"Why don't you call Kotino-chan and the others after class and go take a look together~"

"You guy, if you want to chase your girlfriend, just go and do it by yourself, why bother with me!" Tsutsui Rintaro whispered back.

"Who is it that a girl as beautiful as Kotono-chan would actually like to be with a lump like you~"

Okawa Nobuyou sighed, "If you don't go, she won't come out~"

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Even though Tsutsui Rintaro was not very sensitive to emotions, he felt something was wrong:

"Friend, isn't the relationship between the three of us a bit complicated?"

"?What's so complicated?"

"You just said that Koto-chan likes me, but you wanted to invite her out to watch a movie. And then you called me again?!!"

Rintaro Tsutsui thought about the relationship and seemed to understand something!

"My dear friend! It turns out you are a licking dog!!!"

"Bah! What the hell are you talking about!" Okawa Nobuyou immediately became furious, "I'm not interested in Kotano-chan! What's important is the girlfriends who are with her!!"

"Beautiful girls play with beautiful girls! Her beautiful girlfriends are my goals, okay!!!"

"Are they all targets?" A voice came from the side and asked a little surprised.

Okawa Shinyou subconsciously answered: "Of course, my purpose, Okawa Shinyou, is to cast a wide net, raise more fish, and only pick the best one!"

After finishing speaking, Nobuyou Okawa, who was a little proud, suddenly realized something was wrong. Rintaro Tsutsui in front of him seemed to be silent!

So the person who just asked.

He turned his head with a stiff neck, and sure enough he found the lecturer of this class standing next to them! ! !

The teacher, Kawamura Ryohei, who was over fifty years old, looked at Nobumo Okawa with eyes that were either surprised or contemptuous. He sighed in the eyes of the whole class:

"Okawa Nobuyou. You really have the potential to be a scumbag!"

"Teacher, please listen to my excuse."

"I won't listen!" Lecturer Kawamura Ryohei immediately shook his head, "No matter what you say, no matter if you are a scumbag or not, you will clean up the hygiene of this classroom today!!"

"No!!!" Nobuyou Okawa wailed!

This is a lecture theater for a large class, almost as big as two basketball courts! ! !

But other students laughed happily, and for a while, the whole classroom was filled with a cheerful atmosphere!

"Kikujiro's Summer" is officially released!

The film, which has not even been screened, has made all film critics and film lovers full of expectations, and they can't wait to taste the confident work of the famous director Naoki Nagayama.

At this time, someone dug out previous reports. Naoki Nagayama said that this is a movie that will win both the Oscar and the Palme d'Or!

The press conference for the movie's premiere was still arranged at "Wen Yun Sitting". This cinema has become a dedicated theater for Shuyou Films by some strange combination of circumstances.

I heard that Tomohiko Sugiyama, the director of the Shuyou Distribution Section, and the owner of the cinema have reached an agreement to cooperate and will put a special film showcase of Shuyou Films in the exhibition hall next to the main entrance of the theater.

Today, in the exhibition hall located on the corner of the street, there is a huge poster with scenes from "Kikujiro's Summer" on it, as well as advertisements such as the release time. This week, "Bunyunza" will play this movie!

"Naoki-san, what's the problem?"

Eiichiro Watanabe, the planner of Shuyu Pictures, asked while standing in front of the display table in the lobby. He saw Naoki Nagayama looking at the movie brochure on the display table.

"Are there actually three different types of manuals here?" Nagayama Naoki flipped through the manuals at random. The three different color manuals were randomly chosen for each cinema according to the previous decision.

"Hey, this is specially prepared for today's media meeting. At that time, we will also publicize the three different brochures." Watanabe Eiichiro explained.

"That's it~"

Nagayama Naoki nodded and said nothing more. His own planning was still very good.

At this moment, a greeting came from the door: "Naoki-san~"

"Yuko-san!" Nagayama Naoki happily greeted this mature elder sister and admired her skin that had turned white again, "It's only been a few days since we last met, and the tanned Yuko-san has turned white again. , she has become so beautiful again, I’m so impressed after not seeing her for three days.”

"What a glib tongue!" Tanaka Yuko was obviously even happier after hearing this. She walked to Naoki Nagayama and smiled, "I'm surprised to see you, Naoki-san is so awesome. He actually announced his love without saying a word."

"Don't you already know this~"

"I made the announcement suddenly without thinking about it!" Tanaka Yuko continued, and then looked at Nagayama Naoki with some worry, "Although I knew from the phone that you woke up from a coma, is there really no problem?"

"Silly tape! I'm very healthy!"

"That's good~"

The two people, who had not seen each other for almost a month, chatted very familiarly. After a while, they saw Kitano Takeshi and the young actor Fujiki Naoto and his father Fujiki Takuya again.

There was inevitably another set of pleasantries, and then we got back to the topic.

"Naoki-san, there will be a media meeting after this premiere. Media reporters and film commentators may have very strict requirements for this movie!" Takeshi Kitano has already heard the news in the media circle, "By then, During the interview.”

"Haha, stupid tape! If I ask you, just tell me your true feelings, nothing else matters." Nagayama Naoki said with a smile, "Reporters will most likely focus their firepower on me!"

"?Why?"

"Because I went out on publicity before, I will accept some interviews today that have nothing to do with the movie."

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Now everyone knows it, and the reporters will definitely surround Naoki Nagayama and not let go!

During the unhurried chat, the cinema soon welcomed many moviegoers. Of course, Naoki Nagayama and the others followed the crowd and walked into the screening room, waiting for the start of the movie in the front row seats. .

As time slowly passed, the seats in the screening room slowly filled up and as the lights dimmed, "Summer of Kikujiro" officially began! !

The light piano sounds, and the jumping rhythm is like a cheerful child. The melody of "Summer" leads people to that joyful childhood summer~

The first scene is a long shot. Masao, a little boy wearing a fancy shirt, runs from the other end of the bridge, with a happy smile on his face, quick and brisk steps, carrying a small blue cloth bag, hanging The sky-blue angel bells run towards the other end of the bridge.

"This is the end of the journey~"

Kitano Takeshi was stunned for a moment. Did he actually reveal the final ending in the first scene? As expected of Naoki-san! The editing is also so imaginative.

The next transition was like turning the pages of a storybook, which surprised the audience.

The official beginning of the story is not very happy all of a sudden. The gloomy little boy Zhengnan is on summer vacation. His friends go to the countryside to escape the summer. The football class is disbanded. As an orphan, he lives with his grandmother and can only read books alone.

During such a holiday when a child should be happy, he seemed particularly lonely, which gave rise to the idea of ​​​​looking for the mother who abandoned her.

At this time, he met a cynical middle-aged old gangster-Kikujiro.

An old, crooked and introverted little boy embarked on a sad and joyful journey to find his family this summer.

When they saw Masao almost being molested by the perverted uncle, the audience became angry; when they saw Kikujiro being carried in the swimming pool, everyone laughed again; when Kikujiro caused trouble, people hated him; when he blocked the car in a funny way on the road At this time, everyone felt funny again

However, when Masao found out that his mother had a new family, the feeling of loss reminded Kikujiro of his childhood, and also affected the mood of the people watching. Many viewers had wet eyes.

The second half of the movie is filled with a strong sense of warmth. I meet a kind motorcycle duo and a traveling writer. They camp together on the bank of the Tianryu River, using childish and funny jokes to soothe Masao's heart. Kikujiro He also forgave his mother and reconciled with his childhood.

The timely original music and the melancholic blue that permeates the details make the originally noisy comedy seem quiet and soft, like a pair of gentle hands soothing the audience's mood.

In the final "summer", the movie ended, and there was silence in the cinema for a long time. Then someone started to applaud, and then more people started to applaud, and finally the applause was like thunder!

"It's really a masterpiece~" "It turns out that comedy can still be shot like this!" "Naoki Nagayama can really grasp the audience's mood in the palm of his hand!" "After watching the movie, I feel like my heart has been ironed!" " This is a fairy tale filmed for adults!".

Whispering emotions continued to spread among the movie reviewers and movie lovers at the scene, and praise for this movie kept coming from the mouths of critical reviewers.

After the movie was released, everyone finally understood why Naoki Nagayama dared to premiere it without even a test screening!

The same feedback is received from cinemas in Tokyo to cinemas in Kyushu.

After just one screening, everyone knew that "Summer of Kikujiro" must be the most unforgettable movie this year!

As the lights in the theater came on, the audience started to get up and leave in the midst of excited exchanges. Many viewers directly said that they wanted to bring their friends for the second or third viewing!

But at this time, in the lobby of "Wenyunzai", the press conference for the premiere of "Kikujiro's Summer" was already getting ready to begin.

The staff guided the media reporters to take their seats in front of the main background. The audience in the back row were today. Then Naoki Nagayama led the creative staff Shi Shiran to the front of the stage.

"Mina-san, the press conference for the premiere of "The Summer of Kikujiro" has officially begun. Now we would like to invite the creative team to say hello to everyone."

The host started cueing the process, and for a moment the light of the flash covered the hall lights.

"Mina-san, good morning, I am Naoki Nagayama/Takeshi Kitano/Yuko Tanaka/Naoto Fujiki"

After the introduction, a reporter couldn’t wait to ask:

"Director Naoki, is there a true story in "The Summer of Kikujiro"?" "Director Nagayama, did you also compose the music for this movie?" "Are the plots on the road true?" "May I ask which hotel? Where is the location?"

The noisy voice forced the host to pat the microphone to maintain order:

"Dear journalists, please follow the order and ask questions one by one! Otherwise, we will ask you to go out!"

After preaching loudly several times, the scene became quiet again.

The host handed the microphone to a reporter in the front row, and his first question was:

"Director Naoki Nagayama, what is your purpose in making this movie?!"

"Well" Naoki Nagayama was speechless for a moment, "Of course it's to make money!"

The audience started to get noisy again, and it seemed that the audience disagreed with the director's answer.

For such a movie that is full of childishness, innocence, and the purest emotions of childhood, you actually associate it with the smell of copper? !

We don't agree!

Seeing that no one believed him when he told the truth, Nagayama Naoki could only hold back and continued: "It is very common to make movies to make money, right? But making the movie "Summer of Kikujiro" is actually to explain a story A story about coming to terms with your past self.”

"Everyone has childhood. Some people are healed by childhood throughout their lives, while others are healed by childhood throughout their lives."

The reporters below heard this and their eyes flickered. As expected, he was a well-known writer, and everything he said casually was filled with a sense of literature and art!

"Some people spend their entire lives healing their childhood." Just such a sentence will definitely be included in the monthly buzzwords of the "Newspeak Buzzword Awards"!

After a narrative mixed with chicken soup for the soul and cautionary quotes, the reporter who asked the question sat down with satisfaction.

The next reporter started asking:

"Director Naoki, is the filming route of this movie exactly the same as the journey in the movie?"

"Ah, it's roughly the same, but there are some deviations about this." Naoki Nagayama took a movie brochure from Eiichiro Watanabe, "Our movie brochure explains in detail, for several shooting scenes The ground is also explained in detail.”

As he spoke, he flipped through the brochure so that everyone could clearly see the pictures in the brochure:

"I just had some questions from reporters, and you can find the answers in the brochure. There are three styles of this brochure, which is worth collecting! I will give it to everyone as a small gift in the future."

This is an activity after helping Watanabe Eiichiro promote it.

After that, the main creators faced the questions from the audience and began to answer them one by one.

For example, Tanaka Yuko was asked why she came to star in the role, whether Kitano Takeshi's role as a gangster felt tailor-made, and whether her personality was different from her usual. Young actor Fujiki Naoto was also asked what was the first time he made a movie. What does it feel like?

But as said before the release, the problem is concentrated on Naoki Nagayama, who is responsible for about 70%.

More than half an hour passed. Surprisingly, everyone's questions were actually related to the movie. It seemed that the movie had given everyone a big shock!

But there is still no escape!

A reporter picked up the microphone and began to test:

"Naoki-san, when you were filming the movie, did Ms. Akina Nakamori come to visit?"

"Akina," Nagayama Naoki shook his head, "She was touring across the country at that time. She was so busy every day that she had no time to visit."

Naturally, you can't talk about it during a private meeting in a hotel.

Seeing that Nagayama Naoki was not angry, other reporters began to work hard.

"Naoki-san, when did you start dating Miss Akina? Can you tell me?"

"Me and Akina have known each other for a long time, but if I want to express my love, it will be on Akina's last birthday."

"Where did you express your love? In what way can you tell me?" The reporter was very excited.

Nagayama Naoki directly poured cold water on it: "No! This is a memory that belongs exclusively to us."

"Forehead"

The next reporter took the microphone:

"Naoki-san, how far has your relationship with Ms. Akina developed? Have you met your parents?"

Naoki Nagayama answered directly: "That's not the case yet, but we are dating seriously on the premise of getting married."

"When do you plan to meet your parents? When do you plan to get married? When do you plan to have children? How many children will you have? What are their names?"

The reporter who asked this question was immediately snatched away from the microphone by other reporters. What’s the point of asking a question that clearly has no answer! waste time!

The next ten minutes became Naoki Nagayama's love affair, and he really responded to the matter of love affairs head-on, as promised, without evading it.

Including where would you probably go on a date with Akina? What hobbies do the two of you usually have? Even Tanaka Yuko next to him was interested in hearing what he thought about sending the airship before, until Naoki Nagayama felt a little thirsty.

The host spent a long time handing the microphone to the staff, and it wasn't until he saw the look in Naoki Nagayama's eyes that he finally understood.

"Mina-san, it's getting late, and I have one last question! However, this is a movie premiere after all, so I want to ask you questions related to the movie!"

As he said this, he began to inspect the reporters present, quickly recognized Tuo who was present, and handed the microphone to him!

"Director Yongshan, after this movie, what are your next film production plans?"

"Ah, this, it does exist! The production of "High School 2" and "Midnight Ring 2" is already in preparation, but I don't know if it can proceed smoothly."

The reporters present were all attracted. Naoki Nagayama actually said he didn’t know if he could make the next movie? What's going on here? Is there something going on that we don't know about?

"Todoroki?" "What's going on?" "Director Naoki, did something difficult happen?"

Seeing the reporters present asking questions, Nagayama Naoki sighed:

"You have also heard that the struggle of the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi made the Yakuza conflict in Neon visible."

"Yamaichi is fighting?!" "The fourth generation leader was assassinated?" "Two gangs are taking revenge on each other?"

The reporters talked a lot.

Naoki Nagayama looked worried: "Originally, those things had nothing to do with my movie, but the chaos caused by the Yakuza struggle actually extended to Ota Ward in Tokyo.

Near our film shooting base, there is a group of Yakuza who have been causing trouble and threatening us. Even if we call the police, the Ota District Police Department can't solve it."

"If the film base cannot be built well, then of course there will be no way to film the film!"

As soon as the words were said, the reporters present instantly realized that this was another news point!

I came to the press conference for the premiere of "Kikujiro's Summer" today, and it was really rewarding!

Movies are hot!

Romance is a hot topic!

Now there’s another hot spot!

It is also involved in the security issues that have attracted public attention recently!

The flashlights of the reporters clicked again, and some reporters had already secretly made up their minds to go to Ota District for interviews as soon as possible!

On the stage, Naoki Nagayama, who was holding the microphone, slightly raised the corners of his mouth.

Plan accomplished!