Tokyo Literary Godfather

The day after "Looking Back" won the commendation award, many newspapers published this news. The photo of the three recipients holding the trophy took up a large part of the page. Perhaps in order to attract readers' attention, many newspaper editors also deliberately included The words "Kei Fujiwara" are printed in large letters.

[The work "Suddenly Looking Back", written by Kei Fujiwara and supervised by new director Ohno Nagaharu, won the Peer Film Festival Commendation Award]

[Genius screenwriters are unwilling to be lonely and extend their magic hands to the film industry]

[The heart-warming short film comes out, and the top-ranking work in the peer film festival touches people's hearts]

[A love letter to the creator—in memory of the victims of the Toani case]

This movie also caused quite a stir within Tokyo Bunge University. When Fujiwara Kei and Ohno Nagaharu made the movie at Tokyo Bunge University, everyone in the video imaging department knew about it. But most people didn't pay much attention at the time. It wasn't until the movie won the top peer award that they seemed to suddenly remember something.

"Eh? Is this the same movie that Kei Fujiwara filmed in school?"

The Peer film's conference award and conference sub-award were both won by students from Tokyo Bunge University. Other students in the imaging and video department were also honored, so these two works were screened in the campus theater.

Many students have already watched "Lucky". Although the final screened version of the film has slight changes compared to the original, the overall plot content has not changed much. After watching it, the students didn't have any big reaction. They just sighed: No wonder it won the sub-award at the conference. This is a good film.

At the same time, I became more interested in "Looking Back", which won the first prize.

The work "Suddenly Looking Back" was screened in the campus theater, and most of the people who watched it at the beginning were students from the imaging and video department.

After more than half an hour, the theater was silent, but there were sounds of sobs coming from the darkness.

"This movie..."

"It's really great!" The boy sitting in the front row suddenly stood up, "As expected of Fujiwara-senpai!"

"Fujiwara-senpai Saigo!"

"When will we be able to make a movie of this level... Fujiwara-senpai is not much older than us..." When walking out of the theater, a boy shook his head and said.

"But that is Fujiwara-senpai after all. Not to mention the imaging and video department, in the entire Tokyo Academy of Literature and Art, he seems to be the only one who has achieved such an achievement at his age. Let's study hard."

"If you don't do it, you will never have a chance!" At this time, a boy wearing a peaked cap said with gleaming eyes: "Since we are all students in the imaging and video department and have learned the same things, why can they do it? What if we can't do it? I decided that from now on, I will also make independent films!"

His two friends looked at each other: "Yamamoto, are you serious?"

"Of course I am serious! Next year, I will also participate in the peer film festival!"

Tokyo University of Literature and Art showed the film one after another, and more and more students came to watch the film. At the same time, the film's popularity was gradually spreading to the outside world.

Although the Peer Film Festival is a well-known competition in the film industry, unless they are senior movie fans or related practitioners, who among ordinary viewers will pay attention to this movie?

Just like someone asks you, which is the winning film at this year's College Student Film Festival? How many ordinary viewers can answer it?

Not to mention college student film festivals, even international film events like the Cannes Film Festival and the best short films over the years, most people have never seen or heard of them. Of course, there will also be a very small number of award-winning works that become popular because of their high quality and compliance with mass communication elements. Take "The Tuner" for example.

When it comes to promoting popular culture, college students cannot be underestimated. Often students from a university can create a popular storm.

The reason why "Westward Journey" was able to turn around from a bad movie to a masterpiece was because of the "Shuimu Tsinghua" university student exchange forum. A group of students regarded this movie as "a random fabrication and nonsense" by many old scholars. The movie pushes the detective, transforming it from cultural trash into a postmodern classic.

Driven by students from Tokyo Bunge University, more and more campus theaters began to play the film.

Soon, the short film "Looking Back" quickly became popular among college students, and even some middle schools would show the film to students.

There are also endless discussions about this movie on the forum:

"Suddenly Looking Back" should be regarded as the best short film I have seen this year. It listens to the thunder in a silent place and tells touching stories in a plain tone."

"As expected of Sima Guitai..."

"One of my college seniors died in the accident in Toni. I can't forget it now. He was a very shy boy who didn't like sports or socializing. He liked to draw alone, just like Jing in the movie. Ben is like that. Some people say he is a dead nerd, but I think he is very cute and gentle. Maybe if I keep drawing like this, I can achieve great achievements in life. But all of this was ruined by that devil. I think about him every day Cursing that man, wishing him to die in endless pain."

"I understand your pain, but in order not to misunderstand, let me explain it here: this movie does not curse anyone, it only tells a warm story from beginning to end. This is a letter to the creator love letter."

"Obviously, this movie is a tribute to the victims of the Toani case. Do you remember the "Gemini Detective" that aired not long ago? There was also an episode based on the Toani case. Such a comparison It came out. Those guys from TTV only made up nonsense and demonized the victims; while Kei Fujiwara played a eulogy for the dead and the living."

"The ideological level of the creator determines the height of the author. From this point of view, there is a huge difference between Mr. Fujiwara and his colleagues..."

"Teacher Fujiwara is such a gentle person..."

As the momentum grew louder, the mainstream media was keenly aware of it. Fukuyamadai executives had long known that Kei Fujiwara's work had won the peer film festival's commendation award, but they didn't pay much attention.

Many consecutive TV series have been very popular and have achieved historical ratings. Is it any wonder that he won the first prize at the Newcomer Film Festival? But as the movie became more and more famous among young people, Yoshida Kashi felt a little strange, so he took the time to watch the movie.

After watching it, Yoshida Kashi was silent for a moment, and then decided to go to Fujiwara Kei, hoping that he would allow the film to be broadcast on the TV station.

After Kei Fujiwara asked Ohno Nagaharu, he agreed, charging a nominal fee and allowing Fukuyama Channel to broadcast the film "Suddenly Looking Back".

Fukuyama Channel's late-night program is not rich, so the 11 o'clock time slot on Thursdays is dedicated to broadcasting movies. Most of them are self-produced or distributed films by Songni Pictures, and some have purchased the rights to foreign films. It can be regarded as Fushan Channel's lazy work to cope with this time period, but the ratings were unexpectedly not low.

Soon, the film "Looking Back" was officially broadcast on the TV station.