Tokyo Literary Godfather

The Japanese film industry has been in decline for a long time. At this time, it can almost be described as unbearable. Local films have no power to fight back in front of Hollywood.

In the parallel world, Japan later used animated movies to barely hold its position. However, the live-action original movies are still embarrassingly barren, and the original movies that are both popular and popular can almost be counted on one's fingers. Among the top twenty domestic box office films, apart from cartoons, are Hollywood movies.

"As a person working in the film industry, sometimes I really dream about going back to Japan's golden age... Forget it, let's not mention it. Times are always moving forward, and you don't even say hello when you abandon someone. "Shirai Eiji said with emotion.

The golden age that Eiji Shirai talked about was the studio era. At that time, the film industry was booming, there were a lot of talents in the industry, and there was a mature talent training mechanism. The now popular monster movie series appeared at that time. When the monster movie first appeared, it immediately caused a sensation in China. At that time, all filmmakers felt that they had a bright future.

However, later studios went bankrupt one after another, and the dreams of countless filmmakers also went bankrupt. In the golden age of Japanese movies, there was a grand occasion when a movie was watched by 100 million people, and almost everyone watched the movie. However, such a scene has not occurred for a long time, and it is estimated that it is unlikely to occur in the future.

In fact, the decline of the film industry is not because no one watches movies anymore, but the audience prefers "foreign paintings", that is, Hollywood movies, to local movies.

Japan itself worships the West in terms of social atmosphere. In addition, local movies are not strong enough to compete with Hollywood in terms of production and plot. This has also led to the further decline of local movies, while Hollywood has continued to decline. It is said that the city is captured in the Japanese cinema. There are not many people who go to cinemas to watch movies every year, but only one out of five goes to see local non-animated movies.

The two sighed with emotion, and then the movie started.

The lights in the screening room suddenly dimmed, and images gradually appeared on the movie screen.

Eiji Shirai and Momoka Kamiya, two elders full of elite temperament, made both Ogata Shinyo and Togada Nanako a little nervous. It wasn't until the theater went dark that the two of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

The two heard each other's breathing, so they looked at each other and smiled in unison. Then I started watching movies.

Pictures began to appear on the big screen, and the narrative rhythm of the original novel was the same, starting with a murder case in an unfinished building.

Nanako Togada was quite interested in it at the beginning. Hope's novel was transformed from words into pictures. This process was quite exciting.

Of course, this is also the mentality of original fans who have not been deeply hurt by bad adaptations. Because they have suffered too many losses, many fans of the original work in later generations have more or less adapted PTSD.

Sure enough, as she watched, Togada Nanako began to frown.

The adaptation seems to have gone in a strange direction.

First of all, the biggest suspense of the whole story is revealed at the beginning, and the relationship between the male and female protagonists is not covered up at all. This more or less loses the charm of the suspenseful mystery novel... but it doesn't matter, because many viewers who watch the movie know the novel. What is the suspense, so it is understandable that I choose to tell the audience directly.

As long as the director handles it well, drastic adaptations are not a big problem.

However, not only the narrative rhythm deviates from the original work, but it seems that other aspects have also been changed.

In the original work, there is zero direct interaction between the male and female protagonists, which also creates a "sadomasochistic" atmosphere, showing that the relationship between the two can only be buried underground forever, but the movie is not so subtle. Moreover, the male protagonist also likes to roar at all times, which is completely opposite to the calm and calm Kirihara Ryoji in the novel.

This is not the actor's problem, this is the director's problem. The director asked him to act like this.

But we can’t just conclude that the director was wrong to handle it this way. Nanako Togada said this to herself in her heart, because although it is a movie adaptation, the target audience is not all readers of the novel. In order for audiences who have not read the novel to understand, it may be necessary to make some major changes...

The movie lasted for an hour and a half, and included at least a quarter of the original plot. When the movie ended, there was applause in the theater.

The theater lights came on, the host came on stage and gave an opening speech, and then invited the creative team to come on stage to answer reporters' questions.

Nanako Togada rubbed her eyes, and she heard Eiji Shirai asking Keifu Fujiwara from the side: "How is it, Mr. Fujiwara, what do you think?"

"It's very good. I think it has surpassed the original work."

"Haha, Mr. Fujiwara, you are so self-effacing."

Nanako Togada sighed in her heart: Mr. Fujiwara’s achievements today are no accident.

Director Chung Dai Yingji walked up to the stage and picked up the microphone: "I am very happy that all friends from the media industry can come..."

Then came various media people, and film critics began to ask questions related to the movie, first to the creators, and then to the starring actors.

Nakadai Yingji answered one by one that some celebrities, such as actors and hosts in the industry, would also stand up and express their feelings about watching the movie in front of the media cameras. These people were all invited, of course. Say something nice.

"I think this movie is very shocking. It's rare to see such a Japanese-style suspense movie. Thank you to Director Nakadai for allowing me to spend two happy hours." Said this from a very happy person Veteran singer.

"I think the movie version of "White Night Walk" has upgraded and transformed the original version, giving the audience a completely different feeling from watching the original novel. Although I have read the book, when watching the movie, I am still full of expectations for the story, and there will be a sense of surprise and surprise from time to time during the movie watching." A well-known variety show host stood up and said.

The host smiled and said: "Actually, our original author of "White Night Walk" also came to the scene. Mr. Fujiwara, this book is your debut novel. After two years, how do you feel about seeing your work on the big screen? How do you feel?"

The microphone had been handed to Kei Fujiwara's hands early, and Kei Fujiwara stood up to complete the process: "I am very happy to watch the story of "White Night Journey" again as an audience. Ryoji and Yukiho finally came alive in my mind. Thank you, Director Nakadai, for bringing us the movie version of "White Night Journey" so perfectly..."

The premiere is usually a viewing party held two days before the movie is released. Watching the movie is still secondary. The main purpose is to answer questions from reporters and for the creative staff and actors to interact with the audience on the spot.

After the premiere, the organizer will reimburse the "travel expenses" to the media reporters who came to watch the movie, thank them for coming, and hope that they can say something nice when they write reports about the movie when they go back.

After the show ended, Kei Fujiwara came backstage, only to see Naka Daihide rubbing his hands surrounded by the crew, smiling and saying something.

An assistant director said: "Director, it seems that the audience's response is good. Our movie will definitely sell well."

"Haha, after all, those present today are media professionals and professional film critics. They are considered professionals in the field of movies. But when it is released, the audience's appreciation will be tested, haha..."