Tokyo Literary Godfather

Not surprisingly, the novel version of "Confession" once again detonated the book market.

After Keiga Fujiwara's hit movie adaptation double BUFF bonus, this book became the best-selling book of the season. The major bookstores did not deliberately promote it, and even did not post a few posters. It has been out of stock on bookshelves several times.

"Gambling Apocalypse" was originally serialized and has already been printed as a book. In order not to conflict with "Confession", the agency decided to postpone the release.

The popularity of "Confessions" in the book market has in turn stimulated the box office again, and the box office performance of the movie "Confessions" has entered a state of natural decline.

This movie has been screened for nearly a month, and audiences who are interested in this suspense genre or Kei Fujiwara's works have almost all watched it. Seeing that the market potential of this film is gradually exhausted, the distribution company and theaters no longer arrange high-ranking films and promotional resources for this film.

The huge sales of the book injected a dose of adrenaline into "Confession", so that the movie earned a single-day box office of about 40 million after it was played for a month.

But Zhong Daiyingji's new movie has just been released at this time... So the poor director ushered in a second slap in the face.

Zhong Daiyingji's new film is a literary film, and it is not aimed at winning the box office. Therefore, the box office on the first day was only a little over 30 million, which is regarded as the box office of a normal art film, and it cannot be compared with a commercial film like "Confession".

This kind of film is used to compete for awards. Almost all of Wong Kar Wai's films are box office poisons, but no one would say that his films are bad.

"White Night Journey" is a failure if its box office is only a few hundred million, but if this art film is only a few hundred million, it will be considered a success. However, the first day of its screening happened to coincide with the day or two when the box office of "Confessions" went up again after being stimulated by books. The box office of a newly released movie was lower than that of a movie that had been released for a month. The box office was so high that some media people and reporters who were afraid of chaos in the world once again smelled the smell, and wrote articles to mock Zhong Daiying.

Because of the box office hit of "Confession", Zhong Daiying has been flogged every day for a month, and he is already on the verge of collapse.

Finally, the new movie was released, and Zhong Daiying was ready to repack in terms of mentality, but when he looked at the media, newspapers and online forums, he was full of ridicule.

"Nakadai's work is a disaster compared to Kei Fujiwara's."

"The status of Nakadai Yingji's film in the film festival is the same as that of his face in the cowherd world."

"Upstairs, I understand what you mean, but to be honest, Japanese cowherds are really ugly."

"If you compare a cowherd to a filmmaker, Fujiwara Kei is like Roppongi's top card, and Nakadai Hideki is like an ugly ghost who no one wants to sell himself."

"..."

When Zhong Daiying saw these remarks on the forum, he was so angry that he almost smashed the computer, but he still held back abruptly when he remembered the high price of the computer.

Now Kei Fujiwara's fans and Arima Guixiang's fans are in a united front, determined to beat the dog in the water, and Arima Guixiang's fan support club also raised funds to publish articles in gossip entertainment magazines. This means that the Internet age has not yet arrived, otherwise Naka Daiying will soon He was drowned out by a sea of ​​curses.

At this time, the total box office of "Confession" has reached the 4.8 billion mark, which is 200 million short of the 5 billion target. However, since the market potential has been exhausted, the 200 million seems unlikely to reach the target.

Although there are still a small number of theaters that have not removed this movie and are still showing it, but it seems impossible to reach the final 200 million box office sprint in the last few days based on the few films in these few theaters. .

But it doesn't matter, although it is less than 5 billion, but it is infinitely close. When many media brag about the film's box office achievements, they will use nearly 5 billion to describe the amazing box office results of this film.

Japan's five major film companies seem to be bragging about the movie "Confession" through their own media resources, but they seem to be bragging about the achievements of "Confession" and Kei Fujiwara's outstanding ability. There is only one final foothold—— The film market still has unlimited potential. No, there was a hit of 5 billion in the first year, and the domestic film market will get better and better in the future. Whether it is capital or practitioners, don't take it lightly. Leave me!

Many filmmakers have also begun to express this view in public situations: "Confession" is a rescue movie.

The president of Dongzhen Pictures said in an interview with the media: ""Confession" is a very good movie. It allows audiences and capital at home and abroad to see that the Japanese film market still has potential. This is not a saline-alkali land, but still A land flowing with milk and honey. The film market has been in a downturn in the past two years, and I have been waiting for a work like this."

Reporter: "President Matsubara, this is not entirely true. It seems that Dongzhen has also made films in recent years that can be compared with "Confession"."

"Indeed, there are, but very few. Moreover, the types of Japanese movies are too single now. In addition to animation, there are also theater versions of blockbuster movies. Live-action movies can reach the level of "Confessions." It happened eight years ago. Could it be that Japanese moviegoers don’t like to watch live-action movies? Not necessarily. Otherwise, how could Hollywood movies be so popular in Japan? Many people no longer believe that Japanese movie companies can It’s time to make a strong original movie. And ‘Confession’ is off to a good start.”

Dongzhen Pictures is the top film company in the industry and should be ranked first among the five major film production companies. The president of Tojin Pictures, Yuichi Matsubara, is also a big shot in the film industry and a well-known figure. "Confession" actually competed with Tojin Pictures at the same time, but he still praised Kei Fujiwara in front of the media.

The reason is precisely because Kei Fujiwara's first movie has the style of a "rescue movie". "Confession" has reversed the decadent and sluggish performance of Japanese films in the market last year in one fell swoop, and is even expected to become an inflection point that will improve the performance of the entire market in one fell swoop.

In fact, there are many such works in the history of the development of the film industry in various countries. For example, "Avatar" in the parallel world directly triggered a technological revolution in the film industry. Before Avatar, the American film market was already showing signs of a downturn. "Avatar" once again It brought a large number of moviegoers back into the cinema. It provided nourishment for many subsequent films.

Taking the Chinese film industry in the parallel world as an example, there are also a few films that can be called turning points to save the market, such as Zhang Yimou's "Hero", Xu Zheng's "Thailand" and Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior".

"Hero" is the first commercial blockbuster in mainland China. It is not only the first Chinese film to beat imported films, but also the first Chinese film to beat Hollywood in the North American market. Its emergence has allowed Chinese filmmakers to try more commercial blockbuster types, officially entering the blockbuster era. Its appearance has also made some filmmakers who are accustomed to making urban and rural films feel uncomfortable. For example, Jia Zhangke feels that there are too many such large-scale films with large investments and high returns, and movies should not be made like this. It seems that all Chinese films should be of the type that can win awards at Cannes. But the current of the times will not pay attention to personal complaints.

The side effect is that domestic filmmakers have been obsessed with costume films for a long time, as if commercial blockbusters are equal to costume films.

Before Xu Zheng's "囧", the top box office spots in China's film market were almost exclusively occupied by American films. However, "囧" is the first domestic film to enter the one billion level, making domestic films completely enter the billion level. era. In the Chinese film market, there was only one film with a higher box office than "Avatar" at that time. It is 900 million higher than the second-ranked "If You Are the One". "Lost in Thailand" was the first domestic film to launch a counterattack against American films in the domestic market. After that, the top ten box office in the Chinese film market was gradually occupied by domestic films.

The side effect is that for a long time, filmmakers have been addicted to the comedy model of sawing a big tree with a small knife, expecting a small investment and high returns.

Finally, there is "Wolf Warrior", which needs no introduction. This has brought China's movie box office to a new level, completely reaching Hollywood levels in terms of commercial returns. Together with the subsequent "The Wandering Earth", it opened the first year of the Chinese film industry.

The side effect is that for a certain period of time, the market is full of movies with this theme, because this kind of movie has a good market response, and... it is easier to pass censorship. And it seems that criticism is not allowed in the critics...

And since "Confession", Japanese movies seem to have entered some kind of such turning point. The president of Dongzhen Pictures, Yu Matsuhara, had a vicious look and immediately smelled the direction of the wind. So I went to Mizuha Productions in person and made an appointment with Kei Fujiwara, hoping to reach a cooperation between the two companies.