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Another drama is a collaboration with Fanxing TV, "Blue Life and Death Love", a benchmark Korean drama, and a drama that officially launched the Korean Wave.

Kei Fujiwara plans to regard this drama as his first Korean drama remade in Japan.

Introducing Korean dramas from parallel worlds into Japan is actually risky. Because there is a risk of acclimatization, cultural works that are popular in one's own country are only tepid when introduced to foreign countries. This kind of thing is not an isolated matter.

Just like "My Love from the Star", which was once popular in China and South Korea and caused unprecedented Korean wave popularity, it is not popular in Japan. Although there are many popular Korean dramas that have set off the Korean Wave, if you choose a drama that is not so consistent with the Japanese social and cultural environment, there is a high chance of overturning.

Take "Dae Jang Geum" for example. This drama is a record-breaking Korean drama. However, because the story takes place in the background of ancient Korea, if you want to graft it into the Japanese background, it is inevitable to make a lot of modifications. If the modification work is not done well, it will be very troublesome. So after much thought, Kei Fujiwara gave up the adaptation and remake of this drama.

"Blue Life and Death" is naturally suitable for Japan's cultural soil. First of all, this drama is a modern love drama and does not incorporate Korea's unique historical background, so it is almost effortless to adapt it into a Japanese drama.

Secondly, it caters to the natural preference of Japanese people for sadistic things, sadistic dramas and so on, which really pokes at the aesthetic point of East Asian audiences, especially Japanese audiences. If you jump to death over their pain points, they will be happy.

Furthermore, in the parallel world, this drama is also very popular in Japan. Even its second sequel, "Blue Life and Death 2: Winter Sonata", caused a huge sensation in Japanese society. For a long time, no other Korean drama has created the same ratings boom in Japan. .

Even though the Korean drama will only be broadcast on NHK's night time slot, it has not affected the popularity of this drama at all.

Kei Fujiwara will move a series of popular Korean dramas to Japan in the future, but before that, he still needs to make a more reliable drama with a history of success in the Japanese market to test the waters.

Kei Fujiwara will of course film "Winter Sonata" again in the follow-up. Both "Blue Sonata" and "Winter Sonata" belong to the "Blue Sonata Series", also called the Four Seasons Series. Korean dramas of this period were still in their infancy, and the audience was not yet tired of the routine plots, so the plots of this period were bloody but interesting.

Even though they are well aware of these plot routines, many female viewers are still in a state of ecstasy. Routines such as car accidents and cancer being incurable, even fifteen years later, can still capture the hearts of a large audience as long as they are used well and with new ideas.

After confirming the project, Kei Fujiwara began to search for the main creator of the show within the agency. After some thinking, Kei Fujiwara decided to let Nishimura Taro serve as the main director of "The White Tower", while "Blue Life and Death" chose Masatsuki Miyabe.

This is actually a bold appointment. The two of them have never had a film directed by themselves before. As the main director, they are considered newcomers.

However, the two of them have been in the industry for a long time. Needless to say, Nishimura Taro's career development path is the traditional and solid growth path of a TV station member. He started as a director's assistant, and then gradually promoted his position to the main assistant, and then From executive director to chief assistant director...and this process lasted for ten years. He has gained a lot of experience and his level is obvious to all. It is time for him to have a work of his own as the main director.

After Taro Nishimura was appointed, he was naturally overjoyed.

Masatsuki Miyabe was the photographer for the movie "Confession". After "Confession" became a hit, he became famous in the circle and became a well-known photographer. The industry also spoke highly of his professional abilities. He is even expected to win an Academy Award this year. Years of persistence finally paid off. Matsunichi Pictures also extended an olive branch to him again at this time, but Miyabe Zhenzuki chose Mizunami Production without hesitation.

There is no reason to stay at Matsunichi Pictures. Maybe I will continue to look at the eyes of the president's brother-in-law. Compared with Matsunichi Pictures, although Mizunami Production's scale is smaller, it has an advantage that Matsunichi cannot match, and that is this company's The president is Kei Fujiwara, a top artist in the industry. Miyabe Zhenzuki considers himself an artist on a daily basis, and artists appreciate artists more, so Mizunami Production attracts him more than any big company.

Masatsuki Miyabe has always broken through the idea of ​​becoming a photographer and a director, and he also shot his own short films during the years when he was hidden away. But after all, he lacked long-term filming experience on a TV series crew. Although he has been studying, he was still a little nervous after being appointed.

Originally, Kei Fujiwara trusted Miyabe Masatsuki because he felt that he had the professional standards as a director. But when I saw Miyabe Zhenyue's lack of confidence, I suddenly became a little worried.

Trusting Miyabe Zhenzuki is actually a helpless choice to a certain extent. There are very few directors of sufficient quality in Mizunami Productions, so he hopes to cultivate a group of capable directors as soon as possible. But doing so would be a bit too hasty.

At this time, Fujiwara Kei suddenly thought of the newcomer who had just signed a contract with Mizuha Productions not long ago, so he asked his assistant to call this person over.

Mr. Odagiri walked into Kei Fujiwara's office. He was wearing plain clothes. Seeing that Kei Fujiwara's office was open, he walked in directly, sat down on the sofa in the office, and looked at Kei Fujiwara quietly.

Fujiwara Kei was listening to music with headphones and reading the plan. He didn't notice it for a moment, but when he looked up, he saw Odagiri Kōzo staring directly at him, and he was really shocked.

"Oda Kiri-san, you're here." Kei Fujiwara took off his earphones and said, glanced at the open office door, thinking how this kid was so silent, it was really scary.

"Hello, President." Mr. Odagiri stood up, bowed, and then sat down again.

"It's like this. I asked you to come here because I want you to be the co-director of a TV series. Are you willing?" Kei Fujiwara asked.

Because he knows that Odagiri Kozao's dream is to make movies, and he doesn't like TV dramas, and even has a condescending attitude towards TV dramas. In fact, this kind of contempt for the TV drama industry in the film industry is very common abroad, especially in Hollywood, but it is often not the case in Japan. On the contrary, in Japan, movies may not be as profitable and influential as TV series. Odagiri Kozo was the first to connect with Hollywood in this regard.

Kei Fujiwara has seen his films, and I have to say that he is indeed talented, but the themes of the films he made before are relatively small, but in time it may shine.

If Odagiri Kozao really doesn't want to make a TV series with Kei Fujiwara, then he won't force it, and Fanxing TV will second one at that time, but the decision-making power in terms of content will have to be relinquished. But Odagiri Kōzo nodded without hesitation: "Okay, leave it to me."

"It's a TV series." Kei Fujiwara reiterated.

Odagiri Kōzo nodded again: "Please leave it to me."

After doing independent films for so long, Odagiri Kozo also realized that Shibazaki Hideaki's route seemed to be the right one. In a social environment where the film industry is not a strong one, it is actually futile to persist in his film dream. Even if the films he made before were well-received, they could not make any money, and it is unlikely that anything will change if he continues.

However, Kei Fujiwara's "Confession" gave him some hope, so he deliberately went to find Shibasaki Hideaki and introduced him to this company, thinking that this might be a ladder for him to realize his dream.

Therefore, he would agree to all career appointments offered by Shuibo Production.

What happened to the TV series? I will definitely shoot him the best in the world!

In fact, he is a little envious of Shibasaki Hideaki, who made "Naoki Hansawa". This drama is no less than the movie in terms of rhythm, story, and lens language. If he can also direct such a high-level professional drama, The industry and companies may be able to see his abilities, so it may be logical for him to direct big-budget movies.

"By the way, President, I would like to ask what type of drama you want me to film?" Odagiri Kōzo asked.

"It's a trend drama." Kei Fujiwara replied.

Odagiri Kōzo was immediately disappointed.