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Cute bears and giant pandas at the opening ceremony.
The "2016 Shanghai Japan Film Week", which coincided with the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival, was held in Shanghai from June 11 to 19. This year's 11th year of this year's "Japan Film Week", with the theme of "life", carefully selected 8 works with different life meanings, such as "The Covenant of Life", "Legal Hero" and "Yuan", which touched the "real and fictional" social environment in Japan today, so that Chinese audiences can feel the pressure, vitality and charm of Japanese people and Japanese society.
Japanese filmmakers are very popular.
The opening ceremony of the "2016 Shanghai Japan Film Week" was held on the afternoon of June 12, and the Japanese Film Representative Association, headed by the vice president of the Japan China Cultural Exchange Association and the famous film actor Kurihara Komaki, came to Shanghai from Tokyo to attend the series of activities of the Japan Film Week, including the director of the documentary "Ken Takakura" Yuichi Hibi, the director of "Yuan" Hiroshi Horiuchi, the actor Toshiya Izaka, and Yuta Hiraoka.
In addition to the release of 8 wonderful films, Japan Film Week also held "Movie Journey" and "Lolita Fashion" exhibition activities, the release of short films "Kumamoto Rei Renxing" and Lolita's film "The Story of the Next Wife" and other activities, receiving warm expectations and welcome from audiences, film fans and Lolita fashion lovers from Shanghai and from abroad.
8 films show different lives
The 8 films released at this year's Japan Film Week have their own characteristics and can be said to be the masters of their respective "lives", the opening film "The Covenant of Life", which tells the friendship and credit that struggle in the lost IT society and hometown; "Assassination Classroom" shows the youthful fantasies of the student era; "Legal Hero" starring Takuya Kimura challenges the group society with personal "heroes"; the thriller "Curse: The End" depicts a terrible circle of revenge; "Library War" describes the defense of freedom of thought. In the library, a "future war" unfolds; the comedy fantasy film "Galaxy Street" tells the story of moving to space; "Edge" from Izumo Taisha as the stage recreates an elusive and wonderful marriage; the documentary "Ken Takakura" touches on the soul of "Takakura Ken's aesthetics".
At the welcome dinner, Kurihara gave a speech.
The Kumamoto earthquake that occurred in April this year also continues to touch people's hearts, as a blessing to Kumamoto, but also in order to cheer for Kumamoto, wish Kumamoto a speedy revival, "Japan Film Week" also specially arranged to show kumamoto-born director Yuki Yukito, just before the earthquake just finished the short film "Kumamoto Rei Renyuki", cute and charming "Cool MA" (Cute Bear) also appeared in the Scene of Love Movie Week activities many times, triggering audience ecstasy.
Grand opening ceremony and welcome banquet
At the 2016 Shanghai Japan Film Week, a grand and warm opening ceremony was held at the Peace Film Capital on the afternoon of June 12, with Japanese film delegation leader Kurihara Komaki, Japanese Consul General in Shanghai Kazuyuki Katayama, and Director of the Shanghai International Film festival center Fu Wenxia and other Japanese and Chinese guests taking the stage to deliver speeches, and Japanese filmmakers participating in the Japan Film Week also took the stage to greet the audience.
At the opening ceremony, the guests from Japan and China took a group photo
The mascot "Cool MA Meng" (Cute Bear) from Kumamoto Prefecture, together with the Chinese giant pandas, provoked the "Cool MA Meng Gymnastics" dance with the collective cooperation of children. After the opening ceremony, the opening film of this year's Japan Film Week, "The Convention of Life", was released.
Big jump cute bear gymnastics dance
Chairman of the Tokyo International Film Festival, Shiinaho Shikina (right)
On the evening of June 12th, the 2016 Shanghai Japan Film Week Welcome Dinner was held in the banquet hall on the third floor of the Westin Shanghai Hotel, and the Japanese Consul General in Shanghai, Kazuyuki Katayama, delivered a speech on the stage, and Kurihara Komaki and Jiang Ping, general manager and famous director of China Film Co., Ltd., toasted the opening of Japan Film Week.
Jiang Ping and Kurihara Komaki toast toast toast!
The Chairman of the Tokyo International Film Festival, Shiinaho, Chinese actresses Ju Wenpei and Yuan Ting, male actor Xu Ning and other Japanese and Chinese guests attended the welcome dinner.
Japanese actress Yuta Hiraoka poses with children
Chinese actors attend the welcome dinner
During the welcome dinner, a Lolita fashion show was also held to add a cheerful and different atmosphere to the feast, and Geng Zhong, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Japan-China Film Festival, personally put on a Lolita costume and joined hands with the "friendly messenger" giant panda on the stage.
Geng Zhong walked the catwalk with the giant panda
Lucky draw gift-giving session
Creator Meet and Greet Fans scramble for autographs
Before the official opening ceremony of the "2016 Shanghai Japan Film Week", the first event of the Japan Film Week was held on the evening of June 11, the main creator meeting of the participating film "Edge", and the film directors Hiroshi Horiuchi, actors Toshiya Iizaka and Yuta Hiraoka, who flew from Tokyo to Shanghai at noon on the same day, appeared at the ATMOS Hall on the 5th floor of Shanghai Peace Film Capital at 8 p.m. to meet the audience who had just finished watching "Edge".
Left-a-sum: Hiroyuki Horiuchi, Yuta Enzahira, Toshiya Isaka
Give a small gift to a Chinese audience
When the three of them took the stage to give a speech, they showed their Chinese and introduced themselves with Chinese, which triggered warm applause from the audience. At the end of the event, the two actors took out small gifts brought from Japan and distributed them to the audience, which surprised the audience, and many people rushed to the front of the stage to ask for autographs.
Second from the left: "Ken Takakura" director Yuichi Hibi and left third producer Machine Cheng Ren.
Director Yuichi Hibi talks to a Chinese audience
On the evening of June 12th, after the screening of the Japanese documentary "Ken Takakura" at Shanghai Huanyi Cinema, director Yuichi Hibi and producer Ji Chengjin came to meet with the audience, introduced the shooting opportunities and process of "Ken Takakura", and shared with the audience Ken Takakura as a capital "person" that he felt again during the shooting. Producer Ji Chengren also introduced that "Takakura Ken" will be released in Japan in the near future, and is now cooperating with relevant Chinese parties to negotiate, hoping to be officially screened in China, when more Chinese friends can go to the cinema to get to know The Japanese screen superstar Ken Takakura.
Interview with Chinese media
On the afternoon of June 12, members of the Japanese film delegation were interviewed and interviewed by some Chinese media at the Westin Hotel. Interviews were conducted by Ken Takakura director Yuichi Hibi and producer Mitsuto Ji, director Hiroshi Horiuchi of "Genki", actor Toshiya Izaka, and Yuichi Hiraoka.
Movie Tour & Lolita Fashion Show
The opening ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the 2016 Shanghai Japan Film Week's "Movie Journey & Lolita Fashion" exhibition on the afternoon of June 13, in the atrium on the first floor of Shanghai New World Daimaru Department Store.
Ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening
Movie tour showcase
The "Movie Journey" exhibition, which has always been loved by movie fans, will introduce the beautiful locations of the films released at this year's Japan Film Week to Shanghai audiences, adding a charming movie scenery to the Chinese's booming Japanese tourism boom, and as a special gift for early summer, the dreamlike Lolita Fashion Show, also debuted in Shanghai.
Introducing the situation in Kumamoto Prefecture
At the opening ceremony, Kenji Haraguchi, director of the Shanghai office of the Japan Government Tourism Agency (JNTO), Sun Zhongming, chairman of New World Daimaru Department Store, and Kurihara Komaki, vice president of the Japan-Chinese Exchange Association, took the stage to deliver speeches. After the ribbon cutting by the Chinese and Japanese guests, Minako Akishita, chief representative of the Shanghai Office in Kumamoto Prefecture, appeared with Moe Kuma, introducing the current situation of Kumamoto, which was damaged by the earthquake, and the short film "Rei Kumamoto Renxing" directed by Yukitoshi to be released.
From left; Misako Aoki, Yui Kanegi, yu Kimura.
Lolita Fashion Show.
Subsequently, Japanese Lolita costume ambassadors Mishako Aoki, Yu Kimura, Chinese actress Qian Liuyin, and Chinese models appeared together to hold the Lolita fashion show. The beloved image dolls Cute Bear and Gunma Sauce were also present to help.
The Japanese Film Week held every year in Shanghai and Beijing brings chinese audiences not only wonderful stories and beautiful enjoyment, not only Japan's current life and illusory screen legends, not just long-lost star idols, the stories that happened on the screen, fully interpreting everyone's life and dreams, a scene on the big screen, a line, a subtle action, are constantly touching the audience's heart and emotions, narrowing the emotional distance between the Chinese and Japanese people. It has also become a bridge between the cultures of the two countries and the people of the two countries.
Geng Zhong was interviewed by Chinese media
Geng Zhong, who has been running for the exchange of Japanese and Chinese films, said: "With dreams, whether real or fictional, movies are a wonderful art of life. ”
Life is like a play, drama is like life, this wonderful art of life, but also let people's hearts sublimate to a new height, the fire of pursuit and hope will never be extinguished.
Reporting by Zhu Yaozhong, reporter of this newspaper, Shanghai (text/photo)