Chapter 261: Doll
At the end of January, Tokyo International Airport.
It's colder here than in Hong Kong, but it's much warmer than in Beijing, mainly because of the high humidity. Chu Qing was wearing a thin down jacket, and as soon as he left the airport with his luggage, he found a sense of déjà vu.
Filming "Suzhou Creek" in the magic capital that year was also so slimy.
It is said that he finished the stage play performance, and was thinking about whether to take on a play to relieve his hunger, so he received an invitation from Kitano Takeshi Office to come over to shoot the scene of "Doll".
The old house is on fire, this thing is hungry and thirsty, no one told sù, so I informed my girlfriend, and went alone.
"Chu Qingsang!"
He was looking around, when he heard someone shouting, and when he looked in the direction, he saw a girl dangling around with a big sign, as if he was afraid that he would not be able to see it, and deliberately jumped twice.
"Cry and dig together!" He stepped forward and pulled out a half-baked sentence in Japanese.
"Chu Qingsang, I can speak Chinese." The girl smiled and bowed, with white skin, long eyebrows and thin eyes, and a kind of classical beauty of a Dongying woman.
"Oh, hello, are you a staff member of the office?" He secretly said that it was a pity, and he obviously wanted to say a sentence later, and the enemy was ashamed to take off his clothes.
"My name is Yoko of Chozong, and I am your translator and assistant these days, you can come to me for anything."
"Ah, thank you then, Miss Changzong."
"You can call me Yoko, our car is over there, please come with me." She stretched out her hand to help him carry the box.
"Hey, I'll take this Shen myself." Chu Qing swiped her arm, turned the luggage to the left, and politely declined her kindness.
The two of them soon arrived at the parking space, the common Toyota model, put the box, the car started slowly, and drove to another district of the city.
"You speak Chinese so well. I can't tell it's Japanese at all. He sat in the passenger seat, chatting casually, and was suddenly stunned.
Ahh Just like every shopkeeper will say: Listening to the guest accent, it must not be a local......
"I studied in China for one year as an exchange student and then worked in Beijing for three years." Yoko's car skills are skillful, steady and fast, similar to her own style, which makes people have a sense of trust.
"Oh, no wonder." He nodded. Then he asked, "Are we going to the hotel?" ”
"Well, let's go to the hotel and settle down first, you can take a nap, and I'll pick you up in the afternoon to see Mr. Takeshi Kitano."
"Hey, what if I usually go out and can't find your translator?" He couldn't help but think of a question.
Yoko tilted his head and said with a smile: "If Chu Qingsang needs it, I can also live with you." ”
"Well, no, no. Thank you. The creature was so frightened that he quickly shook his head.
The girl pursed her lips, feeling that this Chinese man was considerate and polite. is tall and has long legs, and can control his little Ding Ding...... If he is not impotent.
The car drove for about half an hour, and finally stopped in front of a hotel, which was not large. The environment is quite quiet.
Yoko helped him go through the formalities and get the room card until he was sent into the house. I exchanged phone numbers again, and I was relieved to flash people. Chu Qing turned around slightly, and his first reaction was that it was cold, but there was no heating, so he had to turn on the air conditioner and blow it for twenty minutes, and the temperature gradually rose.
Chu Qing tidied up her clothes, turned on the TV casually, and reported her safety to her girlfriend while watching.
After Fan Xiaoye finished filming "The Book of Love", he never took the scene, and was constantly interviewed, published in magazines, and filmed advertisements. Especially after returning from the Golden Horse Awards, his value has risen by a small notch, and various endorsements have come one after another, and he is busy all day long.
It's easy to get over the New Year, and finally remembered to do business, Cheng Ying's network circle has a small scale, and after inquiring, she successfully finalized a new play for her, "The Dust Settles".
At first, there were two roles for her to choose, Tana and Dolma, and the girl felt that Dolma was not very suitable, so she chose Tana. She was also quite interested in this kind of story full of regional customs, and she also bought an original book and pretended to read it.
Of course, Cheng Ying understands the principle of the boss lady, and negotiated with the filmmaker in advance, and will never shoot kiss scenes. And the filmmaker was eager to take advantage of her popular fame, plus she was just a supporting actress, and the role was not heavy, so she agreed.
Chu Qing was a little worried, the film was started in March, in Malkang County at the junction of Sichuan and Tibet, the snowy mountains, a proper plateau area, I was afraid that my girlfriend's body would not be able to stand it, what if I hung up.
The girl said, "Why don't you go on the edges, you are as strong as a cow...... Well, she's lost weight for a few days, and now she's supposed to be as fat as a white pig.
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In the afternoon, Takeshi Kitano Office.
is a very large company, and there are dozens of staff on duty, even though the Japanese audience does not like to see Takeshi Kitano, but the energy of this old man in the Asian film industry should not be underestimated.
Yangzi took Chu Qing straight to a conference room, but there was no one inside, so he waited for a while.
The structure of "Doll" is divided into three parts, and since filming began in November last year, the first two stories have been completed for the most part, and only he has not yet begun this paragraph. Today, it's a meeting of the actors.
He waited for a moment, then heard footsteps outside, and then the door was pushed open.
Yoko hurriedly greeted him, bowed and said, "Hello, Miss Fukada, I am Yoko of the Chozong Division, and I serve as Mr. Chu Qing's translator. ”
As he spoke, he pointed to the side again and introduced, "This is Mr. Chu Qing." ”
The little girl who looked like a porcelain doll also wore a short skirt and boots, a pink top with lace edges, and a hat on a cold day. Pretty is beautiful, but it's a pity that there is a sense of craftsmanship in the face.
"Hello, Mr. Chu Qing." She has a delicate voice, a very polite appearance, and does not bring an agent or assistant.
"Hello, Miss Fukada."
The two of them bowed down and greeted each other politely.
To say that Chu Qing is on TV, he has also watched several Japanese dramas, "Tokyo Love Story", "Beach Boy", "GTO" or something. Which actresses are more impressive are Honami Suzuki and Ryoko Hirosue, one is energetic and cute, the other is refreshing and clean, and there is no residual urine.
As for Kyoko Fukada, I know, but I don't like it very much, her acting skills are bad, her skin is poor, she relies on makeup to make up for it, and the most unbearable thing is her two radish legs.
At this moment, I saw a real person, and sneaked a glance under someone's skirt, okay, it was really rough.
Takeshi Kitano had to grind for a while, and the atmosphere in the room was slightly awkward, and he was not familiar, but fortunately, Yoko tried her best to warm up, so it was not so cold.
Kyoko Fukada's expression is very fixed when she speaks, she looks directly, keeps smiling, does not show her teeth, and listens carefully when the other party speaks...... But Chu Qing only felt fake.
It's like practicing facial management thousands of times, every time you raise your eyebrows, blink, and cover your mouth, there is a kind of chisel traces, a proper idol standardization.
After waiting for another ten minutes, the host was late.
Chu Qing took out the prepared gift and gave it to Kitano Wu, which were two boxes of tea that Fan Xiaoye specially got from the mainland, which was said to be a special offering.
The old man was quite surprised, but also very pleased, and told the assistant to put it away.
The content of the meeting is very simple, touch the script, talk about the shooting process and requirements. Chu Qing's share is in Chinese, which is very satisfying, he saw the book for the first time, flipped through it, about twenty scenes.
There are seven lines in total, including short words such as "thank you" and "yes". The hardest sentence to estimate is "I think it would be better if I can't see with my eyes".
The old man didn't care about his language ability at all, an actor, if he made a foreign language film, he would be numb, so go home and farm as soon as possible.
The cycle of this film dragged on for a long time, because Takeshi Kitano wanted to include four views: cherry blossoms in spring, autumn leaves, ice and snow in winter, and blue sea in summer.
His filming was originally slow, but this time it has intensified, and it has been intermittently consumed until now, and it is only half completed. The autumn leaves, ice and snow have been completed, and the cherry blossoms still need to wait until March and April, and the blue sea does not need to be deliberately scheduled until summer.
There are ready-made places in Japan where the seasons are warm and flowers are in full bloom, such as Okinawa.
Good guys, as soon as the old man announced the main shooting locations, the audience was excited.
Even Chu Qing is very happy with this kind of turtle, I have never eaten pork and have seen pigs run, several typical poor resorts in Asia who want blue sea and blue sky: Phuket, Jeju Island, Hai * Nan, Okinawa.
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Speaking of Takeshi Kitano's film tone, it is generally divided into two categories: violence and youth.
"Doll" seems to be out of the previous category, looking like a sad romance film, but in fact, it takes the violent factor to the extreme.
It destroys a good thing, especially when people have anticipation and smashes it to pieces.
At night, after Chu Qing returned to the hotel, after washing, he lay on the bed to study the script, but the more he watched, the more depressed he became.
High concentration of sadism!
The protagonists of each section of "Doll" hang up in the end, and after they see heaven, they suddenly fall into hell. Takeshi Kitano seems to have figured out such a brutal way to show the manipulation and helplessness of fate.
And what Chu Qing wants to play is the third story, idols and fans.
The popular female singer suddenly had a car accident, and the left side of her face was disfigured, and she was even blind in one eye, and since then she has been desperate for life and closed herself.
An infatuated fan, in order to save his idol from being reborn, poked himself in the eye and became blind. Just when the two were ready to live happily ever after, fan Pia was hit by a car and died.
Chu Qing's character is this tragic and brave fan, to be honest, he doesn't understand the Japanese setting at all, not only is he not moved, but he feels very dark and ghostly.
Although the dimensions are different, it is not difficult to perform, and the important thing is the lines.
His method of learning is very stupid, first asked about the approximate pronunciation of Yoko, and then translated it literally into Chinese characters, such as "where to dig potatoes" and other 205 translations.
Your optical sentence is very simple in Japanese, but if you act in Japanese, it will be more troublesome. You have to have ups and downs, you have to have emotional changes, and you have to let the audience feel what you mean.
So Chu Qing practiced for most of the night, reciting those words over and over again, in order to eliminate the deliberate sense of foreign language and become as natural and smooth as speaking Mandarin. (To be continued......)