The place where I met Takeshi Kitano was not in Ginza Ward, but in a private house far away. His firm is one of the sponsors of FILMeX and must be careful and rarely appear in public.

Li Yu didn't go, she wasn't invited, and she participated in a small film festival with a translator today.

In the morning, Ichikawa Shozo drove Chu Qing to a courtyard, with a typical Japanese layout, white wooden sliding doors, a long corridor creaking up to step on, a spacious tatami room, and a cushion for kneeling. Although there was no dripping bamboo tube in the courtyard, it also made him admire for a long time.

The house is very windy, and the owner is a little cold. Takeshi Kitano is probably the most abstract one he has ever seen, with small eyes, a big head, the right half of his face is paralyzed due to a car accident, and his muscles have a weird texture. Especially when he laughed, the corner of his mouth did not move, and then he grinned in an oblique arc on his left.

Well, it is said that girls like this crooked smile very much, bad and handsome, such as Teacher Chen. But people are in their prime, naturally pleasing to the eye, you are an old man in your fifties, you can only feel obscene and perverted.

Chu Qing came here, not to eat, but to drink tea. In the words of Naozo Ichikawa, since we are in Tokyo, let's get to know each other and talk casually.

Takeshi Kitano looks quite stern and old-fashioned, but before that, Ichikawa was angry with himself, saying that this thing has a black belly and a poisonous tongue, so don't be deceived by appearance. So he is also very relaxed, maintaining etiquette and being quite casual at the same time.

At this moment, he watched the old man on the opposite side skillfully fiddle with a set of tea utensils, and secretly moved his calf. I can't help it, I'm really not used to kneeling, and I'm numb in just a few minutes.

"In fact, after "Platform" participated in the Venice Film Festival, I invited director Jia Zhangke to come to Japan for a while, and he agreed, but unfortunately missed it in the end. It is also a blessing to see Chu Qingjun today. ”

Takeshi Kitano tinkered for a long time and finally made three cups of tea. He wears a traditional kimono. Flipping the wide sleeves, his right hand stretched out, and said with a smile: "Please!" ”

"Thank you!"

After Ichikawa translated, Chu Qing nodded, picked up the small cup with both hands, and glanced at it slightly. Where will you taste any tea, grunt, and fell down with her neck up.

The two Japanese smiled and shook their heads, not paying attention, each drinking their own. Strangers meet for the first time. always start with topics that are familiar to each other, so Lao Jia keeps lying down.

Ichikawa was more busy, because he was not only acting as a translator, but also a chatter, and Chu Qing used two sentences in Chinese, and had to explain again in Japanese.

"I also made a cameo appearance in the new film, and now it should be finished, it feels different from the previous style, maybe the mentality has changed. After all, they are in their thirties. ”

"Well, it's done. "Platform" is his biggest heaviness, since it is in the past, he should be relaxed. When "Let It Go" be prepared. He told me to try something new, which is a good thing for a director. "Ichikawa has worked with Lao Jia twice and knows him very well. Objective and accurate evaluation.

"Hey, is this film going to Venice too?" Chu Qing suddenly remembered this stubble and asked casually.

"The teacher has already said hello. It will participate in next year's Cannes Film Festival. ”

"He watched the sample film not long ago, he is very confident, and he is also full of praise for Chu Qingjun's table, how to describe it in Chinese?" Takeshi Kitano asked, turning his head.

"A glimpse!" Ichikawa's idiom usage is still terrible.

“……”

The thing was a little embarrassed and shy when he heard it, and he didn't know what expression to use, so he had to drink tea silently.

"How long have you been an actor?" Kitano Takekudo said.

"Well, if you start counting in '97, it should be almost five years."

"Oh?" The old man was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "After entering the industry in such a short time, you have achieved such achievements, and the future is limitless." ”

"You won the prize, I was just lucky to meet so many seniors who were willing to teach me patiently. Like Jia Zhangke, Lou Ye, Jiang Wen, Guan Jinpeng, etc., they are all my teachers. ”

"Speaking of which, I used to be just an actor who didn't enter the stream, and it was because I met a good teacher that I knew what acting was."

The old man mentioned it casually, Chu Qing was interested, he had learned about this person's experience, said that he was born in cross talk, later acted in movies, and later directed and acted by himself, and also won many awards, and has a high reputation in the West.

With such an awesome character and a natural legend, he asked, "Can you elaborate on it?" ”

The old man laughed, did not refuse, and said: "My teacher is Mr. Nagisa Oshima, and at that time I played an officer who abused prisoners of war without culture. He asked me not to have any expressions, to be taciturn, completely different from my mean image on TV......"

He spoke slowly, Chu Qing listened carefully, and there was a wonderful resonance of empathy.

Kitano Takeshi saw his appearance and knew what was going on, and asked with a smile: "I can see that you must have a similar experience." ”

"Heh, I'm far worse than you, I'm just playing a blind man, and it took a lot of effort to find the feeling."

"Blind?"

The old man blinked his eyes and said, "Can you put on a performance?" ”

"Uh......"

Chu Qing was confused, glanced at Ichikawa, and the other party replied with an affirmative meaning, and said, "Then don't laugh." ”

As soon as the words fell, he closed his eyes, then tilted his head slightly, and stretched his neck forward.

The left hand tightly grasped the corner of the table, and the right hand clicked a few times on the table, and suddenly heard a crisp "dang", and the fingertips touched the cup.

The slender fingers paused inexplicably, shrank back half an inch, and then the five fingers opened, slowly and gently, feeling the outline and size of the fine porcelain.

It took about two seconds for him to grasp the rim of the cup in conviction, pick it up and dip it on his lips.

…………

Kitano Takeshi was unintentionally requested, and Chu Qing also responded politely, but who knew that they happened to collide together, and crackling sparks flew everywhere.

For Japanese films, his impression is nothing more than from Mitsuki * Yaya to Nozomi * Aino, and nothing else is known. I am more familiar with the TV series, "Tokyo Love Story", "Under the Same Roof", "Long Vacation" or something, and I also bought a VCD collection when I was in middle school.

Unexpectedly, I went to Tokyo to participate in a small film festival and negotiated a film contract.

The film is called "Doll", which has just started and is divided into three stories, because there are four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the planned filming cycle is long, and it will be completed in April next year.

The first story is the most important and takes up a lot of space, and the protagonists are also popular idols, Miho Kanno and Toshihide Nishijima. As for the other two, they can only be counted as a number, and even the actors have not yet been finalized.

Chu Qing didn't want to take it, first, because he didn't have time, and second, he didn't understand the language. But people said that his role will be filmed next year, absolutely no problem, as for the script is simpler, the role is full of seven lines.

To put it bluntly, it's a big trick.

Kitano Takeshi was going to find a newcomer to pad the field, but he saw this product again, but he played a blind man again, and he still has a good cooperative relationship...... All right.

The two sides negotiated the preliminary intention, and Chu Qing was actually quite excited, after all, it is a great pleasure for actors to see different directorial styles and different regional cultures. What's more, he has to partner with his counterparts in other countries, and the sense of expectation is even stronger.

Li Yu is very calm, and he is used to the luck value of Ya Bang Table.

……

The chairman of the jury of this year's FILMeX is Ulrich at the helm of the Youth Forum at the BerlinaleX.

Chu Qing didn't know him, but the other party's impression was very familiar, when "Xiao Wu" competed in Berlin, it was this old man who praised Jia Zhangke, and by the way, remembered the male protagonist in it.

Coupled with the subsequent "Suzhou River" and "Platform", which were released in Europe in turn, the recognition of this oriental face is clearer.

The atmosphere of FILMeX is different from any previous film festival, no one talks about business, no one pulls you to ask how much it costs, all the discussions are about films, films, movies.

It's rough and monotonous, but he feels a little purer than Rotterdam.

In the days that followed, the two of them mainly traveled to various venues in Ginza Ward, participating in large and small exchange activities. During this period, I also watched a few movies, but there were no domestic films, most of them were independent productions in Japan, South Korea, Eastern Europe and Latin America.

"This Summer" was scheduled for the evening of the fourth day, at the main venue on the 11th floor of the Asahi Building, and to be honest, the session was very simple and more like a small private screening.

But Li Yute likes it here, the atmosphere, the quality, the process, the reporter, everything is right. Especially the audience, not only did no one leave the venue early, but there were really a lot of people who stayed in the seats, and the questions and answers were relaxed and high, so that the crazy woman actually had a sense of belonging at first sight.

Soon came December 6th, the closing ceremony.

FILMeX has three awards: Best Film, Grand Jury Prize, and Most Popular Film. "This Summer" won the last two awards with its slightly better overall quality, and Li Yu almost cried with joy on stage.

Time was tight and the schedule was rushed, Ichikawa Shozo wanted to stay one more night, but the two did not want to delay, and hurriedly flew back to Hong Kong on the night of the award.

The friends on the mainland have also gathered successively, Wang Tong, Zhang Jingchu, Fan Xiaoye, Wang Yu, Liu Ye have arrived, Qin Hailu and the production company of "Durian Piaopiao" are a group, and Jiao Xiongping's eldest sister came from Taiwan to help Wang Xiaoshuai and Li Bin.

Chen Guo has to wait for Zhou Gongzi, she is busy shooting eagles, and the bearded man will not give leave, and it is estimated that she will not be able to arrive on the 8th.

It's almost all together, only Dou Wei didn't come, and he is a god. (To be continued......)