"Yes, I just want to express the importance of cultural inheritance and show the audience the charm of oriental culture. Although Kurosawa's films have a certain influence in North America, they are limited to the theme of samurai and do not have a comprehensive display of traditional oriental culture. ”

Nearly sixty years old, the hair has become the David of the Mediterranean? Michael? Letterman, who is notoriously fond of embarrassing guests, made him grasp the handle as soon as Sun Ziming's explanation was not careful.

"Ming, we all know that the traditional culture of your home country has a longer and more splendid history than Japanese culture. Why don't you show your own national culture, but show the traditional culture of Japan, and is there an ingredient here that pleases the Japanese audience? I know that your film is very popular in Japan, and the box office market in Japan is much larger than in China. ”

David's troubles also made his grandson's teeth sharpened, "David, have you studied East Asian history?" As far as I know, you graduated from Ball State University, don't you teach history in your school? ”

"No, although I have a bachelor's degree in telecommunications, not a bachelor's degree in history, I also know about Japan's war of aggression against China. Could it be that the great China Ming worships Japanese culture? David? Michael? Lightman is very happy to be able to provoke China Ming's counterattack, and it is best if the two can quarrel big, then they will overwhelm the black fat woman who will always step on his head.

Ken Watanabe, who accompanied him to promote the film, had a dark face and wanted to strangle this ghost animal (a Japanese slur for white people). Now that the box office of "The Last Samurai" is approaching 150 million US dollars, it is not impossible to break the box office of 200 million, Ken Watanabe, who has overwhelmed the supporting role of the protagonist, has even been considered by film critics that he will definitely be nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, if Mr. Sun can help him lobby those judges, maybe he will become the first Japanese actor to win an Oscar. But this ghost animal is actually provoking national feelings, how can Ken Watanabe not be angry?

But Sun Ziming, who is used to the show, will not fall for this old man, and pretended to be angry: "No, David, this can only prove your ignorance!" ”

David feigned surprise and said, "Why?"

Sun Tzuming briefly reviewed the cultural origins of China, Japan, and South Korea, and mocked the bald old man: "Is it a commonplace daily behavior in the United States to stir up the national feelings of other ethnic groups?" ”

This big hat is buttoned up hard, David? Michael? Letterman immediately raised his hand in surrender and continued to argue in a different way: "Sorry, I apologize to you and this Japanese friend. I'm just curious, although the traditional Japanese culture is derived from the Chinese culture you mentioned, why don't you just show the Chinese culture? ”

"Theatrical clash!"

Sun Ziming attributed the reason to the need for dramatic conflict, David could understand it, and some professional fans could also understand it, but most of the audience was confused.

"Yes, I've always wanted to make a film about the inheritance of traditional culture, but the history of my home country doesn't provide this kind of intense dramatic conflict. Moreover, China and Japan are learning from the West at the same time, which proves that Japan is learning better than us. ”

In this kind of late-night talk show, the audience's favorite scene is that the host embarrasses the guests, making the usually glamorous public figures embarrassed on TV. David? Michael? Letterman, as the person known as the second person in the talk show, naturally will not show mercy because of Sun Ziming's reputation.

As soon as Sun Ziming finished explaining, David immediately answered: "So Japan won the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan won the Russo-Japanese War again, and even occupied the capital of the Republic of China decades later, until they attacked Pearl Harbor and provoked the Pacific War, which was defeated by us the United States." Ming, is this what you want to show? Don't you know how they invaded your home country? ”

Who wouldn't be bickering? Sun Ziming laughed and sneered: "David, do you know why I like Oprah more? Because talking to her is a kind of enjoyment in the confrontation of wits, and being on your show is purely a childlike debate. ”

In the laughter of the audience, David did not feel embarrassed, but mocked: "Ming, I was right? ”

Sun Ziming immediately made a pause in the basketball game, turned around and asked the audience: "Friends who have watched "The Last Samurai", please raise your hands." ”

At the scene, a piece of arm was raised, Sun Ziming got up and bowed slightly, and said gratefully: "Thank you for the movie tickets you bought, and I made a lot of money." ”

'Hahaha', in the laughter of the audience, Sun Ziming scratched his head and pretended to be puzzled: "Did I say something wrong?" You don't go to the movies, how do I get money out of your pockets? ”

The audience made Sun Ziming laugh, and when the laughter was a little quieter, he continued: "Since everyone has watched the movie, you know that Hai Cheyin is actually more obsessed with those tea ceremonies, flower arrangements, and even monks' Zen singing in the movie. ”

The scene gradually fell silent, and even the audience in front of the TV stopped laughing. In their eyes, Sun Ziming either made pure commercial entertainment movies like "Home/alone" and "Charry's Angel", or made humanistic movies like "Shawshank" and "Forrest Gump", but he has never made a so-called bad movie. Although "The Last Samurai" has been interpreted by various film critics, it can't get around one question - national sentiment, could it be that China Ming, the person who founded the 'Chinese Freemasonry', still admires the samurai spirit that once hurt his home country? You know, Americans' madness about the spirit of bushido is painful!

Sun Ziming paused and continued to explain: "I don't know if everyone has paid attention? The last shot of the movie reveals a kind of decay and loneliness, which is actually what I want to express.

I have been to Japan many times, and I have many Japanese friends, and they give me the impression that they strictly observe social etiquette, discipline, and rank. So why was such a country so crazy decades ago? ”

threw out a question, but Sun Ziming did not answer, but turned around and asked Watanabe Qian next to him: "Bian Qianjun, you are Japanese." The Japanese katana is actually the horizontal sword of the Tang Dynasty in China, and the kimono is also born from the clothing of the Tang Dynasty, and even Zen Buddhism, flower arrangement, tea ceremony, and Go are all passed from China, am I right? ”

“Yes”

Ken Watanabe wants to say that after the development of Japan, those are all blue, but the dominant position of Chinese culture for thousands of years makes him unable to open his eyes and tell nonsense. What's more, this is Mr. Sun's expression to the audience that he has no intention of belittling the culture of his own home country.

Sun Ziming nodded with satisfaction, and then answered his question, "Since the Tang Dynasty, Japan has learned the art and culture of Chinese civilization, and integrated it with Japan's inherent Shinto, which gave rise to Bushido, which is the core of Japanese cultural spirit.

Bushido, as a cultural spirit, advocates traditional virtues such as name, loyalty, bravery, righteousness, courtesy, sincerity, restraint, and benevolence. However, after the Meiji Restoration, in order to pursue a policy of aggression and expansion, the Japanese authorities needed to use bushido to boost morale, so they overemphasized loyalty and courage out of context, and finally turned their army into masochists and masochists. That's why I ended the film with a scene of decay and loneliness, because after the Meiji Restoration, bushido had gone astray and degenerated into an evil cultural spirit. ”

This statement is a bit far-fetched, how David is willing to comply, and immediately throws out the homework he has done.

"Ming, I heard a sentence about Chinese culture, I don't know if it's true."

"Please speak".

Sun Ziming instinctively felt that the situation was not good, this old man could be called the 'second person in the talk show', how could he be so easily fooled by himself?

"Ok, there is no China after Yashan, which means that since the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, Chinese civilization has been divided, is this sentence true?"

This was said by the Japanese, but Sun Ziming also thought it was right. Since the fall of the Song Dynasty, our countrymen have weakened their knees, and when they see the emperor and officials, their bones have become soft, and their blood has been lost in kneeling. After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, not to mention that the blood was gone, even the basic Huayi defense was gone under the 'shaving order', and it was replaced by 'minions' and 'masters'!

After being silent for a while, Sun Ziming was also like Watanabe Qian, who didn't have the courage to quibble, so he had to smile bitterly: "Although this is not entirely true, it also has its truth." ”

David? Michael? Letterman teased triumphantly, "Ming, are you quibbling?" ”

Although China Ming usually doesn't like to talk in public, he is famous for his eloquence, and even Oprah jokes that 'if China Ming comes to talk show, David? Michael? Letterman is definitely going to be third in the industry. Being able to embarrass him now is also an achievement of his own.

"No, no, I have a point."

Sun Ziming shook his head again and again, and his speech became slow: "Our Chinese culture is based on Confucianism, and then combines the ideas of Buddhism, Taoism, and Legalism. Since the fall of the Song Dynasty, the pace of development has indeed slowed down, and it has gone farther and farther down the road, but this does not mean that it will no longer develop.

Even after we defeated the Mongols, there were still a few great thinkers, such as Mr. Gu Yanwu, whom I admired the most. I"

David couldn't allow his grandson to argue, and interrupted: "Ming, the answer is only 'Yes/or/no'!"

“Yes”

Sun Ziming doesn't want to argue anymore, how interesting can it be to argue with a group of Americans who have the impression that Chinese people still have braids?

"That's one of my original intentions for making this film."

“what？”

This is indeed Sun Ziming's original intention, at least one of them, just as every time he goes to Korea, he will indulge in those well-preserved Song and Ming Dynasty buildings. Chinese culture has been fragmented and transformed by successive wars and the needs of rulers, and has lost its original face. However, Japan is different, and although Chinese culture has been localized in Japan, it still retains the elegance of the pre-Song Dynasty. Sun Tzuming also figured out the elegant tea ceremony, incense ceremony, and flower arrangement of guò, evoking the nostalgia of his own people for the culture that had disappeared - it turns out that we were once so elegant!