"Manhunt" is a film that Downing decided to shoot when he signed Ken Takakura, and under his personal supervision, the quality of "Manhunt" is also quite good, coupled with the ups and downs of the plot and the actors' hard performances, both in Japan and in overseas markets have achieved a double harvest of box office and word-of-mouth.

The filming of "Wangxiang" was much more troublesome, first of all, the idea of this film was not approved in the first place, after all, this subject matter is too sensitive, because "Wangxiang" reflects the story of a Japanese girl who was forced to sell her body and was mistreated in Nanyang around 1900.

Since the Meiji Restoration, Japan's state apparatus began to function at full capacity, especially the victory in the Russo-Japanese War and World War I, which made the country one of the most powerful countries in the world at that time. However, under this highly nationalist system, in fact, the people's life was very difficult, and for the sake of the so-called "Yamato nation" revival and for the invasion of China, the people of Japan almost squeezed out the last bit of savings, manpower and material resources, and fully supported the government's foreign expansion.

In the late Meiji period, Amakusa girls began to be abducted and trafficked in large numbers to Nanyang to become X-girls, so that they could not only make extra money for the country, but also enrich families and local smugglers, which naturally received the tacit approval of the government at that time. However, after the defeat of the war, that period of blood, tears and humiliation has been deliberately avoided and ignored by the Japanese government, and naturally it has not received public attention for a long time, and those women who have returned to Japan after nine deaths have not been given their due rights, and can only be excluded from the margins of society and continue to suffer in their homeland.

In the film, Keiko Mitani, an expert in women's history, wants to dig up this history, so she comes to Amakusa alone to do research. But everyone kept this matter secret, and in the predicament, they accidentally met an old woman over 70 years old, Kitakawasaki, who took the initiative to approach and enter the life of this old woman. The lonely old woman gradually opened her heart and gradually confided in her the bitter and forgotten past......

The movie gives people the feeling of being real and delicate, and there are not many heart-rending scenes, but the slow emotional rendering and contrast, the contrast between the past and the present world, touches the hearts of the audience very strongly. I believe. Later "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Memoirs of a Oni" both found many inspirations and creative sources from this film.

In the 70s, Japan was already one of the most powerful economies in the world, and the material living standards of the people were already very high. However, people like Sakiko still don't get a trace of warmth, and even if they get a new tatami mat and window paper, they roll around happily like a child, and laugh and say, "It's like an imperial palace." Betrayed by the state when he was young, and forgotten by the state when he was old. When I returned to my homeland, I didn't enjoy anything. Even a full window, a tatami mat without loopholes. Or Kikuko's sentence is right, "Don't go back to Japan, it's no good."

Fifty years later, Baiyun Canggou, Keiko pushed through the dense forest and came to the graves of Kikuko and the others, and was surprised to find that they were unwilling to face their motherland even if they died, which was not guilty. It's hatred and disappointment! Thinking of the lonely and helpless Sakiko in the broken house, we may find it difficult to suppress the fierce emotions in our hearts.

War is the ambition of a few. It was the ordinary people of the countries involved in the war who suffered. While young men in Japan are slaughtering like wild beasts on the battlefield, their wives and young parents are suffering. Countless people have dedicated their lives to the country, using their fragile backbones to bear heavy national weapons and history, but only those "important" people will be remembered, and ordinary people have sacrificed everything but it is difficult to get feedback and repayment from the country.

Although the review road of this film was very bumpy, it was successfully released in the end. And the results are not bad, especially overseas, the harvest is greater than that of the mainland, for example, it is very popular in China, of course, the main reason is ideological, this film is a Japanese film about the evil of militarism. It was widely publicized by the government at the time, but it seems that this was an incomplete version at the time.

Tang Ning naturally knew that this was just a topic to open a conversation, and it was not suitable to talk about it further, so he said with a smile: "We really feel very honored that you can like our company's films, in fact, I also like Chinese art very much, I am good friends with the late Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang, and I was fortunate to go to China once last year, and everything there left a good impression on me." ”

Deng XX said with a hearty smile: "Since we have a good impression, let's go again, soon we will reform and open up, and there will be no need to be so troublesome to come to China again, and we also hope that foreign friends with technology and capital will come to China to help China develop and build." ”

Tang Ning immediately answered, "Really? In fact, I not only have film companies and insurance companies, but also many industrial factories and enterprises. ”

Deng XX nodded and said: "Well, I know this, the famous Downing boss, your industries in Guam and Okinawa are very famous, but some industries, such as your facilities in Guam, are not suitable for opening in China, but others are infinitely welcome, especially Coca-Cola and nylon industries." ”

"Really? Can I invest in China and build a factory? ”

"Of course you can, not only that, we are still infinitely welcome, when I was in Panasonic before, I negotiated this matter with Mr. Konosuke Matsushita, and this year Panasonic will start the inspection in China, and it is also the 83-year-old Mr. Konosuke Matsushita personally led the team, you can go together."

"Great, don't worry, I'll go back and start preparations, and discuss with Coca-Cola and DuPont about investing in China, please understand, after all, I am doing agency business."

"Well, I understand this, and I look forward to your good news. By the way, I think Mr. Downing's surname has a strong Chinese style. ”

"Hehe, more than one Chinese friend has said this, the word Tangning is indeed very similar to a Chinese name, but this is my surname, my name is Tony, so the full name is Tony Tangning." Tang Ning said with some bitterness.

As a matter of fact, not only Tang Ning and Panasonic, but since Deng XX's visit to Japan, there has been a "Japan fever" in China, a large number of study delegations have poured into Japan, a large number of Japanese experts and scholars have been invited to China to give lectures, meetings of members of the Chinese and Japanese governments have been held one after another, exchanges between the government and the people in various fields and at all levels have become increasingly active, and economic, trade, and technical cooperation between the two countries has developed rapidly. (To be continued.) )