It should be said that "Love in the Rain", the first film directed and acted by Cao Zhiqiang, although the storyline is not complicated, the picture and music are impeccable, which is really in line with the aesthetics of the Japanese people.

No, it can't be said that the Japanese people, it should be said that the entire East Asian cultural circle will love this "Love in the Rain".

The movie "Love in the Rain", originally from Cao Zhiqiang's previous life, an animated film "The Garden of Words", combined some Chinese elements, and added a few other hit songs, which were filmed with real people, and then used Cao Zhiqiang's audio-visual production dream space for some post-production.

The effect presented in this way is that the picture is like a dream, and the sound is like a fantasy, which is both like a live-action movie and a CG movie.

To put it simply, in this era, this movie can give people a soul-shocking experience in terms of picture and sound effects, coupled with an excellent storyline and plump character settings, it is definitely a good commercial movie.

That's right, Cao Zhiqiang's positioning of this movie is a commercial film, not a so-called literary film.

However, in view of the teacher-student love in the storyline, as well as the special love between an older female teacher and an underage male student, it can also be regarded as an art film in this era.

Because in 1983, whether it was China or Japan, the social atmosphere was still relatively conservative, and the teacher-student relationship was still a relatively taboo situation, so this can indeed be regarded as a literary film.

Needless to mention in China, the teacher-student love in high school is not only poked by someone, but also a serious violation of discipline.

Even in Japan, teacher-student love is forbidden in high school at this time, because students are minors, and comparing with teachers is out of weakness, so teacher-student love in high school has always been very disgusting to Japanese parents in this era.

But the 80s were the most rebellious era for Japanese teenagers, who liked to subvert all traditions and create rebellion against all traditional thinking.

Therefore, the storyline in "Love in the Rain" is actually the most in line with the love of young Japanese people, especially teenagers.

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It stands to reason that this kind of storyline, even in Japan during this period, should be banned, at least it can't be divided into G-rated all-age viewing, it should be the kind that minors can't watch.

But the storyline of this movie is coincidental, in addition to describing the teacher-student love, and the teacher-student love is beautifully described, there is also another theme, that is, forbearance and restraint.

In the whole movie, although anyone can see that the hero and heroine like each other and heal each other, the two of them have never taken the taboo step from beginning to end, everything is just in the heart, and it is just a matter of courtesy.

In other words, although the hero and heroine like each other and know that the other party likes themselves, they do not break through the constraints of tradition and etiquette, but try their best to restrain themselves.

Needless to say, the heroine's restraint is needless to say, and the male protagonist has been restraining himself until the final outburst, and the two are just hugging each other tightly.

A touch like a hug is naturally not enough to be in trouble.

Even if you can say that the two of them must have rolled the sheets in private, but that's just what you think, at least it wasn't shown in the movie, and the hero and heroine didn't even kiss in the movie.

Of course, you can also say that the heroes and heroines restrain each other for their own reasons.

For example, the heroine's restraint is because she was criticized because of a student's matter at that time, and she didn't want to cause trouble for the male protagonist.

The restraint of the actor is that he still has younger brothers and sisters to raise, he can't make mistakes, he doesn't dare to make mistakes, after all, he is not alone.

And the domestic environment does not allow this kind of teacher-student love in high school, which is actually understandable, after all, most of the students are minors, and they are immature in all aspects.

Therefore, the restraint and forbearance of the hero and heroine are not only like holding back the big move, holding back the final climax, but also avoiding the fate of being sad to pass the trial within a certain range, and pointing out another way to people, or in other words, vaguely telling others another truth.

That's it

It is true love, which must stand the test of time, not just the pursuit of short-term pleasure and temporary pleasure.

The final ending, when the heroine leaves, and the hero reads the letter, actually indicates this truth.

In other words, for true love, age is not a gap, distance is not a problem, and even education and work are not barriers.

As long as they are concerned about each other, there will be a day when lovers will eventually become subordinates.

For example, the male protagonist, he was a minor when he fell in love with a female teacher, it doesn't matter, as long as he doesn't make mistakes when he is a minor, and then when he grows up, he is over eighteen years old, and he can participate in work, so he can naturally pursue the female teacher again.

The same is true for the female teacher, although she has left temporarily, she has also left the controversy and turmoil, and she can go to a place where she doesn't know her to start over and wait silently.

When the dust settles, everyone will stop talking about her, and the actor has grown up, she can naturally go back to the hero.

Leaving is never the end, just the beginning of a journey.

Don't be brutal when you encounter resistance, and take a step back wittily, which may be a better way to deal with it.

Well, at least this statement of taking a step back and waiting for the right moment is very much to the taste of the Japanese and very educational.

Many film critics have seen this and have made a lot of comments about it.

Of course, at this time, film reviews can only be published in magazines and newspapers, and it is impossible to send them to the Internet in real time, but this method is actually more meaningful and lasts longer.

As a result, because of the excellent quality of the film itself, coupled with the follow-up of many film critics, and the tap water of some young audiences, this "literary film" from China was sold out even though it was obviously not well scheduled.

After the release of this "Chinese literary film" was very popular, the filmmaker decisively increased the number of screenings, and even many midnight screenings began to show this movie.

Coupled with the fact that the first three days were the Cultural Festival, many people were on holiday, which finally made the movie explode.

Many people have actually watched it more than once, but three or four times, and they have cried every time they have seen it, which is simply tear gas.

So much so that when I came to watch the movie later, the staff of the theater would first send a pack of tissues, which was both considerate and a psychological suggestion.

Because the movie theater distributes tissues, it is implying that this movie will make you cry, you have this psychological expectation in advance, and when you see the touching place, you can't help crying when everyone else starts crying.

Due to the popularity of the movie, after only six days of the film's release, other theaters couldn't help it, and negotiated with Dongbao Film Company and Warner Company, asking to introduce the film and release it in their own theaters.

Here I want to say that the Japanese cinema chain in the 80s was actually in the hands of several major film companies, and different theaters had different territories.

In other words, unlike China, where all movie theaters have to obey the command, Japanese movie theaters are affiliated with different film companies, and many movies are not released in major movie theaters across Japan, but are usually shown in a local place.

Unless your movie is negotiated with major theaters in Japan in advance, it is possible to release it nationwide, but this kind of movie is often a blockbuster, such as a local blockbuster in Japan, or a blockbuster in the United States.

Like some local small-budget films, or Chinese literary films, there is generally no such treatment.

However, if a movie has a particularly good response during the release of a certain theater, other theaters can also follow up in time and negotiate with this theater and the film producer to discuss the introduction of the film.

In this way, although a lot of money will be allocated to the new theater chain, on the contrary, it is equivalent to expanding the scope of the release and expanding the scope of sales.

In particular, Japan has done a good job in protecting intellectual property rights, whether it is a movie or a videotape, it is basically difficult to find pirated copies, so expanding the number of theaters and sales scope is the most profitable for the producer.

Therefore, since other theaters also want to get a piece of the pie, Cao Zhiqiang naturally will not refuse, which is original

It's a win-win thing.

As a result, after other theaters began to release this movie, it was still full, and the popularity of this movie did not decrease because of the increase in theater releases.

Many people analyze that the reason why this is the case is because many people continue to watch it.

Because the biggest selling point of the movie "Love in the Rain" is not the storyline, or even the characters, but the beautiful pictures and beautiful music.

For 1,800 yen for adults and 1,000 yen for students, you can go in and enjoy the ultimate audio-visual experience, which is like watching a landscape documentary or a concert, which is very cost-effective.

Not to mention, this statement is still very marketable, and it also inadvertently gets to the point.

Because this movie directed by Cao Zhiqiang was originally learned by the old Mouzi later, that is, the picture is good-looking and the music is good.

In terms of pictures, although many of the scenic spots filmed are taken from Jinling, there are also some locations taken from Jiangnan water towns.

Of course, it's just pure real scenes, and in this era, it's definitely going to be a bit of a problem, but if you add some post-production special effects to make the picture more exquisite, it's different.

This is like the various young lady dancing videos on the video platform later.

Whether it's Douyin or Kuaishou, the young lady anchor in it, one is counted as one, which one is not white-skinned and beautiful with long legs.

Especially with long legs, basically all anchor girls are with long legs.

But the truth is that those are the effects after beautifying, such as elongating legs, slimming, whitening, etc.

The pictures in "Love in the Ancient Pavilion", or "Love in the Rain", are also similar situations, all of which are beautified by special effects.

So the result is that the sky is bluer, the clouds are whiter, the water is clearer, the grass is greener, and even the rain is shining, crystal clear, and it is comfortable to look at.

Even if it is overcast, the dark clouds in the sky have been softened to give it a dreamlike feeling.

There are also characters, all of which have been beautified.

For example, the male and female protagonists have slightly elongated their legs and whitened their skin a little, resulting in the heroes and heroines in it being unbelievably beautiful.

Especially when the heroine is crying, her tearful face has been softened, which looks particularly beautiful, making people feel empathy and the urge to hug each other to take good care of her.

To put it bluntly, the picture of the whole movie looks normal, and it seems to be a good picture selected after many choices, but in fact, it is all technology and ruthless work, and it is all technology and technology pictures that have been processed by Meitu.

It's just that this kind of picture that has been processed by Meitu is processed more naturally, and it is on the medium of film, and it still uses an ordinary projector of this era, so there is basically no problem with the picture that comes out.

Because according to the technical level of this era, if you keep improving, choose the best lighting and the best scene, shoot dozens of times or hundreds of times with one lens, and choose the best picture, you can also do this.

As for the appearance of the characters, it can also be done after careful makeup.

Even subtle changes in height and stature can be solved by changing the shooting angle.

In other words, no one can see that this movie has added too many special effects, everyone thinks that this is the real picture, the real characters, but the shooting techniques and shooting angles are different, and a beautiful love story is filmed.

Compared with the special effects on the screen, there are actually a lot of sound effects.

The sounds here are not only all kinds of background music that are easy to hear, but also various natural sound effects such as rain, wind, thunder, frogs, cicadas, etc.

When actually shooting, many natural sound effects were not available, and most of the sounds were sound effects added by Cao Zhiqiang in the later stage.

With the addition of various sound effects that simulate nature, combined with the interludes and theme songs that Cao Zhiqiang has personally performed and processed, the effect is naturally different.

Of course, these sound effects will not be a problem, because they can be regarded as a credit for the radio.

If you put a lot of effort into all kinds of recordings, and then carefully insert them into the movie, you can achieve the sound effects in the movie, which is much better hidden than the picture.

In this way, just 15 days after the film's release, that is, more than two weeks and one day, the total box office revenue exceeded 3 billion yen.

This achievement is unparalleled in terms of foreign paintings released in Japan during the same period.

Even compared to Japan's local films, this box office result is firmly in the top 10 of this year's box office results.

In Japan, the movie box office is divided into total box office and ration box office.

The total box office is the statistics after the movie theater sells tickets, that is, the total sales.

The rationed box office, also known as the distribution box office, refers to the amount of money that the distributor and the producer can get.

The ration box office is generally half of the total box office, so if the total box office exceeds 3 billion yen, the ration box office is as high as 1.5 billion yen.

In the rationed income, not to mention the other distributions, the producer, that is, the Hongguang Film Studio, can share 15% of the ration income no matter how it is divided.

In other words, as of the 15th day of the film's release, Cao Zhiqiang's privately contracted Hongguang Film Studio could get 225 million yen just for this movie, which is more than 1.87 million yuan in RMB.

Don't underestimate the 1.87 million, this income is already very good, because if you broadcast it in China, you can get 900,000 RMB, and the current income is more than double, and it is also foreign exchange, and it has not yet come to an end, which properly wins glory for the country.

It can be said that even if this movie is released now, Cao Zhiqiang personally will make a lot of money and gain fame and fortune.

What's more, the box office results are so good, but the enthusiasm for watching the movie remains the same, and it is still almost full.

According to this momentum, if this film can really be released normally for a month and 30 days, and there are no accidents, it is estimated that the final total box office should exceed 5 billion yen, if this is the case, it will definitely be the first place in the box office list of Japanese films this year!

Therefore, simply in terms of this achievement, it is not an exaggeration to say that the box office is fierce.