Tian Zhuangzhuang who is a fifth-generation director of Chinese Cinema with Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou, can be said to have the most difficult films, such as "The Horse Thief" (1986), etc, but also such as "The Last Eunuch" (1991) and "The Blue Kite" (1993) that are more approachable.
Tian Zhuangzhuang brought the life of Wu Qingyuan (1914-2014), a Go master who lived in Japan in the Republic of China, on the screen. This is an extremely difficult job. On the one hand, the subject matter touches the sensitive area of the Sino-Japanese War. The position of the film and the plot described will be quite difficult. On the other hand, when the film was made, Wu Qingyuan was still alive. At the beginning of the film, Chang Chen who played Wu Qingyuan, and Ayumi Ito who played Wu Qingyuan's wife, Kazuko Nakahara, the two actors went to Japan to visit two elderly people. The actors who play them have a face-to-face with the audience, which is very legendary.
However, there are many parts of the film that are broken, and if the audience doesn't know the character, it's really difficult to get involved. The film started with Wu Qingyuan as a child, and immediately jumped to Japan. The film was basically completed in Japan. Only in 1941 Wu Qingyuan returned to Beijing due to the death of Saionji Kinmochi (1849-1940), and then returned to Japan.
Except for the role Wu Qingyuan, the film has clear subtitles and a plot introduction, other characters are very confused, including Wu Qingyuan's mother Shu Wen played by Sylvia Chang Ai-Chia, the Go celebrity Fumiko Kita played by Matsuzaka Keiko, and the two supporting actors are Kensaku Segoe played by Emoto Akira and Minoru Kitani played by Takashi Nishina, their relationship with Wu Qingyuan is actually not much, and less should be a relationship with Kazuko Nakahara. Obviously there are too many blank spaces in the film. Does Tian Zhuangzhuang express Wu Qingyuan's tacitum personality throughout his life? And Chang Chen's performance has become the most gratifying part of the film, and his performance can be said to be completely devoted to the role.
By Kam Po LAM (original in Chinese)
Tian Zhuangzhuang brought the life of Wu Qingyuan (1914-2014), a Go master who lived in Japan in the Republic of China, on the screen. This is an extremely difficult job. On the one hand, the subject matter touches the sensitive area of the Sino-Japanese War. The position of the film and the plot described will be quite difficult. On the other hand, when the film was made, Wu Qingyuan was still alive. At the beginning of the film, Chang Chen who played Wu Qingyuan, and Ayumi Ito who played Wu Qingyuan's wife, Kazuko Nakahara, the two actors went to Japan to visit two elderly people. The actors who play them have a face-to-face with the audience, which is very legendary.
However, there are many parts of the film that are broken, and if the audience doesn't know the character, it's really difficult to get involved. The film started with Wu Qingyuan as a child, and immediately jumped to Japan. The film was basically completed in Japan. Only in 1941 Wu Qingyuan returned to Beijing due to the death of Saionji Kinmochi (1849-1940), and then returned to Japan.
Except for the role Wu Qingyuan, the film has clear subtitles and a plot introduction, other characters are very confused, including Wu Qingyuan's mother Shu Wen played by Sylvia Chang Ai-Chia, the Go celebrity Fumiko Kita played by Matsuzaka Keiko, and the two supporting actors are Kensaku Segoe played by Emoto Akira and Minoru Kitani played by Takashi Nishina, their relationship with Wu Qingyuan is actually not much, and less should be a relationship with Kazuko Nakahara. Obviously there are too many blank spaces in the film. Does Tian Zhuangzhuang express Wu Qingyuan's tacitum personality throughout his life? And Chang Chen's performance has become the most gratifying part of the film, and his performance can be said to be completely devoted to the role.
By Kam Po LAM (original in Chinese)