"Angry youth nothing bad, I have a cavity blood, people without passion, nothing can be done." 48-year-old Lee Ying moderate tone, pace very quickly, "but we think about anger, the use What way to express. "
Filed Li Ying, without mentioning that his department "Yasukuni Shrine."
From the start to the final release, a full in 10 years, which, he suffered numerous supernatural events, until today, he did not from the endless troubles that truly freed.
The film creates two records in Japan, one the highest grossing documentary ever, and second, watch the film before screening. For it, the Japanese media to create a new word: Yasukuni disturbance.
Li Ying wanted to completely forget about the film, always have forget. 2 years of torture, eventually converging to a book called "captivated Japan," the book, a sequel that is forced, with Li Ying's words, "This book is their love letter I wrote angry youth" .
One day earn one thousand
22 years ago, I came to Japan, then Japanese will not say a word.
After graduating from college, when I was director of CCTV in 1987, I took a "snow Dayton - Tibet" to participate in the Leipzig International Documentary Film Festival, when the winter ridge sense of accomplishment, can take a look at other people's stuff, it is immediately shocked. At that time China's reform and opening up soon, and the international gap is too great, I thought: stay on CCTV 5 years, I have not shoot people as a good thing. At that time "abroad boom" is hot, I want to go out to see.
In 1989, for reasons of love, I followed to Japan, learn the language school for two years. Even students are not, is the most low-end "to students", signed only six months to get visas.
Started washing the dishes, after the introduction by others, did three years porters, wages somewhat higher, all students must have working experience. I have been a director, not been to town, to know why this is called "Yang Chadui", it is tired. But the pressure to survive, will become a nutrient that allows you to find the sense of survival.
Japan's 1980s economic boom, relatively easy to find work, and strive to one day earn 1,000 yuan, equivalent to half of the domestic wage, the stimulus is too great. So do not want anything, hard work.
"Shrine" is not difficult to beat
In Japan so many years, Japan and some things make me feel very comfortable, and some things again makes me feel uncomfortable.
Comfortable is very polite Japanese, is the ceremonies, social atmosphere, way of life, interpersonal relationships, there is a rare harmony. Japanese heavy manners, in fact, the shrine is an extension of Japanese culture, etiquette.
Film "Yasukuni" is not difficult, because it is a public place, long-term media haunt, August 15 each year, all television stations to do a report, plus I use a home DV shooting, we become commonplace, do not steal shoot. But the shrine has provided for making feature films with prior approval, only after the approval, I did not take this program, so the film was released, the Yasukuni Shrine in quite this opinion.
This film, I took a full eight years, and positive film, I did not crew, up to two people, so I do not dramatic. In the shot right, they happened to say some things and grab recorders.
Right wing is very complicated
Japanese right-wing, domestic know not comprehensive enough, in fact, the right-wing complex, including the new right-wing, national school, thinking of camp, right wing and other networks.
Sun Yat-sen when one of the bases for the revolution in Japan, many Japanese people to support his right wing. The right to believe that Asians by the Westerners bullying, we should unite against oppression. The continuous development of the right-wing thinking, differentiation, and many people went to the militarism, they see the shrine for the Holy Land.
Right-wing not only for China, but also anti-American, anti-Western culture.
In today's Japan, right-wing did not affect the "Yasukuni Shrine" release, the right wing propaganda vehicles along the street with slogans, calling the Japanese boycott the film, right wing said to myself, if we have a formal channel to express their views, why we to do this? It is because they can not voice, an unwise move. Result, they let more people know about the film, to enhance the box office. To tell a joke, they are busy to help trace a small mess.
Because the film's sake, I have some Japanese right-wing high-level contacts, the more elite, more courteous, others are very polite, Japan is a social ritual, triads are talking about etiquette. However, the bottom right there are excesses, a few years ago, visiting the Yasukuni Shrine by Prime Minister, have publicly committed suicide right-wingers. My video show, but also the right-wing threat to the cinema, said to plant bombs.
I want to completely forget about the "Yasukuni Shrine"
Beijing Morning: Why almost three years after the film screened before they write such a book?
Li Ying: I have been accustomed to slow-paced, the film for 10 years, also wrote a book almost three years. After the movie release, been interviewed, and constantly to express, to use words to sort out. March 5, 2009, I became the defendant, I just went to Japan 20 years anniversary, because the "shrine" in the shooting of a back-up group director, he thought I was a violation of his image rights. This case I never said the domestic media in Japan, more than 30 lawyers attorneys to help me to court, the Japanese media people, intellectuals, directors to support me, will be open several times, all this makes me very moved to express. And after the release of my films, lead to "Yasukuni Fury", the uproar is just a window to observe Japanese society, I think we need presented to us.
Beijing Morning Post: film "Yasukuni" had on your life, what kind of impact?
Li Ying: the impact is too great, in the production process, film editor, said the computer problems continue, some of the problems incredible, they said I offended the dead, so infected with the "Yasukuni virus." I shot a documentary, has been dealing in and the dead, Oh, great, what involves more than 240 million souls. Sometimes I want to completely forget about the "Shrine", but it always come out. Sometimes I am worried: how this thing forever? I want to focus energy into the new work, but in fact can not.
Beijing Morning Post: You want readers to see how this book?
Li Ying: "Shrine" No matter how the Japanese look, I want to express a kind of rational thinking, in between China and Japan, too many emotional things, of course, angry, young, there's nothing wrong, then I am also a cavity blood, people without passion, nothing can be done, but we think, after anger, what to use to express. This book is a love letter I wrote angry youth We hope that they can better understand Japan.
Li Ying said the angry youth is nothing wrong, but we think, after anger, what to use to express. Therefore, in the film "Yasukuni", he has designed for angry youth who wrote a book, hoping that they can better understand Japan.
Ordinary Japanese people have a favorable impression of China
Japanese cinema is great, they can withstand pressure, and police cooperation, adhere to screening. Also with the Japanese police, their income is not high, but the Japanese often say "civil society", the Government is service, not authority, must be the service of citizens, public morality, security, order and rationality of defenders, so there is a crisis, they would always match.
As a Chinese, in general, I do not feel discrimination in Japan, of course, there are individual emotional person, but that is rare. Ordinary Japanese people have a favorable impression of China, respect China's traditional culture, in general are friendly. I do not feel comfortable making the film, have emotions, is normal.
Association as an example to the Japanese film director, chairman of the Korean people, which is unlikely in other countries.
Japan is the mainstream of democracy, not nationalism, the existence of the right-wing, but do not exaggerate on the right wing also depends on the specific circumstances, specific scenes, can not be generalized, lest they come to the extreme of the conclusions. Japan has the right-wing network, more violent language, but Japanese society is generally considered too radical, they were not accepted by the mainstream.
Future should not be powerful combination
China has made tremendous economic development, much of the media that the future combination, which I do not agree.
China's economic strength, and this is true, but the gap is still significant, in addition to economic growth, education system, environment, service system, health care, social security, which requires a great investment, we still have a long way go. In this context, the important thing is not what the combination, but "soft" down, is committed to the growth of soft power.
Today, a country's soft power is essential, Japan's soft power is very strong, the strongest outside of Hollywood, Japanese anime, fashion, the game has a wide-ranging implications, the establishment of a unique cultural values and cultural system, compared to , we do not have influence on the world cultural system.
Only see the "strong", will distort the right of self-awareness, or even to emotional, today, many of the Sino-Japanese political and economic contacts, but cultural diplomacy to be further strengthened. If East Asia is a community, we see that today we all claim to Greater China, South Korea's big, big in Japan, I think, if a little less large interaction space may be even greater.
Rational communication, the media have the responsibility
Film "Yasukuni", because this is a topic around the past, must face. I asked a lot of people, what is the Yasukuni Shrine, we basically can not tell, did not know when it set up, do not know what it means, just know, and the "war" on.
Communication is based on understanding, it would be difficult to make the right judgments. We should find a rational way of communication, rather than clinging to emotional, so it is easy to enter a vicious circle that, the media, cultural responsibility is very large, efforts should be made to guide people to understand, know and understand.
I hope the film will be in a rational environment, showing, in a normal atmosphere, the audience can look through it to the Japanese, rather than using it to push up some emotions.
There are a number of online piracy, but many translation errors and distorted the original meaning. Edition the author Chen Hui
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