Chapter 391 The Past Glory of Japanese Cinema

Author: Sima Guitai

Chapter 391 The Past Glory of Japanese Cinema

Tokyo University of Literature and Art is buzzing again.

Due to the influence of Kei Fujiwara, the entire Tokyo University of Literature and Art, especially the Video and Film Department, has almost become a fan club for Kei Fujiwara, supporting every work of this senior.

They naturally have a close relationship with Kei Fujiwara, which is naturally due to Kei Fujiwara’s appearance at Tokyo University of Literature and Art. Of course, there is also another reason, that is, Kei Fujiwara can give priority to internships and jobs for alumni.

Therefore, in this environment where the employment situation is not good, students at Tokyo University of Literature and Art, especially those who are about to graduate, are looking forward to Fujiwara Kei making more works. The more the better, the more they can give to these graduates.

Provide positions.

Although it is said that this is the golden decade for the development of Japanese TV dramas, this does not mean that ordinary practitioners can also reap dividends. On the contrary, as the unemployed population increases, there are a large number of cheap people on the market who have not received formal university education but have certain skills.

Easy-to-use temporary workers, these temporary workers also squeeze the job search space of graduates to a certain extent.

The release of "Confession" aroused the enthusiasm of students at Tokyo Bunge University for watching the movie. After watching the movie, the students also began to discuss the movie excitedly.

"As expected of Mr. Fujiwara, this is a really good movie!"

"The story is indeed quite good, but I feel like Fujiwara-senpai is a bit deliberately showing off his skills..."

"Since you have this technical ability, why not show off? Many directors want to show off their skills, but they don't have the ability yet!"

"But I still feel..."

"How dare you question Mr. Fujiwara? Notify the law enforcement team and clear them out immediately!"

Although "Confession" has a good reputation, it is not the kind of film that has few negative reviews. For a movie with such a strong style, some people must like it very much, and some people don't like it. You must know that there are still a lot of Stephen Chow movies that are popular in the Chinese entertainment industry.

People think it is cultural waste, which is understandable.

However, within Tokyo Bunge University, the evaluation is generally on the high side. Even those who do not like the film personally are not willing to make negative comments about their senior. As an artist, the highest achievement is to use "

"Charm" skill, even if they don't like the work, the public will find ways to brainwash themselves - it's not that the master's work is bad, but that they can't understand it.

Kei Fujiwara was the first to achieve this achievement for his junior students.

Professors at Tokyo University of Literature and Art have also begun to use "Confessions" as a lesson plan to teach, not only in the video projection department, but also in the art and music departments, using scenes and episodes from the movie.

In order to understand the course and also influenced by the campus atmosphere, more and more students went to watch the movie, so much so that almost every student at Tokyo Bunge University bought a movie ticket.

On the fourth and fifth days, the box office of "Confession" decreased daily. Although the decrease was not large, it continued to decrease, from more than 100 million on the first day to 80 million on the fifth day. But even though

In this way, this movie has accumulated nearly 500 million in box office revenue, and has reached the standard of blockbuster.

Under this circumstance, it stands to reason that theaters should appropriately increase film schedules and promotions to stimulate the movie's box office and achieve new growth.

However, the theater chain has focused on another movie. This movie is a gangster movie, which is the main investment and distribution of Matsunichi Pictures. Therefore, the theaters of Matsuni Pictures inevitably have some concerns about the two movies. Treat them differently, just like you treat your biological son and your godson.

Although the number of movies scheduled in a day is not much different, you will find that during the prime time after 7 o'clock in the evening, most of the movies scheduled in the theater are given to the gangster movie called "Black Rock". Even the prominent position in the theater is All the movie posters on display were movie posters for "Black Rock". Only during the day, when the number of moviegoers is relatively small, would the schedule for "Confession" increase appropriately.

Even Fukuyama Television has stopped airing advertisements for "Confession" recently, and has instead aired more advertisements for "Black Rock". Although, Fukuyama Television and Kei Fujiwara still maintain a close cooperative relationship, and they are also investors in "Confession" One of the parties. But after all, the new director is from the Film School, so he will obey Nobi Shisuke's orders more.

"Black Rock" was released a few days earlier than "Confession", but the box office of the two movies is now about the same. It seems that "Confession" has gained a stage advantage. However, the daily box office of "Confession" is gradually declining. , so it is impossible to tell what the final result will be.

And the weekend is almost here, and the number of moviegoers usually increases significantly on weekends. Maybe there will be more people watching movies by then.

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On Friday night, Taniguchi Uchiki was cruising around his family's movie theater. Sometimes he would go into the screening room to check the number of people watching the movie. If the movie theater was full, he would be happy all night and have a drink. Have a drink to celebrate; if the movie theater is empty enough for horse racing, you will start to worry and worry, and have a drink to drown your sorrows.

No matter what, you have to drink wine.

Taniguchi Uchiki is the owner of a private cinema. His cinema is located in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City. It is an old theater that has been in operation for more than 20 years. However, his cinema does not look old and dilapidated. Every few years, He will recruit a decoration team to renovate it once, so as not to be abandoned by young people who value environmental experience.

He carefully opened the door of a screening room, stood on tiptoes and looked towards the viewing area. It was eight o'clock in the evening, prime time, and only about one-fifth of the full seats in the cinema were occupied - in fact, this Not bad, this is a medium-sized cinema after all.

But Taniguchi Uchiki couldn't help but miss the scene forty years ago, when he was still a child and Japanese movies were still in the studio era and developing in full swing.

At that time, Japan's first monster movie came out and caused a sensation in Japan. Thousands of people flocked to the cinema to watch this stunning visual effects blockbuster. At that time, Japan did not have as many screens and cinemas as it does now. , some theaters even offer standing tickets in order to sell more money. The key is that some people are really willing to buy it. The theater is full, and the audience would rather sit in the front row and feel dizzy. After watching it, they go to the toilet to vomit. Don’t want to miss this great event in the film industry.

The film's final box office performance of 150 million may not sound like much, but that was forty years ago, and ticket prices were far less expensive than they are now. The number of viewers of this film reached an astonishing nearly 10 million. If calculated according to the current box office standards of 1,000 yen for students and 1,800 yen for adults, if this movie were placed today, the box office revenue would reach about 16 billion.

This is an impossible number, but it was a real achievement in the studio era.

At that time, Uchiki Taniguchi was also a member of the army of movie watchers. He was shocked by the magical and gorgeous world of movies. He watched the monster movie five times but still couldn't get enough of it. The young boy's little mind was completely occupied by the movie.

When I grew up, I wanted to work in a studio, but after persisting for two years, I found that I had no talent for making movies. But I still wanted to engage in film-related work, so I used my savings to open this cinema.

The business was really good at the beginning. In the early 1980s, I was able to make a small amount of savings by opening a theater. But gradually I could feel that the film market was becoming sluggish. The popularity of television was only one aspect of the impact. The most important thing was that

The Japanese can no longer make good movies. This is Taniguchi Uchiki’s most intuitive feeling.

Japan lacks truly talented, master-level directors. In his mind, the so-called masters are definitely not the kind of filmmakers who like to make movies that are incomprehensible and entertain themselves at niche film festivals.

It is people who can truly make ordinary audiences feel happy and happy from the bottom of their hearts, and willingly spend money to buy tickets. Such people are the film masters in Taniguchi Uchiki's heart.

It's a pity that there are almost no such masters in Japan in this era.

On the contrary, "foreign painting" began to rise, and American movies were welcomed by Japanese audiences. Looking at all the foreign faces on the movie screen, Taniguchi Uchiki felt as uncomfortable as eating flies. Even if the most popular movies are Chinese movies, Korean movies

What about movies, even Vietnamese movies? He is not that uncomfortable. Anyway, he has black eyes and black hair...

Although I was reluctant, in order to ensure the profits of my own cinema, I had to play more movies like this. Over time, I became depressed and my enthusiasm for movies began to fade away.

Taniguchi Uchiki sometimes misses the era of film studios, but he also knows in his heart that it was not the bankruptcy of the studio system that led to the decline of the film market; it was the decline of the film market that led to the bankruptcy of the studio system.

But are Japanese movies really going to be in such a slump from now on? It would be great if, like in the movie, there is a hero who can step forward to save the sluggish Japanese movies.

Taniguchi Uchisuki said with emotion.
Chapter completed!