Tokyo Literature and Art Times - v2 Chapter 541

   Chapter 541 The Coffin Carrying Man

  1998, another summer.

   Tokyo is really hot.

   It seems that this phenomenon called El Niño is more and more frequent.

   But, life has to go on.

   “Magic Hour” has been released, and also held a grand premiere.

   Mitani Koki became the center of attention.

  The script writer is no longer young, and his potential has been fully realized.

   He is finally a good scriptwriter, and a good supervisor.

  Celebrities are naturally indispensable to attend the premiere.

  Matsu Shigetoyo, Sato Masato, Kohinata… They are now known to the public for their acting skills.

   However, everyone still cares about a famous superintendent very much.

   What about Takeshi Iwata?

  Why didn’t he come?

   Didn’t he make a cameo in this movie?

  Why didn’t it appear?

   When this question was asked about the creators of the movie, all the creators were smiling.

   Is this an expression of politeness or is there any particular reason?

   Anyway, no one has given this answer.

  Where is Director Iwata?

   Tokyo is really hot, but Tokyo is also huge.

   In the western Tama area, there are many elderly people living here.

   However, even for the elderly, there are some recreational facilities.

  A half-dead theater is open here.

   It looks like it is going to close down.

   But it doesn’t matter, a very generous guest came today.

   He bought all the tickets in the cinema today.

   Private room.

   What’s more interesting is after the reserved venue.

   This guest brought only one person.

   And although they were only two, they also bought a lot of popcorn and happy water.

   “Awu, your arrangement is really interesting.”

   “Teacher, I’m actually worried about whether you can still move.”

   “You bastard! How dare you say that to me! Haha…”

“Ha ha…”

   These two guests are Takeshi Iwata and Akira Kurosawa.

   It should be said that two men are watching a movie, which is indeed a bit strange in itself.

   But the two of them reserved the venue, it seems nothing strange.

  Especially the name of the movie is called “Magic Hour”.

  Yes, what kind of magic is this movie?

   Akira Kurosawa is very interested, and Takeshi Iwata himself is also very interested, although he is just the producer of this film, giving some advice and making a cameo role.

   “Don’t laugh here, kid, I tell you, if it doesn’t look good…”

   “Haha… Then what can you do?”

   “Good boy! Dare to bully this old man like me!”

   “Who dares! If something goes wrong with you, what can you do with me.”

   “Ah! You kid actually said such a thing… Haha…”

   Although the two are not real masters and apprentices, their relationship is similar. When they talk now, they are based on the principle of nonsense.

   is also fun, no one will take it seriously.

   And so, the movie started.

  Magic moment, it is a magical feeling as soon as it comes up.

   But Akira Kurosawa is a movie master after all, and he immediately saw the beauty of this movie.

   “Interior view.”

“right.”

   “Time and space are confused.”

“right.”

“very good.”

  Iwata Takeshi didn’t answer, let the old man watch this movie by himself.

   Soon, that green story appeared.

  The boss played by Nishida Toshiyuki was greened, and the green one was a very young Sakai Masato.

   That woman is Hitomi Kuroki.

   Kuroki Hitomi’s charm is really embarrassing.

   In fact, it can be seen from the performance that even if he is green, the boss still loves his woman very much.

   It is precisely because of this that he hopes that this guy will find the super killer Fu Jian.

   It’s just that the boss doesn’t know that, in fact, Fujian has appeared, but by accident, he was run away by a part-time part-time actor.

   So, how to find this super killer?

   There is no clue at all when backing up.

   Until a girl named Lujian gave him an inspiration.

  Find an actor!

   Yes, let the actor play a killer, right?

   And the more powerful actors, of course, can’t find them.

   So, by accident, he found a Murata who loves performing, but is very unprofessional.

  Murata’s appearance is very interesting.

   “Imagine that clear sky is about to disappear.”

   “The sun will sink into the horizon.”

   “The afterglow illuminates the soon-to-gloom horizon.”

   “Darkness will come upon the earth.”

   “The moment when the light completely disappeared.”

   “That’s the magic hour.”

   It was close-up at first, very, very close.

   The lines came from Murata’s mouth.

   He seemed to be giving a personal speech, right under the setting sun.

   and wait until the lens is pulled away.

   It turned out that behind him was a drawing board.

  The sunset and the red clouds are all drawn.

   This is a classic movie debut.

   is very magical.

   In fact, the so-called magic, or magic.

   At its root, it’s just a visual deception.

   If a magic can be seen from another angle, it is probably not magic.

   Well, this appearance naturally made Akira Kurosawa understand why this movie is called “Magic Hour”.

   But, is that all there is to it?

   Next…

Ha ha…

   Kurosawa kept laughing.

   This old man is really happy.

  No way, the movie “Magic Hour” is really funny.

  Murata became Matsushigetoyo.

  Although his appearance is not as kind as Iwata Takeshi, he is actually very good at funny.

   And now the character, Murata Taiki, he is a little actor pretending to be a killer.

   This actor is really ordinary, and he has to work part-time on weekdays to make a living.

   But even so, the actor has his own agent.

   This is of course related to the Japanese entertainment industry.

  The agent is played by Konohana.

   So, it still feels quite professional.

   But actually, this guy’s performance is really exaggerated.

   All kinds of exaggeration.

  Look at the joy of the old man.

   This “Magic Hour” is really magical, and it’s also very funny.

   However, as far as the plot is concerned, it is actually not difficult.

  The boss played by Nishida Toshiyuki was targeted by a stronger organization, and it was because of this that the killer Fu Jian came to kill him.

   In fact, this boss is actually quite empty, the kind that is empty of everything.

   But, they don’t know about it.

   did all kinds of things.

   Moreover, this killer is not a real killer after all, he is really going to have problems.

   All kinds of strange events happened.

   Until the end it’s going to die.

   No matter how stupid the boss is, he has to see that this killer is fake.

   And at this time, Murata Taiki wanted to quit.

   He is quitting the movie world!

   One day, Murata Taiki met an old man with white hair.

   Akira Kurosawa could tell at a glance that this old man was the male protagonist in the old movie that Murata watched before.

  Although the male protagonist is so young, in terms of face shape, it is him.

   is true at all.

  The old man also read out the exact same lines as Murata when he appeared.

   But this time, it was different from what Murata said.

   “The reason why I put the movie on the screen is to thank the crew for their support, they are really an excellent team.”

   This sentence is plain and simple, but it expresses the sadness of many filmmakers.

   Akira Kurosawa laughed all the time, and seeing this, his eyes could not help but get wet.

  Iwata Takeshi naturally saw it, he didn’t even need to look to know it.

   This section is indeed a relatively vulgar place in Japanese movies.

   just wanted to preach.

   However, this sermon is not bad.

   Akira Kurosawa also figured out why the movie is called “Magic Hour”.

   In fact, this…

   “This is a movie, right? I mean, the movie itself is about the making of a movie.”

  Iwata Takeshi answered truthfully, “Hay.”

   “Splashy.”

   Akira Kurosawa nodded.

   The old man’s face was full of gratified smiles.

   Next…it’s time to consume popcorn and happy water.

   And some problems, the old man is very attentive.

   “By the way, it seems that I haven’t seen a girl like Shinobu for a long time recently.”

“that…”

   “Oh, she’s pregnant, right?”

   “That’s it.”

   “Oops! You kid, what can you do!”

   “Teacher, what you said is very dirty.”

“Hahaha…”

   There are not many people in this cinema, but there is no shortage of laughter.

  …

   “Magic Hour” was a huge success after its release.

   All kinds of good reviews are overwhelming.

   However, Takeshi Iwata still has no trace.

   This made many media people very anxious to get angry.

   However, after two months, a big news appeared.

   This news caused TV Tokyo to stop broadcasting animations.

  A generation of film master Akira Kurosawa.

   passed away on September 6th.

   died at the age of 88.

   Although he died at home, almost all Japanese media reported it immediately.

   Even TV stations in mainland China and Hong Kong and Taiwan also broadcast the news.

  According to Japanese rules, funerals must wait at least a day.

   And characters like Akira Kurosawa are naturally more solemn.

  There are also many famous people who came to pay their respects.

   There are also well-known overseas directors.

   Coppola and Spielberg both said they were coming, and there was an old friend.

  Martin Scorsese.

   In Kurosawa Akira’s last movie “Dream”.

   Scorsese plays the Van Gogh inside, traveling through his own paintings.

   But, originally he had something to do.

  But with the help of Takeshi Iwata, we can come here.

  The funeral of this Japanese film master naturally enjoys top treatment.

  The emperor also issued an edict, and posthumously awarded many honors.

The level of    funeral has come up, and naturally many things are very complicated.

   Takeshi Iwata couldn’t help at all, and he really couldn’t be used.

   But, at this funeral, he had to show up.

   As a famous supervisor, as the person entrusted by Akira Kurosawa.

   Takeshi Iwata has to stay here even if he doesn’t do anything.

   Wait until the real farewell ceremony begins.

  It was already crowded outside.

  The funeral arrangement this time is very high-level.

  The whole is a bamboo wall without any extra decoration.

  If there is, it is a huge video wall.

   This is a huge portrait of Mr. Akira Kurosawa.

   Everyone who can enter the scene of the farewell ceremony and bow and salute.

   Those are not idle people.

  All filmmakers in the Japanese entertainment industry, only those who are related to the movie and who are heavy enough can appear in the front row.

  Iwata Takeshi looked left and right, and he was the youngest one.

  The great directors from Europe and the United States immediately became solemn and solemn when they saw this posture.

   Let’s put it this way.

   In the global film circle, Akira Kurosawa really has too many fans.

   Moreover, many of the fans are well-known directors.

   Or put it another way.

   Only these great directors can better understand the charm of Akira Kurosawa’s lens.

   They can better appreciate the master’s creative movement technique and unique lens language.

   Even, some famous guides are more shy.

   Just like Zhang Yimou, he mentioned it once.

   Once again, he met Akira Kurosawa on one occasion, but because he was really shy, Zhang Yimou did not dare to talk to his idol.

After   , he would not have such a chance.

   is one of life’s greatest hatreds.

   In fact, human life.

   is really impossible to say.

   Just like Zhang Yimou in the past, he was only a photographer for Dao Chen.

   No one would have thought that he would have achieved what he is today.

   Akira Kurosawa is probably the same. He may not have imagined that after he left, an era of Japanese movies came to an end.

   “What are you thinking?”

   “Oh, no idea.”

   Mr. Tatsuya Nakadai sat next to Takeshi Iwata, he felt that this little friend seemed to have a special mind.

   Takeshi Iwata doesn’t know what he should think.

   He felt that it was difficult for him to meet Akira Kurosawa-sensei’s expectations.

   After all, this kind of change in the times cannot be changed by him alone.

   Nakadai Tatsuya didn’t say much, and he didn’t even understand Takeshi Iwata’s mind.

   The whole funeral process is very long.

   If you count those outside the stadium, there are more than 30,000 people who just said goodbye.

   But fortunately, at night, the whole ceremony was completed.

   “Come on, let’s go together.”

“it is good.”

   I promised before that I will help this old man lift the hall.

  Iwata Takeshi, under the leadership of Nakadai Tatsuya, followed several other Japanese film celebrities to give the film master his last ride.

   This ceremony is very brief, and even many funerals do not have this at all.

   But right now, this symbolism is what many people want to see.

   Naturally, the reporters present frantically pressed the shutter.

   They must not let this historic footage slip from their fingertips.

  Iwata Takeshi watched the flames rise.

   Many, many thoughts came to mind.

  What have you changed?

   It seems that, apart from myself, I really haven’t done much.

   But… wait a minute.

   Originally, Mr. Akira Kurosawa did not see “Kiujiro’s Summer”.

   In the original world, he really did not see this film.

   This really changed because of my own appearance.

   Well, something like that…

  Inexplicably, Iwata Takeshi’s inner sadness has lightened a lot.

   There was a lot of hope in his heart.

  I Iwata Takeshi is still there, and I will continue to walk my own way.

  This is the meaning of my life, my magic moment, and it will continue.

  Thinking of this, I can’t help but recall the old man’s laughter.

   That was a hearty smile.

  …

   That, it will be finished tomorrow, I sincerely thank you all for supporting the black car until now.

   There are many regrets in this book, I’m really sorry for everyone, but please rest assured, the black car will continue to write.

   (end of this chapter)