Consultation: China Biography Film!

Plot:

Go prodigy Wu Qingyuan was born in the Republic of China. 1 1 years old, he became a chess player in Duanmen, a northern warlord, and made a living by playing chess. When he crossed Japan for the first time at the age of 14, he competed with the newly-released Japanese chess champion and won in the middle set. Five years later, Wu Qingyuan and Japanese new players * * * created a new layout of Weiqi and set off a Weiqi revolution. During the period from 1939 to 1956, Wu Qingyuan defeated the top seven Japanese super players by himself and won the "Ten Fan Qi" for ten times, so he was known as the "Showa Chess Saint". He degraded all the masters of Japanese chess at that time with "ten pieces" in "95 sets in the ring", and created the so-called "Wu Qingyuan era" in Japanese Weiqi field. In his later years, he even invented "2 1 ~ Century Go", abandoned its utility and praised its artistic value instead, revealing the lofty realm of Go.

Wu Qingyuan is based on his life story. Wu Qingyuan, played by a generation of chess king Zhang zhen, went to Japan to study. At the most glorious and prosperous time, he fell into the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, which made Wu Qingyuan's patriotism miserable. Under the treatment of director Tian Zhuangzhuang, the whole film "Wu Qingyuan" is beautiful and elegant, but it has unparalleled psychological impact and extraordinary realm.

Wu Qingyuan is not only an exposition of the art of Weiqi, but also a description of the oriental culture embodied by Weiqi master Wu Qingyuan under specific historical conditions. Wu Qingyuan's love for Go is quite pure. He can devote himself to the work that fascinates him without reservation. It is because of this spirit that he can overcome all difficulties and get rid of the shackles of life.

Tian Zhuangzhuang once felt that "Wu Qingyuan" was the most difficult film to shoot in his life-because it is too difficult to shoot a person's spiritual world, especially Weiqi itself is a quiet art, and it is even more difficult to tell a player's inner world through the limited space of the film. Tian Zhuangzhuang believes that in today's world, people need a spirit and a belief; He saw this spirit from Wu Qingyuan-persistence and persistence in what he pursued. With this spirit, everyone can transcend the shackles of social environment and achieve their goals. However, this spirit is hard to talk about, and few people can really do it. Wu Qingyuan did it, which is a respect for himself, life and society.

Wu Qingyuan lives a quiet life, lives a simple life and is not interested in money. It is this kind of life practice that makes him spend many hardships in life again and again. No matter the hard struggle on the chessboard, the severe tuberculosis, the difficult survival in the cracks, the wandering and poverty of life, and even the insanity and even the decline of chess after the car accident, all became jokes in his meditation. So much for the so-called "Wu Qingyuan Spirit".

Cast:

Director:

Tianzhuang Zhuangzhuang Zhongtian

Screenwriter Screenwriter:

Acheng

Zou Jingzhi, Zou Jingzhi

Actor actor:

Zhang ... Wu Qingyuan Wu Qingyuan

Zhang Aijia Zhang Aijia ... Wu's mother

Keiko Matsuzaka matsuzaka keiko ... North Wen Zi.

Ayumi Ito Ayumi Ito and his son Kazuko Zhongyuan.

Crystal yellow ... Wu Qingying

Kagawa Teruyuki, Kagawa Teruyuki

Ber Ber ... Li Yutang

Xin Bai Qing Bai Qing Xin ... Yanwu

Akira Fujii ... Mrs Seger

Mansakufuwa in Mansaku Fuwa ... Shoriki in Matsutaro.

Takayuki Inoue Takayuki Inoue Shusai Honebo

Ichiro Ito ... Iwamoto Kaoru

Kaho Meibing Kahomi Nano ... Gikuson

Takashi Nishina, Takashi Nishina, Minoru Kitani, Minoru Kitani.

HIRONOBU NOMURA Kawabata Yasunari Bunomura Hirono

Naoko Naoko ... Utaro Hashimoto.

Chiharu Uchiyama ... Mrs. Kittani.

Akira Emoto Benhuang ... Seto Kensaku, Seto Constitution.

Producer producer:

Liu Xiandian ... Producer

Li Hao ... Co-producer.

Photographic film y:

Wang Yu

Artistic director, production designer:

Emi Wada Emiwada

Fashion design consists of:

Emi Wada Emiwada

Behind the scenes production:

About the film

The location of this film is partly in China and partly in Japan. Actors and staff gathered elites from China, Japanese and Taiwan Province provinces. As far as the subject matter is concerned, the Japanese like Go and regard it as a national game and art, especially after the animation series "Chess Soul" became popular and became a household name, it became a cultural symbol deeply rooted in people's hearts.

The background of this film is related to the time when Wu Qingyuan went to Japan and made brilliant achievements. Sino-Japanese relations have been in a mess since 193 1 Japan invaded Manchuria. The film does not exaggerate the horror of war, and most scenes revolve around chess games and beliefs full of meaning and philosophy. Such a theme will arouse pleasure in China and Japanese audiences, rather than controversy and hostility.

Director Tian Zhuangzhuang hired Acheng, a famous foreign writer, as a screenwriter. Their grasp of the protagonist's character focuses on one person, who is pure, silent and shy, but who sincerely pursues the charm of chess. For Wu Qingyuan, this challenging and strategic "game" is full of charm beyond reality in a pure sense. It can be said that chess is his religious belief and he will devote himself wholeheartedly to it.

In the film, Wu Qingyuan is dressed in a monk's robe, elegant and refined, with short hair and a pair of round glasses like a priest. He looks more like a Buddhist monk. In fact, he has been seeking a way of spiritual liberation for a long time, and he has indeed converted to Buddhism. Especially in those years when the Pacific War was in full swing, his position and situation in Japan made him feel unbearable pain from time to time, and sometimes even on the verge of collapse. His heart is not as peaceful as his appearance, but he really doesn't know what he should do for his country in any way. His lonely and worried gait and helpless image when walking make people feel sad. At the same time, the hero's heart is also struggling to find, trying to create a kind of peace and harmony for his body and mind, although this world is not the case.

In fact, although this is a story about chess and players, its theme focuses more on the sacred artistic conception and excellent personality of the players embodied in Go, and both sides of the game will give their opponents sincere and lofty respect. This film is celebrating the spirit of Go that is higher than life, family and history. A powerful scene in the film shows this spirit:1On August 6th, 945, Wu Qingyuan was playing with his opponent at the moment when the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. In order to end the game, they asked the referee not to stop the game. Just when the nearby city collapsed, the players were still at ease.

In order to set off the ethereal artistic conception of the film, the director carefully and concisely emphasized the tone of the film with the wonderful voice of piano solo and chorus. But the use of this artistic technique, like the editing of a movie, is so gentle and leaves no trace that the audience sometimes loses the logical connection between shots. At the end of the master's life, the audience may feel a kind of powerless suffocation. But what remains in people's minds is the wisdom and leisure of the Zen master.

Tian Zhuangzhuang's Persistence

In Wu Qingyuan's autobiography "The Spirit of China" published in 2003, Wu Qingyuan stated: "There is a stick in the middle of the word' China', and its shape is divided into two parts, indicating yin and yang. The point of reaching the balance of yin and yang is' middle'. For Go, I have been thinking about the point of' middle'. " A passage from Tian Zhuangzhuang is printed on the leaflet of the book: "Miss Wang is always stressing Tao. He is a chess player himself, but what he seeks outside the chess path all his life is the spiritual path of man. " Tian Zhuangzhuang said: "Movies are religion to me ... In the process of my film creation, I should also make my films according to the spirit of' China'." He also hung Wu Qingyuan's inscriptions "In Use" and "Mysterious and Mysterious" on the studio wall of the North Cinema.

Tian Zhuangzhuang said that he shot Wu Qingyuan not to explain the art of Go, but to show the oriental culture embodied in Go master Wu Qingyuan-winning or losing is not important, and the essence of life lies in respecting others and self-esteem. "In fact, Go was not a competition at first, but later it developed into that. Go has different definitions in different cultures. In China, Go is a competitive art; Go is a culture in Japan and Korea. My film has no intention of explaining what Go looks like, but portrays someone under certain historical conditions. "

Wu Qingyuan's innocence is also an important reason to attract Tian Zhuangzhuang. Tian Zhuangzhuang said: "Wu Qingyuan's love for Go is quite pure. He can devote himself to the work that fascinates him without reservation. It is because of this spirit that he can overcome all difficulties and get rid of the shackles of life. He is still alive, and he still integrates his life into Go and his beliefs. His story is very infectious. Wu Qingyuan is a film about life and faith. "

Zhang zhen's "Transformation"

Wu Qingyuan depicts the tortuous and bizarre life of Go master Wu Qingyuan. It is very difficult for Zhang zhen, the actor of Wu Qingyuan, to play from a teenager to his seventies. Zhang zhen revealed that the secret of his role as Wu Qingyuan is to pay special attention to Wu Qingyuan's focused eyes, and at the same time try to figure out the special way of "Mr. Wu" and try to make his role close to the real "Mr. Wu". Zhang zhen said: "This is my first time to play a real person, especially after meeting Mr. Wu himself, the pressure is even greater. At first, I was worried that it would be too far away from me. Because of this, I know that I have to make more preparations, and Director Tian Zhuangzhuang has also done a lot of communication with me, which has helped me a lot. "

Hot tidbits:

The script of this film was written by Acheng. Tian Zhuangzhuang talked about the cooperation with Acheng: "Acheng is a smart man. I feel that I am not cooperating with him, but learning from him. He gave me many unexpected ideas and inspirations. "

In this movie, Zhang zhen plays a Go master, but Zhang zhen admits that he didn't know Go at first, because the play needs special time to learn. Besides learning how to play Go, we should also learn the behaviors and movements of professional players, especially Wu Qingyuan's own habitual movements. However, it was not until the end of the movie that Zhang zhen's Go was "very bad".

Due to the lack of funds to complete post-production, the film missed the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival. However, Zhang zhen, the leading actor, is sane and thinks that going to the film festival is beyond his control. He just wants to do his job step by step.

The exhibition of the "Showa Chess Battle" scene in the film needs the physical props chessboard of that era, but I didn't expect the price of "Showa Physical", such as the Chinese fir chessboard used in Wu Qingyuan era, to be found in the general market, only for collectors, but the price is extremely expensive, ranging from 40 million yen (about 30,000 yuan) to hundreds of millions.