Director Kang Digui
[Xiaobai runs to Cannes] What you saw on May 15: The overseas special issue of the movie channel attracts attention
Movie Network News(Text/Cannes Film Festival News Team) On May 15, France, directed by Jiang Digui, Fan Bingbing, Oda Che Rang, and Zhang Dongjian, the film "The Day of Landing" co-produced by the superstars of China, Japan and South Korea appeared in Cannes. In an antique castle in the old city of Cannes, the filmmaker announced the trailer for the first time. After the press conference, [Film Network] also interviewed the Korean heavyweight director Jiang Digui. The director explained the background and some details of the film in detail to reporters, and also called on China, Japan and South Korea to form an Asian film circle to compete with Hollywood.
War + Brotherly Obsession
Movie Network: The director has filmed it before, and now he is filming this "Day of Landing". Why is he so obsessed with the theme of war?
Jiang Digui: Because war is the lowest state of human existence, at this time, actors can bring the strongest emotional impact to the audience through their performances. "The Day of Landing" is about World War II, when a Japanese youth and a Korean youth meet and overcome cultural differences. I think war is the best background.
Movie Network: "Tai Chi Flag Flying" is about brotherhood, and in this film, it is also about brotherhood. Why?
Kang Digui: The brotherhood in "Flying Tai Chi Flag" is still different from this film. World War II is arguably the most tragic history for the people of China, Japan and South Korea. Japan is the invading country, but on the battlefield, the characters played by Zhang Dongjian and Oda Che Rang hurt each other. The director wanted to use the film to reflect on the complex relationship at that time, but also to reflect on the relationship between us now.
Give Fan Bingbing the script in person
Movie Network: Why did Fan Bingbing join the film?
Jiang Digui: I have seen Fan Bingbing in the past, and I have a good impression of Fan Bingbing. Later, I saw her in "Apple" and I really wanted to work with her. Now that I have this opportunity, I will personally go to Beijing to hand over the script to her. I am honored to have such a beautiful actress join this film.
Movie Network: How did the director come up with such a script?
Jiang Digui: When I was in the United States, someone gave me a script that was about the same story. The script at that time was called "D-Day". Later, based on this script, I checked a lot of information and watched a lot of documentaries. Finally, I wrote a new story, which is now "My Way".
The Three Kingdoms Join the Asian Film Circle
Film Network: It has been reported before that the film’s investment is as high as 200 million yuan, which is a very high investment in South Korea. How to find investment? What is the source of investment?
Jiang Digui: 80% of the investment sources are from South Korea and 20% are from China. It is inconvenient to disclose which company in China came from.
Movie Network: The film is a three-country co-production between China, Japan and South Korea. Now there are more and more such three-country co-productions. What is your opinion on this phenomenon? What are the specific promotion effects of co-productions on Asian films?
Jiang Digui: In the past, the theme of cooperation was mainly based on local countries. For example, Korean co-productions were about Korean affairs, while Japanese ones were about Japan. Cooperation was also a very shallow level of cooperation. In terms of the market, China was the largest market, Japan was second, and South Korea was the smallest. In future cooperation, after finding a story that could be accepted by all three countries, stars from various countries were invited to cooperate with this theme, and in the future, it would become an Asian film industry to compete with Hollywood.
Movie Network: When I watched the trailer of the movie before, I found that there were shots of Oda Che Rang and Zhang Dongjian running. Is there any meaning to this?
Jiang Digui: The story of the film is that in the 1930s, Zhang Dongjian played the son of Oda’s family worker, and the two had a competitive relationship since childhood. At that time, the running scene was when they were running a marathon in high school. Later, when Zhang Dongjian was forced to land in Normandy to join the Japanese army, he went back to exercise and run every night, expressing the spirit of not giving up his dreams.
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