Poverty story after Tokyo actress

Chapter 110 Six: A Gathering Place for Movie Fans

"Hoshino Makoto, this surname is really familiar, and you have also followed the path of your grandma." The shop owner said with a smile, quite emotionally.

And this sentence naturally surprised Makoto. Although Makoto Hoshino's name is not an unreasonable name, the name of her grandmother Maaya Hoshino does not go out in this generation.

It’s as if Hollywood has won the Oscar three times, the most famous actor of the last century, Jack Nicholson, his works are basically impressive, such as the gangster protagonist who slipped into the madhouse in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "The Shining" The writer who reveals a creepy aura in every frown and frown, the clown in Burton's version of "Batman".

It stands to reason that such an actor should be very famous, but in this generation, most audiences may only know what this Nicholson looks like, but they can't call his name at all.

This is the change of the tide of the times. No matter how famous an existence is, its traces will be mottled and blurred with the passing of time. Naturally, Maaya Hoshino cannot escape.

Even if her image of Showa Ying Ji represents the golden age of movies in the Showa era in Japan, the passing of time has made her blurred and unfamiliar among the new generation of people.

Coupled with Makoto's relatively low-key style of acting, few people outside the circle know the relationship between Maaya Hoshino and Makoto Hoshino.Just like if it is not for investigation, few people know that Nicolas Cage and Francis Coppola are nephews and uncles.

And the old man in front of him could instantly tell that Makoto Hoshino's grandma was Maaya Hoshino, which represented that the old man not only knew Maaya Hoshino, but also knew the relationship with the Hoshino family very well.

This couldn't help but aroused Makoto's curiosity, and she quickly asked, "Well, what's your name, the shop owner?"

"Oh~ Hahaha, Smith Marseille, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Sakamoto Harata. Before opening this store, I was a photographer. I had the honor to work with Ms. Hoshino Makoto before, and that was a very nostalgic time. Time, hahaha."

The owner of the shop, Sakamoto, was talking, his eyes gradually fell into a kind of emotion from memories, and after Jiang Bai heard what Master Sakamoto said, he noticed that on the wall of Master Sakamoto's back kitchen, there was a Various photos.

Jiang Bai didn't pay much attention before, thinking it was some family photos of the shop owner, so he didn't take a closer look. At this time, Jiang Bai discovered that the photos taken above were not family photos at all, but some photos that were obviously taken at work.

Some of them are already a little yellowed, and the sense of age is almost overflowing, some are directly black and white, and those black and white photos are even more incredible. Jiang Bai even saw an old man with small framed eyes and a small black hat from above.

"Akira Kurosawa!?" After seeing the characters in the photo, Jiang Bai couldn't help but exclaimed.

The shop owner noticed Jiang Bai's surprise, and couldn't help but said happily: "Hey, little girl, you can actually recognize Mr. Kurosawa, it's rare! In this day and age, young people who still pay attention to Kurosawa are almost invisible. Ah~"

The shop owner took off the photo of Akira Kurosawa from the wall while feeling emotional, stroked it like a baby, and then handed it to Jiang Bai very cautiously.

This move suddenly made the young light novel writer Kiichiro Fujita unbalanced, he complained to the old man with disbelief and disbelief: "Hey, old man, don't take you like this, I beg you two Yue, you agreed to let me see Kurosawa's photo, and said that it is your family heirloom and should not be played with."

"How come now that you meet a beautiful woman, you don't even say anything and then send it to others for viewing. You are ungrateful for sex!"

"Seeing sex and forgetting righteousness? Why don't you talk about yourself? You don't look in the mirror to see your slovenly appearance, and I will show you my photo. I am definitely reluctant! What if you dirty the photo! ?”

Mr. Sakamoto replied directly, leaving Fujita speechless, so he looked at the white-collar workers and women on one side, and began to help: "Miss Yaguchi, Mr. Nitta, you judge, is the old man forgetting his righteousness? ?”

Fujita originally thought that the two "comrades in arms" would stand on the united front with him, but unexpectedly, the woman named Yaguchi wiped her mouth and chuckled, looked at Fujita and said, "Ah, I thought Mr. Sakamoto was very generous, basically the photo They will be given to customers for viewing, but unexpectedly, there are people who can’t get photos from the old man.”

And the indistinct yin and yang and the almost uncontrollable smile at the corner of the mouth really gave Fujita a big face. Suddenly, a thought popped into his mind, it must be... the person who can't ask for a photo , only yourself?

He hurriedly looked at Xintian, a white-collar worker, trying to find some fellow travelers, but Xintian just took a sip of wine, and responded with a flat face: "Don't look at me, the old man said that I have read all his private collections. "

Hidden?There is still a private stash? !I do not know how! ?Suddenly, Fujita realized that his status as a customer in the old man's restaurant was actually at the bottom!

Suddenly, a strong sense of shock made Fujita petrified instantly, and he couldn't recover for a long time.

The conversation between the three customers made Jiang Bai smile knowingly, and then he focused on the photo. The photo seems to be a crew photo. In addition to Akira Kurosawa, there is also a young man who looks similar to the owner. This should be It was when the owner was young.

In addition to the two subjects, there are also several actors in costumes. Judging from the costumes, Akira Kurosawa should be filming a costume movie at the time, and the images of these actors...

"Seven Samurai!?" Jiang Bai couldn't help exclaiming. The image in the stills is undoubtedly the famous commercial blockbuster textbook "Seven Samurai". I really didn't expect to see Akira Kurosawa in such a small restaurant. Stills from the Seven Samurai era.

"SO gag! It's the Seven Samurai! At that time, I was working as a photography assistant in the crew. I licked my face and pulled Mr. Kurosawa to take a few groups of photos, and the last one was left. This is my baby."

The old man put his hips on his hips and smiled proudly. This is indeed something he should be proud of. After all, being a photographer under the Emperor of Movies is something that can last a lifetime.

Kurosawa's name does not need to be mentioned at all, nor does he need to rely on his popularity to show his status, because this person does not need these things to prove himself. He has long been engraved on the milestone of world film history, no matter what happens in the future Generations of talented people came out, and this name still cannot be ignored.

He is the founder of modern commercial genre films, and the films he made have accelerated the development of film genres in the entire world. As long as he is willing to apply for a patent, the film industry of the entire world will give him money for making films.

Such a god-like character, Jiang Bai himself has never met a real person in his previous life, because the time of his death did not allow Jiang Bai to meet, and it is fine if he has not seen a real person, Jiang Bai has not even touched a still of him.

I really didn't expect that one day I would be able to touch Kurosawa's stills under such a blundering situation. Just this photo, it is no problem to put it in a museum exhibition, and it is indeed worthy of the old man as a family heirloom.

While Jiang Bai was immersed in Kurosawa Akira's stills, Makoto also found the figure she was looking for in the photo on that wall. It was a young woman who looked like Makoto, but she was taller.

The woman was wearing a professional uniform, sitting on a row of messy stools and reading a small book in her hand. Although the surrounding environment was simple and messy, her outstanding temperament made her independent from the world at all. its outstanding image.

Even if it's just a yellowish and old photo, the peerless beauty in it can't help but attract people's attention.

There is no doubt that the person photographed in this photo is Makoto's grandmother, Maaya Hoshino.

"That photo, can I see it?" Makoto pointed to the photo and asked Mr. Sakamoto.

The old man happily handed the photo to Hoshino Makoto, and Makoto took the photo and began to observe it. In her impression, most of the images of grandma were the usual old urchin plus that old and strong old urchin, and then it was in various movies. of the image.

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However, most of those images are acting characters, which really belong to Maaya’s young impression. Makoto doesn’t know much about it. This time, it’s rare to see the image of her grandma in the eyes of people of that generation.

After sending the photo to Makoto, the old man also tried to talk about his experience with Hoshino Maaya: "This photo is a still photo of Miss Miyano when she participated in the filming of "Tsubaki Thirteen Lang". After that, Miss Miyano was really in full bloom

"Not only is she beautiful and well-educated, but she is also a very assertive girl. Although she is only in her teens, she dares to argue with Kurosawa and other seniors about movie matters, and she always wins the argument. We joked at the time explain:

"When the emperor came, I couldn't make Kurosawa bow his head in the movie, but Hoshino Maaya could, hahaha, and Director Kurosawa also loves and hates Miss Maaya. He loves her young and talented, and hates her for being disobedient. The discipline is too strong and he can't control it."

"Ms. Miyano is really different from other girls at that time. She is decisive and straightforward. She is not a mother-in-law at all. She doesn't have the gentle temperament of Yamato Nadeko, but the confidence and arrogance brought by her talent, just like Takane. Like a flower, everyone in the crew admires it..."

The old man eloquently recalled the image of Hoshino Maaya when he was working at that time, and a smile could not help showing at the corner of his mouth, as if he was one of the group of admirers at that time.

And Makoto couldn't help but listen to it fascinated, is this the image of her grandma at that time?In the country of Si, however, I feel a little familiar inexplicably. This feeling... hiss, isn't it Jiang Bai?

Makoto couldn't help turning her head to look at Jiang Bai, and at this moment Jiang Bai had sent back the photo of Akira Kurosawa, and began to enjoy the barbecue set meal sent by the shop owner.

"Well, boss, your grilled fish balls taste very good." Jiang Bai raised his brows slightly, and praised the boss. The fish balls don't seem to be the kind of industrial fish balls bought outside, they seem to be handmade Private fish balls, some fish fibers can be eaten inside.

"Hahaha, as long as you like it, I made these fish balls with my own hands. There are only dozens of skewers every day. If you come an hour later, miss, you may not be able to eat them all."

The shop owner stroked the mustache on his lips, smiled proudly, and then put the photo sent back by Jiang Bai back to its original position. Seeing this, Zhenqin also sent back the photo of his grandma, and enjoyed dinner .

This full set of barbecue has a lot of weight, and Zhenqin feels that she should not be able to finish it while eating, but Jiang Bai said that it is a small case, tasting a bunch of strings in a leisurely manner, and at the same time not forgetting to communicate with the shop owner and others .

Under Jiang Bai's strong social skills, Jiang Bai gradually understood the background of each customer. Fujita Kiichiro, a tepid light novel writer, is considered a literary youth and loves literary films, so he is very fond of Makoto's acting. "Spring Forest Tale" is very familiar.

The woman’s name is Yu Yaguchi, a housewife. Although she is only in her 30s, she got married and had children early, so her son has grown up and likes to hang out. Her husband is usually busy and comes home late, and he likes to come to the store to eat with him when he has nothing to do. Order small meals and chat with acquaintances, is a fan of romance movies.

The white-collar named Takayuki Nitta is a stockbroker. He is rich, wealthy, and successful, but he is single. Because he doesn’t believe in love, he puts his life on making money, but there are also My first hobby is that I like drama movies very much.

These people always gather in this small restaurant because of their common hobbies. They chat freely with the shop owner who is a tycoon in the film industry every day, discussing topics about movies, just like a gathering place for movie enthusiasts.

Here is a late-night canteen for movie lovers.

Chapter 110 Seven

"Which are the two favorite contemporary Japanese film and television directors? In my opinion, I like Shunji Iwai and Mamoru Hosoda. Shunji Iwai's delicate and beautiful lens language, as well as his meticulous depiction of love are truly unique in contemporary times." A director like no other."

"Hosoda Mamoru is also very good. The style of his works is more fantasy-like, and he also focuses on emotion. Although he can't compare with Shunji Iwai in terms of the delicacy of the lens, his works are more imaginative. I also agree. like very much."

The housewife, Ms. Yaguchi, was chatting with Makoto and Jiang Bai. Although the two were considered celebrities, they were not people who put on airs, and they were quite easy-going when they talked with a few movie lovers.

Jiang Bai thought for a while, and replied: "In my case, it should be Hirokazu Kore-eda. I like the eloquent, restrained and restrained, calm and emotional camera language in Hirokazu Kore-eda's works."

In fact, if it wasn't for Kon Min's unknown name in this world, Makoto would like to directly recommend Kon Min, but unfortunately, he couldn't recommend it.

"SO Ga, um, this summary is really incisive." Ms. Yaguchi nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Kazumako, and Jiang Bai also turned to look at Makoto.

Not to mention Ms. Yaguchi, Jiang Bai herself is quite curious, because she has never asked Makoto what director she likes, so this time, she can just listen to Makoto's thoughts.

On the other hand, Makoto touched her cheek, and said rather embarrassedly: "Actually... If I really want to say that I like it the most, my grandma may always be the one I admire the most in my heart..."

"Oh? Granny Hoshino Maaya? Ah, that's true. With such a grandma, her vision is naturally higher. The filmmakers who can match Hoshino Maaya have basically died, and there is basically no comparable existence in contemporary times." Woolen cloth."

Ms. Yaguchi nodded, and was not too surprised by this answer. After all, this existence is really admirable.

Among the female film and television practitioners in Dongying, Hoshino Maaya is like a high-dimensional creature. From being an actor under the hands of various masters in the early years, to picking up the guide tube to shoot movies by herself later, she became after Akira Kurosawa, The big boss of Dongying Film who took over with Takeshi Kitano.

However, compared to Takeshi Kitano's high-profile and presumptuousness, Maaya Hoshino is much more low-key. Apart from work, she rarely attends any interviews and entertainment programs, so that many people are interested in this filmmaker who has the same existence as Takeshi Kitano. Almost no one cares.

This also made Yaguchi couldn't help sighing, and couldn't help complaining: "Really, the star Maaya Hoshino is much stronger than Takeshi Kitano in terms of character and image, so why is that old ruffian so famous? Noisy, Aunt Hoshino is hard-working in her career but doesn't have the reputation she deserves..."

The white-collar Takayuki Nitta explained: "How should I put it, the reason why Takeshi Kitano is famous is thanks to his rogue version of the ruffian. After all, the audience likes to have controversial roles, and the maintainers are good. Regardless of who you are, the two sides are arguing endlessly, which naturally brings a lot of topics to Takeshi Kitano."

"However, Hoshino Maaya doesn't have so many messy things. When the audience gets used to the image of Hoshino Maaya, they will naturally feel that everything she does is taken for granted. There is nothing more to say. necessary……"

As he said that, the white-collar worker took a sip of sake, then seemed to think of something, touched his chin, and added: "However, in fact, Maaya Hoshino also became famous because of Takeshi Kitano's controversial marketing back then... ..."

"Eh? What do you mean?"

Nitta Takayuki's words could not help arousing everyone's curiosity, but the shop owner who had experienced that generation smiled lightly, as if he knew exactly what Nitta was going to say.

And Xintian didn't say it directly, first he drank a sip of wine to whet everyone's appetite, and then told the story of that period: "Looking at it now, it's not a very special thing, but at that time, it was It's pretty contentious."

"Because at that time, Miss Maaya wrote, directed and acted in her first film work at the age of only 23 years old, and this work is a story about the heroine rebelling against the concept of family dignity and self-independence. s story."

"It's "Wild Flowers in Asakusa", right!" Ms. Yaguchi's eyes lit up, and she said the name of the movie.

Others also showed their original expressions, but Jiang Bai found out that he was not familiar with the name, so he understood that this senior traveler had an original heart, but this story template is the template of a classic feminist movie, Jiang Bai It was almost immediately possible to guess what the movie was going to be about.

However, Jiang Bai also had to admire the courage of this senior traveler. In Dongying at that time, making this kind of movie as his debut work was really... It is not bold enough to describe it, it belongs to the traveler That detached self-confidence and pride.

Not surprisingly, this caused controversy in the Japanese society towards Hoshino Maaya. Some progressive people naturally praised Hoshino Maaya, while more traditional people naturally criticized Hoshino Maaya.

Even many bigwigs in the film industry proposed to match Hoshino Maaya's "daring and reckless behavior", among them... even Akira Kurosawa.That's right, even Akira Kurosawa, the senior who supported Maaya Hoshino, criticized Maaya Hoshino's overly flamboyant personality.

After all, the concept of Akira Kurosawa, a master, is still constrained by that era. In addition, he is a filmmaker himself, not a progressive person, so it is normal not to understand.

And this is enough to show how incomprehensible Maaya was in the industry at the beginning. However, there are critics, and of course there are supporters. Countless progressives and female practitioners stand for it, and among them is Maaya Hoshino's predecessor, Tanaka Ken generation.

If it is said that Hoshino Maaya dominated the Kagememes of Japan from the 60s to 80s, then Kinuyo Tanaka occupied the Kagemes of the 20s to 50s. Zeming is a junior in front of her.

It is precisely because of the support and support of this senior and countless progressive people that Maaya Hoshino not only was not knocked down by the controversy, but became more frustrated and courageous. All kinds of works, more or less against all kinds of social oppression.

Because the style of the work is too red, so that for a long time, Maaya Hoshino was considered to be in the communist party. Regarding this, Jiang Bai sneered, what is the communist party?This senior time traveler is obviously rooted and Miaohong, okay?

And precisely because of this, Maaya was very much like the current Takeshi Kitano at that time, and her reputation became more and more famous in the wave of curses and praises from the masses.

But... as time went by, the public's ability to accept it increased, and the speed of Maaya Hoshino's production slowed down, the voices of controversy began to completely dissipate.

But the dissipation does not mean that Maaya's praise is getting more and more. On the contrary, Hoshino Maaya's fame and controversy are slowly fading, and she is withdrawing from the stage of history.

With Nitta's narration, Hoshino Maaya's magnificent career gradually came to an end. Needless to say, the rest of the story, Hoshino Maaya retired, began to retire, retired in the film and television industry, usually fishing at home, occasionally Newcomers who are interested can help them find their youthful passion.

This kind of life can be called wonderful, and the customers of the restaurant listen to it with gusto.

"Ah... hearing this, I can't help but fall in love with Maaya Hoshino. This kind of life is really exciting, but unfortunately, I will definitely not be able to achieve her courage." Yaguchi said with a smile Envy said with emotion, to have such a life as tough as the wind, how could Yaguchi, a housewife struggling in daily life, not be envious.

But envy is envy, not everyone has the confidence and courage brought by a time traveler like Maaya Hoshino.

"Indeed, at that time Ms. Hoshino was indeed the one who attracted everyone's attention. Under the supervision of their respective directors, everyone spoke ill of Ms. Hoshino, but once Ms. Hoshino released a work, everyone still tacitly bought tickets secretly. Watch it for a while."

The shop owner, the old man laughed, and talked about the interesting things back then with emotion.

"Oh? Are those movies so attractive?" Light novel writer Fujita asked curiously.

At this time, the white-collar Nitta explained: "This point, I have to mention the most talked about part of Maaya Hoshino's movies. While directing, he is also an excellent image designer."

"In the era when everyone was dressed in neat suits and professional attire was popular, the characters in Maaya Hoshino's movies always had dresses and images that were ahead of the trend. While she made herself famous, she also became famous through various screen images. Countless new stars."

"That's why Maaya Hoshino is constantly arguing, but she has no shortage of filming and partners, because she is too good at grasping trends and promoting stars."

"Even if you watch Hoshino Maaya's works now, you have to admire the aesthetics that transcend the times. In that era, Hoshino Maaya's movie image represented the trend."

Nitta's explanation made Fujita suddenly realize, and then he looked at the shop owner with subtle eyes, and said, "Oh~ After all, it's the old pervert's inner troubles~"

"Huh? You ugly boy, what is an old pervert? That's appreciating beauty! Do you know how to speak!?" The store owner slapped Fujita on the head and yelled angrily.

When these people were talking, Jiang Bai smiled and said to Zhenqin: "Ah, Zhenqin, I think it may be a little difficult for you to surpass your grandma's dream. This kind of influence is not so easy to surpass. .”

Jiang Bai's smiling face made Zhenqin feel guilty. Most of Zhenqin's understanding of grandma was from grandma. Many things grandma said, Zhenqin thought it was bragging. However, after understanding, she realized that those were not bragging, but humility .

Zhenqin knows that it is very difficult to surpass her grandma, but difficulties will never force Zhenqin back, so she chooses to challenge the honor that grandma has never won to prove herself.

However, following what Nitta said that even Makoto hadn't found out, Makoto couldn't help but feel guilty about her grandma's wonderful deeds. Even if she got the certificate from the three major film festivals, she really Is it comparable to grandma?

Zhenqin, who couldn't get the answer, stuffed a mouthful of barbecue depressedly, but when she saw Jiang Bai who was smiling lightly, she couldn't help curling her lips and asked: "Jiang Bai, don't forget that you promised to help me, can you Beyond grandma, I have a part of you too!"

Zhenqin looked at Jiang Bai fixedly and observed her expression. Zhenqin wanted to know if Jiang Bai, in the face of such a powerful senior, could he have the confidence to take himself beyond her.

Hearing this, Jiang Bai paused for a while, ate a bunch of barbecue after thinking for a while, then turned his head and replied to Zhenqin: "It's very difficult, this goal... is even more difficult than climbing the top three men... Such a senior."

Such emotion makes Zhenqin's heart chill, sure enough, is it still too whimsical?My grandma is indeed like a mountain with no peak in front of me...

Just after Zhenqin wanted to sigh, Jiang Bai suddenly said: "However, it is not impossible to leap! All continents lead to Rome, and there is no way to surpass your grandma."

"It's just that, Makoto, that's my method. I have the confidence to surpass Hoshino Maaya, but you are still far away. You can't do it like you are now. So, in the future, you must, work harder. !"

Chapter 110 Copy Ninja Eshiro Miyano