TextbyWangZhongyi
ThisApril,YojiroTakita,awellknownJapanesefilmdirector,madehisfifthvisittoChinatoserveonthejuryofthe2016BeijingInternationalFilmFestival.
TakitashottoglobalfameafterhisfilmDepartureswasreleasedin2007.Takitahadbeenworkingforsometime,however.Departures,his43rdfilm,provedincrediblypopularinChinaandendedupwinningtheAudienceAwardforBestForeignFilm,AudienceAwardforBestForeignDirector,andAudienceAwardforBestForeignActoratthe17thChinaGoldenRoosterandHundredFlowersFilmFestivalin2008.Themovieamassedmyriadotherinternationalprizesincludingthe2009BestForeignLanguageFilmOscar.
Duringthe2016BeijingInternationalFilmFestival,TakitawasinterviewedbyWangZhongyi,editor-in-chiefofPeople鈥檚ChinaunderChinaInternationalPublishingGroup.TakitarecountedhisbeautifulexperiencewithChinaanditscinemaaswellastheinfluenceoffifth-generationChinesedirectorssuchasZhangYimouandChenKaige.MuchoftheimpressiveglobalsuccessofDepartureswaskindledbyitswidepopularityinChina.
鈥淢ovieshavebecomeabridgelinkingChineseandJapaneseaudiences,鈥漢edeclares.ItshouldcomeasnosurprisethatTakitaisconsideringworkingonaChinese-languagefilm.