關於 寧靜夏日


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日本男孩 岡村修治(蔭山征彥 飾)來到台灣埋葬母親的骨灰,卻意外發現自己有台灣血緣,以及一段被埋藏許久的家族記憶。岡村的旅程伴隨著兩個朋友的故事,一位是在台灣打工的菲律賓人(Renato Oytas 飾),另一位是獨身住在單身退伍軍人宿舍的中文老師(常楓 飾),他們除了得面對身在異鄉的疏離,還有現代社會裡無可逃避的孤獨,以及生命中如影隨行的寂寞…. 《寧靜夏日》為日本導演 藤田修平以四年的時間在台灣獨立製作的劇情片,也記錄了他個人在台灣的生活觀察和親身體驗。本片曾受邀參加美國的費城影展、韓國的釜山影展、伊朗的FAJR影展、西班牙的Cinema Jove等國際影展和台灣的南方影展。

Director Shuhei Fujita’s debute QUIET SUMMER tells a story of a young man raised in Japan, who comes to Taiwan to bury the ashes of his mother and finds his Taiwanese background. His travel quietly unfolds the happiness and sadness of a middle-aged Filipino worker and an old Chinese teacher living alone in a poor and single veteran community. QUIET SUMMER is a narrative film but strongly reflects the personal experiences and backgrounds of the director and actors in the society of Taiwan. Quiet summer has been screened at Philadelphia Film Festival(U.S.A), Pusan International Film Festival(Korea), FAJR International Film Festival(Iran), Cinema Jove International Film Festival(Spain) and South Film and Video Festival(Taiwan).

導演 | 藤田修平 製片 | 郭亮吟 攝影 | 劉吉雄 音樂 | 林 強
演員 | 常楓、蔭山征彥、Renato Oytas、謝思潔
官方網站 | www.quietsummer.com 部落格 | blog.quietsummer.com

(本文原載於CineMagaziNet

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私が初めて台湾を訪れたのは2000年5月の終わり頃で亜熱帯の台湾ではすでに夏の季節に入っていて、中正国際空港の到着ロビーに出た時、何か物を蒸したような独特のにおいがあった。空港からは台北行きのバスに乗ったのだが、薄い緑の床に紺色のシートが並んだ薄暗い車内には湿った黴のようなにおいがあって、窓を通して初めて見た台湾の風景はそのにおいと共に記憶されることになった。台湾では風景が人間あるいは人間の生活と強く結びついているように感じたのだが、それは場所のにおいとも関係があるように思う。のちに台湾で映画を撮ることになった時、どうすればこのにおいと共にある場所の感覚や人間の生活を映像で捉えることができるのかについて考えさせられることになった。 (more…)

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藤田修平,出生於日本 神戶,自京都大學英美語文學系畢業後,前往美國南加州大學電影研究所學習電影製作,因而認識系上的台灣學生,擔任多部台灣影片製作的攝影師和研究員,走訪了許多台灣家庭和地方小鎮。在台期間,藤田住在台北 西門町,和在台打工的菲律賓人成為好友,一同生活、感同身受。藤田在眾多台灣電影友人的協助下,將他在台灣的經驗拍攝成為他個人第一部劇情長片—《寧靜夏日》。藤田修平近來參與的台灣影片為郭亮吟導演的《綠的海平線~台灣少年工的故事》。

Shuhei Fujita was born in Kobe, Japan. After he majored in English literature in Kyoto University, he went to study filmmaking in USC film school, in which he met Taiwanese filmmakers. They invited him to come to Taiwan for their projects and this was how he started involved in filmmaking in Taiwan. He visited a lot of local families as a researcher and cinematographer for the documentaries. While working in Taiwan, he stayed in the old district of Taipei and shared the difficulties of lives with the Filipino laborers. Inspired by his personal experiences and the stories he encountered, he decided to direct his first feature-length film QUIET SUMMER in Taiwan.Shuhei Fujita recently co-produce the documentary, SHONENKO, with Taiwanese director Liang-Yin Kuo

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導演:藤田修平
Writer/Director:Shuhei Fujita

製片:郭亮吟
Producer:Liang-Yin Kuo

攝影:劉吉雄
Cinematographer:Asio Liu

剪接:藤田修平、郭亮吟
Editor:Shuhei Fujita, Liang-Yin Kuo

音樂:林強
Music:Lim Giong

演員:常楓、蔭山征彥、Renato Oytas、謝思潔
Cast:Chang Fong, Yukihiko Kageyama, Renato Oytas, Su-Chez Hsieh.

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因為日本男孩 岡村修治的母親希望在過世後,能將骨灰埋葬在台灣,《寧靜夏日》故事隨著岡村來到台灣的旅程展開。旅途中,岡村結識了菲律賓外勞和來自中國東北的中文老師,並發現母親過去隱藏的一段家族悲劇,他試著打電話給在日本的父親,希望藉此了解自己記憶中失落的部份,然而,他最終還是失望了…..來台打工卻逃跑的菲律賓外勞,以及住在單身退伍軍人宿舍的中文老師,和有中日血緣的岡村修治,三個人在電影中的交錯相遇,反映在台灣社會中共存的多元文化和族群背景。

曾經演出導演 鄭文堂的電視劇「寒夜續曲」和電影「經過」的蔭山征彥,在《寧靜夏日》飾演一個父母離異、安靜敏感的日本男孩 岡村修治。曾多次獲得金馬獎與金鐘獎的台灣知名演員 常楓,出生於中國 東北地方,曾經在日治時期的滿州國內擔任日本橫濱銀行的職員。常楓通曉日語,在戰後隨國民政府來台,展開他的演藝生涯,而常楓的人生經歷與片中的外省退伍老兵的角色有許多的巧合之處。菲律賓人Renato Oytas,一個有演戲天賦的非職業演員,誠懇熱情的他,在影片中認真地扮演生活中的自己。

. 《寧靜夏日》為日本導演 藤田修平以四年時間所獨立製作的劇情/記錄片。藤田曾擔任台灣導演 郭亮吟的紀錄片「尋找1946消失的日本飛機」、「綠的海平線」之攝影師和研究員,住在台北萬華區西門町一帶,在台期間訪問許多台灣家庭和人物,深入了解台灣與日本之間的歷史,並同時照料菲勞朋友的生活。藤田決定將自己在台的親身體驗和周遭朋友的故事,拍攝、製作成為電影《寧靜夏日》。

Quiet Summer tells the tales of three men, who came to Taiwan from Japan, China, and Philippines. The main character Shuji comes to Taiwan to find the place for the ashes of his mother. His travel is the search for his identity with the hope for the re-connection between his mother and father, and at the same time, quietly represents the lives and stories of a middle-aged Filipino worker, who ends up as a run-away laborer, and an old Chinese teacher, who lives alone in a poor and single Chinese veteran community, in which all the residents were relocated from China to Taiwan during the Civil War in 1949. Ironically, the Filipino laborer, the Chinese teacher who might have fought against Japan, and a young hybrid between Japanese and Taiwanese, all of whom have different backgrounds, are connected to each other in this film as many people with diverse backgrounds are connected in the Taiwanese society.

Yukihiko Kageyama plays a role of Shuji, a sensitive young man grew up in a divorced family. Chang Fong, who is a legendary actor in Taiwanese cinema and born in Manchuria under the Japanese reign, shares the similar background with the role of the Chinese teacher. Filipino laborer Renato Oytas, who suffered from the insecure life as an laborer in Taiwan, acted himself in the factory he was working for. Quiet Summer is a narrative film but strongly reflects the personal experiences and backgrounds of the director and actors in the society of Taiwan.

Quiet Summer is a feature-length personal narrative/documentary film independently made by Shuhei Fujita, who spent four years to complete this film in Taiwan. He came to Taiwan to involve himself into documentary production as a researcher and cinematographer. While he visited a lot of local families and stayed in the old district of Taipei, he discovered unknown history between Taiwan and Japan and also had taken care of the Filipino laborers in the city of Taipei. He decided to make a film based on his own experiences and the real stories of the people he met.

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2005 第14屆費城影展(美國 費城),入選「World Focus」最佳劇情片競賽單元。

2005 14th Philadelphia Film Festival(Philadelphia, USA) , Best Feature in Competition, program “World Focus”.

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2005 第10屆釜山國際影展(韓國 釜山),受邀參加「Wide Angle」單元。

2005 10th Pusan International Film Festival(Pusan, Korea), program “Wide Angle”.

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2006 第24屆Fajr 國際影展(伊朗 德黑蘭),受邀參加「Festival of Festivals」單元。

2006 24th Fajr International Film Festival(Teheran, Iran), program “Festival of Festivals”.

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2006 受邀參加約翰·霍普金斯影展(美國 巴爾地摩)。

2006 Johns Hopkins Film Festival (Baltimore, USA), officially invited.

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2006 受邀參加Silk Screen 亞裔美人影展(美國 匹茲堡)。

2006 Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, USA) officially invited.

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2006 第10屆Cinema Jove國際影展(西班牙 瓦倫西亞),入選最佳劇情片競賽單元。

2006 21st Cinema Jove International Film Festival (Valencia, Spain), Best Feature in Competition.

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2006 第6屆南方影展(台灣 高雄/台南),受邀參加「華語觀摩電影」單元。

2006 6st South Film and Video Festival (Kaoshiung & Tainan, Taiwan), program “Best Selection of Chinese Films”.