Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 716 Silver Lion Award for Best Director
Life is like a play, sometimes, this sentence is not wrong at all.

When such a bloody TV drama plot actually happened to him, Kiyoshi Sakamoto had to admit the truth of the saying "creation comes from life". . .

Because Sakamoto Kiyoshi called Ogawa Makoto, he learned about the scandal from his mouth, and also understood why, in the early hours of the morning, Aragaki Yui would suddenly call and cry.

After all, he was stimulated by the rumored photos of his boyfriend and Mai Shiraishi.

When Aragaki Yui saw the photo of Sakamoto Kiyoshi and Shiraishi Mai alone in the restaurant, a strong sense of betrayal came to his heart.

She just thought that Kiyoshi Sakamoto was dating the idol of his group without telling her girlfriend!

It's okay to step on two boats? !
With her character of being spoiled by Kiyoshi Sakamoto, it is normal for her to call and wake up Kiyoshi Sakamoto in the middle of the night and scold her directly. . .

Knowing the reason of the matter, it will be much easier to handle.

Gossip, in the final analysis, is just a guess without solid evidence.

Moreover, as I said before, in the Japanese entertainment industry, it is not unusual for the company's senior executives to lead their artists to activities.

Just like the scandal between him and Nengnian Rena last time, he just had a meal alone with his artist and celebrated his birthday by the way.

Even if a photo of the two of them eating together is photographed, it doesn't mean that Kiyoshi Sakamoto and Mai Shiraishi are having an affair.

Before taking out the real hammer, everything is nothing!
Since Kiyoto Sakamoto is not in Japan, he is unable to clarify this incident in person.

In the end, he didn't want to sleep, and in the middle of the night, he directly called the employees of Sony's public relations department to "do something" and quickly issued a clarification statement.

In the statement, Sony said, "The two are good friends who have known each other for a long time, and they are also Nogizaka's subordinates. Isn't it normal to have a meal to celebrate my good friend's birthday?"

Between the lines, it seems to be mocking the fuss of the media and gossip magazines.

Even though that was the case, the fact that the lone men and widows ate alone and celebrated birthdays together gave the public a sense of something extraordinary.

Gossip magazines immediately made various speculations, some speculated: Kiyoshi Sakamoto and Mai Shiraishi fell in love at first sight, and they have been dating for a long time in private; some media speculated: Kiyoshi Sakamoto created the idol group Nogizaka to support Mai Shiraishi!

As soon as the statement came out, the scandal that was thought to be put to rest, turned out to be like adding fuel to the fire, getting worse and worse!

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who is far away in Italy, naturally cannot hear all kinds of discussions from the outside world, and has no time to pay attention to them.

What he cares about is not what the outside world thinks of him, but what Yui Aragaki thinks.

However, since the last fatal serial call, it seems that Yui Aragaki is still sulking, even if the phone is turned on, she is unwilling to answer the call from Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

This made Sakamoto Kiyoya have to put this matter aside for the time being, and continue to leave as good a memory as possible for his first trip to the International Film Festival.

. . . . . .

A few days later.

The time came to September 9, at seven o'clock in the evening.

This grand event in Shuicheng finally ushered in the moment when the curtain came to an end.

It has to be said that the quality of the films in this year's competition is the best at the Venice Film Festival in recent years.

It can be seen from the scoring situation on the scoring website of the show book.

With a full score of 10, there are six movies with a score of 7 or more, five movies with a score of 6 or more, and only three movies with a score of less than 5!
Among them, "God of Killing" directed by Polanski is far ahead with a high score of 8 points, three five-stars, and ten four-stars on the website. work".

"Summer" directed by Philippe Garrel, who won the Venice Best Director Award, was unfortunately at the bottom with a score of 3.4.

As for Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was shortlisted for the first time, "I heard that Kirishima is going to retire" directed by "I heard that Kirishima is going to retire" scored 7.1 points, two five-stars, and nine four-stars. Everyone remembers that among the many veteran directors and Hollywood stars, there is a young Asian face.

For the media and audience, this is a pleasing film festival.

However, what everyone didn't expect was that the results of the awards were surprising:
German-language film "Faust" directed by Russian director Alexander Sokolov was undisputedly crowned the Golden Lion Award for best film amidst praise from critics!
Michael Fassbender, who starred in the British film "Shame", and Deanie Ip, who starred in the Hong Kong film "Peach Sister", are undisputedly crowned actor and queen.

However, "God of Slaughter", which has conquered all the audience since the day of its premiere, and has been firmly ranked as the champion of the show catalog scoring, has no results.

However, judging from the fact that none of the main creators of the film appeared on the closing red carpet, many people probably guessed that this very high-quality and well-received film ended up empty-handed.

Still, Faust's win over God of Killing for the Golden Lion wasn't the biggest surprise of the night.

After all, "Faust" deliberately used anamorphic lenses and a large number of filters in the film to create a dreamy and evil fairy tale feeling. Each picture is like a work of the 18th century Dutch school, with a very revolutionary style. It was also highly praised by the chairman of the jury, Darren Aronofsky, and it is not surprising to win the award.

However, the Italian film "Inland" unexpectedly won the Grand Jury Award and was booed by the media.

Not only that, but when director Emmanuelle delivered his award acceptance speech on stage, there were reporters making sarcastic remarks one after another.

Speaking of which, they prefer films such as "God of Killing", "Shame", "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" to the well-received "Inland".

With the upset of "The Outback", the media are mentally prepared for the Silver Lion Award for Best Director.

When the judges pronounced the name "Sakamoto Kiyoshi", not only the audience and the media, but even Sakamoto Kiyoshi himself showed a surprised expression.

Fortunately, the movie "I Heard Kirishima Is Retiring" did not receive boos from "Inland", but kind and encouraging applause.

Especially when Kiyoshi Sakamoto was standing on the stage, holding the silver lion in his arms, and delivering his acceptance speech, the foreign audience and the media in the audience also listened quietly, completely saving face.

Also, as a young director who is only 21 years old, his shooting skills and camera use in the film are not inferior to other old directors who have been immersed in this way for many years.

Coupled with the bonus points of age, the award is well deserved.

"Although it is very unexpected, I am very happy that my work can be recognized by everyone. This award is the greatest compliment to me and the entire crew!"

"thank you all!"

Finally, the 68th Venice International Film Festival, where upsets and dark horses coexisted, came to an end amidst waves of applause and boos. . .

(End of this chapter)