Chapter 569: Next is... commercial time!!!

Among the guests under the stage, Shinji Fukasaku was naturally there. As a well-known director in the film circle, his seat was very far forward.

However, ever since the host said that the winning film for the Topic Award was *Ring*, his face didn't look good... When Yin Tangxiu said there would be a sequel, his face turned even paler:

"What kind of crappy movie, and they still want to film a sequel?!"

"Director Fukasaku? What's wrong?" Keiko Matsuzaka next to him didn't hear clearly and turned her head to ask.

"Nothing, it's just that this guy Yin Tangxiu actually promoted the movie during a nationwide live broadcast. He simply doesn't take the Film Academy Awards seriously!" Shinji Fukasaku attributed all his dissatisfaction with the movie to the director, "It's really a disgrace to the film industry!!!"

This sentence was not small in volume, making many people in the film circle nearby hear it. Many people cast strange looks at Shinji Fukasaku...

Unexpectedly, when the Best Supporting Actor and Actress awards were presented next, the winners Duo Fu Fengjian and Wenzi Asano actually started promoting their next movie during their acceptance speeches!

"The movie I participated in/starred in... is about to be released. Please pay more attention to it..."

Even the sentence structure is the same!

As senior hosts and actors, Franky Sakai and Ayako Sawada were already sweating profusely. Taking advantage of the camera turning to others, Ayako Sawada hurriedly sought Franky Sakai's opinion:

"Franky, what should we do... The award ceremony is going to have a big problem!!"

Franky Sakai was more experienced after all, and comforted her peacefully: "It doesn't matter... Anyway, the normal process of the program hasn't changed, it's just that the winners' speeches have some small situations. Sawada-san, just follow the process..."

"Are we just going to let those winners do whatever they want?"

Ayako Sawada was still very panicked. After all, this is a nationwide live broadcast. If the ratings have problems, it will stain her resume, which is not very rich to begin with!

"On this point, the Academy Awards Association must have anticipated it... But since they didn't introduce measures, then they must have considerations, so we don't need to think too much!"

Franky Sakai quickly thought of the possible reasons, but he didn't know that as the vice president, Youxing Tianzhong was completely thinking of passing the buck to the next session.

Even less did he expect that today's award ceremony would have even bigger moths...

The director on the scene signaled the host to continue online. The next award is... Best Film Score...

"Please welcome the nominees for this Best Film Score Award... *Into the Battlefield* - Naoki Nagayama - *Crows Zero*, the blood-boiling music makes the youth and impulse in the blood surge!! Sa, let us tatakai!!!"

In Franky Sakai's somewhat chuunibyou commentary, Naoki Nagayama stood up a bit awkwardly and walked toward the stage...

Looking at this host who was over middle age, Naoki Nagayama was a bit curious. Hasn't this guy been smoothed out by society yet? How could he say such chuunibyou words as "Let us fight!" out loud...

"Next is *Teacher* - Masaru Sato - *Yanghui Tower*... *Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence* - Ryuichi Sakamoto... *Antarctica* - Vangelis..."

In the host's continuous commentary, the nominated musicians all walked to the interview seat. It's a pity that Naoki Nagayama is not familiar with them, but he had heard of Ryuichi Sakamoto's big name. Although he is only slightly famous now, among the musicians present, his looks are second only to Naoki Nagayama...

"Naoki-san... it sounds blood-boiling~ Combined with Genji Takiya's expedition scene, it is really very imposing!

May I ask, when creating this *Into the Battlefield*, what inspired your inspiration?!"

"Haha, actually, when creating, I just had one idea in my mind!"

"Oh? What idea?" The host asked very cooperatively, and other nominated musicians around also looked over curiously. They were also very curious about how this talented musician created.

"That is, how to walk so arrogantly that you get beaten up!"

"?" The host didn't understand.

"So I tried many times with the lead actor... Sure enough, only in such rhythmic BGM can such an arrogant posture be walked out! So I finally created this music..."

"..."

The host and the musicians next to him were a bit speechless. Is this how you create music? How does this make other musicians who racked their brains think?!

Seeing the buzzing discussion under the stage following Naoki Nagayama's words, the host immediately turned to Ryuichi Sakamoto: "Ryuichi-san, may I ask about *Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence*..."

With the interviews of others, the scene finally recovered from the noise just now. The live broadcast of the Japan Film Academy Awards finally went smoothly.

After all the musicians were interviewed, the award presenter finally announced:

"The winner of this year's Best Film Score Award is—Naoki Nagayama!"

"It's actually me?!"

This was an unexpected joy for Naoki Nagayama, because he didn't operate on this award. He hurriedly got up to receive the trophy, and then bowed sincerely to the audience to thank them.

It was time for the award acceptance speech again: "Naoki-san, having won this award, do you have any thoughts~"

"Hai!"

Walking to the front of the microphone, Naoki Nagayama originally wanted to say some scene words, such as thinking about youth, etc... But it seemed to be influenced by the wanton attitude of everyone's speeches before, and suddenly he didn't want to pretend anymore...

Naoki Nagayama raised his head to the camera, lowered his voice, and said a chuunibyou line very rudely,

"In my BGM, no one can defeat me!!!"

"... Eh?!"

Such a strange speech, even the host didn't react for a while. The scene was in an uproar, and the buzzing sound came up all of a sudden!

Naoki Nagayama immediately added:

"Children watching TV, don't listen to this song on the street! You will be beaten up a dozen times because your walking posture is too arrogant!"

As soon as this remark appeared, all the participants in the award venue burst into laughter, and some people started shouting:

"Haha~" "Omo series!" "No way!" "How is that possible!"

And this scene appeared in front of thousands of households with the TV live signal.

In the Waseda apartment, Naoki Nagayama's sister, who was watching TV with her best friend, suddenly spat out the small snacks in her mouth...

"Baka Nii-chan, what are you doing!"

"Haha, Naoki-san is really interesting." Junshui Ishii laughed next to him, "It sounds very imposing!"

"Tomorrow, friends in the hometown will laugh at the Nagayama family!" Nagayama Hezi was furious, "What if you teach children bad things!"

At the same time, countless elementary and junior high school children also seemed to find it very interesting!

"In my BGM, no one can defeat me! This sentence is very imposing! If I bring a portable player with external speakers tomorrow, those bad students shouldn't be able to bully me!" A certain junior high school student secretly made up his mind!

There is also a group of motorcycle gangs who are good at modification. They seem to have discovered some novel way. Besides using engine sounds and motorcycle clothes to attract attention... If I install a speaker on the motorcycle...

"When I drive a motorcycle with a roaring BGM through the street, I will definitely become the most handsome guy on the whole street!!!"

Looking back at the stage, the experienced Franky Sakai is trying hard to keep the program going: "Hahaha, will you be beaten up? Then you really have to pay attention... Thank you Naoki-san for sharing~"

"Chotto matte... I still have something to say!" Naoki Nagayama hurriedly requested.

"Eh?!!" Franky Sakai had never encountered a situation where the award speech still required additional time!

"Thank you for your attention, then please look forward to the sequel to *Crows Zero*, which will be released at the end of this year!"

"In addition, the new movie *April Story* directed by me will be released in April. Please support it!"

The guests at the scene were in an uproar, and even the audience in front of the TV were shocked by this thick-skinned guy. Is the request to extend the award acceptance speech just to advertise?!

Host Franky Sakai is still in a daze! Someone actually dared to do this. What do you think of the Film Academy Awards?! Do you take me, the host, seriously?!

Smashing the scene? This is my scene!!

Shinji Fukasaku under the stage sneered after hearing Naoki Nagayama's promotion: "Clown! I have never seen such a shameless person who wants to advertise during an award acceptance speech!"

The voice was not small in the discussion... But he didn't notice that the eyes of some people around him began to become resentful.

However, the live broadcast of the award ceremony cannot be stopped. Host Franky Sakai used decades of skill to finally control his emotions and began to proceed to the next part of the program.

For the Best Actress Award, none of the movies from Tree Friend Films were qualified, but for another small award later, the Best Cinematography Award, *Crows Zero* was nominated again.

Yin Tangxiu walked to the front stage happily. This is because of the final decisive battle scene of *Crows Zero*—the blood-boiling figure in the light and shadow under the sunset after the rain, the roar of the Suzuran overlord who won the battle...

That shot will definitely go down in film history!

The host was in a bad mood immediately after seeing Yin Tangxiu come up again... It was this guy who started the bad behavior of advertising in the award acceptance speech!

However, the necessary interviews are still needed:

"Director Yin Tang, may I ask how you filmed such a scene?" The award presenter pointed to the projection on the main background, which was exactly the shot of *Crows Zero*.

"Speaking of which, it's really nostalgic!" Yin Tangxiu looked at the camera and sighed, "At that time, we were following the filming. Just after the rain, the sunset came out... Heaven, earth, and people... none can be missing!"

"So, is this an accident?" The award presenter asked curiously.

"Yes, if you want me to film it again, I can't film it..." Yin Tangxiu was very resigned, "Just like the top photography works, they are all heaven-sent and cannot be copied..."

This is comparing this shot to the top photography work! The host on the other side slandered in his heart. Watching the award presenter ask others.

However, after the interview, the final winner...

"The winning work for the Best Cinematography Award is: *Crows Zero*, Yin Tangxiu"

After Yin Tangxiu received the trophy, he stood in front of the podium excitedly and couldn't wait to speak into the microphone, while host Ayako Sawada had already sat back to the host stage helplessly... She already knew the subsequent development.

"I am very honored to receive this award... This is an opportunity that will not happen in a lifetime..."

First, it was some scene words... Then:

"Thank you for your attention to *Crows Zero*. The filming of the sequel is underway and will be released at the end of this year!"

"In addition, the latest movie *Love Like the Falling Rain* directed by me, produced by Tree Friend Films, starring Muwo Zhuxie and Xiaobirui Juanxun, is currently being filmed and produced and will be released this summer. Please support it!"

Don't you even change the words?!!! It really is an advertisement slogan!!!

The subsequent awards became heavier and heavier. Best Actor was actually won by Ken Ogata instead of Ken Takakura, and awards such as Best Art, Best Lighting, and Best Recording were also decided one by one.

Unsurprisingly, all the winners introduced their new movies during their acceptance speeches...

For Best Screenplay, Naoki Nagayama was nominated again, but the winner this time was not him... The winner of Best Screenplay was Koji Takada - *Yanghui Tower*...

Naoki Nagayama was originally a bit indignant, thinking that *Love Letter* was also very good, but when he saw that it was the movie *Yanghui Tower*, he was convinced...

Elopement, entrusting orphans, geisha... kindness, family affection, love, Jianghu grudges... This movie can be described as the most dog-blood among dog-blood...

The complex character relationships in it even need to be drawn into a diagram to be sorted out! Being able to write such a script, Best Screenplay is well-deserved!

Koji Takada stood in front of the microphone holding the trophy:

"Thank you for the affirmation of the Film Academy Awards... I will work harder in the future to create better works..."

"In addition, *Northern Fireflies*, written by me and starring Tatsuya Nakadai and Shima Iwashita, will be released in September. Please take care of it!"

Shinji Fukasaku under the stage was stunned. Koji Takada is a screenwriter he has cooperated with many times. His famous work *Battles Without Honor and Humanity* was written by him!

Even Koji Takada advertised during his acceptance speech?! What is wrong with this era?!

"Wait..."

Shinji Fukasaku suddenly thought that he had just scolded everyone who went on stage to advertise!!! And these words were obviously heard by Koji Takada, who was very close to him!!

Clown, grandstanding, shameless... all of these have become words describing Koji Takada!!!

This... counts as forming an enmity?!

Keiko Matsuzaka, sitting next to him, looked at Shinji Fukasaku's changing face and sighed deeply. It seems that the big tree she relied on seems to be very unstable. Even the connections in the same camp have been offended!

She saw it very clearly. In addition to Koji Takada, there were many winners of small awards who also heard Shinji Fukasaku's complaints, and the nominees were also... They originally planned to advertise!

Except for the final acceptance speeches, at other times, the award ceremony of this Japan Film Academy Awards was very smooth.

Hosts Franky Sakai and Ayako Sawada finally held on to the last two big awards.

"Nominees for this year's Best Director Award: Hideo Gosha - *Yanghui Tower*... Naoki Nagayama - *Love Letter*... Kon Ichikawa - *The Makioka Sisters*... Shohei Imamura - *The Ballad of Narayama*..."

In Franky Sakai's words, a group of directors walked onto the stage again. This is Naoki Nagayama's third time...

The Best Director Award mainly looks at the director's imagination, execution, and contribution to the film industry... In terms of execution, the nominated directors naturally have no problems and can overcome difficulties to film the movie.

And in other aspects, in terms of imagination, whether it is *Love Letter*, *The Makioka Sisters*, or *The Ballad of Narayama*, all nominated movies let others see another world that the audience cannot imagine, vivid and lifelike, as if there really are such people.

However, in terms of contribution to the film industry... The director of *The Ballad of Narayama* undoubtedly played a leading role. He won international awards!

"The winner of Best Director is Shohei Imamura - *The Ballad of Narayama*!"

With the announcement of the award presenter, this year's Best Director is fresh out of the oven.

"Thank you for everyone's affirmation... I am very honored to win the Best Director Award..."

After the scene words, it should be time for advertising... But Shohei Imamura was a bit embarrassed: "In addition... I don't have any plans to film a movie in the next two years... I am polishing the script..."

In fact, after filming *The Ballad of Narayama*, he really needed to rest. He could have promoted other movies of Shochiku... But there were too many movies, and choosing any one would offend people... So just forget it!

"So I hope everyone can continue to take care of me when I film the next movie... Hahaha~"

Some playful words made everyone laugh along. The final stage of the Film Academy Awards ceremony actually seemed a bit warm.

"The selected works for the Best Film Award at this Film Academy Awards..."

There are many overlaps between the nominated works for Best Film and Best Director. Naoki Nagayama even felt that he didn't need to go down and come up again... And the people who saw it next to him were about the same, just one more director of *Antarctica*, Nagisa Oshima.

Nagisa Oshima, like Masahiro Shinoda, is one of the backbones of the "Film New Wave Movement". Naoki Nagayama, who is on good terms with Masahiro Shinoda, has met him once or twice, so he nodded politely on the stage.

Because he had already chatted with most people before, this time Franky Sakai mainly chatted with Nagisa Oshima about the situation when filming *Antarctica*... what Antarctica is like... and the situation of the dogs, etc...

After chatting for a long time, the final moment finally came... The award presenter opened the envelope and solemnly announced on the podium:

"The 7th Japan Film Academy Awards, the winning film for the Best Film Award is... *Love Letter*!!! Director, Naoki Nagayama!!!"

"??? Is it actually *Love Letter*?"

Naoki Nagayama himself was shocked... He originally thought there was no chance! It would be good to get a nomination!

Did our Tree Friend operate behind the scenes again?!

His eyes aimed at Yin Tangxiu below, and he found that he was also very surprised... It seems that this has nothing to do with Tree Friend? If this award is added, Tree Friend has won 5 awards!

In fact, in the case where other aspects are about the same, the Best Film Award has another very important standard... Box office!

In the case where *E. T. * is a foreign film, the local *Antarctica*'s total box office of nearly 5.6 billion is already very high, but *Love Letter*'s latest total box office has exceeded 6 billion!!!

And it can be expected that every winter, *Love Letter*'s popularity will come again.

The long-term hot screening made the judges of the Film Academy Awards full of the influence of *Love Letter*. This is the reason why *Love Letter* was finally chosen as the Best Film.

There were many thoughts in his head, but under the applause of the guests at the scene, the congratulations of the directors around, and the signal of the host, Naoki Nagayama walked quickly toward the podium.

Bowing deeply, he received the trophy from the president of the Film Academy Awards, and then, standing in front of the microphone:

"Winning this award makes me very surprised... pleasantly surprised... Thank you to the crew members for their concerted efforts, thank you to Akina Nakamori for her wonderful performance... I will continue to work hard..."

The scene words were very sincere... Then, under the murderous gaze of host Franky Sakai:

"Next... is commercial time..." ===== CHAPTER 570 =====