Chapter 69: It was so cool to shoot the kissing scene
“Chinese martial arts emphasizes personal cultivation rather than actual combat. Your performance today can be regarded as a breakthrough.”
“The purpose of competition is to knock down the opponent.”
“You are completely wrong, young man, I tell you, the best way to knock down the opponent is to use a pistol. The purpose of martial arts training is to push a person’s physical strength To reach the highest limit, if you want to reach this state, you must understand the universe. ”
“Aren’t you going to duel?”
"We have already dueled, and it's a tie..."
After a classic dialogue, the duel between Funakoshi Fumio and Chen Zhen was finally filmed.
"Mr. Mifune, thank you for your hard work. Congratulations on finishing the filming."
"Yang Sang, I have been making movies for thirty years, including many Hollywood movies. This time I came to Hong Kong to make a movie. It is the most interesting experience in my career.
The reason why I agreed to make this movie is that your script really moved me. On the other hand, I also wanted to see the Japanese martial arts world. What are the Chinese masters like?
I noticed that in addition to Chinese martial arts, the martial arts moves you choreographed also included Muay Thai, karate, taekwondo, and jujitsu...
Young man, you are really a kung fu master. I seem to have seen that a new star from Asia is about to rise in the world of film circles. ”
In this era, the superstars in the Hong Kong film industry have not yet risen. Toshiro Mifune has won the Venice Best Actor twice. He is not only the number one actor in Japan, he can even be called the number one superstar in Asia. .
His words have been quoted by Yang Ye’s fans many years later to prove Yang Ye’s superiority.
……
After Toshiro Mifune wrapped up, it was time for the final highlight, the final eight-minute duel between Chen Zhen and Tsuyoshi Fujita.
This last duel is known as the textbook of world action movies and is regarded as a supreme classic by countless action movie fans.
When Jet Li and Billy Chow were filming, it took them twenty-five days to complete.
Yang Ye naturally strives for perfection until the photo is satisfactory.
But before that, there is still a scene to be filmed.
That is, the kiss scene between Chen Zhen and Mitsuko Yamada.
In the original version of "Fist of Heroes", Jet Li and Shinobu Nakayama didn't even have a scene of holding hands, let alone a kiss scene.
Now it’s the turn of Yang Ye, the LSP, to take the photo. Naturally, he has to take advantage of his position to do it.
However, Yang Ye did not dare to ruin the plot at will, and it was okay for him to add the kiss scene.
In the plot of the movie:
Fujita just killed Akutagawa Ryuichi and framed Chen Zhen as the murderer, causing Chen Zhen to be taken to court.
At the critical moment, Yamada Mitsuko stood up as a witness. In order to save Chen Zhen, she lied in court, saying that she and Chen Zhen had been together the night Akutagawa died.
The court was in an uproar, but Chen Zhen was cleared of charges.
Yamada Mitsuko told Chen Zhen: "I have abandoned everything now, you have to support me for the rest of my life!"
However, Jingwu Sect cannot tolerate a Japanese woman, so Chen Zhen had to take him with him Guangzi built a hut near Huo Yuanjia's tomb and lived there temporarily.
After the duel between Chen Zhen and Funakoshi Fumio, Huo Ting'en came to find Chen Zhen. He wanted to teach Chen Zhen the Mizong Fist before the duel with Fujita Go.
At this time, the two had a conversation.
Huo Tingen: "I brought Xiaohong back."
Chen Zhen: "The one in Zuixinlou?"
Huo Tingen: "Well, you can also bring the photon back. Jingwumen.”
Chen Zhen: "They can accept Xiaohong, but not Guangn. Because she is from Japan."
Huo Ting'en: "Guangn can sacrifice for you like this, she is a good girl."
Chen Zhen: "Her staying in Jingwu Sect will definitely affect the reputation of Jingwu Sect. I can't be so selfish."
This sentence was heard by Guangzi. After Chen Zhen finished learning Mizong Quan from Huo Ting'en, he returned to the hut and only saw the letter left by Guangzi.
"I'm sorry, I still decided to leave. Some things in life are more important than love. Without me by your side, you can do more. Keep your promise and return to Japan in Japan's army I will wait for you in Kyoto when the time comes.”
...
Yang Ye changed this plot slightly.
After Chen Zhen finished learning Mizong Quan, he returned to the hut to rest. That night, Guangzi volunteered...
When Chen Zhen woke up the next morning, he saw the letter left by Guangzi.
Such modifications have no impact on the main line of the movie and can also add some gimmicks.
Moreover, dedication and such are in line with the Chinese people's assumptions about Japanese women.
Of course, the most important thing is that Yang Ye, the LSP, has selfish motives. It’s so easy for me to make a movie. Why don’t I make a sex scene?
Last time it was because I played the role of a monk and I couldn’t film it. This time I couldn’t do it?
Of course, in view of Yamaguchi Momoe’s innocent idol character, Yang Ye is not Li Hanxiang who makes romantic movies, so there is no need to make the film too explicit.
Just take a picture of Yamaguchi Momoe taking off her clothes, exposing her back a little, and then take a picture of the two kissing.
...
"Are you nervous?" Yang Ye asked.
“Yes!” Yamaguchi Momoe tilted her head, a shy smile appeared in the corners of her eyes.
“I haven’t taken any pictures either.” Yang Ye said. This kind of scene that was forced on him because of his own selfishness made him a little embarrassed.
"Ye Jun, you are more nervous than me." Yamaguchi Momoe smiled.
She wore a costume and an old-fashioned Japanese girl's bun that made her oval face look small.
Yang Ye looked at her pure face, thinking that she was only sixteen years old, and suddenly felt that he was too zombie, and said with conscience: "Actually... this scene doesn't need to be filmed. " Yamaguchi Momoe looked at Yang Ye in surprise, shook her head and said: "I read the script. Mitsuko is leaving the man she loves deeply. She wants to leave a good memory. I think this scene is very necessary. Ah."
"Uh..." This statement was just made up by Yang Ye, but he didn't expect that she would take it seriously.
"Ye Jun, this is my first kiss." Yamaguchi Momoe said jokingly.
Damn, Yang Ye stood up immediately and asked: "Master Deng, are the lights ready?"
"You will be ready soon, Mr. Yang, you can prepare to start shooting."
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The extra who was lying there as a substitute gave up his place, and Yang Ye lay down instead.
In this scene, Chen Zhen fell asleep, and Mitsuko sat up and moved on his own, so he only had to close his eyes and lie down and pretend to be asleep, and let Yamaguchi Momoe do the rest.
Johnnie To said: "The first scene of the 36th scene of "Fist of Heroes", the first shot, Exon."
The camera was turned on, Yang Ye lay there pretending to sleep, waiting for Yamaguchi Momoe's kiss fell on her lips.
However, after waiting for a minute and seeing nothing, he couldn't help but open his eyes and found Yamaguchi Momoe looking at him nervously, her cheeks as red as ripe apples.
Yang Ye said in surprise: "Isn't this really your first kiss?"
"Well, so... I don't know what to do."
"How about...I teach you?"
"Well..."
Yang Ye said to everyone: "Take a ten-minute break!"
When the crew heard this, People immediately rushed out of the way, and in an instant, there were only two people left at the shooting scene.
Yang Ye thought to himself, these people are really smart, so they have to give them red envelopes.
After Yang Ye finished his rant, he found Yamaguchi Momoe looking at him, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward.
Yang Ye brewed his emotions for a while, held the back of Yamaguchi Momoe's head with one hand, and slowly leaned over.
Momoe Yamaguchi closed her eyes slightly, as if waiting for this kiss. Just when their lips were about to meet, she suddenly said: "Ye Jun."
"Huh? ”
“You like me, right?”
Her eyes suddenly opened and she stared at Yang Ye and said: "You and Mr. Mifune are filming fight scenes here every day. Because you have my lens, I have to accompany you. One day, I lay here and fell asleep, not knowing After a while, it’s time to call it a day. I vaguely heard your voice saying sadly in my ear, you’re exhausted, poor little thing. I knew from that day that you liked me.”
After she said this, she closed her eyes again and raised her head slightly, as if she was letting you take whatever you wanted.
Yang Ye no longer hesitated, held her in his arms, and kissed her wet lips...
Yang Ye called the people back and continued working. The filming went smoothly. , after the two kissed six times, the assistant director gestured and said OK, passed!
Yang Ye said to the assistant director in his heart: "Employees like you are simply 666!"
...
Xie Yi moved very quickly. After returning to the United States, he immediately started to work, and "Shaolin Temple" began to be released.
Since non-Hollywood movies have never been released on a large scale in North America, Shay's operations are also more cautious.
He first found 16 theaters in California, a place with a large number of Chinese people, and started distributing it. Using authentic Shaolin Kung Fu and winning awards at the Cannes Film Festival, he quickly captured a large number of Chinese people who came to watch. .
In less than a week, long queues began to form at the entrance of the cinema. Seeing this, Xie's confidence increased greatly, and he expanded to 31 cinemas, and soon spread from the Chinese community to other ethnic groups.
When Yang Ye got the news, the number of theaters had expanded to 143, and the box office had exceeded US$2 million.
“It’s done!”
Yang Ye happily shared the good news with everyone.
For a foreign language film to break $2 million in North America is simply a miracle. Even Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" only grossed over one million US dollars at the box office.
But two million is just the beginning. As more and more people watch the movie, the scale of screenings will continue to increase.
Shay's bet won. This film distribution company, which can only be regarded as an 18th-tier film distribution company in North America, turned around because of one movie.
In fact, this result is not surprising to Yang Ye. Jet Li's version of Shaolin Temple caused a craze in North America that year.
In interviews, Chinese Americans such as Daniel Wu once mentioned the experience of going to the cinema to watch "Shaolin Temple" as a child. It was the first time that he felt proud of his skin color.
At that time, after the success of "Shaolin Temple" in North America, many Americans traveled all the way to China to learn martial arts in the Shaolin Temple.
Songshan Shaolin Temple also became completely famous because of a movie. Its influence surpassed other famous temples and became the number one Buddhist temple in China.
"Ye Jun, congratulations." Yamaguchi Momoe knelt down in front of Yang Ye and said with a smile.
"Thank you!"
"I will go back to Japan tomorrow, see you soon, Mr. Ye!"
Momoe Yamaguchi bowed her head to Yang Ye, In an instant, Yang Ye thought of a poem:
The most tenderness of bowing his head
Like a water lotus that cannot bear the cool breeze, it is shy
A word of treasure
There is sweet sorrow in that word of treasure
Sayang Nala!
Served at the third watch, take a nap first, there will be more in the afternoon.
(End of this chapter)