Ten Years

[Machine Translation] An omnibus film depicting the future of Hong Kong ten years in the future. With a production cost of only 7.5 million yen, the film was screened in only one theater and grossed 92 million yen at the box office. The film became a social phenomenon, winning the Hong Kong Film Awards (Hong Kong's Academy Awards). Episode 1 "Extra" : Two hoodlums are told by their brother to make a scene at a Labor Day rally attended by the leaders of the Shin Ai Lien and Kim Min Party, and they practice how to act flamboyant for money. But in another room, a completely different scenario is being worked out. This is an ironic depiction of the behind-the-scenes of Hong Kong politics. Episode 2 "Winter Cicada" : Two men and a woman are silently making specimens of the things around them. Bricks from a broken house, Sunday goods collected in town... One morning, the man tells the woman that he is going to take her to the hospital to get a specimen. One morning, the man asks the woman to make a specimen of him. The man thinks about the record of his disappearing memory. Episode 3 "Dialect" : In order to promote the use of Mandarin, cab drivers are required to take a test. This is a big obstacle for the taxi driver, whose daily life is in Cantonese. The story depicts Hong Kong ten years later, when it is difficult to live only in one's native language, Cantonese. Episode 4 "The Burning Suicide" : One morning in 2025, a man burns himself to death in front of the British Consulate. There were no witnesses and no suicide note. This documentary depicts the loss and rebirth after the protests against the Hong Kong government that began in September 2014, known as the "Umbrella Movement". Episode 5 "Local Eggs" : In the year 2025, the last poultry farm in Hong Kong that used to sell "local chickens" suddenly closes down. Chung, a grocery store owner, is puzzled when a group of boys come in and start taking pictures of the store. When he asked what they were taking pictures of, he was told to take pictures of things with "bad words" on them. He said that "locally made" was a bad word. Chong's son Min was also a member of the boys' group.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: trailer(s)

香港の十年後の未来を描いたオムニバス作品。製作費わずか750万円、たった1館から上映を開始し、9200万円の興行収入を記録。そして香港金像奨(香港のアカデミー賞)を受賞するなど、社会現象となった。■第1話『エキストラ』: 真愛連と金民党の党首が出席する労働節(メーデー)の集会で騒ぎをを起こすように兄貴にいわれたチンピラの二人は、金のためどう派手に演じるかを練習していた。しかし別の部屋では全く違うシナリオが練られていた。香港政治の舞台裏をアイロニーたっぷりに描く。■第2話『冬のセミ』: 2人の男女が、身の回りの物を黙々と標本にしている。壊れた家のレンガや、町で集めた日曜品・・・。ある朝男は女に、自分を標本にしてほしいと頼んだ。失われゆく記憶の記録に思いをはせる。■第3話『方言』: 普通語の普及対策で、タクシー運転手に試験が課せられることになった。広東語が日常だった彼にとっては大きな支障となる。母語である広東語だけでは生きづらくなった十年後の香港を活写した。■第4話『焼身自殺者』: 2025年のある日の朝、イギリス領事館前で焼身自殺をした人物がいた。目撃者も遺書もない。この事件は独立運動と関係があるのだろうか・・・。2014年9月に始まった香港政府への抗議活動、通称"雨傘運動"後の喪失と再生をドキュメンタリータッチで表現した。■第5話『地元産の卵』: 2025年香港で"地元産の鶏"を扱っていた最後の養鶏場が突然閉鎖される。食料品販売店のチョンは困惑していたが、そこに少年団がやってきて店内の写真を撮り始めた。何を撮っているのかと尋ねると「良くない言葉」が書かれているものを撮ってこいといわれたと。"地元産"は良くない言葉だというのだ。チョンの息子ミンもその少年団のメンバーだった。

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