Illustrative image (Source: japan-magazine.jinto.go.jp) Hanoi (VNA) - A new production by VietnamTelevision (VTV) Film Centre and Ryukyu Ashahi Broadcasting Corporationwill be aired on VTV1 channel on January 22.
The film entitled Duoi Bau Troi Xa Cach (UnderThe Same Sky) is a love story between a Vietnamese student in Japan and a localfemale reporter. Hai is studying agriculture on Okinawa Island. He has to workto help support his family at home. He refuses to be interviewed by reporterEri who want to talk to him. Eri is hungry for success and she follows Hai.
They soon realise they are soulmates andovercome challenges from their families and their lives to be together.
"The film is not only a romantic love storybetween a Vietnamese student and a Japanese reporter," said MiekoShimojima, the script writer. "Through war memories of old generations thefilm connects the two nations which have losses in the past. It also conveyshumanity, peace and towards the future". Shimojima worked for five monthsincluding field trips to Vietnam to complete the script. The script was editedby Vietnamese Nguyen Thu Thuy.
The film is directed by Vu Truong Khoa and DaoDuy Phuc. The protagonists are played by Quang Su and Karin Miyagi. They speakJapanese in the film.
"Speaking Japanese was a big challenge forme. I spent two months learning to pronounce Japanese and I had two weeks onlyto learn Japanese vocabulary," said Quang Su. "It is not only dailyconversation but I also had to speak about history and culture of Japan."
Su and his colleague Miyagi only got to knoweach other before shooting the first scenes.
"I have learned more about Vietnam,"said Miyagi at the press conference held early this week in Hanoi. "I wasinspired a lot by scenes featuring the emotion and feeling of the two maincharacters. I think this film has made me mature".
Vietnamese and Japanese actors starred in thefilm, including Teruya Toshiyuki and Viet Lien.
The film was shot in six weeks in Vietnam andJapan with ultra high-definition camera. It promises cinema-styled scenes inthe film featuring beautiful landscapes and cultural activities of Vietnam andJapan such as Naha Great Tug-of-War Festival and Vietnamese waterpuppetry.
The two hour-long film is the third of its kindco-produced by Vietnam National Television and Japan after Nguoi Cong Su (ThePartner) and Khuc Hat Mat Troi (A Song To The Sun).
Under The Same Sky will be screened at 8.45pmand showed in Japan in March, 2017.-VNA
The film entitled Duoi Bau Troi Xa Cach (UnderThe Same Sky) is a love story between a Vietnamese student in Japan and a localfemale reporter. Hai is studying agriculture on Okinawa Island. He has to workto help support his family at home. He refuses to be interviewed by reporterEri who want to talk to him. Eri is hungry for success and she follows Hai.
They soon realise they are soulmates andovercome challenges from their families and their lives to be together.
"The film is not only a romantic love storybetween a Vietnamese student and a Japanese reporter," said MiekoShimojima, the script writer. "Through war memories of old generations thefilm connects the two nations which have losses in the past. It also conveyshumanity, peace and towards the future". Shimojima worked for five monthsincluding field trips to Vietnam to complete the script. The script was editedby Vietnamese Nguyen Thu Thuy.
The film is directed by Vu Truong Khoa and DaoDuy Phuc. The protagonists are played by Quang Su and Karin Miyagi. They speakJapanese in the film.
"Speaking Japanese was a big challenge forme. I spent two months learning to pronounce Japanese and I had two weeks onlyto learn Japanese vocabulary," said Quang Su. "It is not only dailyconversation but I also had to speak about history and culture of Japan."
Su and his colleague Miyagi only got to knoweach other before shooting the first scenes.
"I have learned more about Vietnam,"said Miyagi at the press conference held early this week in Hanoi. "I wasinspired a lot by scenes featuring the emotion and feeling of the two maincharacters. I think this film has made me mature".
Vietnamese and Japanese actors starred in thefilm, including Teruya Toshiyuki and Viet Lien.
The film was shot in six weeks in Vietnam andJapan with ultra high-definition camera. It promises cinema-styled scenes inthe film featuring beautiful landscapes and cultural activities of Vietnam andJapan such as Naha Great Tug-of-War Festival and Vietnamese waterpuppetry.
The two hour-long film is the third of its kindco-produced by Vietnam National Television and Japan after Nguoi Cong Su (ThePartner) and Khuc Hat Mat Troi (A Song To The Sun).
Under The Same Sky will be screened at 8.45pmand showed in Japan in March, 2017.-VNA
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