Katsumi Nishikawa's masterpiece.

Katsumi Nishikawa Film Memorial Hall was opened in the director's hometown on 200 1, and thousands of tourists visit it every year. As the fifth generation Japanese director, Katsumi Nishikawa's style has always been different, but he has been enthusiastically sought after by fans. The reason is that Katsumi Nishikawa has always had a young heart. As a model of young masters in the film industry, he is especially good at retro shooting of female themes and subtle capture of inner feelings. He created a series of classic images for Yamaguchi Momoe, such as Farewell, Imitation of the Spring Qin, Fog Flag and Tide Sao.

Among them, the masterpiece Izu Dancer tells a story of "I" in the first person. "I" traveled to Izu alone because of my lonely life. I met a group of Jianghu artists on the road. I went with them because of their kindness and simplicity. One of the innocent, romantic and lovely little dancers made the protagonist have an infinitely beautiful romantic association and sprouted a hazy and warm love affair. Yamaguchi Momoe became popular with Izu Dancer, and many fans even called the period after 1974 the Yamaguchi Momoe era. "The first time I saw her, I thought she looked like Xunzi (the name of the dancer in the film). She could sweep away the dust and have a good face." According to Katsumi Nishikawa's story before his death, he didn't think it was a pity that Yamaguchi Momoe left the art stage and married Tomokazu Miura on 1980, because the so-called legend itself was full of accidents. 19 18, Katsumi Nishikawa was born in Zhitou District, Butte County, Tottori Prefecture. He started here and dreamed of becoming a writer. Although he didn't realize his original wish, as a director who left footprints in Japanese film history, Katsumi Nishikawa is undoubtedly the pride of his hometown. 200 1, Katsumi Nishikawa's hometown also built a movie memorial hall specially for him. Among several classic films shot by Katsumi Nishikawa in his life, the two versions of Dancer of Izu, which pushed his career to the peak, are the most talked about.

Izu's Dancer is a beautiful and light story full of Japanese flavor: in the lonely season of the mountains, a teenager who is in senior three met a beautiful dancer on the trip, but they finally had to leave for various reasons. As the representative work of Yasunari Kawabata, the first Japanese Nobel Prize winner in literature, this classic Japanese love story has been put on the screen again and again by Japanese directors, and Yasunari Kawabata himself appreciates the Xihe dancer directed by Sayuri Yoshinaga.

Sayuri Yoshinaga is a legend in the Japanese film industry. In her film career, she almost performed typical Japanese female roles of all ages and classes, from teenage girls to the elderly. Her image is simple and pure, elegant and noble, or bear the burden of humiliation, or tenacious and self-sustaining. She is one of the most representative contemporary actresses deeply loved by the Japanese. Sayuri Yoshinaga was nominated ten times and won the Japanese Film Awards three times, which is the Oscar winning record of the Japanese version of katharine hepburn. Sayuri Yoshinaga's aura is so dazzling that it can't be separated from the help of director Katsumi Nishikawa. In 1960s, Sayuri Yoshinaga, as a "pure girl", complemented the pure love and youthful style of Xihe films with films such as Blue Mountain and Dancer of Izu, which set off a wave in Japanese film industry. "The cooperation with director Xihe has left a good memory for my life, and my heart has always been full of gratitude to the director." After learning the news of Katsumi Nishikawa's death, Sayuri Yoshinaga personally wrote a letter to Katsumi Nishikawa that night. Ji Yong said that she still can't forget "Director Xihe worked tirelessly until late at night". 1964, when they were filming together, Katsumi Nishikawa was accidentally injured, but "the director didn't rest for a day, and he still kept shooting with injuries".

In the Japanese entertainment circle, that is, it took three or five years to lead the way. However, there is always an old name that will appear in people's sight again and again, and that is Yamaguchi Momoe. An actress who made her debut at 1973 and faded from the film industry at 1980, was only 2 1 year old when she retired, and influenced a whole generation of Asians with her short eight-year acting career. When Yamaguchi Momoe faded out, she made it clear that she would never come back, but today, 30 years later, Japanese media are still chasing bits and pieces of news about her, trying to find out a little information about her. As a spokesperson for girls, apart from touching movies, the love between Yamaguchi Momoe and his screen partner Tomokazu Miura is even more enviable. However, whether it is Yamaguchi Momoe's fame or marriage, the Bole behind it has always been little known. It was Katsumi Nishikawa, the first director who electrocuted Yamaguchi Momoe, who made Yamaguchi Momoe, who was only 15 years old at that time, become popular in the film industry through The Dancer of Izu.

In memory of Yasunari Kawabata who committed suicide in 1972, Katsumi Nishikawa will once again put Izu's dancers on the screen. At that time, 15-year-old Yamaguchi Momoe was already a hot singer, but he had never been exposed to filming. There was no precedent in Japan at that time for the singer who played the leading role in the film for the first time. Katsumi Nishikawa said that when he first saw Yamaguchi Momoe, he thought she looked like Xunzi (the name of the heroine in the film). The choice of the leading actor is made through open recruitment. Due to the high popularity of the original and Yamaguchi Momoe, this draft is extremely popular. The final was played between a college student and a young actor. The two men were evenly matched, but because of that college student's strong accent, the balance of victory finally tilted towards each other. The winner's name is Tomokazu Miura. So, in the Dancer of Izu, Yamaguchi Momoe met 22-year-old Tomokazu Miura. Their meeting caused a sensation in the Japanese film industry. The Japanese say "Dancer of Izu" is the most perfect and unparalleled interpretation of the classics.