Cape No. 7th
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Cape No. 7th |
| Original title | 海角 七號 Hǎijiǎo Qī Hào |
| Country of production | Taiwan |
| original language | Standard Chinese , Taiwanese , Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 129 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Wei Te-Sheng |
| script | Wei Te-Sheng |
| production |
Chang Chang-Ti , Cheng Ming-Fu |
| music |
Lo Chi-Yi , Lu Fred |
| camera | Chin Ting-chang |
| cut | Lai Hui-Chuan, Su Pei-yi |
| occupation | |
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Cape No. 7 ( Chinese 海角 七號 , Pinyin Hǎijiǎo Qī Hào ) is a Taiwanese movie from 2008. Directed by Wei Te-Sheng , for whom the film was the first major project. Production in Taiwan was very successful and with over 220 million NT (approx. 5.25 million euros) it is in second place in box office income behind Titanic in Taiwan. Wei also wrote the script after reading about a letter in the media that could be delivered despite the outdated Japanese address.
The film is set for the most part in southern Taiwan, Wei often lets the actors speak Taiwanese , which is widespread there .
action
When Japan had to return Taiwan to the Republic of China after the Second World War , the Japanese teacher (Kousuke Atari) was forced to return to Japan from Hengchun and separated from his Taiwanese friend (Rachel Liang). On the ship back to Japan, he writes seven love letters to his beloved, who originally wanted to come to Japan with him, but never sends them. Only after his death does the teacher's daughter send the letters to Taiwan, but because of the outdated address written in Japanese style (“Cape No. 7”), they cannot be delivered easily.
The letters fall into the hands of the postman Aga (Van Fan). The rock musician had no success in the capital Taipei and then returned to the south of the island. His stepfather and city councilor (Ju-Lung Ma) got him the job as a postman after his uncle Mao (Johnny CJ Lin) was unable to deliver letters after a motorcycle accident. However, to save time, Aga does not deliver all the letters and also opens the package with the undeliverable love letters from the Japanese teacher.
When a concert by the Japanese singer Kōsuke Atari is planned in Kenting National Park , Aga, as a city councilor, asserts that a local band should play two songs as the opening act. However, since no suitable music group can be found in Hengchun, a band made up of very different characters is put together at short notice. Aga becomes the lead singer of the newly formed band, while the keyboard is taken over by an elementary school student. The Japanese Tomoko (Chie Tanaka) is hired as the manager of this diverse band. After a frustrating beginning, Aga and Tomoko get closer, when Tomoko almost leaves town, the two get closer after a party. The next morning after the one-night stand , Tomoko discovers the open love letters next to his bed and asks Aga to find the recipient of the love letters he has opened.
When Tomoko found out the correct address from a granddaughter and employee of her hotel shortly before the planned concert, she informed Aga of this during the last rehearsals and Aga set off immediately to deliver the letters in time for her concert. In good time after the delivery of the letters, he returned to the concert, which was a great success on Kenting Beach . As an encore, the band spontaneously plays " Heidenröslein " by Franz Schubert in Chinese and Japanese and Aga confesses his love for Tomoko on stage. Meanwhile, the Taiwanese woman finds the letters that Aga placed next to the hard of hearing woman and she remembers the love from sixty years ago.
production
The film was produced for 50 million New Taiwan dollars (approx. 1.2 million euros), one-tenth of which came from a government film funding program. This made it one of Taiwan's largest film projects in recent history. However, the originally planned budget was not sufficient, so that there were payment difficulties in between. Nevertheless, the success of the film is attributed to word of mouth and numerous reports on the Internet, for example in blogs.
The film was shot between September and November 2007 in Hengchun and other locations in Pingtung County ; a few scenes were filmed near Taipei.
Performances
The film was screened for the first time at the Taipei Film Festival, where it was shown as the opening film on June 20. About two months later, on August 22nd, the film also hit Taiwanese cinemas.
The production was shown abroad at several festivals in the USA ( Hawaii ), Hong Kong, Korea ( Pusan ) and Japan, and in autumn 2009 also in Munich.
Awards
When it premiered at the Taipei Film Festival , the film won the grand prize, an audience award, and awards for best score and camera work. The film received even more prizes at the Golden Horse Film Festival , also taking place in Taiwan , where the film and its exponents won awards in the categories “Best Supporting Actor” (Ma Ju-lung), “Best Original Film Score” (Fred Lu , Lo Chi-Yi), “Best Original Film Song” (Matthew Yen, Tseng Chih-Hao, Van Fan), “Outstanding Taiwanese Film of the Year”, “Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year” and the “Audience Choice Award “The audience award.
Outside Taiwan, the film won the grand prize, the festival won at the 2008 Asian Marine Film Festival in Makuhari . The film received the Halekulani Golden Orchid Award for best narration at the Hawaii International Film Festival . In addition, cinematographer Chin Ting-Tang received another award at the Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival .
In 2009 the film won the Special Jury Award at the Chinese Film Media Awards and a "Film of Merit" award at the Shanghai Film Critics Awards . In addition, Edward Yang received the New Talent Award at the third Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong as a special prize .
reception
Above all, the courage of the down-to-earth performers as well as the showing of nature in southern Taiwan are emphasized. The plot is sometimes a bit too extravagant because too much time is devoted to each individual character, but it can be forgiven because of the successful representation of the landscape, writes Maggie Lee for the Hollywood Reporter.
Web links
- Cape No. 7 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Figures from the film's official homepage , as of November 11, 2008
- ↑ 魏德 聖 指 海角 多元 主題 星 觀眾 可 感同身受. In: 聯合 新聞 網 (Lianhe Newsnet). October 31, 2008, archived from the original on November 3, 2008 ; accessed on May 14, 2018 (Chinese, report and interview with the director).
- ↑ 2008 Winners. Taipei Film Festival , accessed May 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Nominees & Winners 2008. Golden Horse Film Festival , accessed on May 13, 2018 (English).
- ^ Past festivals. Asian Marine Film Festival, archived from the original on February 25, 2009 ; accessed on May 13, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Award Winning Films Announced! Hawaii International Film Festival , October 14, 2008, archived from the original on January 7, 2009 ; accessed on May 13, 2018 (English).
- ↑ 《海角 七號》 輸 了 大獎 贏 人氣 ‧ 范逸臣 講 外星 語 ‧ 千 繪 性感 搶鏡. In: ent.sinchew.com.my. November 30, 2008, archived from the original on April 16, 2009 ; accessed on May 13, 2018 (Chinese).
- ↑ 华语 电影 传媒 大奖: 田中 千 绘 ： 最想演 能 说 流利 中国 话 的 华人. Chinese Film Media Awards , June 22, 2009, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on May 14, 2018 (Chinese).
- ↑ Shanghai Film Critics Awards - 2009 Awards. In: IMDB . Retrieved May 14, 2018 .
- ↑ 3rd AFA Nominees & Winners. Asian Film Awards , archived from the original on June 10, 2014 ; accessed on May 14, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Maggie Lee: Film Review: Cape No. 7. In: Hollywood Reporter . October 1, 2008, accessed May 14, 2018 .