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Walking Hand-in-Hand with Xilin
Walking Hand-in-Hand with Xilin
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Life
seems to have been created
in a way that one cannot complete it alone.
"Walking with Kirin" is a very important book to me, a "love letter" that I couldn't send. — Hirokazu Kore-eda
The only work co-created by Japan's national director and the talented national grandmother.
Witness the mutual appreciation between director and actor, the selfless guidance of a senior in film and television to a junior.
A mother's love for her son, deeper than the ocean, and a son's dependence and admiration for his mother.
As well as the development and evolution of Japanese television and film culture over the past half-century.
A love letter from Hirokazu Kore-eda to Kirin Kiki on the first anniversary of her passing, with the Traditional Chinese edition released on the eve of the third anniversary.
Nearly 50 precious photos + director's hand-drawn storyboards, a treasured collection for readers who deeply love the best screen duo.
On June 9, 2018, at the premiere of "Shoplifters," as Kirin Kiki left in a wheelchair, she told Hirokazu Kore-eda, "Forget about this old woman, spend your time on younger people. I won't see you again."
The next day, Kore-eda's invitations for tea were repeatedly declined. Kore-eda was distraught: I wasn't mentally prepared. On June 24, Kore-eda went to Paris to prepare for a new film. On August 19, he learned that Kirin's recovery after a fracture surgery was not good, and the situation was not optimistic. On the 22nd, he rushed back to Japan but couldn't see her, so he put a handwritten letter into Kirin's mailbox, returning to Paris on the 23rd. On September 15, he received the news of Kirin's passing and immediately flew back, heading straight to the wake.
The you I hadn't seen in three months was surrounded by a dignified and peaceful beauty.
Seeing you like that, I finally realized that you deliberately avoided seeing me,
out of consideration, so that I wouldn't be overly affected by losing you and the grief.
I did what the unrelated granddaughter in the movie did, touching your hair and forehead with my fingertips.
Then I returned the last words you spoke in the movie to you in your coffin.
On the way home, Kore-eda remembered that September 15th was also his mother's death anniversary, and tears streamed down his face.
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seems to have been created
in a way that one cannot complete it alone.
"Walking with Kirin" is a very important book to me, a "love letter" that I couldn't send. — Hirokazu Kore-eda
The only work co-created by Japan's national director and the talented national grandmother.
Witness the mutual appreciation between director and actor, the selfless guidance of a senior in film and television to a junior.
A mother's love for her son, deeper than the ocean, and a son's dependence and admiration for his mother.
As well as the development and evolution of Japanese television and film culture over the past half-century.
A love letter from Hirokazu Kore-eda to Kirin Kiki on the first anniversary of her passing, with the Traditional Chinese edition released on the eve of the third anniversary.
Nearly 50 precious photos + director's hand-drawn storyboards, a treasured collection for readers who deeply love the best screen duo.
On June 9, 2018, at the premiere of "Shoplifters," as Kirin Kiki left in a wheelchair, she told Hirokazu Kore-eda, "Forget about this old woman, spend your time on younger people. I won't see you again."
The next day, Kore-eda's invitations for tea were repeatedly declined. Kore-eda was distraught: I wasn't mentally prepared. On June 24, Kore-eda went to Paris to prepare for a new film. On August 19, he learned that Kirin's recovery after a fracture surgery was not good, and the situation was not optimistic. On the 22nd, he rushed back to Japan but couldn't see her, so he put a handwritten letter into Kirin's mailbox, returning to Paris on the 23rd. On September 15, he received the news of Kirin's passing and immediately flew back, heading straight to the wake.
The you I hadn't seen in three months was surrounded by a dignified and peaceful beauty.
Seeing you like that, I finally realized that you deliberately avoided seeing me,
out of consideration, so that I wouldn't be overly affected by losing you and the grief.
I did what the unrelated granddaughter in the movie did, touching your hair and forehead with my fingertips.
Then I returned the last words you spoke in the movie to you in your coffin.
On the way home, Kore-eda remembered that September 15th was also his mother's death anniversary, and tears streamed down his face.
