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ten years ago, sakura ando starred in "100 yen love" and won her first best actress award in her life.

ten years later, "hot" directed and starred by jia ling earned 3.4 billion yuan in box office and attracted national attention.

in 2023, sakura ando's new drama "restarting life" tells a healing story about a woman who travels through time and space repeatedly and starts different lives.

in 2021, jia ling's first film "hello, li huanying" also tells the story of a woman traveling through time and recreating her exclusive memories of the mother-daughter relationship.

while filming "hot as hell", jia ling was encouraged by watching ando sakura's "restarting life".

when "hot as ink" premiered in japan, sakura ando was the first to enter the theater and cried so hard that she could hardly breathe.

when bystanders try to compare and contrast two people based on a work.

the two parties involved are like "opponents" in a boxing ring. no matter how "bloody" the fight is, they must give each other a big hug.

there is a line at the end of "hot and spicy":

"i actually like boxing. two people fought like that, but they were still able to hug each other in the end. i thought that if you want to be hugged, you have to be nice to others."

the body language and the atmosphere at that moment really didn't feel like a first meeting asking for care, but rather a reunion of old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time.

sakura ando asked how to say "sister" in chinese, she wanted to call jia ling sister.

coincidentally, she has an older sister in real life named momoko ando, ​​who is the same age as jia ling.

the two people in front of the camera are particularly comfortable. it is hard to imagine that the first joint shoot of two top actresses would look so relaxed and in harmony, without any restraint, just like real sisters.

in addition to the stills taken by the photographer, the two also took selfies and photos of each other on the spot.

looking at them in each other's cameras, it is true that women understand women's beauty best.

ando sakura, who was in tears, and jia ling, who was greatly encouraged, were not just "competing" with each other from a distance, but seeing some part of themselves in each other.

almost everyone knows how jia ling came to be.

born in an ordinary family, she has an older sister named jia dan. her father is a chemical factory worker, and her mother, li huanying, left her many years ago due to an accident.

when they applied for college, both sisters were admitted, jia ling to the central academy of drama and jia dan to beijing broadcasting institute (now communication university of beijing).

due to the limited financial resources of the family, they could only afford the tuition for one of the sisters. in the end, jia dan gave up schooling to help her sister and became a host at a local tv station.

after studying acting and moving to beijing, my sister only kept a small half of her monthly salary for her father and herself, and gave the majority to jia ling as living expenses.

but the cost of living in beijing was too high, and the monthly rent of 400 yuan basically accounted for all living expenses.

in order to avoid the landlord’s demand for rent, jia ling stayed in her house for a month and only dared to go out in the late night.

later, the "bitterness turns to sweetness" part also had many twists and turns.

she became a disciple of feng gong and partnered with bai kainan, becoming one of the few female crosstalk performers to have performed on the spring festival gala stage.

jia ling was not fat when she was telling crosstalk, but in the end, nothing happened.

wanting to break down walls, change lanes, and transform herself, jia ling became the person everyone was familiar with for a long time.

appearing in skits and variety shows as a "joke" to build bridges.

she must know that being fat or ugly is the key to an actress's "funny" in the audience's heart.point” shortest path.

sandra ng, yuen qiu, lydia shum... just think about the comedians of the previous generation in the entertainment industry and you will know a thing or two.

jia ling is willing to serve as a foil for various female stars in front of the camera.

jia ling, who lost 100 pounds, was said to have changed and could never go back.

she no longer cared. go back, back to where?

everyone’s affirmation? but who is “everyone”?

jia ling has never escaped the gaze of appearance. when she was acting on stage, her teacher told her "you look like a pig";

after becoming an actor, he lost half his body weight and was questioned for looking old.

pursuing “everyone’s satisfaction” is a joke and a false proposition. what’s important is that her current appearance is closer to the real her.

if you gather enough strength, you can say what you want to say in the way you like, rather than in the way that others like to hear.

just as she said in her conversation with sakura ando.

"i used to be a very cowardly person, but later i became very strong. actually, i didn't change. i was always a very strong person. i just thought i was a coward.。”

now jia ling has won the box office, the right to speak, and endorsements from major brands.

what’s interesting is that when she got the lululemon endorsement and was met at an event in sanlitun, she wasn’t that thin anymore and had a well-proportioned look.

she was photographed with imperfections, but she showed no emotion at all, and made a v sign to the photographer: "remember to photoshop it for me."

compared to becoming a "role model of independent women in the new era", it is clearly more satisfying to be yourself.

sakura ando was born into a family of performing arts and has a prominent family background.

his grandfather was a former minister of justice and novelist, his great-grandfather was a former prime minister, his father was an actor, director, and screenwriter, his mother was a writer, and his sister momoko ando is a director, screenwriter, and writer.

18 years ago, sakura ando participated in the movie "the long walk" directed by her father and officially entered the entertainment industry.

so as an actor, it is correct for jia ling to say that ando sakura is her predecessor.

this was ando sakura's dream when she was 5 years old. however, the road to making her dream come true was not smooth just because she was born in such a wealthy family.

interestingly, even someone with smooth facial lines like sakura ando has suffered from appearance attacks for a long time.

"when i was a kid, i always thought my face had nothing to do with being an actor. actors on tv and in movies were all pretty. if i told them i wanted to be an actor, i would be mocked by my friends.。”

"the ugly girl wants to be an actress, it must be because her father is an actor."

she has been playing supporting roles for many years.

but talent is a gift from god.

after her debut, sakura ando was discovered by different directors for her talents, which were completely different from other actors.

since her debut, ando sakura has mostly played marginalized and low-class female roles.

i feel very depressed, not seen, and have no way out. i am a loser in the secular sense.

in "love exposure", she is a 17-year-old cruel girl who combines innocence and evil.

in "100 yen love", she is a 30-year-old middle-aged woman who is disliked by her sister, raped by her colleagues, and has no purpose in life.

in "shoplifters", she is a "bad woman" abandoned by society, who takes lives and values ​​money more than anything else. however, she treats a little girl who is not related to her by blood as her own daughter, and she performed a crying scene that touched many people.

last year, sakura ando produced the japanese drama "restart life" with a score of 9.4 and the movie "monster" with a score of 8.6.

the girl who was said to be "ugly" has won the japan academy awards, known as the "japanese oscars", several times and went to cannes.

a few months ago, she set a new record by winning the best actress and best supporting actress awards at the japan academy awards.

movie queens also worry about raising children.

her husband is also an actor, and the busy pace of life makes sakura ando also have to face the "balance between career and family".

she even considered retiring.

at this year's awards ceremony, ando sakura, who won the best actress award for "monster", said:

“i was at the height of my anxiety as i was finding it difficult to juggle looking after my children and filming.

i had taken a long break before this, but when i was shooting this film, it suddenly dawned on me that what i was experiencing on set was a very important time in my life.”

two women who were considered "not beautiful" in the mainstream narrative became beautiful in their middle age.

even though i am not optimistic, i still want to strive to do well.

their resonance is not that they have portrayed the same character, but that they have walked a lonely road together in each other's parallel time and space.

along that road, there were ridicule, doubts, and pain...but they all made it through.

one became a movie queen who guaranteed ratings in japan, and the other became the highest-grossing female director in the world.

it is welcome to see women taking control of "power", as it can give them more space and freedom for expression.

the fists they raised with all their might collided with each other across ten years.

there is a line in both "100 dollar love" and "hot as hell": i want to win, even just once.

in the movie, they punched with all their might, but were still knocked to the ground in the end.

they wrote another ending with their own lives.

we have won and will continue to win.