after "three salvages", the movie "the sinking of the lisbon maru" brings the submerged history to the surface.
2024-09-27
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sichuan news network-photography report by first-page news reporter zhang yu
"30°13'44.42"n 122°45'31.14"e" is the location of the rescue operation in the "lisbon maru" shipwreck incident. history will always remember this coordinate.
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on september 6, "the sinking of the lisbon maru" was released nationwide. this documentary film unveiled 82 years of history - in 1942, 1,816 allied prisoners of war were imprisoned in the cabin of the japanese armed transport ship "lisbon maru". the waters off dongji island in zhoushan, china, were torpedoed by a us submarine. 255 chinese fishermen rowed wooden boats and sampans to rescue 384 prisoners of war who fell into the water. the 70-year-old director fang li has spent all his savings in the past 10 years searching for the sunken shipwreck of the "lisbon maru" and discovering the unknown historical truth behind it.
"the sinking of the lisbon maru" is the first documentary directed by fang li. the reason was that in 2014, when fang li was participating in the filming of the movie "we will never die" on dongji island, zhoushan city, zhejiang province, he heard the story about the lisbon maru from local fishermen. fang li was deeply shocked by this huge rescue at sea, and he decided to make it into a movie. as the second producer of "the sinking of the lisbon maru", emei film group co., ltd. was also the first to participate and join the film.
han mei, party secretary and chairman of emei film group co., ltd.
“since learning in 2018 that director fang li began to search for sunken ships, emei film group has begun to track the production process of the film and became the first investor to support the film. at different stages, it invested multi-dimensionally in production, publicity and distribution of funds and film arrangement resources. , movie theater support, etc.” on september 25, han mei, secretary of the party committee and chairman of emei film group co., ltd., said in an interview with reporters that a pure person like fang li doing such a pure thing attracted emei from the beginning. ying, eying also hopes that this historical event can be expressed in a very complete and rich manner.
recently, the official release date of the movie "the sinking of the lisbon maru" has been postponed to november 5. netizens have responded, "i hope more people will see this movie", "let more people see the most emotional documentary in contemporary china", "it's worth it" permanent". since its release, the film's predicted box office and single-day box office have continued to fall, and it has subsequently received more and more support and attention from "successors". as of 22:00 on september 24, more than 650,000 viewers have watched the film , the total box office has exceeded 27 million.
descendants of allied prisoners of war and old man lin agen
"after the film was released, i was moved a lot. just like a stone thrown into a lake, it sent out ripples in circles. this is emotional resonance." han mei said that she called the release of "the sinking of the lisbon maru" her third "salvage". "the first 'salvage' is about the heroic actions of fishermen from nearby zhoushan, china, who took risks to save people when the 'lisbon maru' sank. the second 'salvage' is about fang li's persistence in discovering the truth and making it into a movie. the third one is about the second "salvage" is that the data after the film was released was not very good. it is the audiences who really love the film. it is their evaluation, calls for film arrangement, mutual recommendations, and their true feedback that makes this film both artistic and documentary. a good film that has successfully overcome the downturn.”
movie watching group chengdu station special screening
according to maoyan professional edition data, as of 18:45 on september 25, more than 690,000 viewers had watched the movie "the sinking of the lisbon maru", and the total box office exceeded 28.4 million. in addition, the reporter also learned that at 18:15 on september 27, the movie viewing group will launch the "the sinking of the lisbon maru" viewing group activity at chengdu pacific cinema (wangfujing branch). after the film screening, the audience will have the opportunity to have an online conversation with the film's director and producer fang li and receive an original signed poster of the film. interested audiences can scan the qr code below the poster to participate in this event.
(some pictures provided by emei film group)
