Not long ago, the Shanghai Film Festival opened.
42-year-old Rinko Kikuchi won Best Actress with "658 Kilometers, Yoko's Journey".
She won a lot of famous finalists, including Shu Qi.
Facing this strange face, many people are puzzled:
"An ordinary Japanese actress, why should she win the best actress?"
Just because she is Rinko Kikuchi.
is very unfamiliar to Chinese audiences.
For the Japanese, her attention is far less than that of actresses such as Yui Aragaki.
But for Europeans and Americans, she is the oriental muse.
Shanghai Film Festival is the icing on the cake for her.
On the list of her achievements are Oscars, Golden Globes and many other international awards and nominations.
Her original name was Yuriko Kikuchi, as gentle as water.
But when she was 23 years old, she changed her name to "Rinko Kikuchi", which was very cold.
is reminiscent of Rinko in Jun Watanabe's "Paradise Lost", following her own heart without hesitation.
because she said:
"I don't want a boring life."
changed her name because she decided to change careers and become an actress.
debuted as a model, neither from a professional background nor rich experience.
Amidst countless obstructions and doubts, she directly fired her agent and entered the film industry single-handedly.
As a result, the high-end face of the show has become the show's face, and she can eat the rice of filming.
Because for her, filming means "not going crazy and not living".
She could be the nao I pitied in "Norwegian Wood".
She can also be Mako Mori, the heroine of "Pacific Rim", smart and cool, making everyone unforgettable.
Who hasn't knocked Mako and Raleigh back then!
made a sudden change, and she played the villain again with great proficiency.
In "Ronin 47", that insidious and surly priestess can make people shudder with just one look.
"After I get married, I will live as I want, and I can't be anyone other than myself."
has always felt that the free and bold Tachibana Kureha in "We Who Couldn't Be Beasts" resembled her true colors very much.
A "Babel" directly made her famous in Hollywood.
is a morbid deaf-mute girl who uses sex to vent her pain. She uses her eyes and body to portray it thoroughly.
In the end, she was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
is also this film, the only nomination.
You know, the leading actors are Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Cannes Best Actor Yakusho Koji and other senior leaders.
In Europe and America, she was highly praised, but when she returned to Japan, she was scolded so badly.
Because in the film, she put aside the scale and went straight to the battle.
But few people care about the efforts Rinko Kikuchi put in to get this role. The role of
has not yet been determined, so she went to learn sign language and got a sign language teacher's license.
also flew halfway around the world, chasing the director and auditioning continuously.
"I'm an actor who fights hard when I see a role I like. As long as it's something I'm interested in, the harder it is, the more I want to fight.
I won't let go of any role I want to play easily."
In "Pacific Rim", she didn't need a substitute in order to play, and she practiced repeatedly until she was injured. As a result of
, it contributed one of the most essential parts of the whole film.
She put her ambitions on her face, earning one chance after another to perform on the world stage. Rinko Kikuchi like
should be praised as "Purple Star from Heaven".
But in the Japanese entertainment industry where sweet girls are the mainstream, she is still not considered a big shot.
What's more, some conservative people think that she is just an actress "the most daring to take off in Japan".
She responded calmly, she just used her body as a tool to contribute:
"I like naked bodies, they are beautiful.
The more we cover ourselves, the more we lose our essence."
Many people say that Rinko Kikuchi is crazy.
herself was the first to raise her hand in favor.
When she was a model, she also had wild ways.
For her, gentleness is boring:
"The real sexy is the courage of the brave."
Therefore, she will not refuse any style and any scale.
Many of her photos are sent out with thick codes.
But no matter how much she reveals, she doesn't come across as kitsch.
On the contrary, mystery, rebellion and wildness rushed in.
is not afraid to shoot blockbusters, and she also focuses on avant-garde and breakthroughs on the red carpet.
No matter who she is in the same frame with, Rinko Kikuchi seems to have never lost.
Going to the Cannes Film Festival, she wears a yellow Moganshi hair and a traditional kimono, which magnifies the contrast and contradiction to the extreme.
Looking at it at a glance, the big devil beside her suddenly became less eye-catching.
"Her eyes are very powerful, she looks like a child, with a taste of Japanese comics.
She looked at me with innocent and childish eyes, and turned into a woman with a mysterious aura in an instant."
This is Rinko Kikuchi in the mouth of Lafayette, full of affection.
Lafayette has more than one muse, but Rinko Kikuchi is definitely his favorite oriental face.
He personally took the mirror for her, and held her hand to make the appearance together.
Since the age of 26, she has been the advertising endorsement of Chanel's early spring series.
At the same time, she is also the darling of luxury brands such as LV and miumiu.
Rinko Kikuchi, a woman who welds the ceiling of the Japanese fashion circle.
Many people say she is "Japanese Faye Wong".
has a unique personal style and amazing fashion expressiveness. He dares to wear it and can hold various styles.
But more importantly, her damn charisma.
is not a typical Japanese girl, maybe that sums her up best.
She has a straightforward personality, dares to speak and act, and never pleases anyone.
"Doesn't the job of modeling feel boring?!"
So she really left and switched to acting.
Every time she makes a movie, she will learn a skill with great interest.
can dance traditional Japanese dance, and can also ride horses and drag cars.
Brad Pitt's evaluation of her is:
"She is not ordinary, and it is inevitable to get affirmation."
Even falling in love is unusual for her.
"Age is just a number, not a measure", this is her view on love.
She dated Spike Jones, a director 11 years her senior.
And her husband is Shota Someya who is 11 years younger than her.
Well, it's the monk Kukai who always has a bewildered smile in "Legend of the Demon Cat".
Another identity of him is "the actor who married young". When
won the Best Newcomer Award at the Venice International Film Festival, he was only 21 years old.
As a result, he "rolled over" as soon as the fire exploded.
At the end of 2014, he and Rinko Kikuchi were photographed kissing on the street.
(I have to say, when they are in the same frame, I feel that Rinko is the most handsome one)
On New Year's Day in 2015, in less than a month, they officially announced their marriage.
At the time, Rinko Kikuchi was 34 years old and Shota Someya was 23 years old.
The reason for their falling in love is simple and rude -
is "attracted by each other's talent and charm".
What's more, both of them are "weird".
will put strange and weird sculptures in the living room.
also spends all night watching movies together when they have free time.
Rinko Kikuchi has the innocence of a child, while Shota Someya has an old soul in his bones.
married for 8 years, have 2 children, 0 gossip.
After marriage, they don't show off their affection, and they hardly appear together in public.
just silently put their names at the end of their micro-movies, one is the screenwriter and the other is the director.
Using titles like "Japan's Strongest Husband and Wife" and "Immortal Couple" to summarize them doesn't seem so appropriate.
Some people even say that they are "Japanese version of Fengfeilian", soul mates who are not influenced by the world.
But in my opinion, they are advanced versions, let alone playing cards according to the rules.
It seems that everyone has been comparing Rinko Kikuchi with Faye Wong.
is because they all have a strength that cannot be defined and is not easy to compromise.
But Rinko Kikuchi is also unique.
is like Wu Yu in "We Can't Be Beasts", a free and unrestrained beast woman.
loves her as much as he hates her.
