"I really like TV dramas and wanted to be a screenwriter, so I wrote a script and applied for it, and won the award. But people from the TV station told me that it was impossible for a housewife living in the country to want to be a screenwriter. I I’m very angry. This is unreasonable. Then I will write a novel that you will never be able to adapt into a TV series. This is "Confession". When Japan's "Mystery Queen" Kanae came to China for the first time, her appearance at the Shanghai Book Fair attracted many mystery fans. . Recalling the birth of the famous work "Confession", Minato Kanae's frankness made the readers burst into laughter.
"Confession", which was written for "impossible adaptation", was later adapted into a film of the same name starring Japanese actress Takako Matsu, who is familiar to Chinese audiences, and won the 34th Japan Film Academy Award for Best Work and Best Director. , Best Screenplay and Best Editing, it also introduced many Chinese audiences to the original author Kanae Minato.
The person who talked with Kanae Minato at this sharing session was Chinese mystery writer Zijin Chen. Three hit dramas "The Hidden Corner", "Undocumented Crime" and "The Silent Truth" adapted from his novels made Zijin Chen famous. During the conversation, he was equally frank: "I wrote for film and television. I will consider how to adapt it and what kind of plot can be visualized - it is too tight to just write a book." It also caused laughter from the readers at the scene. .
Minato Kanae talks to Zijin Chen
Minato Kanae, who was born in 1973, worked as a teacher and later became a full-time housewife, using her evening breaks to write. In 2007, he won the Novel Mystery Newcomer Award for a short story he wrote within two weeks, and emerged in the literary world. In 2008, his masterpiece "Confession" was published, causing a huge sensation. Since then, she has successively won important awards such as the Japan Mystery Writers Association Award, the Yamamoto Ishirō Award, and the Japan Bookstore Award. Many of her novels have been adapted into film and television works.
"At that time, I just spent a lot of money to buy a laptop computer. In order to make the most expensive appliance in my hand pay for itself, I decided to use it to write some novels to participate in the literary award, and maybe earn some bonuses." Kanae Minato smiled. This time, she came to Shanghai with "Atonement". "Because "Confession" is so popular, the publisher suggested that we should use a two-character Chinese character title." When it comes to the origin of this work, it is still a straightforward route.
Zijin Chen said that if he were asked to write the story "Atonement", he would not be able to write it at all. "'Atonement' is a story created using multiple perspectives. How to piece together a story using different character perspectives and how to switch freely so that readers can better understand the different personalities of the characters behind the different perspectives is quite difficult writing." However, in Zijinchen's view, the most special thing about "Atonement" is not the multi-perspective writing mode, but the analysis of human nature.
"The starting point of my creation is often not a story idea, but starting from a certain emotion or psychology of the character, and polishing it bit by bit into a story." Kanae Minato responded, "When I came to Shanghai this time, I In the picture above, I see an art installation in the east hall - 'Water Drop', with ripples rising from the center. I feel that this is the state of my writing. "
Although mystery novels mostly present dark and criminal content, mystery novels are full of dark and criminal content. The author is a sunny and optimistic person in life. "When readers meet me, they often say that they didn't expect you to be such a cheerful and lively person. When I met Mr. Zijin Chen for the first time, he said, 'When I read your works, I felt that you must be a very cheerful person. People'. I thought at that time, he is worthy of being a writer of suspense, and his point of view is exquisite," said Kanae Minato.
"Maybe it's the writer's intuition. When I read "Confession", I felt that the author was definitely a very sunny and chatty person. After reading Keigo Higashino's books, I felt that Higashino must be a humorous and funny person in life. . I just checked with Teacher Minato (Kanae) and she said that this is indeed the case," Zijin Chen said.
"Teacher Higashino (Keigo) is not only very humorous, but also a sportsman." Kanae Minato added.
Kanae Minato signs for readers
