American company finds Japanese director to film "Water Margin", Chinese netizens find it difficult to accept

Chinanews client, Beijing, November 13th (Yuan Xiuyue, Ren Siyu) After "Mulan" was remade into a live-action movie by Disney, will there be a foreign version of "Water Margin"?

According to foreign media reports, the American company Netflix will remake the classic Chinese classic "Water Margin". The film will be directed by Japanese director Nobuyuki Sato and written by "Deep Sea Catastrophe" screenwriter Matt Sand.

According to reports, the film will use futuristic interpretation of "Water Margin" and introduce "Water Margin" as "an epic action-adventure legend full of glory, romance and conspiracy. This story explores loyalty and leadership in a timely manner. And the issue of our social responsibility regardless of personal costs."

Sato Shinsuke is a Japanese director and screenwriter. He has filmed famous film and television works such as "Hourglass" and "Doggy Mind". In 2019, he directed the Chinese-Japanese co-produced film "The World of Kings", which was adapted from the original Taejiu's comic of the same name. With the background of the end of the Warring States Period in China, he told the story of an orphan with the dream of becoming a general and helped King Qin regain the throne. The film was shot in China.

"The World of Kings" has a very distinctive Japanese style. After it was released in April 2019, it quickly became the dark horse of the box office at the time, and finally won more than 5.73 billion yen in the box office. However, some netizens think that the plot logic is not rigorous, and the Douban score of the film is currently 6.4 points.

The "Water Margin" movie will also be the first major film shot by Sato Shinsuke for Netflix. From the introduction, this version of the "Water Margin" movie may take a very different look.

Previously, some netizens used the 2011 version of "Water Margin" as the prototype to start their minds and PS the Hollywood version of "Water Margin". Today, this idea of ​​internationalization is becoming a reality.

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Netflix is ​​a membership subscription streaming platform in the United States. It has previously produced "House of Cards" and "Women's Prison". On September 1, 2020, the copyright owners of the "Three-Body" trilogy, San-Body Universe and Youzu Group, and Netflix jointly announced that they have reached an agreement to jointly develop and produce the "Three-Body" English series. , The news once caused heated discussion.

After the news of the movie "Water Margin" came out, it quickly aroused the attention and discussion of netizens. However, many Chinese netizens do not seem to buy it. Some netizens at

said that this mashup sounds a bit weird. The TV series "Water Margin" is very classic. The Chinese classical culture was filmed by foreign directors. Can you make the original feel? Not very optimistic.

Source: Weibo comment screenshots

Some netizens also believe that everyone can shoot classical literature, "Journey to the West" and "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" have also been adapted from abroad, and China has also photographed the themes of famous works from other countries. Qiu Shen's appearance?

Some netizens expressed concern that some films that were adapted from classical literature before were "smashing into the street", hoping to respect Chinese history and culture and not adapt them randomly.

Some people also expressed their expectation that this futuristic version of "Water Margin" should be very different from the original, and the old and new cultures collide. It feels very interesting.

is even more curious for netizens that there are 108 heroes in "Water Margin". It is impossible to imagine that a movie can tell clearly. After all, every hero's story can be made in a movie alone.

So, what do you think of this version of "Water Margin"?

(Original title: Netflix asked a Japanese director to shoot "Water Margin" Chinese netizens are not calm)

(responsible editor: Li Si_NBJ11322)