"Ah, Wild Wheat Ridge", an old film reflecting the tragic working experience of Japanese women at the beginning of the last century

In the 1980s, China introduced some Japanese films, such as "The Hunt", "The Call of the Distant Mountain", "Ah, Wild Rice Ridge " and so on.

"Ah, Wild Wheat Ridge" director Yamamoto Saf, starring famous Japanese actresses Otake Shinobi , Harada Mieko and so on. The

film tells the tragic experience of a group of young women working at the factory in Okaya, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

The film was released in Japan on June 9, 1979.

Alright, let's take a look back at this Japanese movie.

The story took place in Japan in February 1903. More than 100 young girls crossed the Yema Ridge from Hida together to work at the Shanan Adachi Factory.

Three years later, A Feng (played by Otake Shinobi) became a female worker who can operate alone, and A Xue (played by Harada Mieko) was also called an excellent female worker.

Ah Shi and Ah Hua were divided into a group with poor grades. One day, Ah Shi committed suicide after being insulted.

The New Year is approaching, Axue is homeless, and she feels lonely, so she considers the boss's son Haruo (played by Koji Mori) to rely on him.

One day, the factory's treasury was stolen, and the boss Fujiyoshi suspected that it was the accountant Shinji. When Aju, a female worker who liked Shinji, learned about the situation, she asked the manager Kuroki to intercede. Kuroki took the opportunity to take possession of Ah Ju. chrysanthemum. Aju sets fire to the hut, and commits suicide by throwing herself into the river with Xinji, staged a tragic love tragedy.

The guy who stole the vault is actually Haruo.

Ah Hua falls in love with the manager's agent Yinsong. Yinsong is a good person. He sympathizes with the poor living environment of the female workers and helps them secretly.

Axue became pregnant after living together with Haruo, who was engaged to the daughter of a bank boss. A Xue decides to go back to her own home to have a baby, but unfortunately miscarries while turning over the cross-country wheat ridge.

Because the environment is not conducive to the factory, the factory forces female workers to work intensively in order to make profits.

A Feng, a female worker, contracted tuberculosis due to overwork, and was fired from the factory. In desperation, her brother had to carry her home, and the poor A Feng died miserably while crossing the Wild Wheat Ridge.

"Ah, Wild Wheat Ridge" is a film that reflects the tragic work experience of Japanese women at the beginning of the last century. The film is based on Shigeru Yamamoto's novel of the same name published in 1968, set in the Meiji period of Japan.

For the filming of this film, the equipment and props in the factory have to be re-imitation, so the production cost is as high as 700 million yen.

"Ah, Wild Wheat Ridge" vividly shows the story of young people in Changshou County, Japan, who worked tirelessly and went out to work to support their families.

The film tells the story of Japan's Meiji period, but the ideas of female workers are in common with the ideas of Japanese youth after World War II . The actors performed delicately and realistically, interpreting the roles well.

From this film, we can also experience the idea of ​​Japan's trade as a nation.

Shortly after the broadcast of "Ah, Wild Wheat Ridge", a Japanese TV series " Ashin " was introduced to my country for broadcast. , but also from a poor family. But there is always hope ahead of her, and "Ah, Wild Wheat Ridge"” film, the most sad thing for the female workers is not only their tragic experience, but also that they can’t see the hope of the future at all, which makes the audience look very heavy.