Sun Flower 葵花劫
Chinese title (trad.):
葵花劫
Chinese title (simpl.):
葵花劫
Russian title:
Подсолнух
Other titles:
The Last Sunflower
Release year:
2000
Country:
China
Genre:
drama
Language:
mandarin
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Description:
In 1944, at a lonely railway stop in northeast China, there lived only three people: the stationmaster, his wife, and a switchman named Da Cui. They were forced to work for the Japanese.
One day, the train brought a wounded Japanese captain, Kotaro, along with his young groom and a Chinese orphan with a braid.
For some unknown reason, this Japanese officer was fond of growing sunflowers. Around the stop he planted whole hillsides of sunflowers, tending and cultivating them with great care.
To show that he was a Japanese hero, he forced the sturdy Da Cui to duel with him. Show more On a hint from the stationmaster, Da Cui deliberately lost to Kotaro, but Kotaro noticed, felt humiliated, and shot and wounded Da Cui. Da Cui swore to kill the Japanese with his own hands.
The young groom accidentally brushed Kotaro's musical instrument with his braid, so Kotaro cut off the braid that represented his family bloodline. Hatred enraged the boy, and while bathing Kotaro he tried to scald him to death with boiling water.
On a day when the sunflowers were in full bloom, Kotaro went mad and slashed at them with a knife. The stationmaster's wife happened to see this and stepped in to reason with him, but nearly fell victim to his assault. She struggled desperately and escaped. The honest, mild-mannered stationmaster was enraged; he grabbed a kitchen knife and ran toward the Japanese man's quarters…
In autumn, the only Japanese soldier at the stop died in his bathtub. The Japanese military police sent men to investigate the cause of death. During interrogation, it was determined that, longing for a peaceful and quiet life and despairing of reality, he had taken his own life.
To cover up the disgraceful truth, the military police used torture, intimidation, forced confessions, and enticement to make these four Chinese admit to murder, pushing them to the brink of death.
Only half a century later did the military police captain who had interrogated these four repent for the crimes he had committed in China.
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2 m.
Aged 46 years
1 m.
Ogata Naoto
78 m.
Aged 53 years
64 m.
125 m.
Aged 30 years
3 m.
Zhang Hui-Ke
2 m.
Aged 46 years
1 m.
Ogata Naoto
78 m.
Aged 53 years
64 m.
125 m.
Aged 30 years
3 m.
Zhang Hui-Ke
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