《古都》这部影片是日本名演员山口百惠告别影坛的纪念作品,也是她从事电影事业以来第十七部作品。同名原作是日本著名新感觉派代表作家川端康成(1899—1972)的名作。川端的作品向以耽于纯文学著称,风格独特,状物则刻意描写日本山川的秀丽、优美;抒情则精雕人物性格,工笔刻划人物心灵之美。文思绮丽,语言凝练,被誉为“日本现代抒情的典范”,对当代日本文学界影响很大。他于1968年获得诺贝尔文学奖,1972年逝世。到现在为止,《古都》已是第三次搬上银幕,在此之前,不同的编剧、导演、演员已经摄制过两部。影片忠实于原作,由山口百惠一身兼饰孪生姐妹。本文译自日本《电影旬报》1980年12月上旬号。 “Ancient Capital” This film is a famous Japanese actress Pass Yamaguchi goodbye film memorial work, but also in her career since the movie seventeenth works. The original work of the same name is a masterpiece of Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972), a famous Japanese writer of new sense of feeling. Kawabata’s works are famous for his indulgence in pure literature, his style is unique, and the objects are purposely depicting the beauty and beauty of the Japanese mountains and rivers. His lyricism is an excellent example of a person’s character and his works portray the beauty of the characters’ minds. Wen Si beautiful, concise language, known as the “model of Japan’s modern lyricism,” a great influence on contemporary Japanese literature. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968 and died in 1972. Until now, the “ancient capital” has been on the screen for the third time, before that, different writers, directors and actors have filmed two. The film is faithful to the original, from Yamaguchi Momoe twins and sisters. This article is translated from Japan, “Film Newspaper” in early December 1980 number.