Chapter 84 The Ceremony Begins

Nanaya didn't dare to give any answer to Illya's question. Who knows if this girl is trying to trap him or not.

"Hey, that big sister is so beautiful! She looks so young."

"No matter how young you are, you can never be better than Illya."

"This big sister looks so good~"

"Don't worry, she's not as pretty as Illya."

"Ah, this one looks really tall."

"..."

Nanaya always felt that he seemed to have repeated this scene somewhere before, as if it had happened recently.

"Hmm... Onii-chan, you're so boring." Not getting the response she wanted, Illya pouted and started to act coquettishly towards Nanaya.

"It will be interesting when the award ceremony starts later."

At this moment, Nanaya was completely in a state of meditation like an old monk. He looked at his nose with his eyes, looked at his mouth with his nose, and looked at his heart with his mouth. He had a clear conscience. Anyway, no matter what Illya said, he was determined to flatter Illya. This was the safest routine.

"Ah, this one is really beautiful, many times prettier than Illya."

At this time, Illya once again pulled Nanaya's arm and praised a guest in a coquettish voice.

"No matter how beautiful she is, that voluptuous bitch can't compare to you, Illya..."

"Senior, what do you mean by me being seductive?"

Ori's cold voice made Nanaya's heart sink. He turned around and found that Ori and several other crew members of "Kara no Kyoukai" were looking at him, while Illya smiled as if she had succeeded in playing a prank.

Shonan, who was hiding behind Ori, gave Nanaya a thumbs up.

"Kiryu-san, yours is really awesome~?"

At this moment, Nanaya hated himself very much for being able to understand Xiangnan's eyes.

"Hey, Senior. Could you please repeat what you just said?"

Ori slowly stretched out his white right hand, but in Nanaya's eyes, this hand that had practiced Bajiquan with Master Li was comparable to Mei Chaofeng's Nine Yin White Bone Claw.

"I...I...please give me a quick death, thank you." Knowing that he was doomed, Nanaya surrendered to Ori directly.

"I'll help you."

"Aa ...

A man's scream came from the guest seats. The sound of ghosts howling sounded like someone was in excruciating pain.

"What's going on? Why did that new director suddenly yell for no reason?"

A reporter asked his companion while chewing gum, he felt that this would be big news.

The senior took one look and sneered, "Tsk, he must have been caught cheating by that actress."

"It's what he deserves. He already has Miss Ori, but he's still flirting with other women. This scum should just die. How should we write the report? "New director caught cheating by girlfriend at Oscars ceremony, new lover suspected to be elementary school student"? "

This reporter was obviously a fan of Ryougi Ori, and he was both gnashing his teeth and gloating over what happened to Nanaya.

"No, do you know who that is?! She's the eldest daughter of the Ryutani family. You're asking for death if you write her name!" The experienced old reporter knew very well what could be written and what could not be written.

"What should we do?"

The old reporter rolled his eyes and immediately came up with an idea: "Well, let's say 'A new director and his muse have a trust crisis, and a third party is suspected of interfering'. Don't mention the matter of the silver-haired lady, just say that Kiryu Nanaya and Ryogi Ori's relationship broke down."

"You are a senior after all, just do it!"

Not only this junior, but also the reporters from other media nearby nodded. They all agreed to release similar news.

The next day, of course, Nanaya was furious about the gossip in the newspaper, but that's another story.

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Although the fairness of the Japanese Oscars is very questionable, the judges are only biased towards the films of the Big Five. Among the films of the same Big Five, these judges will of course prefer academic films in awards.

But considering the live broadcast ratings, the bias of the Oscar judges, at least in terms of nominations, is not that serious.

"Kara no Kyoukai" received quite a few nominations, a total of 7.

Nanaya Kiryu, nominated for Best Director;

"Kara no Kyoukai", nominated for Best Picture;

Ryougi Ori, nominated for Best Actress;

Junya Ota, nominated for Best Original Score;

Nanaya Kiryu, nominated for Best Editing;

Shonan Rantaro, nominated for Best Cinematography;

Nanaya Kiryu, nominated for Best Art Direction.

However, despite so many nominations, Nanaya and the crew members of "Kara no Kyoukai" are very clear that they are just here to watch the fun today, and they will definitely not get a chance for the grand prize. As for those smaller prizes, there might be a glimmer of hope.

After all, under the premise of dividing the cake, it is impossible for "Kara no Kyoukai" to go home empty-handed.

After all, these art films and commercial films are the key to attracting ratings. The reason why those audiences watch the Japanese and Olympic awards ceremony is because they want to see their favorite movies win awards.

Most of the movies that these audiences like are commercial films, so getting those box office hits nominated is the best way to attract popularity.

NHK, the broadcaster of the Japanese Oscars, is also well aware of this.

So since the live broadcast began, the camera lens has been constantly passing over the crews of "Snow Crisis" and "Kara no Kyoukai" in order to retain the audience.

This was actually Nanaya's first appearance in public, and everyone had a good impression of this young director who was not very handsome but looked very friendly.

The only thing that made everyone feel strange was that this young director kept gasping for air for some reason, as if something had stung him.

"Your Highness Ori, you're too harsh, I hiss——"

Nanaya took another breath before he could finish his words. He now only felt waves of pain in his waist and thighs, and all other senses seemed to be paralyzed.

Fortunately, he basically had no chance to go on stage to receive the award later, otherwise it would have been a very exciting scene if he had limped up to the podium. It was probably because Ori had this in mind that he was so heavy-handed.

Ori directly spat: "You deserve it!"

Because the camera would pass by from time to time, Ori didn't dare to attack Nanaya again, but not being able to take action doesn't mean he can't use his mouth, right?

However, although the organizers have a special preference for these commercial films that can be called the God of Wealth, they also give them a lot of screen time.

But that's where it ends.

This kind of care will not be reflected in subsequent awards.

It was almost unsurprising that Kara no Kyoukai was only a runner-up in both the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress nominations.

The winner of the Best Actress award was Sayuri Yoshinaga, who starred in "Nagasaki Ramble". She played the famous geisha Aihachi, who was admired by everyone, and left a deep impression on all the audiences.

This actress, who was born in 1945, can be said to be the goddess in the hearts of a generation of Japanese people and an evergreen in the Japanese film industry.

"Honestly, you can't tell that Yoshinaga-san is over 55. She still looks like she's in her 30s or 40s."

Ori sighed in between applause, saying that as someone who grew up watching Sayuri Yoshinaga's videos, he didn't feel ashamed at all about losing to his idol.

"Yeah, an old monster."

Nanaya curled his lips. He remembered that this elder sister played Murasaki Shikibu in "A Thousand Years of Love: The Tale of Genji" this year.

"Senior!"

"Ouch!"

Ori started to move again.

The Best Supporting Actress award was presented to Mieko Harada to encourage her performance in "The Rain Stops".

As for "Brother", which was originally highly regarded in other academic film awards, not only did it not even receive a nomination for Best Actress at the Japanese Oscars, but it was only a runner-up in other acting award nominations.

As for the reason, although Shochiku is one of the production companies of this film, the distribution company and project leader are Tokyo Theater Films of Japan.

Nanaya felt that it was a good thing that Shochiku intervened, otherwise this movie might not even have been nominated.

"It looks like the big winner this year will be 'The Rain Stopped'."

Although the award ceremony had not yet ended, Nanaya already had a premonition in his heart.

After all, with Kurosawa's reputation and Lin Bao standing behind him, Nanaya really couldn't find any reason why this movie shouldn't win an award.

At this time, the performance awards have been presented and the technical awards have been announced.

I have to say that although the Japanese Oscars are indeed quite unfair in terms of awarding the prizes, they did put a lot of thought into the production of the award ceremony.

The MC of the award ceremony was a senior comedian from Yoshimoto. He was humorous and never dulled the audience. Even though most people had guessed who would win the award, this uncle was still able to firmly grasp everyone's attention with his excellent MC skills.

"Nanaya-san, how many technical awards do you think we can win?"

Tamari asked nervously. This guy asked this question not because he was sure of winning these awards, but because he was worried that "The Kara no Kyoukai" would end up with nothing.

"It's hard to say. Anyway, we definitely won't win the two most important awards, Best Director and Best Film." Nanaya thought for a while and replied, "Best Cinematography, the most important technical award, probably won't win us either."

"I think the two visual awards, lighting and art direction, are the most likely, but I can't say which one it will be."

When saying this, Nanaya was not very confident. After all, although these two awards were not very important, the competitor he faced was "The Rain Stopped".

Nanaya's art design style in "Kara no Kyoukai" is more popular among the general public, and it is hard to say whether it can meet the aesthetic tastes of those old academicians.

"As for the Best Original Score award..."

Nanaya glanced at ZUN beside him and spoke hesitantly.

"It's nothing, Kiryu." ZUN was very open-minded. "I'm a doujin music producer, I'm very happy to be nominated. As for the awards, I know what I want."

Not to mention the film industry, even the traditional animation industry discriminates against fan circles these days, viewing them as copyright thieves.

No matter how you think about it, the film awards will not give the award to ZUN. In fact, ZUN's nomination has made the fan community cheer.

However, sometimes reality is just so incredible.

The presenter took out an envelope containing the list of best music award winners. After he opened the envelope and saw the names on it, he was slightly stunned. Then he smiled and said something to everyone present and the audience in front of the TV.

"Best Music, Junya Ota, Kara no Kyoukai."