LOVE SUPREME
Dialogue with Xi Jinping
From the creator of Philosopher King: Lee Teng-hui's Dialogue comes a new project:
LOVE SUPREME
Dialogue with Xi Jinping
The principle by which an Emperor of an Atheistic State seeks to dominate and ruin all of humanity, and the struggle of a filmmaker who refuses to submit to it.
"...From Emperor to God?
What immense presumption."
・・・皇帝の次は神ですか?
思い上がりもいいところだ
"I am the New God. Utilizing the philosophy of Communism
to achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, I am the new deity of humanity."
私は新しい神。
共産主義思想を使って
中華民族の偉大なる復興を行う
人類の新たな神なのだ
Our Mission
Our mission is to use the power of filmmaking to issue a definitive "No" to the reign of terror of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—a regime often called the return of Nazism.
We must not allow the future of humanity to be dictated by the will of the CCP's dictator.
A nation where human freedom is denied, and thought and action are entirely controlled by the state, exists today. That is China: a country monitored by 700 million surveillance cameras, yet where crimes like the kidnapping of ordinary citizens are ignored. Conversely, brainwashing education for children is rampant, and the freedom to learn is being systematically destroyed.
Forced labor and concentration camps are openly practiced, pushing the Uyghurs and Tibetans toward ethnic annihilation. Hong Kong has completely lost its freedom. And Taiwan, which is not part of China's territory, faces a growing possibility of suffering the same fate.
We are convinced that, as people living in this era, we have an obligation to fight the CCP's reign of terror.
Key Person
Xi Jinping
中華人民共和国 現皇帝
習近平
Born in Beijing in 1953.
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1966: During his time at Beijing Bayi School (Junior High), his father, Xi Zhongxun, was persecuted. Xi Jinping himself was imprisoned as a "counter-revolutionary student."
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1969: Sent down (∗xiafang∗) to Yan'an City, Yanchuan County, Shaanxi Province.
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1975: Enrolled without examination in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Tsinghua University during the Cultural Revolution era.
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Post-Graduation: Served as secretary to Geng Biao, then a standing member of the Central Military Commission.
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Subsequently served in various posts in: Zhengding County, Hebei Province; Xiamen, Fujian Province; and Zhejiang Province.
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2007: Became the top official in Shanghai, followed by his appointment as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee.
• • 2012: Appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of China.
Director/監督
HIDETO SONODA
園田映人
Born in Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Prefecture, in 1970, and raised in Ina Town, Saitama Prefecture.
After graduating from Waseda University's School of Letters, Arts and Sciences (Department of Philosophy), the filmmaker established his production company REICIEL STUDIO Inc..
While producing over 400 corporate videos and TV commercials, he has simultaneously focused on the creation of narrative feature films. All of the filmmaker's works to date have centered on the theme of Love, and recent projects, including Philosopher King and the current film LOVE SUPREME, specifically explore the intertwining themes of Love and Faith.
"My ideology has already been published in Japan."
"They are stopping English education and now teach the Xi Jinping Thought in compulsory education."
"That's rubbish. That's no ideology at all."
"...You don't have the depth to even talk about ideology."
あんなのはダメです。思想と呼べるものではない。・・・あなたは思想が語れるほどの人ではない
思想だな。それならすでに
日本でも出版している。
英語教育をやめさせて今や
義務教育で習近平思想
を教えている」。
Outline
Cast and Crew
Arakami, an animation director who was unjustly detained and imprisoned, is suddenly granted bail. His release comes with a catch: he must now create a film praising China's Xi Jinping.
Seeking to avoid public scrutiny, Arakami retreats to the Japanese countryside to focus on the screenplay. There, in his mental world, he begins a dialogue with the "Emperor," the spiritual embodiment of Xi Jinping.
As Arakami listens to the Emperor recount Xi Jinping’s life story and the history of the Communist Party, he starts to reflect on his own life. He realizes that what truly ruined his life was the "fear" that had unconsciously taken root within him, and that this very fear is the Emperor's most potent weapon.
The Emperor then speaks candidly about the hope and subsequent despair he experienced during the Cultural Revolution and the Tiananmen Square Massacre, revealing the emotional truth beneath Xi Jinping's public persona. Gradually, the dialogue between the animation director, who has lost everything, and the "Devil" who proclaims himself the World Emperor escalates into a fierce ideological debate.
Cast
Aerkey Heat / Michio Iida / Mutuki Bando / Misuzu Matsumoto / Maika Kaneko / Airi Sato / and others
Crew
Director and screenwriter: Hideto Sonoda
Producers: Hideto Sonoda / Yuta Suzuki / Reiko Sonoda
Music: Naoyuki Tabata
Cinematography: Raiki Hashida
CG: Riki Han-ya
Animation: Taka-aki Ishiyama
Sound: Shoichiro Takeuchi
Hair & Makeup/Costume: Natsuko Iwahashi
Art Director: Miyu Shiokawa
