今村昌平：追尋未歸還的士兵（馬來篇）(M+ Cinema Programmes)

'Celebrated film director Shohei Imamura made several path-breaking but rarely shown documentaries in a mid-career detour from 1967–1975. In two works originally made for Japanese television, Imamura travelled first to Malaysia and then to Thailand to investigate the lives and experiences of Japanese soldiers who, during World War II, chose to desert military service and remain in Southeast Asia. In Malaysia, Imamura follows one false lead after another as he tries to locate unreturned Japanese soldiers who had given up the culture of their home country to integrate with Malaysian society. Through these circumlocutions through the complexities of post-war Malaysia, Imamura examines the conduct of the Japanese military in Southeast Asia, particularly during the 1942 Sook Ching massacre. He eventually tracks down A-Kim, a former soldier who has converted to Islam and lives in a Malaysian community. In conversations with Imamura, Kim describes the strange pact he has made with his country of birth. 名導今村昌平在1967至1975年的職業生涯中期，曾製作過幾部深具開創性卻鮮少放映的紀錄片。在兩部原本為日本電視台製作的影片中，今村昌平先後到訪馬來西亞和泰國，探尋二戰期間選擇逃離軍隊並留在東南亞的日本士兵，了解他們的生活和經歷。在馬來西亞，他追尋着一個又一個的線索，企圖找出已經摒棄出生地文化、融入馬來西亞社會的士兵。 藉着對馬來西亞戰後複雜環境的迂迴探索，今村昌平得以審視日軍在東南亞的行徑，尤其是1942年的肅清大屠殺。他終於找到阿金，一個已皈依伊斯蘭教並在馬來西亞生活的前軍人。兩人談話間，阿金訴說了他和日本之間達成的奇怪契約。