¡Kofukuro no Chi (Japanese Title)
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[Machine Translation] This animation masterpiece has swept film festivals around the world and continues to be a first in Taiwanese film history. Set on Koufuku-ro, a street in the suburbs of Taipei, the film depicts the main character Chi and the people living in the downtown area with a simple, warm touch and elaborate, fantastical images. The film, which was born out of nowhere in Taiwan, won the Grand Prix at the Tokyo Animation Awards Festival 2018 and has since gone on to win awards at international film festivals around the world, and was even selected as one of the 25 Best Animated Feature Films for the 2019 Academy Awards . Director Shin-Yin Song, who has a career in live-action films, chose to adapt this semi-autobiographical story into a film by using animation, a technique he had no experience with, in order to translate the cruelty and pain of growing up into a warm nostalgic story. He worked hard to raise funds on his own, and eventually established his own animation studio. After overcoming several crises and four years in the making, the film surprised Japanese animators and animation fans with its high quality and rich storytelling, and has been acclaimed as "our story" by audiences from different cultures around the world. --Chi is living in the U.S. when he receives a call that his grandmother in Taiwan has passed away. When she returns to her hometown for the first time in many years, she finds that Happiness Road in the suburbs of Taipei is very different from what she remembers. The canals have been improved, and skyscrapers stand in the distance. When he meets his classmates, they don't recognize Qi. Has he changed so much? Qi begins to trace his memories. When she was a little girl with a love of fantasy, every day was an adventure. She became best friends with the blonde-haired, blue-eyed Chan Betty, and studied for entrance exams with her parents' expectations on her shoulders. He spent his days in the student movement, and after graduating from university, he was busy working as a reporter. Then came the parting of friends. Tired of reality, Qi moved to the U.S., relying on his cousin Wen. She married Tony, whom she met there, and promised her parents that she would be happy in America, but.... Now, away from her husband, Qi is on a happy road and needs her grandmother's help just as she did in the past. In fact, Qi is at a major crossroads in her life, and she makes a decision in Happiness Road...
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