2018年CRI Japanese Film Shoplifters premieres in China,Li Jian joins promotion

 

Chinese pop singer Li Jian contributed his voice to a promotional song "Hometown" for this year's surprise Cannes Palme d'Or winner, Japanese film Shoplifters, which has recently premiered in China.

The singer explains the melody of the song actually came from a classic Japanese ballad¹.

Earlier, as Shoplifters was screened at the just-concluded Shanghai International Film Festival, tickets sold out within 30 seconds after being made availaible online.

Shoplifters focuses on a loving, unconventional family making ends meet on the margins² of Tokyo.

1 ballad   

n.歌谣，民谣，流行爱情歌曲

参考例句：

• This poem has the distinctive flavour of a ballad.这首诗有民歌风味。
• This is a romantic ballad that is pure corn.这是一首极为伤感的浪漫小曲。

2 margins   

边( margin的名词复数 )； 利润； 页边空白； 差数

参考例句：

• They have always had to make do with relatively small profit margins. 他们不得不经常设法应付较少的利润额。
• To create more space between the navigation items, add left and right margins to the links. 在每个项目间留更多的空隙，加左或者右的margins来定义链接。