首映30週年後 宮崎駿動畫電影《龍貓》在中國公映

Japanese animation classic My Neighbour Totoro is finally being screened in Chinese cinemas, 30 years after it was first released.

在首映30年後，日本經典動畫《龍貓》於日前終於在中國影院上映了。

The film, by Studio Ghibli and famed director Hayao Miyazaki, follows the story of two sisters who encounter Totoro and other forest creatures.

這部由吉卜力工作室製作、著名導演宮崎駿執導的電影，講述了兩姐妹遇到龍貓和其他森林生物的故事。

Despite the movie's cult following, it has never been publicly shown in China.

儘管這部電影擁有狂熱的追隨者，但它從未在中國公開上映過。

But many Chinese viewers have already caught it on DVDs or pirated downloads while growing up.

但是許多中國觀衆從小就通過DVD或盜版下載看過這部電影了。

The movie is the first Studio Ghibli movie to ever be released in China, which has a strict quota on the number of foreign films.

這部電影是第一部在中國發行的吉卜力工作室的電影，中國對外國電影放映的數量有嚴格的限制。

"For China, film will always take a back seat to politics," Stanley Rosen, director at the East Asian Studies Center at the University of Southern California told the BBC, explaining that whether a Japanese film makes it to China often depended on the state of the political relationship.

南加州大學東亞研究中心主任斯坦利·羅森向BBC透露：“對於中國來說，電影永遠位於政治之後。”他解釋稱，日本電影是否能在中國製作，往往取決於政治關係的狀況。

"Right now that relationship has improved significantly and there is a lot of movement on Sino-Japanese co-productions, including in anime."

“現在兩國關係已經有了很大的改善，中日聯合制作的動作也很頻繁，包括在動漫方面。”