《里斯本丸沉没》：一场未被遗忘的历史
The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru: A History Not Forgotten
当一艘船沉入海底，当一个人成了谜
When a ship sinks to the bottom of the sea, when a person becomes a mystery.
中秋节那天，我去电影院看《里斯本丸沉没》，排片比较少，吃完中饭最近的一场是下午3点半，还是VIP厅。买票时发现还没有一个座位被预定，等我和家人进影厅时，仍然是空无一人，我们一家三口享受了一次VIP厅的包场待遇。
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, I went to see *The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru*. It had relatively few screenings, and the next one after lunch was not until 3:30 p.m., in a VIP auditorium. When I bought the tickets, not a single seat had been reserved. The auditorium was still empty when my family and I arrived, so the three of us had the entire VIP theater to ourselves.
看之前我没有做任何功课，只知道是部纪录片。但看完后，远超出了我的期望。从前半段开始，我便一直含着泪，一直到最后还在流泪。这部电影在我心中，已经毫无悬念是今年的最佳影片。
I had done no research beforehand and knew only that it was a documentary. It far exceeded my expectations. From the first half onward, I was constantly holding back tears, and I was still crying at the end. In my mind, it is unquestionably the best film I have seen this year.
这部电影最触动我的有三点：
Three things in the film moved me most:
1、方励导演的理想主义与坚持 方导在2014年韩寒拍《后会无期》时，一起去东极岛堪景时，偶然听渔民说到里斯本丸这艘船沉没的故事，一艘载有1816名英国战俘的日本运输船被美军鱼雷击中，在东极岛海域沉没，在这里牺牲了800名英国军人。
1. Director Fang Li's idealism and perseverance In 2014, while scouting locations on Dongji Island with Han Han for *The Continent*, Fang Li happened to hear local fishermen tell the story of the Lisbon Maru. The Japanese transport ship, carrying 1,816 British prisoners of war, was struck by an American torpedo and sank in the waters near the island. Eight hundred British servicemen died there.
现在才知道《后会无期》这首歌里的这句歌词“当一艘船沉入海底，当一个人成了谜”，说的就是里斯本丸。
Only now did I learn that the lyric “When a ship sinks to the bottom of the sea, when a person becomes a mystery” from the song *The Continent* refers to the Lisbon Maru.
方导花了10年时间，辗转英国、加拿大、日本、美国等国家进行调研，收集了大量一手资料，最终把这个早已被遗忘的历史故事重现于银幕。
Fang spent ten years conducting research across the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, the United States, and other countries. He gathered a large body of first-hand material and ultimately brought this long-forgotten history back to the screen.
为了这部电影，他掏空了积蓄，卖了三套房。尽管目前电影的上座率和票房都不理想，但不妨碍这是一部非常有价值的电影。方导说这是他一生中做过的最重要的事。
He exhausted his savings and sold three homes to make the film. Although attendance and box-office results have so far been disappointing, none of that diminishes the film's immense value. Fang has said that it is the most important thing he has done in his life.
2、战争没有赢家。 影片中，导演采访各方代表，无论是日方还是美方，大家都表示当事人只是服从命令，或是按照规则行动。也正是在这种状态下，每个人都看似只是做自己该做的事，但却酿成了巨大的灾难。
2. No one wins a war. In the film, the director interviews representatives from the different sides. Whether Japanese or American, they say that those involved were merely following orders or acting according to established rules. In that situation, everyone appeared simply to be doing what they were supposed to do, yet together they caused an immense tragedy.
战争剥夺了人的自由意志，变成了没有选择权、冷漠无情的工具。这些战争的参与者，余生也都在自责或是悲伤中度过。
War strips people of free will and turns them into cold, unfeeling instruments with no power to choose. Those who took part in the conflict also spent the rest of their lives carrying guilt or grief.
3、战争的残酷体现在个体的命运中 战场上，士兵或许只是一个数字或是无名的面孔，但对于他们的家人而言，是儿子、是丈夫、是父亲、是兄弟，是一个个无比重要的鲜活生命，是无法替代的存在。
3. The cruelty of war is revealed in individual lives. On a battlefield, a soldier may be only a number or a nameless face. To his family, however, he is a son, a husband, a father, or a brother—a living person of immeasurable importance who can never be replaced.
看到影片中一封封信、一张张老照片，以及家属们的悲伤神情，都让你感觉到这是无数家庭一生都无法抹平的伤痛。
The letters, old photographs, and grief on the faces of family members in the film make you feel the pain that countless families carried throughout their lives and could never erase.
好的电影如果能让人从中思考战争的意义与人性的脆弱，那它的价值就超越了任何商业成功。
If a good film can make people reflect on the meaning of war and the fragility of humanity, its value surpasses any measure of commercial success.
最后还是推荐大家去影院实际感受这部令人深思的电影。
Finally, I still recommend seeing this thought-provoking film in a cinema and experiencing it for yourself.