Bipedalism, or 'two-footed walking', is the story of a painter who grew up in an orphanage and only years later learns the circumstances of his father's disappearance and death. Childhood memories bring the main character back to the past: he buys a house in the suburbs that used to belong to his family. In the basement, he finds his father's archives and scientific research documents on the hybridization of human race with related biological species. Studying the archive material, he unexpectedly finds evidence of efforts to renew the experiments on the remaining hybrid population. The painter then becomes a researcher, and consequently a victim. The basic idea of his father's research was to change, control and influence the process of human evolution - initially connected with eugenics theories of the period before World War II, and now being placed in a context of modern 'biotechnological' expectations by his former colleagues. The main character tries to recreate and realize his father's heritage, who was forced to cooperate with state terror organizations, using the results of his secret research. In a tragic manner, this information turns into the main character's reality, at first forcing him to reappraise his father's values and later driving him to madness.
(http://www.input2002.com/en/film/24418.html)。本片是为庆祝日本朝日电视台成立45周年的巨献,根据《爱新觉罗.溥杰传》改编,由龙居由佳里编写。
清朝最后的皇帝溥仪的弟弟溥杰(竹野内丰 饰),在辛亥革命推翻清王朝后,前往日本留学,并和樱井哲士少尉(反町隆史 饰)在军中成为莫逆之交。后在傀儡政权伪满洲国与日本的亲善政策之下,回到中国和日本名门贵族千金嵯峨浩(常盘贵子 饰)结婚,成为“日满亲善”的象徵。立场尴尬的溥杰与浩虽是政治婚姻,却真心相爱、彼此信任。1945年随著日本战败,伪满洲国政权瓦解。溥杰遭苏联逮捕,浩历经千辛万苦,带著女儿逃回日本。在中日断交的阻隔之下,两人从此被迫分离……
饱受命运捉弄的溥杰与浩,该如何跨越战争、国境与历史的试炼,证明彼此是此生唯一真爱?。