本片由日本松竹电影公司于1979年拍摄，原著取自埃勒里·奎因的小说《灾难之城/凶镇》，侦探的名字也从埃勒里·奎因更名为罗伯特。 　　不过情节依然忠实于原著，并获得了当年日本学院奖和电影旬报奖（都是女配角奖，获奖者为小川真由美），该片首映时，丹奈（奎因两兄弟之一）还专程赶到日本出席仪式

本片由日本松竹电影公司于1979年拍摄，原著取自埃勒里·奎因的小说《灾难之城/凶镇》，侦探的名字也从埃勒里·奎因更名为罗伯特。 　　不过情节依然忠实于原著，并获得了当年日本学院奖和电影旬报奖（都是女配角奖，获奖者为小川真由美），该片首映时，丹奈（奎因两兄弟之一）还专程赶到日本出席仪式

"A PhD Candidate" is a film about a Chinese PhD student living in America. He is sponsored by Chinese government. The government pays him some money every month for living expenses. In exchange he has to return to China right after graduation. After coming here, he found he still lives in a small circle of Chinese people isolated from the American society. His professor and peers are also from China. The environment makes him doesn’t have many chances to communicate with American people. And most importantly, he doesn’t think it is necessary to get integrated with the American social life. Since he knows he will not stay in here. He feels it is more comfortable to live in a closed environment. 　　The above is what interested me at the beginning. I intended to make this film of his life to see how this unusual identity influenced him. Along with the process of filming, I realized I was involving in a new form of transnational academic life. In American academia today there are many Chinese PhDs . The full scholarship or funding provided by Chinese government covered their tuition and living expenses. A PhD for them is more like a job, rather than studying. Also their relation with professors is similar to a kind of employment. So the film is not only about the identity of a foreigner, but also about a kind of academic labor outsourcing. Through watching the film the audience may find how it is like in the lower level of the academic pyramid.

南头古城，遥远的星火和现在的尘烟幽默碰撞。 　　城中村小诊所里，一个焦虑的男人和一个忧伤的男人在打点滴，从陌生人的简单关切中，建立起临时的友谊。 　　焦虑男人还要输一整瓶，忧伤男人的吊水即将结束。突然，焦虑男人遇到紧急的事要去处理，古城里，两个人举着吊瓶游走……

南头古城，遥远的星火和现在的尘烟幽默碰撞。 　　城中村小诊所里，一个焦虑的男人和一个忧伤的男人在打点滴，从陌生人的简单关切中，建立起临时的友谊。 　　焦虑男人还要输一整瓶，忧伤男人的吊水即将结束。突然，焦虑男人遇到紧急的事要去处理，古城里，两个人举着吊瓶游走……

"A PhD Candidate" is a film about a Chinese PhD student living in America. He is sponsored by Chinese government. The government pays him some money every month for living expenses. In exchange he has to return to China right after graduation. After coming here, he found he still lives in a small circle of Chinese people isolated from the American society. His professor and peers are also from China. The environment makes him doesn’t have many chances to communicate with American people. And most importantly, he doesn’t think it is necessary to get integrated with the American social life. Since he knows he will not stay in here. He feels it is more comfortable to live in a closed environment. 　　The above is what interested me at the beginning. I intended to make this film of his life to see how this unusual identity influenced him. Along with the process of filming, I realized I was involving in a new form of transnational academic life. In American academia today there are many Chinese PhDs . The full scholarship or funding provided by Chinese government covered their tuition and living expenses. A PhD for them is more like a job, rather than studying. Also their relation with professors is similar to a kind of employment. So the film is not only about the identity of a foreigner, but also about a kind of academic labor outsourcing. Through watching the film the audience may find how it is like in the lower level of the academic pyramid.

仓田英之的轻小说‘R.O.D READ OR DIE YOMIKO READMAN \"THE PAPER\"’为原作。描写“操纸术”能自在操纵纸的能力的秘密探员读子·利德曼（YOMIKO READMAN）。如何解决企图以贝多芬的自杀交响曲，清除多余的人类的伟人军团。

仓田英之的轻小说‘R.O.D READ OR DIE YOMIKO READMAN \"THE PAPER\"’为原作。描写“操纸术”能自在操纵纸的能力的秘密探员读子·利德曼（YOMIKO READMAN）。如何解决企图以贝多芬的自杀交响曲，清除多余的人类的伟人军团。