The Life of Oharu

By Roman 2022-06-29 21:58:50

Xihe Generation Female: The Status of Women in Feudal Era

As a feminist director, Mizoguchi Kenji expressed the hardships and toughness of women in feudal society in most of his works. In this film, Mizoguchi Kenji interprets the suffering and tenacity of women to the extreme.

The film begins with the memories of A Chun, a middle-aged woman. When he was young, A Chun was a maid in a noble family. She fell into the arms of the samurai under the frantic pursuit of the inferior samurai. When the two were found cheating, A-Chun and her parents...

By Garnet 2022-04-20 09:02:25

Xihe's life

The poor and miserable woman
Kenji Mizoguchi is very kind, and the movie always gives Xihe dignity, humble dignity.
Mizoguchi Kenji reminds me of
the finale of Guan Jinpeng's movie, where women help women, albeit humble. Despite working unpopular jobs, despite being a prostitute.
"We can only help ourselves. It's easier to die than to live."
But prostitutes also have dignity.
Finally, a customer came, and he was an old man who used to laugh at her.
She left...

By Hiram 2022-04-19 09:02:44

Western Crane Generation Female Film Critic: A Loser Who Runs All the Way

This film tells about the ups and downs of Xi He's life in the patriarchal society. How Xi He sinks into the cage constructed by patriarchy step by step and cannot get out. The sequence of the plot is as follows:

1. As a noble maid, Nishizuru falls in love with the lower-level samurai Katsunosuke. Due to their identities, the two are separated by yin and yang.

2. Xi He was recruited as the lord's concubine, gave birth to an offspring, and was beaten back to the house because of...

By Juston 2022-04-19 09:02:44

"The Western Crane Generation": Forcing the good into a prostitute

What kind of situation can an innocent woman force her to become a concubine, a prostitute, and a beggar? Then let me talk about it, my name is A Chun, this is my tragic life in Japan's feudal era. Even I can't believe it, let alone modern people, it's really unheard of and creepy! Look at how happy you modern people are, you can say no to those you don't like; you can confess...

By Robin 2022-04-19 09:02:44

"Xihe" small notes

Mizoguchi's image style is also perfect in this film. The long-shot lens movement of one shot and one scene and the composition of each picture express the atmosphere of the scene, the social status of the characters and the inner state of the heart just right. A shot not only tells the external plot, but also the internal symbolism. For example, in several scenes in the lord's palace, a group of samurai surrounds A-Chun or closely follows her, implying a strict...

By Frances 2023-09-16 19:05:35

Although there is no peerless beauty, Tanaka Kinyo's eyes are really catchy, and the few poor close-ups are almost all on the eyes. But the rhythm is really slow enough that it can be divided into two episodes. And is there a worse story than this?...

By Angie 2023-08-10 20:43:53

Mizoguchi painted another banner picture of feudal society, one scene at a time, one scene and one mirror, appropriate for movement and stillness, forbearance and sadness. If you want to talk about the integration of artistic rendering and tragic art, even if Ozu, Naruse, and Akira Kurosawa in your golden age will be eclipsed in front of...

By Rosemarie 2023-07-16 00:34:10

Japan Society_Oharu's life may be too beautiful and weak, or too sincere and persistent, which is really nothing. Fate tortured so badly that all ten Korean dramas were used in the plot. As the originator, it was really cruel to start. Sister Matsuko has killed people, and she has only lost her temper once. Photography is really...

By Vicenta 2023-07-08 06:56:56

I feel that Mizoguchi, whether it is Japanese aesthetics or compassion for women, is the first of its generation, and the frames of his master-level shots make people tremble. Under the double push of fate and one's own choice, anyone could be A Chun. PS Tanaka Kinyo is over 40 at this time, and it really doesn't fit well when playing a girl, but when it comes to old age dramas, it's really natural, looking at the inadvertent charm between the statues in the temple, it's hard for a little girl...

By Jazmin 2023-05-26 18:39:44

The momentary (flashback) memory of Xihe, a woman before the Buddha, extends to recall. Mizoguchi Kenji is not a single era, but a universal cross era. The camera eye of the camera is like the bloodless samurai sword that beheads the young warrior at the beginning of the film, and the undercurrent is surging to complete the "I accuse" process. The encounter with Xihe is not dramatic, but it does contain huge dramatic face masks and physical perception performances. However, it is more drawn...