About Makoto Shinkai and Shunji Iwai

Mabelle 2022-04-21 09:01:43

After watching the movie.
There are many moments when emotions are surging but silent and long. I was relieved to see that I thanked Shunji Iwai at the end of the acknowledgment.
Xin Haicheng's control of rhythm and emotional guidance has risen to a new level this time. After so many preliminary preparations and details, everything came naturally.


At that moment, the comet crossed under the sky, and the song of RADWIMPS sounded, and I couldn't help but burst into tears. At that moment, I wanted to cry. I thought of Shunji Iwai. The two people who crossed in time and space shouted each other's name loudly. It seemed that they had met, and it seemed to be an illusion. It was very similar to Hiroko Watanabe in the snow in Otaru in "Love Letter". Shouting how are you, I'm fine scene. If Fujii Tree at that time could see this scene, he might have touched Hiroko's head very gently, and said with a wry smile, "I'm sorry... I promised to take care of you, and also, that secret was finally discovered by you.
He may also have seen the tears left when the girl Shu opened the back of the library card, and silently said to the girl he could not see, "I like you". Just as Mitsuha fell to the ground, spread out her palms in despair, and found that what Taki left for herself was not the name of the other party, but the sentence, "I like you".
Mitsuha went to Tokyo and met Taki on the train, stunned and surprised, dazed and shocked, suspicious and wronged, "Taki, do you remember me?" "I don't know you, who are you..." "..."" What's your name?" "Mitsuba, my name is Mitsuba!" And isn't this scene the scene where Tetsuko Suikawa confessed to Masashi Miyamoto in "Flower and Alice"? "I love you." "What do you mean?" "Secret, goodbye." "What do you mean?" "Secret."
Shinkai Makoto and Iwai Shunji have something in common, they appreciate and salute each other. So I think of the intertwining, unrequited love, sense of distance, etc. in all the works, and I can see the shadow of Shunji Iwai's works such as "Fireworks", "Love Letter" and "April Story". Similarly, when shooting "The Murder Case of Flower and Alice", Shunji Iwai also repeatedly observed and learned the essence of Makoto Shinkai's works.
As if he had deciphered the secret code left by Makoto Shinkai, when he recalled the above details, he couldn't help but smile.
Laugh and cry, cry and laugh. It is true that as Mr. Shi Hang said, this film is "a talisman". Watching such a beautiful film, I seem to gradually understand the meaning of the film to us. Those beautiful feelings and powerful world views are all dialogues between us and ourselves, allowing us to understand the world and ourselves better.
Thank you, thank you Shunji Iwai, thank you Makoto Shinkai. Let me see the stars in the night sky shining brightly with the brightly lit city, and see the tram passing through high-rise buildings in the morning light, and the reflected light scattered on the cheeks and skirts of girls; The rustling of snowflakes, the long sound of the tram across the track, the mechanical opening of the automatic door, the breeze blowing, the breathing suddenly stopped. I also thank them for letting me see youth and firmness, courage and fearlessness, the once lonely heart can be redeemed with warmth, and the past things do not lose their meaning because of forgetting; let me hear loud words and undisguised emotions, Hear the frequency of the heartbeat that is gradually being chased by care.
So great, Taki and Mitsuha finally meet again.
So great to meet "Your Name." "Such a work that hits the heart.

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Extended Reading

Your Name. quotes

  • Mitsuha Miyamizu: [Taki finds himself in Mitsuha's body yet again. His/her hands move toward her breasts, but pauses] I shouldn't for her sake.

    Yotsuha Miyamizu: [comes down the hall, opens the door, notices her sister massaging her breasts] You sure do like your own boobies.

    [shouting]

    Yotsuha Miyamizu: TIME TO GO! GET READY!

  • Mitsuha Miyamizu: [while they are exchanging messages] Guys will stare, so watch the skirt! These are basics for a girl!

    Taki Tachibana: Yeah... Whatever... Will you stop blowing my money on sweets?

    Mitsuha Miyamizu: It's going in your body! Besides, your job is such a pain... Lemme' celebrate!

    Taki Tachibana: Celebrate what? You got the easy crap! Braiding cords is impossible! All you gotta do is wait tables!

    Mitsuha Miyamizu: But you work waay too many shifts...

    Taki Tachibana: Because you keep wasting my money!

    Mitsuha Miyamizu: Went for coffee with Ms. Okudera on the way home! You two have a good thing goin'!

    Taki Tachibana: Mitsuha... Quit messing with my love life!

    Mitsuha Miyamizu: Look who's talking! I was on the way to school with Tessie and Saya the other day... And you know what happened? A girl came up and confessed to me!

    Taki Tachibana: It's not my fault... I can't help it! Besides, you're more popular when I'm you.

    Mitsuha Miyamizu: Ooh, look at you, Mr. Ladies Man! If you're so popular, why am I the one chatting up girls for you?

    Taki Tachibana: I never asked for your help! And if you're so confident in your matchmaking skills, get yourself a boyfriend, why don'tcha!

    Mitsuha Miyamizu: [while writing a word on her face] I told you...

    Taki Tachibana: [while writing a word on his face] I told you.

    Taki TachibanaMitsuha Miyamizu: I'm single because I wanna be!