my point of view. So this article is based on that conclusion to analyze the positioning of the elderly in Japan. This is very complicated, especially the section in the cave at the end. I think even Christians will be deceived, including the little priest in the church inside. (As an aside, the image of the little priest has always been thin, fragile, and suspicious, so he was finally bewitched, but it was natural and not surprising at all)
1. First of all, Nikko is the least suspicious character. He is the out-of-town wizard who was invited to exorcise. He is similar to the Japanese old man, but his occupation is similar, so he has so many similar props and similar practices. However, from the perspective of the old Japanese man, he didn't know the Sunshine wizard at all, never met him once, and never said a word. From the Nikko wizard's point of view, when he came, he was told that it was a ghost from the Japanese. At this time, he didn't know the existence of the nameless girl in the village. So when doing it, as the director said, his sword is pointed at the little girl and the Japanese old man. Likewise, Nikko didn't know Japanese wizards, never met once, never said a word.
2. Most of the time, the villagers, including the protagonist policeman Zhong Jiu, are completely unaware of Wuming's existence. This is very important, and the perspective of the characters inside cannot be replaced by the perspective of our audience. The villagers see too few things, and when we talk about the Japanese, they will say that they are like Japanese devils. However, not all Japanese are bad.
It was the villagers and the police who didn't know the existence of Wuming (the first time the police met her, they thought she was a crazy girl), so as a foreigner, he couldn't understand the language, so he couldn't explain anything to the villagers and the police. . Do you think that the first time the police aggressively asked him what he was doing in the village, he said, there is a female ghost in your village who is killing people, will the police believe it? The police and his assistants don't even know the existence of the female nameless!!!
3. Go upstairs. Contrary to the villagers' ignorance of Nv Ming's existence, Nikko later met Nv Wuming in person. He had just entered the village before, and he had never seen Wu Ming, but he heard everyone said that she was Japanese, so Zhanpu mistakenly thought that it was a ghost made by the Japanese, which was preconceived. We usually do things like this, it's normal. Later, Sunlight saw the female nameless and had no power to fight back. The candle went out, indicating that the Bodhisattva could not bless him, so he immediately packed up and left. This is a different perspective, seeing different things. Nikko and Japanese old people usually deal with these things, and they understand. But the villagers and the police don't understand it at all, and neither do you or I.
4. The Japanese old man is good or evil. I don't think people have noticed a point in time when he was hit by a police car and thrown off a cliff. At that point in time, the director gave two close-ups, and the shots were pulled very close, just like the first time the police observed the bunch of skull grass, which was very close. I watched it twice, from the figure, face, clothes, hairstyle, I can see that the person lying on the ground is the Japanese old man. The police hurried home and asked her daughter if the pain was gone, and her daughter said yes with a happy expression, and then they thought it was over. Probably many viewers also thought that it was over. Here, the director should imply that the old Japanese, here, was killed. (Also, everyone should pay attention to the fact that the female nameless was present at the scene of the car accident. Of course, the police and his friends could not see her.)
5. Interpret the good and evil of the Japanese elderly in 2 stages. Before being hit to death, he was chased and hid under the cliff. As a friend above said, seeing his bloody expression of fear and helplessness, he also suspected that the old Japanese, Nikko, and the police were all victims. people. His point is correct. The old man, before he died, has always been an ordinary person, a shaman. He is flesh and blood. On the contrary, Wu Wuming, she pulled the policeman at the end, and it could be seen from there that he was bloodless, just a fool. The Japanese old man is a human, and all the rumors about him eating meat are dreams. After the police met Wu Wuming, they saw that he was eating meat and rushed over, just like the one who collected medicine on the mountain, and then he woke up, it was a dream. This also confirms why the person who collected the medicine was still alive after seeing the Japanese rush over, of course, it was also a dream. Rape is also said by the villagers, "it is said", otherwise he should be in prison.
6, "Fighting". In fact, the director also said that it is not a fighting method, but the timing is just the same. The Japanese old man, when he was doing it, took a photo of Park Chunfei, trying to save him (I saw this place once, not sure). Sunlight wizard, at this moment, he does not know the existence of Wuming, his sword is pointed at the little girl and the Japanese old man. So he hammered there, the Japanese old man and the little girl hurt where, eyes, stomach and so on.
7. Not the biggest suspect. In the first death case, the string of snapdragons (I will simply say skull grass below), the director pulled the camera very close, including the last Zhong Jiu's house, just to highlight the importance of the skull grass. On the contrary, in the first death case, the Japanese elderly did not appear at all. Not just the first case, from the beginning to the end, all the bad things, he did not have proof of his presence. You can't say that he should do it at home, he should have released the virus in advance, right? This is baseless, and there is absolutely no evidence in the film to support such a claim.
Also off topic, Nikko finally drove the car and called the police to tell the police that she was the boss. Some people actually think that at this moment, the Japanese and Nikko are doing it together, and they defeated Wu Wuming, so she failed to "guard". It doesn't make sense, he's just on the phone, that's all. . .
Contrary to the fact that he had no direct or indirect evidence of his presence, Wu Ming was always at the scene or Skull Grass was always at the scene. The first death case, the first time Zhong Jiu met her, she threw a stone, and the Japanese old man failed, and saw her at the door (the Japanese old man was anxious to see Park's body the next day, but it had turned into a zombie, he again Rush home), and Nikko sees Wu Mingming, has no power to fight, and hurries away, and in the end Zhongjiu’s house is dead, and Wuming is everywhere. She is the biggest suspect, the Japanese old man, no, especially the Japanese old man was killed by a car. Some people here say that maybe he did it after his death, which is another wild guess. .
8. Female Wuming is the biggest suspect. But why didn't everyone see it? One is the director's expression skills, and the other is that Wu Wuming's last words misled everyone.
Let's talk about Wu Wuming's last words first. She said it was all made by Japan. The police asked him if he wanted to kill my daughter first! Angry but not irrational. That's right, the old Japanese man had no reason to kill his daughter, and at this moment, from the police's point of view, he thought the old Japanese man was dead! (The audience thinks that the old Japanese man killed his whole family after his death. In this movie no evidence). So, in fact, Wu Wuming said so, he should doubt her. The reason why I didn't doubt him before was because I suspected the Sunshine Wizard. Because, the first time he saw Wu Wuming, she was a crazy girl, and there are such people in our village. . On the contrary, his daughter was in pain because of what the Sunshine wizard did.
Of course, he didn't believe Sunlight's words, and he loved his daughter very much. (Note that Nikko's practice was interrupted by him. Nikko was not angry, but felt helpless and distressed for the father who was crazy about his daughter. This also explains why he would return to the village. He is a good person) Having said so much, I just wanted to say, Female Wuming, the last word, is deceiving the police, and the audience should not be deceived by her.
In addition, the director's skill is also a reason why people don't think she is bad. Please pay attention to a picture, when Nikko saw her, she vomited blood. However, Wu Wuming didn't do anything, so she lost and told him to leave without moving a finger. That's the skill of a director. Similarly, the Japanese old man failed, she stood outside the door. The old Japanese man was hit by a car and was standing on a cliff. She seemed to have done nothing, but in fact she was the biggest suspect.
9. The devil in the cave.
Once again, I would like to remind everyone that it is very important to pay attention to the time when the Japanese were killed by a car. There should be dead. First of all, from the perspective of the elderly in Japan, think about it, as a foreigner, I came here to travel and saw a female ghost in your village harming people. I have always wanted to help you transcend your soul. However, the language is not clear, and you villagers don't know the existence of the female ghost, and you are also bewildered by her, thinking that I eat raw meat, rape women, and kill villagers. How is he feeling? Injustice! However, he can't explain it, the villagers don't know the existence of Wuming. . . . Even the Sunshine Wizard, who didn't see it with his own eyes, didn't know there was a female nameless existence. . . Therefore, in fact, he is a foreigner who comes to travel, and it is actually quite wrong for him to do good deeds and not get rewarded.
10. Are the demons in the cave real demons, or are gods turned into demons because of the suspicion of the little priest? As Tencent said, if belief is lost, gods and demons are no different? My point of view is that after the death of the Japanese old man, he became a devil and a ghost. The reason is the above-mentioned resentment. Like many ghost movies in our country, because of resentment, the soul does not want to leave. Of course, it is also possible to become a part of Wuming, otherwise the corpse was pushed down the cliff. The little priest saw the process with his own eyes. How could he have found the cave with a flashlight?
How to prove that it is a demon and not a god?
a. From the expression of the director of this film, it is basically a positive narrative. What everyone sees is what it is. You can't say that the last female Wuming Zhong Jiu saw was an angel, but he himself doubted it, so he didn't see it clearly. This is not in line with the director's expression, gloomy and cold, blue and purple, hiding, all evidence. In the same way, it is not because of the suspicion of the little teaching assistant that the old Japanese become demons. Rather, that is a demon, a Japanese old man who changed after his death.
b. Some people say that the stigmata is God. I believe most of them are not Christians and believe what others say, including Tencent's interpretation. However, in the Bible, the word "stigmata" does not exist at all. They are all created by the religions of later generations. Jesus was crucified to death, the so-called stigmata of Jesus with bloody palms and feet. But in the Bible, Jesus said that the reason not to leave an image to the world is to fear that evil will use it to deceive the world. How could he reproduce the image of himself being crucified to the world more than 1,000 years after his death? That's what demons do to confuse people. In fact, it is one of the director's various techniques to confuse the audience. It is the same method and purpose as eating raw meat and rape.
c. I dare to say that no director at home or abroad would dare to film the final image of the old man being "resurrected" to become Jesus. The resurrection of Jesus is all documentaries. Any director who dares to make such a film will be criticized very miserably. If it is in the West, maybe he will not want to make a film in the future. There is a director who made underage sex and was banned from making movies for life.
So, the last one is the real, the devil that the old man turned into after his death.
11. To summarize. The Japanese old man is a wizard who traveled from Japan to Korea, saw things in the village, did good deeds, and saved the dead. He is a man, not God, and there is no evidence that he is God. God, this view is ridiculous. They're all brought up by people who don't understand religion. I will speak a few words from the Bible, but I will speak even if it is not God. The Gospels, Genesis, Exodus, prophecies, I've read them many times. It is precisely because he is an ordinary person that he cannot change the deaths in this village. His good and evil cannot be resolved in one sentence. Again, to remind everyone that he was different before and after being hit by a car. According to our normal logic, when a person dies, he becomes a ghost. This is common sense. . . . What resurrection, what God, God, Jesus, are all nonsense talk by people who don't understand Christianity. The person who makes this point in the first place bears a lot of responsibility, because most people don't understand and are misunderstood by them.
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