It can be said that I have been waiting for the drama "The Undertaker" for a long time. It seems that I have waited for more than a year from knowing this drama to seeing it. But after watching it, you will find that the wait is definitely worth it.
This play won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. This is the first time a Japanese film has won this award in 50 years. As a result, Ryoko Hirosue's status has improved a lot every time. Since getting married at the age of 23, Ryoko's acting career has been stagnant. However, 2008 should be a brand new start for Ryoko. The first is to announce the divorce, and then to stage a Japanese drama "The Rampage Brothers and Sisters". Although the plot is average, this is the first time Ryoko has been the protagonist to shoot a complete TV series since 2004. . In 2009, he starred in "Blurry Triangle" (Fuji TV's tenth anniversary TV series). Immediately after, "The Undertaker" won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, and he was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
"The Undertaker" is a very Japanese drama. The reason why it is said to be very Japanese is that the filming techniques, the storyline, and the interpretation of the characters' hearts are all unique to Japan. In particular, the wife Ryoko plays in it, although the costume is modern, the character she performs is completely a model of traditional Japanese married women.
Ryoko doesn't have much dialogue in the whole play, but there are quite a few close-ups of the face, and at this moment, silence is better than sound. Most of the language reflects the current characters through subtle facial expressions and some body movements. complex mood. The scene that left the deepest impression on me was that Mei Xiang ran back to her parents' house because she knew that her husband was an mortuary and was unwilling to quit her job. After learning that she was pregnant, she returned to her husband, hoping to pass the The matter of the child once again persuaded her husband to quit his job as an undertaker. However, just after talking to the husband who entered the door two or three words, the husband's cell phone rang, and he received a new job, and he had to go immediately, that is, to go to the burial for the bathhouse proprietress. Mika also changed into mourning clothes and attended the funeral with her husband. This is the first time that Mei Xiang sees her husband, who is an entomber, doing burial for others. Ryoko was given a lot of close-ups in this scene. Although there is not a word in the whole scene. But we can totally see the inner monologue from Ryoko's expression. At the very beginning, Mei Xiang was full of curiosity and doubts. She watched her husband enter the funeral seriously, and was slowly attracted by her husband's movements and expressions during the funeral. In the end, from Mei Xiang's expression, it can be seen that she has fully recognized her husband's work, and believes that her husband's work is very sacred.
The whole play is neither low nor high, simple, natural, delicate and profound. There are not many lines, but the characters are distinct. Using the male protagonist as the mortuary as the main line, it tells the emotional relationship of the characters in a family with oriental characteristics about life, death, dignity and oriental characteristics. And Mei Xiang, played by Ryoko, performed the charm of traditional Japanese women very well. Many people shouted after watching it, and they also wanted a wife like Ryoko. This suddenly reminded me of a long time ago that Ryoko was also one of the most ideal marriage partners for Japanese men.
I always think that Ryoko Hirosue is the best actress of her age at any time, Makoto (Beach Boy) at 17, Ai Hayakawa (lip balm) at 19, Nami Mi (secret) at 19, Naomi at 20 Katase Yuki (Summer Snow), 22-year-old Yoshio Yoshino (Summer Who Does Not Need Love), 23-year-old Saeki Makoto (ex-boyfriend), 23-year-old Shizuyu (love photo), 25-year-old Koike Mino (SlowDance), 28-year-old Tsubaki エリカ (Blood Brothers and Sisters), 29-year-old Katsuragi Satomoe (Triangle Lost), 29-year-old Mika (Entrance Division). Ryoko's performance of debut characters in different age groups is very impressive. 2009 is a new beginning for Ryoko, and Ryoko will have many better roles to show in front of us in the future.
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