I remember that this animated film directed by Isao Takahata was produced and released at the same time as Hayao Miyazaki's "The Wind Rises". The finale of a generation of masters in the Japanese animation industry is a gimmick. At least I was looking at the wind that I was interested in looking for the old man in the palace, but I ignored and almost missed this beautiful tragedy full of oriental aesthetics -
the happiness and father expected by Princess Bamboo in "The Story of Kaguya Princess" The difference in the happiness of adults, and even the happiness of women in Japanese society at that time, is the focus of the contradiction and conflict in this film. The princess who was born in the bamboo, with the spirituality of heaven and earth and even wildness, just wants to run barefoot in the mountains and forests, steal melons and catch pheasants with brother Shewan, and sing "Turn, turn, turn out insects, fish and birds." Beast, turn out the simple folk song of trees, grass and flowers", it will not be good until the end of life. Even if you have to "do rough and tiring work, run around for a living, and sometimes have to dig grass roots to feed your hunger, and even occasionally do petty thefts" as long as you have a "feeling of being alive", you will fly happily into the sky. And the father, Taketori Weng, is gratifying that he is not portrayed as an "old bad guy" who is called "every fairy tale needs". From beginning to end, he loves his own daughter in his own way. It's just that such a common man, deeply bound by worldly values, how can he understand Princess Bamboo's heart? He tried his best to build a palace for his daughter and found the best teacher to teach her how to be a "noble princess" and "if she does A noble princess can't grin and cry, so is this noble princess still a human?!" Working hard and sweating for a living, singing and playing in the sun, laughing when happy, suffering when sad, the feeling of being alive , is the happiness in the eyes of Princess Bamboo, who is fed up with the seemingly pure and elegant life on the moon but is actually numb and empty. Does this also remind us, those of us who are struggling to pursue an "elegant" life, what is the most precious thing? The
princess's two transformations push the story forward layer by layer.
It was the first time at the naming convention that when the princess heard the movement outside, she had a premonition that she might be harassed, and rushed out of the capital with grief and anger mixed with panic. This is also a sudden change in the style of the film. The previously quiet and indifferent suddenly became wild and rough, and the scribbled pencil marks outline the almost crazy princess, giving people a visual tension, which is very contagious. The princess who returned to the mountain found that the place was desolate, and her familiar playmates disappeared. The woodcutter told the original residents to leave temporarily. After moving around in order to revive the almost deserted mountains that had been consumed, he left in despair and became much quieter after returning. The transformation of the princess, on the one hand, was a sense of disappointment because she couldn't see her old friend right away, on the other hand, I think, I finally realized that everything is difficult to achieve, and many times I had to endure and wait to change from a stubborn and lively girl overnight. Be a quiet and calm girl.
The second change was when he was hugged by the emperor and wanted to leave for a while. The voice of prayer was heard by the people on the moon, and he was ready to pick her up. This time, the princess suddenly understood her own life experience, but she couldn't stay in this world that made her deeply nostalgic for too long. "That's not the case, I don't want to go back myself!" Princess Bamboo is so in love In this world, everyone here treats her as a rare treasure and cares for her, but such a treasure actually left in front of people. Mr. Lu Xun said: Tragedy is the destruction of meaningful things for others to see. The princess does not belong to the beauty of the mortal world. Under the doting of her father and the competition of various sons, it is destined to become a tragedy.
Moon Palace is elegant and beautiful, but real laughter and tears are the most precious. This is what this film taught me
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