When I saw the scene of Chiyoko reaching out and pulling her up when the girl Chiyoko and the painter first met, I was surprised to find that I had seen its trailer before. I can't remember its name now, but that sad and beautiful story has always been hidden in a corner of my heart. When I saw that picture, this memory was awakened.
Probably because there is a good feeling that permeates the whole movie. The subject of the girl's first love will be suspected of sensationalism if you are not careful. Jin Min skillfully uses an ingenious narrative method to deal with the subject matter. The plot is constantly intertwined in reality and drama, and what is staged is a pursuit of Chiyoko.
Girls' Generation's Chiyoko met him during the war in the 1930s and 1940s, and it was a snowy day. The painter in a hurry to escape from pursuit accidentally knocks down Chiyoko. There wasn't much time for him to say anything more than "sorry" to her. Chiyoko watched him jump over the fence less swiftly, looked down to see a drop of blood on the snow, and subconsciously pointed the wrong direction to the chasing police.
Chiyoko had an agreement with him to hook her fingers in the warehouse on the night of the full moon, leaving expectations for tomorrow. Time was so hasty that she was not given the chance to learn more about him, so that Chiyoko, who was looking for him later, had very few clues. Originally, tomorrow was "hopeful", but who could have imagined that the world would be unexpected, and who could have imagined that tomorrow would be a farewell.
So, what she could hold in her hand was the wonderful feeling that he once described his hometown Hokkaido in the white snow, "like being in another planet", and that Keys left in the snow. These are the only clues about him.
Perhaps, the theme of this film can be defined as "seeking". Chiyoko is constantly chasing, in her life, in her plays, chasing the vague figure of the "key man".
This way of speaking really amazes me. It produces a beauty that my poor pen cannot describe. Chiyoko's pursuit is really "play is like life". She interprets her life and her memory in the play. It doesn't matter who the "he" in the play is, because the emotion hidden in his heart has blurred this out, and that "he" is always the one Chiyoko remembers.
There is always a running scene in the subject of the pursuit. I am very sensitive to those running scenes that are made poetic. The running scene in "Millennium Actress" appears repeatedly, which coincides with the film's "pursuit" theme. Most of what appeared at this time were Chiyoko's profile, and the profile of the face and the shadow cast by the eyelashes fascinated me whenever I looked at it. During a few runs, I shed tears like a bystander named Tachibana under the combined effect of music and video.
Perhaps it wasn't just her determination that moved me. The music is moving, the three songs called "Chiyoko no テーマ" are very lyrical, and you can imagine those pictures when you close your eyes when you listen to it.
Pursuit is a topic that can easily move people. I remember that the uncle named Tachibana said, "It's a beautiful thing to be chased by others." She has been chasing the turbulent shogunate from the bloody storm of the Warring States Period, and then from the prewar period to the Showa era, until she landed on another planet. The last thing she saw was the Hokkaido snow scene that had appeared many times in her fantasy. The person she liked waved goodbye to her at the end of a line of footprints in the snow.
"Chiyoko, she has been chasing a figure that does not exist."
This sentence makes me feel sad, but this is not the final end of this lifelong pursuit. Chiyoko said on the deathbed: "Don't be sad, because, I can go to him again.".
This lifelong pursuit is the most touching.
The mysterious old woman who appeared beside the princess in the Warring States Period made the princess drink the "Millennium Longevity Tea" and said "You will be burned by the eternal love fire", which will continue to appear in Chiyoko's life from now on.
In fact, Chiyoko's destiny was controlled and preset by herself. Because she fell in love with someone who could never meet again, she would be burnt by the eternal fire of love, as that Jyu said.
Perhaps, this is the fate of Chiyoko. is incomprehensible.
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