I always feel that Yoji Yamada is an underrated Japanese director

Amara 2022-04-23 07:05:31

I always feel that Yoji Yamada is an underrated Japanese director. Compared with Ozu and Naruse, Yamada Yoji's films are more tender. I think this is just a difference in the thinking and values ​​of life. It is expressed with the help of movies, and there is no distinction between high and low. As a junior, Yamada was also influenced by his seniors. If I choose a Japanese movie to recommend, I choose to recommend Yoji Yamada's "The Qinghei of Dusk". The film was released in 2002, a relatively recent era. The characters in Yamada's films are optimistic, righteous, kind, humorous, human, and very romantic. Yamada Yoji is always like this, seeing the truth in plainness. Qingbingwei at dusk, a good man who cares for the family. It turns out that happiness is very simple, but we all care too much about chasing the standards recognized by the public.

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  • Darrion 2022-03-27 09:01:22

    Personality: This is a life movie. In the past two years, I have been very fond of Yamada Yoji, and I know that he is best at life movies. I thought Dusk was a samurai movie or a sword and halberd movie that he made while playing tickets. After reading it, I understand, it is still a life movie! Agatha said that he is a real big director, he doesn't play with flowers, and doesn't stress much about authorship, that's right! Movies are all based on the most basic movie elements, the script is extremely solid and delicate, the casting and performance are both very advanced and not too hard, the camera editing is calm and smooth, and the performance points are controlled. The expression is not abrupt at all, because that will affect the plot. The scent is also stable! The mood is also great! In fact, all of this is still a unique and inimitable advantage of Yamada Yoji. In the past, for many movies, I didn't bother to talk about the plot. I felt that it was generally clear at a glance, and it was not particularly worth talking about in depth. But Yoji Yamada's plot is worth talking about again and again and thinking about taste. Because his own thinking is too deep, too valuable. There are a lot of narrations in this film, I didn't think it was necessary at first, but it played a big role at the end, shocking!

  • Jarvis 2022-04-01 09:01:17

    Restrained emotion, restrained style, small people reflect the big era. Still love this old school movie with solid storytelling.

The Twilight Samurai quotes

  • Seibei Iguchi: I am ashamed to say that over many years of hardship with two daughters, a sick wife and an aged mother, I have lost the desire to wield a sword. A serious fight, the killing of a man, requires animal ferocity and calm disregard for one's own life. I have neither of those within me now. Perhaps in a month... alone with the beasts in the hills I could get them back. But tomorrow, I am afraid, is completely impossible.

  • Zenemon Yogo: So they sent you...

    Seibei Iguchi: Zenemon Yogo, by order of the clan, I come for your life. Draw your sword, please.

    Zenemon Yogo: [Intoxicated] Have a drink? I know you're all keyed up, but I'm going to run.

    Seibei Iguchi: Run?

    Zenemon Yogo: Yep. I want you to let me get away. If you please.

    Seibei Iguchi: I didn't expect that fromt he clan's best one-sword man. My orders are to kill you. I can't let you escape.

    Zenemon Yogo: Don't be so impatient, you can kill me at anytime. I'd like to talk to you. Have a seat. It's a nice day.