Aesthetics and Conception Because Oshima Nagisa's "Godfado" mentioned the novel "The Tale of the Rain Moon", the novel of the same name was also used to watch while the iron was hot. Literature and film are a strange world. The strange thing is that creators always like to "demonize" reality, or "realize" demons. For example, "Dream of Red Mansions", "Water Margin" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", do you believe that there are gods, ghosts and souls to repay or ask for life? Guan Yu of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms turned violent)? Do not believe. This is because the former "demonize" the reality, creating a fatalistic theory of reincarnation or the retribution of the present and the afterlife, etc., which adds a lot of interest.
And when we carefully analyzed "Journey to the West", we found that even if Sun Monkey had the ability to turn the sky, he just didn't want to clean him up. If he wanted to clean up his various gods, he didn't have to do it himself. He can't kill these mounts casually, otherwise he will have to drink several pots again, and he will not go back to Wuzhi Mountain to count his fingers if he asks his grandfather to tell his grandmother. The unicorn arm is as thick as the human body of the Hulk, and Tang Seng's recitation of the hoop spell is really a trivial thing to punish a child for crying. Of course, you can kill a mount without a backstage. In the social context (reality) at that time, if you want to move a person in the official circle, you must investigate the person's background to see what kind of backstage he has, and if he has no backstage Even if you do it, there are people in the backstage who will turn your back on you every minute, throw your little shoes and make you shit, and cut off your future and prevent you from retreating. This is the latter, "realizing" the demon. "The Story of the Rainy Moon" belongs to the latter. "The Story of the Rainy Moon" was originally similar to a collection of strange short stories such as "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai". Kenji Mizoguchi chose two of the themes to merge and adapt it into a movie, but it was a pleasant surprise. What's more, "The Story of the Rainy Moon" is based on the simple and clear entertainment and preaching function of the strange novel, but it gets rid of the nest of the entertainment and preaching function, and rises to the compassionate feeling of "war brutally destroys everything". Higher than the classic movie "A Chinese Ghost Story" in Hong Kong, this is not my admiration for foreigners. "A Chinese Ghost Story" adapted from "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai" is essentially the same as the original story. Success, Tsui Hark's martial arts image aesthetics is a poignant and beautiful love story of shemales and monsters, but there will never be such an affair in reality. Cui Yingying's private meeting with Zhang Sheng in "The Story of the West Chamber" is enough to criticize the feudal tradition for hundreds of years. The black-and-white film "Story of the Rainy Moon" is superior to the color film "A Chinese Ghost Story" in that the realistic method of "realizing" the monster has universal practical significance, reflecting the noble character of the creator's compassion. This is the advantage of realism. Any work that is separated from reality will be separated from its meaning, and it will become a fast-food entertainment and pastime when it is separated from its meaning. In fact, director Kenji Mizoguchi has always been adhering to the "realism" style and has won an international reputation. What is surprising is that he can link the strange stories that are out of reality with "realism", similar to Cao Xueqin's enlightenment and cultivation of immortals. The story is linked to "realism".
Do not talk about theory, talk about the war itself, the story of this film took place in the Warring States Period of Japan. War can always break and rebuild some impossible orders, such as (civilian) heroes from troubled times, not to mention Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, and Liu Guanzhang of the Three Kingdoms. Ruan Ji, one of the Seven Sages in the Bamboo Forest in the Cao Wei period, scolded Liu Bang Xiang Yu: "There were no heroes, so Shuzi became famous." It was said that under the turbulent times, the mountain village Yefu actually took the grassroots of the world. He was very dissatisfied and traveled back to the end of Qin Dynasty The momentum of a heads-up with Liu Bang and Xiang Yu. Troubled times are a good time to reshuffle the cards. Many people try to turn their backs through troubled waters. This has inspired many men's personal ambitions. Ruined everything.
Fujibei, a humble peasant, had a dream of being a samurai. He longed to be a samurai in troubled times and make a name for himself and his wife to live a decent life. He ignored his wife's obstruction and relied on his humble hands to realize the samurai dream and make a fortune. When he was successful, he shook his head and returned home, and suddenly met his wife who was forced into prostitution after being separated. It was infinitely ironic. The wife asked her to spend the night to promote his reputation and wash the dust. His words made him feel ashamed and realized that the fame he pursued. Lilu made a huge mistake. He was chasing after the end, and all meanings were dissolved into meaninglessness. Therefore, Fujibei decided to give up his false name and return to his hometown to live a peaceful life with his wife. This is salvageable. In the same way, Juro, who was a peasant with a dream of making a fortune, was not so lucky. He took the risk and sold ceramics and made a lot of money. Unfortunately, he was confused by the ghost of a rich white beauty who died in war without marrying. Cups, fine wines of Qiongyao, singing and dancing, warm quilt and fragrant, he who has never lived a good life is really like
The clouds on the temples are beautiful and golden, and the hibiscus tent is warm for the spring night.
The spring night is short and the day is high, and Juro has not sold pottery since then.
Completely forgot about the hope of the separated scumbag wife at home. Under the guidance of a master, it was verified that Bai Fumei, who was ecstatic at Ri Riwen, was a real female ghost, and immediately informed that she had a wife and children begging to be released back to her hometown. What moved was the determination to stay together for a lifetime, to harm him. Juro swung his sword and slashed, the female ghost was sad and retreated step by step, and Juro stumbled and fell.
Juro wakes up in a dilapidated and deserted house, the routine of a strange novel, and Juro returns home with nothing. He is very happy to see that his wife and children are safe and healthy. It turns out that the prosperity and wealth in the troubled times are not as good as the healthy and safe reunion of his wife and children. . When his wife saw him in ragged clothes, tired and sleepy, she silently got up and lit a lamp for him at night. Like all ordinary wives, this kind of ordinary and warm scene often makes all men soft-hearted and loving. If it is a wandering child, he will think of his mother more Just like Meng Jiao's verse: A wandering boy wears his clothes, and a loving mother has a line in his hand. At this time, he had no idea that his wife had already died, and all he saw was a female ghost. It is very sad to see this, and I feel bad for his wife. At this time, the war was over. Juro woke up in the morning and looked at the quiet village outside the window. Other villagers were working in the fields and rebuilding their homes, thinking that their family of three would be able to live in peace from now on. On his face, he was about to wake his wife up, but the village chief came to tell him the truth. It was too late. If he didn't stick to his dream of making a fortune, if he and his wife stayed on the mountain with the villagers to escape the war. What Juro wants to rebuild is his spiritual home.
It can be seen from the story of the rainy moon that the three women in the film are very miserable. After the separation of his wife, Fujibei of Samurai Dream was gang-raped by the samurai, and then became a prostitute. After Juro's wife was separated, he was killed by samurai who were robbing food in order to save the children's food rations. The white rich beauty ghost was born in the samurai aristocracy and is still waiting for the word boudoir, but was killed by the Japanese daimyo (the honorary title of the commander of the Japanese separatist forces) Oda Nobunaga (see Kurosawa Akira's work "Shadow Samurai"). But all three women are loyal to what they love. In the turbulent times, Japanese women, regardless of wealth or wealth, are spared, life is as thin as paper, and life is as bitter as lotus seeds. It can be seen that Kenji Mizoguchi is using the past to satirize the present, sympathizing with the tragic fate of Japanese women's low status, and lashing out against male chauvinism. Back to the war, wherever the war went, they burned, killed, plundered, destroyed everything, raped women, kidnapped the strong men, and the people were in dire straits, a tragic image of hell on earth. "A Chinese Ghost Story" is better in aesthetics, "Rainbow Story" is better in concept, each has its own wisdom, but in general, the one with higher conception has a higher degree of singing (the degree of communication), just like the "Afterwards" that I gave to Morita Yoshimitsu. "The Battle of Algiers" and Gilo Pentekovo's "Battle of Algiers" both scored 9.9 points, "Afterwards" wins in the Japanese aesthetics of "matter sorrow, serenity, wabi-sabi", and "The Battle of Algiers" wins in conception, But I only agree that "Battle of Algiers" is a great movie, it is heart-shattering after watching it, anger and tears have no way to come and no way to dispel.
Personal Rating: 8.2
ps: In fact, China has more classic fairy tale material than Japan, which can be adapted into movies, Liao Zhai Zhiyi Three Characters and Two Films, etc. Although many classics have been shot, they are only limited to domestic, and international ones will shine. Not really, in terms of conception, they lost the island country by one margin.
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