So, you are Takeshi Kitano

Lawrence 2022-04-22 07:01:46

This is a story about healing and growth. Two people with an age difference of nearly forty share a common loneliness. One is idle, sloppy and boring, and the other is melancholy and lonely, quiet and silent, but he is helping the little boy on his journey to find his mother. A deep affection was established in the film, and they grew up in search. The film starts with the little boy as the center, showing his unaccompanied summer vacation and the loneliness of his mother in the distance. At the end, when the boy asks his name, Mr. smiles. Saying: "It's Kikujiro, fuck it", we had an epiphany in our doubts, the protagonist is a gentleman who has no mother's care, and the little boy's mood is just his copy, and then we have to admire Kitano Takeshi's ingenious mind. At the same time, in this journey of search, they met all kinds of people, perverted uncles, innocent hotel counter gentlemen, kind-hearted and enthusiastic couples, self-driving wandering poets, and boring bald, fat-headed and farmer. Mr. Good Man, they gave these two travelers joy and despair. They stopped and went on the road, met and separated, until finally when Zheng Nan and Mr. broke up, he was no longer the melancholy child, his heart was full of sunflower sunshine and happiness. Hopefully, this is a gift from these passengers to him. They are really good people! As for Takeshi Kitano's performance, the person who is ignorant, swears, saves face, loves petty gain, loves to rob things, and blackmails others will also rush to rescue the little boy when he is in danger, and send angels when the boy is lost Zhiling comforted her. In order to make the little boy happy and arrange various games, in order to prevent the child from worrying that he fell down the stairs instead of being beaten, he also agreed to find the mother's person again. It turns out that people in the world are not black and white, everyone is a devil and an angel. The story of Kikujiro and Masao, in the lively piano music of Hisaishi, in the bustling and lively carnival, in the cheerful sounds of frogs in the fields and the cicadas on the trees, in the smiling face of sunflowers, under the leaves of sage leaves , in the verdant corn field, slowly and gently unfolding...

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Kikujiro quotes

  • Masao: By the way, Mister, what is your name?

    Kikujiro: It's Kikujiro, dammit.

  • [after trying out several unkind methods to get a ride with someone, Masao and Kikujiro finally succeeds]

    Masao: You see? Asking politely is easier.

    Kikujiro: [chuckles] Shut up, smart-ass.