After reading it, apart from being moved by Yoyoi's feelings, I actually didn't understand some details, such as why Jack didn't want to destroy his image because of his younger brother, what does Jack's kiss on the face mean, and what does the "order" that Yoyo always insists on mean? And why he's so persistent (because knowing that explains a lot of his behavior). After reading some of the film reviews, I was blown away. The original novel is "The seed and the sower", translated as the seed and the sower.
Some people interpret the mutual understanding of human nature and culture expressed by Nagisa Oshima in the film as something "sown", but I am noncommittal. Yonoi is a very upright and religious imperialist soldier who wants to maintain order but can't bear to put Jack to death - the one who made him "take a bit shine of", so he found Lawrence as a scapegoat (if I don't understand wrong). I saw that it seems that in the novel, Shi Ye did not die in the end, but in the movie he ended up being executed. In the final conversation between Sergeant Yuan and Lawrence, it was said that the impact of Jack's death on Yono was too great. The interpretation I have seen is that Shiye's belief in violent killing, imperialism, army order, etc. has been wiped out, while his original brilliance of humanity and pursuit of equality and respect are magnified by Jack. To a certain extent, Shiye is the same kind of person as Jack, who is too obedient to a certain law and belief, so that he suppresses himself (in order to ensure his perfect image, Shiye intends to find a surrogate ghost to die instead of Jack in order to maintain the military order) , so in the end Jack's kiss is a kind of provocation to the law, intending to break the shackles that he put on himself. I basically agree with this view. But what I still don't understand is the purpose of Jack's kiss. When the whole team was at risk of being killed, did he really give this kiss to divert the attention of the Japanese army to save everyone. I am more inclined to be that, in front of the public, when he makes such a move, he can better show that he is loyal to his heart and express his heart with a kiss. I'm also inclined that he knows Shiye's "a shinef" towards him, so when Shiye loses his temper and wants to execute the leader, he gives it a shot: anyway, he's so angry, everyone will die sooner or later, it's not as good as I say now Come out, it doesn't matter if you die. As for Yoyo falling back after being kissed, I understand that he was out of shock, unbelievable that Jack dared to do this and that Jack had other feelings for him. Because in the Japanese military camp, people don't take same-sex love very seriously (the sodomy incident was mentioned at the beginning), he didn't want to destroy his beliefs
"Sown", I think it was Sergeant Yuan and Lawrence. In the stalemate of the war, it is not easy to get along well with the prisoners. The "hidden feelings" between Jack and Yonoi also touched them and planted the seeds of peace and kindness in their hearts. So when the identities changed four years later, the original became a prisoner of death and learned English, but Lawrence still treated him like a friend (but I really tend to love....), the brilliance of this kind of humanity made the battlefield in that battle. Merry Christmas became each other's best memories of war. So this "Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence" can be so classic.
The scene that impressed me the most was when I accidentally clicked the wrong progress bar in the middle: Yoyoi met Jack for the first time in the trial seat, and stared at him intently. After being caught by Jack, he quickly dodged back and asked him to put on his clothes. Shi Ye's eyes in this scene may be too revealing.
And Tom Conti is too charming, his British voice and eyes are lore TT
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