Even in the films of many famous European and American directors, there are passages that pay tribute to Ozu. It is very subjective. I don't think a mature middle-aged person can refuse the quietness and timelessness of Ozu's films. Life is so trivial, so helpless and so derailed, but there is still some hope, sometimes it is a very faint warmth, sometimes it is a huge loss, sometimes it is an irresistible passage of life, so that the viewer can only spit out one sentence, that's life. Turn back to the mentality and perspective of a bystander, play a passerby in life, get away, escape, and relax for a second. Ozu's lens is ethereal and natural, making it easy to ignore, thus entering the character's mind. If the director is not sensitive and sensitive to a certain degree, how can it be filmed? It is natural to imagine Ozu as a gentle, humble, kind and generous old man. This image is quite different from the legendary image of Ozu who actively participated in the Japanese war of aggression against China.
Although Ozu himself was very secretive about his involvement in the war, the researchers still used his diary fragments to restore his wartime prototype: a dedicated professional soldier who sprayed poison gas, killed Chinese with bullets and bayonets, and perhaps even Participated in the Nanjing Massacre. In his diary, he described some war scenes and his mood during the war. A person who was baptized by the education of Japanese military imperialism, who was numb in human nature, who was passionate about art, and who confused art with life, and even war, was relatively straightforward to show in front of everyone. Looking at his photos again, it is indeed more fierce than kindness. When Naijun was young, there was a sullen look between his eyebrows. He may only have movies in his heart, and he claims to only sell tofu, so he only makes tofu. It's completely avoiding the important and making it clear that it only talks about movies.
Although career achievements and character have to be viewed separately, this is really not easy, especially in the director's field. You always feel that his films are only short stories of parents, and they are also an escape from war. It's not that he has no ideas, but he dare not reveal his view of war on such a public film.
Going back to the film itself, whether Kasa Chijo, who plays the father, or Hara Setsuko, who plays the daughter, just performs according to Ozu's request. Kasa Chijo's expressionless eyes mean that he has no turbulence in his heart. He said to his friend Beichuan, "I hope Noriko will be in the future. Have a son, because if you have a daughter, you have to watch her get married." Beichuan said with a smile: Aren't we marrying someone else's daughter? , He seemed to be persuaded immediately, but in fact, there was nothing, he still felt that it was good to have a son, and a daughter was born for others. This father's character is very similar to the director himself, who is very secretive about the war. He rarely reveals himself in front of outsiders, and even less insists on his views that are denied by others.
The year-end friendship between father and daughter Ayako is very interesting. They drink and talk together, and there is no embarrassment or disharmony at all. After Noriko gets married, Ayako and her father's love for a long-term relationship will surely deepen. As for whether it can come to fruition, it depends on how far father and Ayako's minds can be liberated in the turbulent times.
Besides Noriko, does she really have an Electra complex? It doesn't look like it, but it's just a habit formed by relying on each other with my father all the year round, and it can't be changed for a while. What she likes is still her father's assistant, but the other party is engaged, and it is morally impossible to pierce that layer of window paper, otherwise the shackles of the third party will trap her for the rest of her life, so she would rather give up her love for that The pursuit has yet to begin anyway. Noriko's smile has always been very reluctant. At first, it came out naturally, but when it went too far, it became reluctant, as if to hide another hidden feeling in her heart.
Fortunately, his father's experience and experience made him make the right decision. He first told Noriko that he had a remarriage partner with a white lie, and broke Noriko's worries. Later, when they traveled together, he enlightened him and solved the problem. Son's Heart Knot: This is an order in life and human history, and marriage may not mean happiness at first. It is a mistake to expect sudden happiness. Happiness is something you need to wait for and create it yourself. Marriage does not equal happiness, happiness lies in the tempering of a new life that we share, and it may take one to two years, or even five or ten years. Happiness can only be achieved through hard work, and only then can you be called a real couple. But when I got married, your mother wasn't happy, but she put up with it. All your love for me should now go to Mishima.
This passage is so transparent that it should be given as a gift to every couple of young men and women who are about to get married.
Another reward of watching "Late Spring" is that I want to travel to Kamakura. After 20 years, I want to go to Japan for the first time.
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