Those with an Electra/mother plot will love it!

Leif 2022-04-21 09:03:45

The translation I've seen could be better. Setsuko Hara (also translated Noriko) said that her father's friend's remarriage was "really ugly" instead of "unclean", and she thought it was a shameful thing for a man to renew his character and a betrayal of his daughter. In addition, the father's student apparently had a fiancée, and he came when Noriko got married, and told the location of their honeymoon. It should be said that this film is about the loss of her mother at an early age, and the father and daughter are dependent on each other, which makes Noriko have a serious love father plot. This psychological tendency made her feel very happy and perfect living by her father's side. At the same time, she hated her father's remarriage very much. She couldn't allow her father to live with other women, which took her place in her father's heart. On her last trip, she finally confessed to her father that she wanted to be with him forever, that she could not have found greater happiness in any other family—what a morbid experience, and what a depressing experience it was Heartache. Here, her psychological barriers are dug deep. I believe that all those who have an Electra/mother plot will feel the same way when they watch this film, and they will burst into tears.

However, the father could detect his daughter's psychological problems, and he resolutely refused. When his daughter asked him viciously if he wanted to remarry, every answer he answered was affirmative, which was very powerful. Here, the audience began to doubt. , Is this father really so cruel, knowing that his daughter has an Electra... But the film later gave a very convincing explanation, because the father was lying! He just wanted to force his daughter to marry off and find her own happiness. He told his daughter that marriage does not mean happiness. The first year or two is used to create a new life. It takes a lot of hard work. Only by enduring the past can you create your own happiness. And he is 56 years old, and it is impossible to live a happy life with him.

Noriko is not afraid that the status quo of life will be changed, but the serious Electra plot is at fault. The most impressive part of the film is her anger and depression, the glaring look at her father when she learned that her father was planning to remarry (betraying her love). This film should be said to be an excellent psychological film. Noriko's words and deeds vividly portray the state of a girl with Electra when the conflict erupts.

So, what is the Electra? Some children develop a strong Electra (also known as Oedipus) at the age of 3-6, which, if not corrected in infancy and allowed to develop, becomes a hindrance to self-establishment in adulthood Severe psychological disorders in new families. Freudian psychoanalysis has a very detailed account of this problem. We can also observe many such children around us, and they need timely guidance and proper education.

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  • Braeden 2022-03-17 09:01:10

    7/10. If the huge Coke billboard passed by Noriko and her young partner on a bicycle symbolizes American cultural influence, then the tea ceremony, the attic, and the ancient temple in the aerial shot are the gazes of the beauty of Japan, and the vicissitudes of life of the father sitting in the scene of the pre-wedding trip. Crossing the courtyard consisting of white sand and stones, the image of the ocean waves at the end expresses a kind of quiet old age mood; the Noh drama is the climax of the Electra complex, and Noriko looked at her twice and nodded to her lover The father, bowed his head silently jealous, the empty scene of the wind blowing withered leaves, and the rhythm of dancing slowly on the stage with a mask revealing Noriko's jealous tumbling. And the door, finally the best friend opened the door, the clock rang, the world symbolizing the harmony between father and daughter was intruded, and after taking the luggage and leaving, we had to go around the room to see what memories of my father were left; Noriko's coquettish willfulness is given by patriarchal power. Power, Noriko is entangled like his wife's heir and wants to grow old with his father. This must be said to be a kind of sadness and cruelty. If the story tells about the life of two wives coquettishly accompany, then the role of Hara Setsuko is not very surprising.

  • Guy 2022-03-28 09:01:13

    The best movie in Ozu Movie? It is also a very good-looking and classic one in the Ozu movie by Hara Setsuko. Unlike Ozu's film, which is always warm and calm to the family, it is a touching film that interprets the hidden feelings of father and daughter and contains the connotation of life. Laughing before saying a word, the lively and lovely image of an older daughter complements her father's forbearance in Hara's performance. When the father found out that his daughter was not at home, the assistant who had entertained him quickly asked carefully. When he found out that the two of them were not riding on the same bicycle? When they went to the beach, he smiled and relieved. Only then did he know that the assistant had already had a girlfriend. In this way, he seemed to be less concerned. When her daughter was introduced to someone, she insisted that she would not marry and serve the elderly father who was lonely and widowed at home, but the father had to aggrieve himself for the happiness of his daughter, saying that he had been optimistic about a family of widows and was ready to marry again, and her daughter had always been opposed to men remarrying. , and she took a step back and said that her father could remarry, but she would not marry. The family attachment and special love that the daughter has for her father is very appropriate in daily life. Of course, in the end, the daughter is married with tears in her eyes.

Late Spring quotes

  • Shôichi Hattori: Young people have changed so much since our day. Take that bride last night. She comes from a good family, yet she plowed into the food and even drank sake. Gobbling up sashimi with that big painted mouth. I was shocked.

    Shukichi Somiya: Of course she ate. Food was scarce for so long.

    Shôichi Hattori: At my wedding, I was too filled with gratitude to eat a single rice ball.

  • Masa Taguchi: How can you know how she feels deep inside?

    Shukichi Somiya: Maybe you're right.

    Masa Taguchi: I am. That's how the younger generation is.