The family life in "The Sea" is perfectly shaped. The four sisters live in a very classical house. Although the eldest sister and the second sister occasionally quarrel, they reconcile quickly. There is nothing Accidental disasters destroyed the happiness here. Even though the younger sister Asano Rei participated in the football team, she was never injured in this relatively dangerous sport. This is a very unreal happiness, just like many people say that the Japan in Yasujiro Ozu's films is not Japan at all, and the same is true of Hirokazu-eda's films. But what's the problem? Bi Gan, a young director who won the 2015 Taiwan Golden Horse Award for Newcomer, said, "No one believes that the movie is real anymore, we have to know that the movie is fake. Only in this way can we do well. Recognize that the feelings inside are real."
Kamakura is the third largest ancient city in Japan after Kyoto and Nara, and it is also a place where many Japanese cultural people "live poetically". From pre-war to post-war, writers, critics, poets and film directors lived in Kamakura. , There are many artists, such as the great writer Kawabata Yasunari, who lived here for thirty-seven years, and completed his major works here. Another example is Yasujiro Ozu. After he settled in Yamanouchi in North Kamakura in 1952, he never left until his death. It was Hirokazu Koreeda who chose such a literary and artistic place to shoot this literary and artistic film of his, which was definitely intentional.
Hou Hsiao-hsien said, "One of the great abilities of being a film director is to choose actors. You can see who is suitable for what role." In this respect, Hirokazu-eda is obviously doing a good job. The four sisters each have their own personalities. The selected actors also work seamlessly with these characters. Yukio Kada's rigidity and gentleness, Kano's romantic and uninhibited, and Asano's sensible introvertedness are all in place, and the characters are vivid.
It is said that Hirokazu Koeda's style resembles Yasujiro Ozu, and it is true that shooting family life and using a lot of long lenses is what they have in common. But it is Hirokazu Koreeda who has his own aesthetic style, and he always chooses some sad stories, whether it is the bereaved husband in "Imagination" or the bereaved father in "Sea", but they are handled as sad but not sad in the movie. Some "Book of Songs" flavor.
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