Itami XIII (1933-05-15 to 1997-12-20) committed suicide by jumping from a building. It is still a painful thing to think about. If it were not for unprecedented intimidation and slander, I think he would not be so decisive. But I still want to say that his xinxing is a bit weaker, and he should bear it patiently. This may have something to do with his wealthy life experience. It is what we often say that I have not suffered much since I was a child, and it is difficult to overcome the hurdles in life. Of course, this has something to do with no one to understand and the peculiar national sadness of the island country of Japan. There may be some things that are inherent and cannot be defined by a good or bad.
Itami Thirteen was born in a family of performing arts, and was influenced by his father, famous Japanese writer and senior director Itami Mansaku. When he was young, he played supporting roles in Oshima's "Japanese Spring Songs" and Ichikawa Kun's "Snow" when he was young. . In 1984, he wrote and directed the first comedy "Funeral", which was warm and refreshing, with profound meaning, and became famous in one fell swoop. In the 1990s, Itami XIII filmed the series of "The Female Tax Officer", as well as satirical comedies such as "The Great Patient" and "The Violent Daughter", exposing the ugliness and injustice of the society and drawing the hatred of evil forces such as gangs.
After his death, the famous writer Kensaburo Oe specially wrote the book "The Stolen Child" to mourn this close-knit warrior. For his wife, Nobuko Miyamoto, her husband’s suicide was nothing short of a thunder, which made her completely unbearable, and it took a long time for her to come out. When Itami was alive, it seemed that the only thing he couldn't let go was his wife. He left his wife’s suicide last words: “Japan’s best wife, mother, and actor.” What I want to say is "Dandelion" (1985), which is the second film created by Itami Thirteen, and it also gave his wife’s acting skills. Play to the extreme.
"Dandelion" looks a bit messy and has many branches, but it is extremely orderly. It always revolves around food. It can be called a far-reaching movie. It combines food and humanity, and truly explains the essence of life contained in a bowl of ramen. But I still see the contradictions of Itami in the film. The unprecedented feeling of joy corresponds to the flowing gloom, the soft and colorful sunshine corresponds to the storm in the night. It seems that I want to install everything, but I can't escape the main line of food. Appearance refers to food, but in reality it refers to all kinds of life and human nature.
You must still remember the old lady who went to the night market to deliberately damage the food. This unprovoked preference is a sign of the director's bright and dark style. Also, the heroine's son is always beaten by three male classmates for no reason, which makes people feel uncomfortable and inexplicable. Itami seems to want to say that there are some things for no reason, like personal preferences for good and evil, if you have to say that you are ugly, it is like a dead end. From this, the director is a contradictory person, and at the same time, his heart is transparent.
I watched this movie fifteen years ago. I just thought of Coke and sighed that it was only Itami who could make delicious food so vivid. But time has passed, and I understand Itami. People, sometimes encounter a certain kind of hurdle, maybe they really can't make it through. What I'm talking about is the inner strength of one's inner ebb and flow. That kind of powerlessness, that kind of squeeze that can't cope with reality, once encountered the deadly last straw, there is only one way to go. There is a kind of person who is born with a certain melancholic temperament, I think it is the life of Itami.
But now think about it, no matter what, we should live tenaciously, and think about how many good movies he will bring us if he is still alive. Even if he stopped making movies, we would only feel a pity at best, but the existence of a person is enough to show the power of a living body, so that our fellows can feel at ease. This is the beginning of Hemingway's novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls", quoting the passage of "No one is an island" by the British poet John Donne. In fact, everyone's life is related to us.
The title "Dandelion", like a breeze blowing across the hills, gently touching the heart, itself is full of Itami's feelings for food. At the beginning of the film, the swingman Daling, played by Yakusho Koji, is dressed in white with a majestic appearance and takes his girlfriend to the cinema to watch a movie. This role seems to have a certain metaphor, or a sense of ominousness, just like the director's final miserable life, which is hard to let go. Itami Thirteen used him to face the camera as an endorsement: "You can watch the kaleidoscope of life in a few seconds, the last movie of a person...I will definitely not be disturbed."
Yakusho Koji also took this film to truly enter the Japanese film scene. Natural food and beauty are once again blended. But the fate of the swinger was destined to be bleak, and he was stabbed. In the heavy rain, in the cry of his girlfriend, when he was dying, he still did not forget the natural delicacy, and said a bizarre natural food. The wild boar has no food to find in the winter, and can only eat potatoes. When it freezes to death or After being killed, its intestines are just piles of potatoes, which can be taken directly to make the most natural sausage. Daling died for food. This role seems irrelevant to the theme of the film, but it is carefully arranged by the director. Witness the charm of wildness and game.
The other branch of the film is straightforward. A woman who was on the verge of death, came back from the dead when her husband eagerly called, and cooked the last fried rice for the family. Seeing her husband and children eating deliciously, this woman seemed to have completed the last mission of her life without complaint. Pass away without regrets. This is the daily life of life, and it is also the most beautiful family affection permeated by thick tea and light rice. There was also the old thief who had been a fake professor for a lifetime. He was caught by the police because of delicious food.
The Coke in the film is that a group of so-called high-end diners, received by a petty man, came to a high-end restaurant in a hotel. Only the petty young assistant, not following the instructions, ordered the hotel's most expensive French snail dish with vintage wine. It was really ridiculous. The female teacher who teaches etiquette taught the girls how to eat ramen without making a sound, but was infected by a foreign diners and feasted on them together. It seems that good food needs to be enjoyed up and down, and cannot tolerate a little reserved.
In fact, the film as a whole is about the past and present of a bowl of excellent ramen. From the selection of the ingredients and soups of the ramen, to how to cook the delicious soup, and the cheeks of the ramen itself, it is finally scooped into a big bowl. See how the diners "cough" and drink it up with the noodle soup. This is the highest grade ramen. . It can be seen that it is not easy to make a bowl of ramen. With a magnificent symphony, although the rendering of the film is a bit shocking, it actually presents a bowl of ramen with an extraordinary and wonderful movement.
Single mother Dandelion (played by Nobuko Miyamoto), after the death of her husband, took her son and ran a ramen restaurant called "Lailaixuan" alone. There were few diners and poor craftsmanship. He was used by the long-distance freight driver Heiro (played by Yamazaki Nobuko). ) He Xiaohuhui (played by Ken Watanabe) fell behind and made up his mind to open a real ramen restaurant. She asked Heilang to help her fulfill this dream. Hei Lang looked rude, but he was warm-hearted. Hei Lang felt sorry for her, and seeing her so sincere, he became a living Lei Feng.
Hei Lang left the truck to work and guided her wholeheartedly. Regarding her lack of strength, she took her to run and started a devil-style training. You can be diligent if you don’t have enough physical stamina, but how to learn if you are not good at cooking. This age has passed by stealing the teacher to learn art, but a dandelion, sinking his heart, learn all about the nearby booming ramen restaurant. She won't give her the secret recipe out of her pocket, she spied it secretly through a middleman, but she still couldn't understand it. The process of cooking a bowl of ramen takes every second. The taste is only qualified if it is smooth and chewy. Even the water used for the soup must be spring water. It can be seen that it is complicated and difficult.
This is not just a simple bowl of noodles. Hei Lang is determined to invite a teacher who has joined the Beggar Gang out of the mountain. His arrival has brought the soup to a higher level. It was also because they rescued a gluttonous old man and unexpectedly harvested a young master. A Jian, who started to fight with Hei Lang for dandelion, got jealous. After the two had a black and swollen nose, they met together to help dandelion. In this way, the teacher is responsible for the soup, the master is responsible for the noodles, Ajian is responsible for the decoration, and Heilang and Hui are responsible for the layout, so that each perform its duties and all are in place.
Dandelion is the head chef and studies hard. In this way, the shop reopened as the "dandelion noodle restaurant". What's interesting about the film is that when they tested the color of the dandelion noodles, the lens alternated with light and dark, highlighting the anxious heart of the hostess. Only when they picked up the big bowl and drank it, her hanging heart really let go. It can be said that the soup is finished. "Delicious! Real noodles! Excellent and perfect!" They were full of praise, and she wept with joy. Does anyone know how many failures she has experienced during this period, and how many defeats and battles have led to a delicious bowl of ramen.
When customers waited in a long queue, they left one after another reluctantly. Ajian hoarsely chased the big truck Hei Lang was driving, and Hei Lang was also full of tears. Before, Dandelion was so grateful that she had no time to take care of it after she smiled with Hei Lang knowingly. She is busy, isn't this exactly what they good people are looking forward to. It turns out that a good bowl of ramen is not only full of emotions, but also soulful. Making a delicacy with heart, and tasting a delicacy with passion is actually one and inseparable.
Only when you stare at a bowl of noodles, as if you are staring at a person, with such respect and humility, pick up the chopsticks, pull off the three thin slices of meat covering the noodles, stir gently, and then use a spoon to scoop the soup and drink slowly. Down, finally raised his head and drank the soup. Then, gently put down the dishes and chopsticks. In this way, you can truly appreciate the inner quality of a bowl of ramen. This is a symphonic journey of life extending from the tip of the tongue to the stomach and even the whole body. This is the final fusion of food and life. It is indeed extraordinary and worthy of a life experience.
2017, 11, 30
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