Kurosawa is known as the Shakespeare of the film industry. This is of course inextricably linked to his adaptation of Shakespeare’s works. On the other hand, it is the recognition of his exploration of film art and aesthetics. His keen grasp makes his film works show a unique charm, just like a magnificent mountain and river that brings great shock and touch to people.
Compared with the adaptations of "Spider's Nest City" and "Ran" in "Macbeth" and "King Lear", "Bad Man Sweet Dreams" is regarded as an indirect "Hamlet", and is paying attention to The above is also lower than the two works directly adapted, so "Slacker Sleeper" is often neglected by many audiences. Just because it is in the neglected position, it means that the audience does not know what they are missing. .
Audiences familiar with Kurosawa Akira will be familiar with the image of the samurai in Mifune's works, whether it is the fierce fighting of Tsuru Chiyo in the mobile scene of "Seven Samurai" or the wise and restrained inner irritability in "Heart-piercing Sword" Tsubaki Sankuro, or Kuwata Sankuro who mediates between the two gangs in "Intentional Stick". It is inevitable to associate the samurai with Kurosawa Akira and Mifune Toshiro, and it seems to have become a major understanding of Kurosawa Akira, and in "The Evil Man Sweet Dream", Mifune Toshiro plays a replacement identity Business people who avenged their father exposed malfeasance and corruption in the business and officialdom, and showed their grievances and protests against him. However, following the sharp turn of the plot, the death of Nisshin (Mifune Toshiro) announces the failure of revenge. At the same time, deeper malfeasance and corruption and the absolute protection of the superior by the subordinate (system) are exposed, a kind of black humor is revealed. Then, it is not reluctant to classify it as a film noir. Generally speaking, film noir is a struggle between detectives and criminals. The final outcome is black. As the case uncovers a better hidden issue reveals the tip of the iceberg. Although Xixin is a secretary, it is better than In terms of the identities of Iwabuchi (Menya no)’s manager and father-in-law, the actual identity of the two is the relationship between the detective and the criminal, while the black girl has been changed to a pure and beautiful Kako (Kagawa Kyoko), and there is no black girl. The temptation and sense of danger. But the overall dark atmosphere created in the second half of the film is enough to make it fall into the category of film noir, to be precise, it is a Japanese-style film noir. What's interesting is that, compared with the phenomenon-level anti-corruption TV series "In the Name of the People" that everyone is very familiar with recently, the dark ending of "Bad Man Sweet Dream" is not only unexpected, but also contains a kind of thinking.
If the "Badman Sweet Dream" and "Spider's Nest" directly adapted from Shakespeare's play are used as a reference, the relationship between the characters in "Spider's Nest" is listed in a table, then the main characters in "Macbeth" are not the same. Correspondingly, there is almost no change from the occurrence of the story or the core of the story (the artistic expression of Noh is added), while the characters corresponding to "Hamlet" in "Bad Man Sweet Dream" are not so different. The personality traits of the main characters are consistent but very similar. In this regard, it is much more indirect than the direct adaptation of "Spider's Nest" into film and television. For the drama or for people who are enthusiastic about Shakespeare's drama, the first impression may be based on the indecision presented by Sishin's Revenge, and it is difficult for the character of Hamlet to connect Shakespeare's drama in the first place.
Of course, in addition to having fun from the black elements in "Badman's Sweet Dreams" and the movie-watching experience adapted from Shakespeare, you can also be surprised by the soundtrack in the movie. The soundtrack in Kurosawa’s films has always been a point worthy of attention, and one that cannot be ignored. Of course, he himself also attaches great importance to the feelings of sound effects. It makes the image give a very different and strong impression." What impresses most in his works is the feeling that the slow music is in opposition to the key scenes of the fight between the sword and the shadow. But I never thought that in "Badman Sweet Dream", there are as many as 52 soundtracks for the two-and-a-half-hour movie, and it is difficult for you to realize it in the development of the plot. Kurosawa is extremely sensitive to sound effects, but he was deeply shocked after seeing the special recording of the original music of the movie after "Sweet Dreams of the Bad Guy". In addition, "Sweet Dreams of the Bad Guy" is often submerged in his works, but the soundtrack in this movie alone is deeply impressive.
If you just stop at the brilliant movies like "Rashomon", "Spider's Nest", and "Ran", then it is difficult to experience the rhythm of the film like "Zissan Shiro", "Quiet Duel" The suppression of middle morals, the growth of the stubborn girl in "I Have No Regrets for Youth", for Kurosawa Akira's rich emotional world only stays in the trail of warriors, and it is difficult to imagine what I have missed.
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