The above points are invisibly magnified in the art works of the country, especially the film art can show them more intuitively. Japanese movies generally go to two extremes, except for the exquisiteness represented by Shunji Iwai, Yasujiro Ozu, Hayao Miyazaki, etc. The warm route is the ultimate madness advocated by Akira Kurosawa, Tetsuya Nakajima, and Sonoko On. The gentleness of the former is like a chrysanthemum, which makes people move as beautiful as a Mu Qiufeng, while the extreme sharpness of the latter is like a knife, making people cold and desperate like falling into an abyss. Yuan Ziwen's "Icy Tropical Fish" belongs to the latter.
"Icy Tropical Fish" tells the life experience of a middle-aged man. The crisis of middle age is reflected in many movies. It is said that it has been a period of time, without the immature impulse of young people, let alone worrying about the problem of aging. It is precisely when the career is successful and the family is stable, there should be nothing to make the middle age. Men’s confusion is an open-minded stage after seeing through. But in reality, this is far from the case. Children's education, family responsibilities, and emotional crisis come from the three mountains within the family. The overwhelming middle-aged man can't breathe. If things go on like this, they will not break out in stress, but die in stress. The actor in the film is like this. The cowardly character makes Shaben be caught between his daughter and his remarried wife. His wife’s complaints are turned into silence and a single fast food day in and day out in a silent confrontation. His daughter’s ignorance and theft make him a father of man’s dignity. Loss, indifference is the only theme on this family dinner table.
The suppression of human nature and the problem of face are the biggest ills in Japanese society. It is an open secret for both spouses to have a lover. As long as the marriage is maintained, this is also reflected in the movie "Paradise Lost" and is gradually recognized as a behavior by the society. This is an effective way of decompression, and the development of the Japanese AV industry is not unrelated to this. This kind of abnormal relationship maintains abnormal family and social relationships. This relationship can maintain a balance in a state of peace of mind and a stable life. Once the balance is broken, the pressure accumulated for a long time will be like a flash flood and unstoppable. Shamoto, who is obsessed with astronomy and the starry sky, has changed from a humble beginning to a cruel bloodthirsty in just a few days. It is not so much seduced and persecuted by Murata, it is an explosion of self-repression over a long period of time. Murata just appeared at the right time. In fact, the hateful person must be pitiful. There is also an unknown dark past behind Murata's brutality. Under the blow of this abnormal incident, the daughter Photon will become the next abnormal perpetrator. , In such a vicious cycle that repeats itself, everyone involved is a victim, pitiful or sad.
There are a lot of bloody scenes and sex scenes in the film. The bloody and carnal flow is the desolation of human nature and the desert of morality, and morality and humanity reflect the cold social reality. It is said that this film is based on real people and real events, which reminds me of Nagisa Oshima’s "The World of Senses", which is also a living example in reality. It is hard to imagine a shy and innocent person with "Love Letters" and "April Story", and The delicate and gentle to the extreme of "The Taste of Saury" can be so abnormal and brutal to the extreme.
The ending of the story is cold and desperate, a kind of bottomless darkness. The national identity formed in the long-term lack of resources and the crises in a small geographical area is deeply rooted and spread to all aspects of life. The chrysanthemum and the knife are like the two sides of a coin, which have been inseparably embedded in the soul of this nation. You don’t even know his Which side is on top, or which side is fixed at a specific time, when he is thrown away by life, destiny can no longer dominate by himself. The so-called "success and failure", fortunate and misfortune are entangled, the way out is meager, and this is the most fatal problem.
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