Japanese Violence Aesthetics

Barton 2022-02-28 08:02:09

"あずみ" (100 people cut girls) "The original mission is to kill the person you love the most."

· Director Kitamura Ryuhei:

· Starring Ueto Aya:

Born in Tokyo on September 14, 1985, the seventh time in 1997 She won the special judge award in the National Beautiful Girl Contest, and after that, she has appeared in CM many times. And finally became a hit with "3 Years Group B Jinba Teacher". This film is her first screen work, and her personalized image, which is close to an anime character, adds a lot to her performance.

·Original author Oyama:
born in 1948. In 1973, he published the period drama comic "I am Right Angle" and has since appeared on the stage. "Come on, Cheer Up", which started serialization in 1976, won the 22nd Shogakukan Manga Award. "Hello, Ryoma" was published in 1986. In 1994, "Amo" was published in the magazine "BIG COMICS UPERIOR", which has 20 million readers in Japan and is still serialized. His cartoons are passionate and uplifting, the style of drawing is outlined in large blocks, and he pays great attention to the plot and characters. He is a cartoon writer that Japanese readers like very much.




The pinnacle masterpiece of Japanese-style movie violence aesthetics. In the first film, the girl A Mo swung her sword to kill her beloved, and when the love's blood was sprayed on her innocent face, her poignant expression told everyone about this movie. Movie charm changed from manga.
"The first one-on-two super-powerful scene in film history" can be called "hundreds of people", the condensed energy and stillness, one sword cut without seeking gorgeousness, trying to restore the "heart battle" of Japanese Bushido with static braking Quality. The style is close to the scene of the confrontation between the villager samurai and the robber in Kurosawa Akira's "Seven Samurai", and great tension is woven in the chaotic scene. There are many eye-catching and delicate designs in the use of low-key lenses (for example, when two people are dueling, the lens makes a 360-degree up and down loop with the wooden beam under the feet as the fulcrum). The constant transition between chasing and being killed, chasing and killing is a kind of excitement, and being killed is a kind of tension, as well as delicate emotional elements, which have well adjusted the balance of these two points, making this film one of the most popular in recent years. Rare
antique masterpiece.

Knowing Ueto Aya was in the first part. I was surprised that a 17-year-old girl could interpret the murderous female killer so perfectly. She was as beautiful as the face of a woman in a cartoon, and there was no bloody light showing at all. It will only make everyone sigh about her fate and appreciate the smooth flow of smoothness when swinging the sword. When the Hundreds of People were dueling, the blood flowed into a river, and a young girl walked through the pile of people with mutilated limbs and arms, and corpses were formed everywhere. But that's the allure of the so-called violent aesthetic. In the 2 parts of "Kill Bill", I also like this style.
Leaving aside the visual language in the form of the film, what can touch people's hearts the most is the unforgettable characters' feelings. The pure feelings of the girls Amo and Yinjiao were sacrificed in the struggle between the two major families. The so-called assassin's mission is not to The freedom of one's own existence, between love and death, a living and painful choice.
After I watched the second part, under the gorgeous scene, I saw Amo wearing a black cloak walking alone on the land after the killing. The former dead partners seemed to return to her, as well as the people she loved. Those warm words echoed around Amo. I couldn't hold it any longer, and salty tears flowed from my wet eyes.

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Extended Reading
  • Josefa 2022-02-28 08:02:09

    Much weaker than the first episode, and the fight scenes are messy

  • Vilma 2022-04-20 09:02:37

    The Japanese are cruel enough, I am shocked to see

Azumi 2: Death or Love quotes

  • Nankou-bou Tenkai: You won't come out alive, you know.

    Azumi: The old man ordered the ten of us to kill each other. He told us to be true assassins with a heart of steel. We've obeyed his order and even killed our own comrades. We don't expect to stay alive.

  • Kozue: He told me not to kill you. Not that I made any promises.