"Autumn of Xiaobayakawa's House": Tofu has many flavors

Ariel 2022-11-17 11:10:22

The autumn of life is rich in color. Although it is not as colorful as summer, it is better than it has connotations and presents a variety of tastes. And the mixture of various flavors seems to be the biggest feeling that Ozu's films bring to me. This film is Ozu's penultimate film. The multi-voice chorus presented in it, under the eaves of a family, is thus presented in a well-proportioned manner. Ozu and screenwriter Noda Kogo always discuss the script while drinking. When you are slightly drunk, you can feel the joy of life's jokes. Therefore, the two people always write the script while drinking, always with a little ridicule and happiness. In Ozu's films, the jokes we often see are gentle and smiling. It's a relaxing moment in ordinary life. After watching a movie, I often remember Ozu's protagonists joking with each other and smiling at each other, as if seeing the joy of seeing two old buddies discussing the script. In the autumn of life, it will not be so serious. Since I have experienced everything, I might as well look away. And the attention, but it is only the shortest thing in the parents. Like Ozu said, I am a tofu seller and can only make tofu. And it is such a kind of unremitting cultivation that can chew out the mellow taste of ordinary life. Ozu lived with his mother and never married. Most women like to talk about their parents' shortcomings, perhaps because of their mother's influence, and their sons also focus their vision on this area that they are familiar with. Or, Ozu's unmarriedness cannot but be said to be a concern of his mother, so family has become a topic that the director cannot avoid. In Ozu's films, such as this "Autumn in the Kobayakawa Family", there are often warm and cold feelings, but there is no hoarseness and hysteria. The owner of the wine shop went to meet his lover who fell ill and died. The lover's daughter just sighed that she didn't get the mink that her "father" promised, so she hurriedly went on a date with a foreign soldier. The wine shop owner's sister, when he first fell ill, hurried away when he saw that he was getting better. As for the father secretly dating an old lover, the eldest daughter also scolded her father very rudely, and the father only laughed and refused to admit it. But that's what happened. But when you watch it, the movie won't make you feel very burdened or emotional, but the aftertaste is very real and sober and calm. Ozu is honest and doesn't use loud music or close-ups. He always makes everything appear flat, without dramatic and violent conflicts, but after reading it, it makes people feel a touch of bitterness. This bitter taste is hidden behind the highly stylized and polite surface of the Japanese. Having seen the cherry blossoms in full bloom in March and April and their swift withering, such a nation must understand impermanence. Also understand that beauty and unbeauty always coexist in harmony. Yin and Yang, light and darkness, so In the small tune of family love, why not play a song of impermanence with one or two dissonant notes. Tofu, this is the most common thing. Although not grand, it is with eternity. It seeps into everyday life. The Japanese cannot live without tofu, just as they cannot live without life. Only by understanding the lightness and aftertaste of tofu can they understand the real Japanese. What could be more worthwhile to present this truth. Naturally, the truth belongs only to each individual. Ozu has his, we each have ours. If it is true, I am afraid that he is very devoted to "tofu", and people have nothing to say, only nod. After that, of course, you can also live abalone, which is understandable. And tofu, to taste its taste, is by no means easy. Live life every day, who doesn't feel that life is plain and ordinary. Ozu, however, dared to look here for subjects worthy of record. One by one, it seems to be the same, but it is not boring to watch. Every time you must sit upright, calm down, and wait for a feast. The feast is not just about big fish and meat, green vegetables and tofu are also unique in taste, but it is not easy to do well. Ozu cooks this "Xiao Xian" wholeheartedly, which makes people understand that there is no absolute grandness. In this way, the scenes with very little action, each with a smile and a calm demeanor, add flavor to the tofu, and use the works of a lifetime to form a tofu feast. No matter how you taste it, it is all beautiful. Not amazing, but memorable. Only in the aftertaste did he realize that he had been deceived by danger. He thought he was plain, thought he was rushing to reconcile, but in fact his fierceness was in a calm, he kept watching with a cold eye, sipping his wine slightly, and smiled without saying a word. Two old friends wrote the script in the dialogue, and also spent their lives. In fact, if you look closely at Ozu, you know that he understands life. For example, Zhu Xi said, "Looking at things leads to knowledge." As Wang Yangming said, "There is nothing outside the mind." One thing, as long as you focus on your mind, it has no size, and it is everything. Therefore, Ozu's films should have been thought-provoking. Ordinary. Ozu, however, dared to look here for subjects worthy of record. One by one, it seems to be the same, but it is not boring to watch. Every time you must sit upright, calm down, and wait for a feast. The feast is not just about big fish and meat, green vegetables and tofu are also unique in taste, but it is not easy to do well. Ozu cooks this "Xiao Xian" wholeheartedly, which makes people understand that there is no absolute grandness. In this way, the scenes with very little action, each with a smile and a calm demeanor, add flavor to the tofu, and use the works of a lifetime to form a tofu feast. No matter how you taste it, it is all beautiful. Not amazing, but memorable. Only in the aftertaste did he realize that he had been deceived by danger. He thought he was plain, thought he was rushing to reconcile, but in fact his fierceness was in a calm, he kept watching with a cold eye, sipping his wine slightly, and smiled without saying a word. Two old friends wrote the script in the dialogue, and also spent their lives. In fact, if you look closely at Ozu, you know that he understands life. For example, Zhu Xi said, "Looking at things leads to knowledge." As Wang Yangming said, "There is nothing outside the mind." One thing, as long as you focus on your mind, it has no size, and it is everything. Therefore, Ozu's films should have been thought-provoking. Ordinary. Ozu, however, dared to look here for subjects worthy of record. One by one, it seems to be the same, but it is not boring to watch. Every time you must sit upright, calm down, and wait for a feast. The feast is not just about big fish and meat, green vegetables and tofu are also unique in taste, but it is not easy to do well. Ozu cooks this "Xiao Xian" wholeheartedly, which makes people understand that there is no absolute grandness. In this way, the scenes with very little action, each with a smile and a calm demeanor, add flavor to the tofu, and use the works of a lifetime to form a tofu feast. No matter how you taste it, it is all beautiful. Not amazing, but memorable. Only in the aftertaste did he realize that he had been deceived by danger. He thought he was plain, thought he was rushing to reconcile, but in fact his fierceness was in a calm, he kept watching with a cold eye, sipping his wine slightly, and smiled without saying a word. Two old friends wrote the script in the dialogue, and also spent their lives. In fact, if you look closely at Ozu, you know that he understands life. For example, Zhu Xi said, "Looking at things leads to knowledge." As Wang Yangming said, "There is nothing outside the mind." One thing, as long as you focus on your mind, it has no size, and it is everything. Therefore, Ozu's films should have been thought-provoking.

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The End of Summer quotes

  • Sasaki Tsune: It was so sudden. Life is so fragile.

  • Noriko, second daughter: What are you going to do now?

    Akiko: Me? I'm happy as I am.