Just watched it, and I was blown away right away. It's hard to describe this animation in one word, bloody, cruel, or cold-blooded. This is not an animation suitable for watching during the Spring Festival, it will definitely reduce the festive atmosphere. I can't describe in detail how "The Wolf" made me feel, but I had to hold my breath every minute I watched it, because what was alive one moment would be full of blood the next, The truth is gone in the next moment.
The story of "Wolf" is very huge. If you remove all external nouns, such as 'Wolf', such as 'Capital Police', such as 'Special Team', such as 'Little Red Riding Hood', then you can say it like this: There are two opposing government agencies that want to get rid of each other. Among them, agency A sent a woman from a former anti-government organization to seduce a man from agency B in an attempt to create a scandal, but they didn't think that the man was actually a powerful spy. As a result, the lady failed, but was caught by the B agency and became a handle to threaten the A agency. In the end, the man killed the lady.
The story is over, well, I admit I'm not good at telling it. To be honest, if you don't see it in person, you can't feel the charm of the human wolf.
I always thought that Mamoru Oshii's special effects were very good. But I didn't expect that even without special effects, Mamoru Oshii could still do well. "The Wolf" doesn't have many special effects, the yellowish background color, and the unsophisticated characters make it hard to imagine that the director of this animation and the director of the shell are the same person. Well, yes, this animation does not require special effects, nor does it require handsome men and beauties. On the contrary, the rough characters and background can give people a sense of reality. Perhaps, this method should be called 'doing old'? Let the animation go back to the time when the story took place, back to the 1960s when the film screen was yellowish, and it is even more shocking! !
The social problems arising from economic development, the rivalry between bureaucracies, in that era, human nature was completely distorted. I can't understand why Achuan Qisheng joined an anti-government organization in the opening chapter, why he can ignore himself as a murder weapon, and even end his life with a suicide attack. "Although I can't understand it, they also have their reasons!" Is this enough? Mamoru Oshii just narrated the events, and didn't put too much attention on excavating the past of the characters. Perhaps, he has already given the reasons through the mouth of Bianjian - they also have their reasons. That's enough, it's enough to know that everyone has their own reasons, and what does it matter?
After witnessing the death of Achuan Qisheng, Afu seemed to be touched. In the intriguing love scene with Kei Amamiya, who was pretending to be Qisheng's sister, maybe, from the beginning, he was serious, he really wanted to abandon his identity as a wolf and have humanity and love. However, when he learned that Amamiya Kei was just a spy, he had to turn into a wolf again, a wolf in human skin.
Then act, pretending to be false, even if he sees through the other party's tricks, he can still keep calm and continue the trick. This is Afu, a man who follows the way of the beast even if he is injured.
What was very shocking was the sentence Afu said 'I wanted to shoot at that time'. It's hard to imagine this sentence, yes, Afu didn't hesitate when facing Achuan Qisheng, maybe hesitant, but in the end he still tended to shoot, but Qisheng pulled the explosive pack before that.
Amamiya Kei, a woman I don't like very much. Even after the show, even if he betrays Afu, he can still make excuses for himself. "I didn't have a second way back then", "I just wanted to go with you to a place where no one else knew us". I can accept doing whatever it takes to survive, but I can't accept these excuses. People can choose their own life, I always think so.
Running through the whole article is the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood' that Kei Amemiya has been telling. I don't know what it means? Compared with the original story, Kei Amemiya's version of 'Little Red Riding Hood' has two changes. First, Little Red Riding Hood lives in a castle and wears iron armor. Some people say that as long as the iron armor is worn through, he can go to see his mother; , The Big Bad Wolf met Little Red Riding Hood for the first time and asked Little Red Riding Hood to give it food, but Little Red Riding Hood refused it.
For these two changes, I would like to give my own explanation. The first change alludes to the struggle of the 'Little Red Riding Hoods' in the back office of the anti-government forces, while the second refers to the fact that Kei Amemiya ('Little Red Riding Hood') refused to give Afu ('Wolf') food, so The wolves will take revenge on the mother who ate Little Red Riding Hood in order to protect themselves. This is my understanding, maybe not at all.
The story of a man and a beast falling in love always ends in misfortune.
In the end, Afu turned back into a wolf and killed all his opponents, including Kei Amamiya.
"Use this pistol to end the story of man and the beast!" That's what Afu's instructor told him. After that, Afu screamed and shot Kei Amamiya, who was leaning on his shoulder and still telling the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood' in an attempt to arouse his sympathy.
"After that, the wolf ate Little Red Riding Hood..." The
story ends. Perhaps Afu never had humanity, but only longed for humanity and love; perhaps, he originally had humanity, but he was worn away in the cruel struggle, leaving only the instinct of survival.
In any case, this is a tragedy, an animation that is not suitable for watching in the Spring Festival. Of course, it is not suitable for children either.
Children should watch the original Little Red Riding Hood, and the end of the story should be: The hunter killed the wolf and rescued Little Red Riding Hood and his mother. But, that's a fairy tale.
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