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This film is a masterpiece of ancient Japanese culture. Those who study Japanese architecture have never seen Guili Palace or a more beautiful time outside of this movie. It is very particular about various interior decorations, as well as changes in lighting, camera positioning and so on. Almost unrepeatable.
The palace itself is a masterpiece of Shoin-built in the Edo period, and the elegance revealed in simplicity complements each other through lighting. In Ueda Akicheng's original works, these arrangements, especially the creation of atmosphere, are extremely important. Many people have never heard of his book "The Drunken Words of Tea", saying: "Tea houses prefer natural scenery, and they are mostly built in mountains, hills, under the shade of trees and other similar environments, either facing nature, or backed by nature. In the indoor rich man’s mansion, the tea rooms of different sizes have different structures, and they are moved from ancient buildings or imitated ancient buildings to form a scene of the courtyard of the mansion, which is suitable for light and shade.”
It does in the movie. Of course this is just a shot, using the historical buildings and the natural beauty of the courtyard to complement each other. But because the movie is shooting characters, antique props play the role of the finishing touch. Without these things, the movie will look pale. Without the right light fixtures, it's not credible. Once everything is done, you will think that the protagonist Juro, who is haunted and willing to die, is credible. In the gentle township, everything is just a dream bubble.
2 The most quintessential of the interior—the personal relationship between two people, unfolded in the private space of the academy building. What is private space? It's a non-guest space.
What's particularly funny is that the protagonists of the men and women trysts here are definitely not the amorous talents written by Murasaki Shibubu, but a female ghost and a farmer.
But the shelves behind them are one after another, I wonder if everyone pays attention? That is the Japanese National Treasure Shugaku Institute, which was imitated in the movie studio. It was originally built in 1659. In fact, it is China's Duobao trellis. If you have read the works of Yuan Ye and Changwuzhi in the Ming Dynasty at that time, you will know the influence of these Ming Dynasty aesthetic styles on the Japanese aristocracy.
It is said that the prototype of its decorative details had an influence on the families of ordinary people.
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