big guy

Hester 2022-03-22 09:02:31

The emotional tone of the film continues Kitano's consistent characteristics. Yamamoto made a delicate footnote to the birthday gift that Yamamoto gave to the black brother's mother, but Yamamoto left a bag of US dollars for the black brother before he died. It should be moved to be a new person, and this kind of treatment will inevitably mean that the big guy Yamamoto has achieved immortality. From the perspective of video style, the quietness that should be quiet, the jumping that should be jumping, the sharp switching is just right, the close-up of the silent characters, the empty mirror that omits the process, and the instant violence, all played very admirably. I highly admire Kitano's "speak less nonsense" lens language, which is a free and easy and decisive, simply vigorous attitude.

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Extended Reading
  • Selmer 2022-03-17 09:01:06

    Unfathomable and unpredictable, sometimes you can't tell why he died and why he lived. It's hard to describe, it can't be said, sometimes you don't understand why he is suffering and why he is happy. Behind his fierceness lurked a certain playful innocence. In his coldness, a certain stubborn enthusiasm was suppressed. If I had a choice, the eldest brother played by Takeshi Kitano would be the kind of person I am most in awe of and desire to be. In the melancholy and soft piano sound of Hisaishirang, a fierce and affectionate underworld leader quietly died in the afterglow of the setting sun, heroic and poignant. This film is actually a memorial to Japanese underworld culture. It is a low and cryptic culture. Regardless of their love and hatred, they will express it in a silent and extreme way. It may be gambling or bullets. It is an emotion that needs no words, and it is even more innocent. Fearless. Yamamoto's back is tattooed with a Bodhisattva. The Bodhisattva symbolizes discipline and compassion in the tattoo. It also seems to reveal that people who have principles and emphasizing love and justice are destined to not survive in today's underworld. The best Kitano Takeshi movie in my heart is beautiful, even a bit cruel.

  • Rosalia 2022-03-25 09:01:16

    [March 7, 2019 - China Film Archive - Film DCP] The clip of the last bar shootout is a classic. The rest of the film's Kitano-esque editing is embarrassing, like a cat roaring. The soundtrack is also forced to be epic.

Brother quotes

  • Kato: [knocked down by a pistol butt] Aniki?

    Aniki Yamamoto: Kato?

    Kato: [surprised] What's going on?

    Aniki Yamamoto: [smiles] I'm at war in America too.

  • Ken: [to Denny] He says, if you kill him with one shot, he'll give you ten bucks.