1. Straightforward narrative, no focus
2. Characters are generally flat.
3. American directors, American novels, and local American screenwriters are destined to incorporate American ideology into this film.
4. The art is good.
5. The blue eyes of the heroine reveal American blood, and the characters use American language. In such narrative discourse, American culture is displayed. Instead of the Japanese image in "Chrysanthemum and the Sword". No matter how finely crafted the art scenes are, without the charm of the Japanese language, there is no way to have the Japanese style in Yasujiro Ozu's works.
6. The training of geisha takes less than ten minutes to explain, and the content with Japanese folklore characteristics is just passed by.
7. I'm thinking, if the proposition of "Memoirs of a Geisha" is in front of me, I would rather like Tetsuya Nakajima's "The Life of a Disgusted Matsuko" to tell a mighty story about the fall of an old Japanese geisha. Geisha, as a long-standing, glamorous and mysterious profession, carries rich Japanese culture. With a geisha as the center, it can affect the blood and flesh of the Japanese nation. Such a good subject is wasted in vain.
8. Compared with "Farewell My Concubine", it is written that the protagonist was difficult and bullied when he was young. Lots of close-ups are used. However, the continuous oppression of "Farewell My Concubine" extends to causing long-term psychological trauma to the protagonist and profoundly affecting the character of the protagonist. It echoes back and forth, making the tragic end of the characters one and the same. The characterization of the protagonist is more vivid, broadening the depth of thought.
In addition to Hatsumamo, Memoirs of a Geisha has some features, and the images of the elders in the house are blurred. The tragic experience of childhood did not cause any trauma to her. She even forgot that her sister abandoned her parents and died because of a comforting sentence from a middle-aged man. She was healthy, happy and positive, a typical American chicken soup for the soul.
9. Just like "Kung Fu Dream", this drama is popular because Americans love to see American culture staged in foreign countries.
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