Spicy!

Alessia 2022-03-26 09:01:07

First of all, a big thumbs up for this movie. It can be said with certainty that this film is the most ironic film I have ever seen. Coincidentally, the last film that made me feel very "spicy" was also a Japanese film, "Tokyo Story". The Japanese are very good at expressing the sadness of society and family in small things and details.

The story of this film can be said to have achieved full marks, the plot is compact, and the story is very engaging. I can't find any flaws in Shimura Joe's Watanabe. There are a few scenes in this film that are particularly interesting. One is where women come to complain, and the government department pushes the level by level, which fully reflects the government's corruption and incompetence. The other is the words of colleagues in the mourning hall. Some people's human nature will not change. It is really the case.

A master is a master, and every movie that Akira Kurosawa makes can make people think after watching it. This is the meaning that a movie should have. Good movie, worth rewatching!

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Extended Reading
  • Destin 2022-03-28 09:01:04

    #Film Archive# With love, hatred, affection, hatred, and regret, the filming of birth, old age, sickness, death, and emptiness.

  • Margaretta 2022-01-03 08:01:17

    The first half of C+/ did not obscure the aging with the veil of pleasure, but opened up the reality of the gap between time in a playful way. Several mirrors are impressive. In the second half, there is a sense of deliberateness like sitting on pins and needles. The characters appear on the stage like a revolving lantern, but they don't have the effect of Rashomon. Several zero-sound design is like a miracle. BTW said that giving this film a low score is just pretending to not understand the movie, but it is also a lot of drama.

Ikiru quotes

  • Toyo: [telling joke] "You've never had a day off, have you?" "No." "Why? Are you indispensable?" "No. I don't want them to find out they can do without me."

  • Kanji: Now I remember: I nearly drowned in a pond once when I was a child. I felt exactly the same way then. Everything's going black. I writhe and thrash around, but there's nothing to hold on to - except you.

    Toyo: What about your son?

    Kanji: Don't talk to me about him! I have no son. I'm all alone.

    Toyo: But...

    Kanji: No, you don't understand! My son is somewhere far away. Just as my mom and pop were when I was drowning in that pond. Remembering it now, it's even more painful than it was then.