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
  • Edison 2022-03-22 09:02:01

    You stumble down the stairs of life singing how short life is, but someone walks up the stairs singing happy birthday with blessings. At the end of my life, I realized that I didn't look up at the sunset, I didn't laugh and sing. Although I don't have much time, I can still build a small park; even if you have plenty of time, you will waste the rest of your life because of excuses. The stomach is broken, and the heart is hot. Life is geometric, and there are many hardships in the past. Let go of the horse to pursue what you really want, and then let go of what you can't get.

  • Ambrose 2022-03-29 09:01:03

    No matter how sound the system is, if it does not have the enthusiasm and passion of people, it will become a net of things, making everything "can" become "cannot", and individuals and society will be reduced to "mummies". We may die at any time. "No one knows what will happen tomorrow." Those empty, terrifying eyes turn into happy swings, and Kurosawa confronts the essence of life within the bureaucracy by writing "Citizen Kane" backwards.

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.