Shibuya's unique fashion geeks on the streets, unrestrained girls in millennium discos, warm and uplifting heroines in Japanese dramas, and "neon" with filter colors all revealed in the sun are gorgeous Japan; silent and depressing Yes, boredom is the essence of Japan. Like Mt. Fuji after the snow on the back has melted, the black lines that are exposed seem to be down on the face, revealing its original face.
So, in such a crazy Tokyo, how to save yourself, or carry out self-redemption?
In the busy and indifferent Tokyo world, company employee Sugimoto dances a dance for himself. "Talking About Love, Dancing" is not a serious musical. It simply focuses on a civil servant who has nothing to do with the word "dance". It is a little bizarre, but a little romantic.
"The last train of the Yamanote Line, office workers who soaked their lives in alcohol, had to take this train and face real life. When I first arrived in Japan, I was always very horrified to see on the electronic screen of the subway car because someone I jumped off the subway to commit suicide, and the news that a certain line had to be delayed, until this kind of thing happened almost every day, and I was numb." This is the most direct feeling that writer Jiang Fangzhou experienced in Tokyo. It can also be seen that in Japan, where the suicide rate is the highest, the capital Tokyo is more orderly, and individuality is not so easily accepted. In most Japanese dramas, Japanese movies, the Japanese appear as independent individuals. Independent individuals are lonely, lonely people, always dancing alone.
As a nine-to-five civil servant, Sugimoto's existence is like a small screw in the busy machinery of Tokyo. Every day, like a product on an assembly line, he lives in a suit and walks like a zombie in a world full of zombies in Tokyo, day after day. I was taking the subway to and from get off work one day, and one day I accidentally saw a beautiful dance teacher standing in front of the glass window of a dance studio. Inspired by curiosity and spring, Sugiyama finally got off the subway ahead of schedule to go to this dance. In the room, I accidentally reported to the ballroom dance class, and since then I have been on the road to dancing.
Staff Sugimoto has always wandered between family and business, and he can't find fun in life. For Sugimoto, dance is the outlet of emotion and the release of self. Sugimoto passed dance, and dance teacher Xiao Ai achieved self-redemption. Although Sugimoto and Xiao Ai first met in the dance classroom, this first meeting was the product of Sugimoto's hesitation for two nights - Sugimoto finally met Xiao Ai in person on the third day. Sugimoto, who just wanted to "dance for Xiao Ai", practiced his dance harder after Xiao Ai said, "I don't want students (meaning Sugimoto) to dance for me". , I bought a brace to help shape my body, tied it to my back and danced, and even stepped on the dance steps with my colleagues in the toilet... Over time, I really fell in love with dancing. From "dance for little love" to "dance for yourself". With the encouragement of his daughter, Sugimoto and his wife met frankly, and held each other's hands and danced together, unraveling the knot in each other's hearts. Dancing enables Sugimoto to complete his self-redemption, allowing an ordinary employee to have such an extraordinary experience.
Sugimoto, who achieved self-redemption through dance, also redeemed dance teacher Xiao Ai, who developed through dance: she had the talent to learn dance since she was a child, and she also went to perform around the world with her dance partners, and came back to open this dance classroom, however, The story was told to the audience later: Xiao Ai was injured because of dancing. This injury is a heartbreak, because she lacked trust with her dance partner in the European competition. The negligence of the dance partner caused Xiao Ai to fall to the ground. left deep scars. Xiao Ai hates all the behaviors that come to learn dance because of her beauty, but Sugimoto's efforts to learn dance moved Xiao Ai, and Xiao Ai's heart fire to resume dancing also burned... Finally, in Xiao Ai again At the farewell party in Europe, Xiao Ai generously invited Sugimoto to dance together: "shall we dance?" Xiao Ai chose dance, but also abandoned dance in a collapse, and finally Sugimoto's efforts in dance created "salvation" ", redeemed Xiao Ai's heart that could not let go of dancing at that moment. Dance is to Xiao Ai, like a poet is to the moon, a dolphin is to the ocean, and a child relies on his shoulders. Xiao Ai will eventually return to the embrace of dance.
There is also a comedy character who is also particularly noticeable in the film. This is a short middle-aged man named Aoki. He and Sugiyama are colleagues. He is bald and wears glasses. He is somewhat comical. He is a funny character that is not lacking in daily life. But in the depths of the story, Aoki has more or less the color of Dazai Osamu in "Disqualification in the World" - becoming a clown in the eyes of classmates and teachers, trying to make fun to cover up his inner loneliness. Aoki, who is dedicated to being funny, practiced ballroom dancing behind his back while being ridiculed by his colleagues on a daily basis, sweating, and became a different Aoki. During the dance, Aoki used to cover her bald head with a wig - as if hiding her usual self. In the final dance competition, Aoki's wig was removed by the opponent. As if Aoki had removed the last layer of disguise, Aoki finally became naked, but he finally let himself go in the dance and danced life as his true self. dance. Aoki probably finally understood that before, although he was dancing, he always danced in a glass cover. Later, Aoki broke free from the glass cover and became his original appearance, returning to his origin. The greatest significance of dancing to Aoki is probably to escape from the daily mocked self and become a different and more likeable Aoki. So, compared to Dazai Osamu, Aoki is really lucky. At least Aoki was finally redeemed by dancing, but Osamu Dazai left the world with the regret of being "born as a human".
Looking back at "Talk About Love, Dance and Dance", the love talked about is far more than love, but also includes thousands of emotions in the world: Sugiyama and Xiao Ai can't tell the difference, the love that is close to each other, the support between dance partners The stalemate friendship, the fading family love... The thousands of loves in the world have also been replaced by a dance step and a dance posture. Dance alone in busy Tokyo, drink a little wine at an izakaya in the middle of the night, and dance a little dance in the dance teacher's class can be regarded as an outlet for emotions. Tokyo is too noisy, so let's not talk, dance, dance alone, after sweating, you will be reborn.
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