I was stunned when I watched this film. After all, it was 14 years late to watch it. The background of the times has long been different, and this is a Japanese film. For us, the background of life experience is also completely different. Therefore, the first viewing was not as moving and shocking as expected. However, it still reached a point. After reading it, I felt that I was still unfinished. There were a lot of things to say, but I didn't know what to say. A lot of good movies give us that feeling.
When I watched the director's review again, I began to carefully digest the film, and indeed found that this film is a classic. The influence on subsequent Asian films is also very large. At present, the methods and models used in many Japanese and Korean films can be seen in the shadow of "Love Letter". For example, red mailboxes are not uncommon.
For stories, the director is really a storyteller. The details of the film are very cleverly arranged. Now I will talk about my understanding of some of the details of the film, because some of them have not been remembered. For spoilers, if you haven't seen the movie, please don't watch it.
1. Miho Nakayama plays 2 roles by himself. In order to make the audience distinguish the 2 characters, the director created 2 completely different shapes, one is a lady, the other has the same costume as a boy, and another girl, Fujii, only needs to appear. I always catch a cold. Although the time span of this film is a few months, it is still a cold state as long as it appears. The first is to distinguish two people, so as not to confuse the audience, and the other is to leave a foreshadowing for the future serious illness and hospitalization. But... it's a bit out of logic. I've been sick for a few months, not an early death.
2. Why did the female Fujii tree look so ladylike in her school days, but now she looks so boyish? From here, I start to analyze the psychology of the characters. It's definitely not just to distinguish the two characters. From the end of the film, the part where she smashed the vase angrily at the end, why did she fall? It was after hearing the news that the male Fujii tree was transferred to another school, he fell angry. It can be seen here that she likes the male Fujii tree. The first time I watched it, I understood that she lost her temper because the man left and no one was protecting her anymore, so she started to protect herself and lost her temper, but maybe only a small part, the main reason was She liked the male Fujii tree, because of anger, she slowly changed her personality, and finally looked like a boy.
3. This film has two very important clues to the memory of the past, one is the memory of the letter from the female Fujii to Hiroko Watanabe, and the other is the memory of the movie screen, which is carried out at the same time. Here everyone should carefully observe the content of the letter. It's a lie. The director is very clever at this point. It makes you feel that the girl Fujii is just telling the past casually, and the actor's performance is also the same, just as an ordinary memory to interpret the state of the girl Fujii. So secondly, what does the movie screen show? Is it the real past or the memory of the girl Fujii? From my point of view, here is a real past reproduction. However, this real past is also completed through the perspective of female Fujii, so it is also the memory of female Fujii. The brilliant director cleverly told us a lot of things in the memory screen, that is, the female Fujii also likes the male Fujii.
3. Recall the picture analysis, if there is any omission, don't blame it.
1) When they were in the library together, the female Fujii was looking at the male Fujii behind the white curtain, and finally, the male Fujii transferred to another school, and the female Fujii looked at the library curtain again. This detail also shows that she likes the male Fujii tree.
2) She was threatened by another female classmate to match her, and asked the male Fujii tree in the library, do you have a girlfriend? At this time, she is not asking for the female classmate, but herself. She also wanted to know.
3) During the school sports meeting, she has been observing the male Fujii tree through the camera lens, which is already a very obvious expression of love. (Speaking of this, I am moved myself. Who hasn’t had such a crush? I believe everyone has secretly observed their favorite classmates of the opposite sex in various ways.)
4) After her father died, the male Fujii came to her house to return the book. She was also very happy and liked the performance of the other party.
5) When exchanging examination papers, she chose to wait in the parking shed, which also implied that she was in a secret love. Male Fujii tree.
Sorry, there may be some details from the past, that's all I can remember for now.
4. Does male Fujii like female Fujii? Obviously, yes.
1) The character of the male Fujii tree is very interesting, he is a very feminine character, really very feminine.
2) His last fiancee is Hiroko Watanabe, which has already proved that he likes the female Fujii tree, and the two look exactly the same.
3) According to Watanabe Hiroko’s recollection, he prepared the ring, but never opened his mouth to propose, which also shows that he is a feminine person and does not talk easily. This is the same as the performance in the memory. In the memory, he never said anything. What love did he say to the female Fujii tree, he is a person who hides everything in his heart
4) Through the dictation of his climbing friends, he had been singing Matsuda Seiko's song in the valley before he died, but the friend said that he did not The man who likes Seiko Matsuda is such a person. He likes a person and always expresses his dislike. He likes the female Fujii tree, but he just doesn't like it.
5) His papers are wrong, he must know. Why do you draw? Of course, it is a sign of liking. Then why is the picture of a girl taking off her panties sexy? Because he knew that this paper would definitely be exchanged, and the female Fujii would see that he was not the kind of person to express himself directly, so he used this small gesture to show that he liked the female Fujii, but he did not dare to express it directly, only Can draw other types of paintings. (It touched me again, who hasn't done this kind of thing?)
6) The painting on the back of the library card at the end is an obvious expression of liking, but he just wants to leave when he wants to transfer schools. , and it was drawn on the back of the library card. Really a man with deep feelings. This situation echoes the scene where he and Hiroko Watanabe got engaged. He never proposed, but Hiroko Watanabe did.
7) When I was in the parking shed, in order to spend more time with my daughter Fujii, I deliberately looked at the exam papers. The ghost believed that a person who scored 27 points in English would love learning so much.
8) The female Fujii tree made him a matchmaker, and he angrily took the hood and put it on the female Fujii tree's head.
9) When returning the book, I deliberately went to say goodbye to the female Fujii tree's house. I personally sent the true love letter in the play, the portrait of the female Fujii tree behind the library card.
10) The name of the female Fujii tree is written on the 48 library cards.
Although this character, Male Fujii tree only appeared in the memory, but in various ways, it is indeed very clearly portrayed in this play.
5. So what does the realistic female Fujiishu think of the male Fujii? The play gave some hints. I think she likes the male Fujii, although I never directly gave the female Fujii's thoughts.
1) She was in the hospital and was in a drowsy state. She heard the nurse call her, and she had two memories. The first was her father's death, which was to pave the way for the future. One is that the plot needs to give the audience an answer here, and the other is that this male Fujii tree still occupies a very important position in her heart.
2) The woman has never had a boyfriend, and she dresses like a boy, and still works in the library. The two of them worked in the library when they were at school. All hints. She still likes the male Fujii tree.
3) She went back to school to take pictures, and by seeing the teacher's scene, she felt like she was going back to school for the first time after graduation. They are all in a small town and the school is so close, why didn't she go to school for so long? Is it because some memories of the school make her reluctant to touch. I think that if I go back and look at it, it will remind her of the male Fujii tree. So she didn't want to go back to school.
4) In the letter, she told her memories of the man Fujii, and finally we found out that she wrote many letters. After many years, she can have so many memories of the man Fujii, which is also what she likes. Watanabe Hiroko also said in the reply that these things belong to your memories, and sent all the letters back. In fact, Watanabe Hiroko has seen that the female Fujii tree likes the male Fujii tree. Of course, I also know that the male Fujii tree likes the female Fujii tree.
5) She heard the news of the death of the male Fujii tree from the teacher. On the way back, she had the memory of her father's death. The dragonfly in the ice, the second picture, stopped on the way of cycling and began to cry. It couldn't be more obvious. The person I had loved for many years had died unexpectedly two years ago.
6) It was found that Fujii-ki drew himself on the back of the library card, and he knew that he liked him. That kind of helpless look, tears flowed unconsciously. I don't know if she wanted to put the library card in her pocket or if she wanted to find a tissue. I think she wanted to put the library card in her pocket. (I was moved again. This scene at the end of the film is the most moving.)
7) I was babbling when I was hospitalized, how are you? I'm very good. It was also what she said to the male Fujii tree, which echoes Watanabe Hiroko Haruka, two women, one appearance, both deeply in love with a man, and said the same thing to the dead him, how are you? I'm very good.
8) The last letter, she didn't mail it out in the end, it's too embarrassing, how can I say it? Your fiancé used to secretly draw my paintings. She could only hide in her own heart.
6. In the scene at the end of the film, her grandfather planted a tree when she was born. It was her name, but she didn't even know it. Grandpa asked her before, is the person with the same name as your boyfriend? She said no, and then Grandpa started talking about the tree. Some things are fun to do secretly. This is a review of the entire film. The whole film is just a memory. The two have a crush on each other and miss each other. In the end, it is a regrettable process. This feeling is only to be remembered, but it was already lost at that time.
7. Analyze the current mental state of the girl Fujii. This film cleverly does not have any real pictures and words that express the psychology of the girl Fujii. No one knows what she thinks about this matter. So what does she really think? She must know clearly that she likes the male Fujii, and of course she will forget it after many years, but how could she not know that she had a crush on someone during her student days? Through a letter from Hiroko Watanabe, the memory of that crush was revived. Of course, the secret love thing, of course, will not tell anyone, it will only be kept in my heart. So she didn't show it at any point. Another point is that she felt that Nan Fujiishu didn't like her, because he rarely talked to her, so even if she really looked for a lot of memories with him, she couldn't find much. But at the last moment, when I saw the painting of myself, I finally understood that the guy was his own. Years of an emotional entanglement has been released. Only at the end of the film will I be so happy to find the tree with the same name as myself.
8. The bad part of the film. Even the best films have their flaws.
1) The climax scene in the film is that the female Fujii tree has a high fever, and the grandfather is sent to the hospital on his back, which is a bit inappropriate. The foreshadowing given in the front is not enough, and the director wants to show too many things, so it creates a very abrupt feeling. The director wanted to express the cause of death of the daughter Fujii Shu's father and the entanglement in the hearts of the father-in-law and daughter-in-law over the years, and vented it at this moment.
2) When I got to the hospital, my mother looked at the clock and smiled when she saw the time. This is a superfluous stroke. At this time, the mother should be concerned about her daughter. Adults have a high fever of more than 41 degrees and may die at any time. She was still in the mood to look at the clock.
3) On such a snowy day, the old man in his 70s carried his granddaughter and ran to the hospital in 38-40 minutes. It was completely illogical. Such a scene was too old-fashioned. A lot of Japanese dramas and Japanese films are like this in their emotional scenes. It can also be regarded as a failure of the film.
4) The scene of the hospitalization and Hiroko Watanabe's trip to the friend at the foot of the mountain where Fujii-ki died, are at the same time and in different spaces, and the connection here is not very good. Although it is the same time, it is not completely is the same time. On the one hand, the narrative is compact and tense, on the other hand it is soothing. It is also the shortcoming of this film.
9. That's about all I have to say. The first time I watched it, I didn't quite see why. So after reading the review version for the second time, I have summarized some content, and some of the opinions are also expressed by the reviewers Shu Qi and Mr. Tang Jiazhao.
I think the most touching thing about this film is that in the 1995s, many people over 25 would have a memory of their love in their student days, and that era was around 1985, when the students had a relationship with each other. Love is very subtle, especially in Asian countries. Therefore, they themselves will always have crushes, misses, regrets and so on. Therefore, people around the age of 25 will like this film, and in 1995, the views of students were very similar to those in 1985. People around 15 years old, that is, students, will still have feelings, because they will also Experiencing such a thing as a crush is equivalent to describing them, and the students at that time also raved about the film. That's why it was so successful in Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong. Iwai Shunji also became popular.
Digression, love letters have never become popular in China in the true sense.
As of today, 2009. The times are progressing rapidly, and young people's ideas are different, so this film may not be so cold. For example, if I watch a lot of Japanese and Korean films, and then watch this film, although I don’t think this film is very old, I am not so cold about the shooting method and sensational passages. Because too many people have continued this way. Therefore, I couldn't reach the feeling of surprise that I had when I first saw this film in 1995. I've watched it twice and want to watch it again. Classic movies are different, they are endearing and pondering, and many details are waiting for you to discover.
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