Western Crane Generation Female Film Critic: A Loser Who Runs All the Way

Hiram 2022-04-19 09:02:44

This film tells about the ups and downs of Xi He's life in the patriarchal society. How Xi He sinks into the cage constructed by patriarchy step by step and cannot get out. The sequence of the plot is as follows:

1. As a noble maid, Nishizuru falls in love with the lower-level samurai Katsunosuke. Due to their identities, the two are separated by yin and yang.

2. Xi He was recruited as the lord's concubine, gave birth to an offspring, and was beaten back to the house because of the jealousy of the lord's original spouse.

3. His biological father sold Xihe to Shimabara as a prostitute. Due to Xihe's poor hospitality and counterfeit coins, Xihe was driven away again.

4. Xi He went to the old couple's family as an adopted daughter. As the old man's intention of adopting Xi He for lust was revealed, Xi He was driven home by the old woman.

5. Xi He accepts the businessman's proposal and becomes a couple, but the businessman is accidentally killed, and Xihe becomes a widow.

6. The disheartened Xi He ran to the nun's door and tried to stay away from the red dust. He accidentally lost his body during the debt collection process and was driven out by the nun.

7. Xihe, who was living on the street, encountered a colleague who was fired. The two walked together. Not long after the colleague who was suspected of theft broke out, Xihe returned to loneliness again.

8. Xihe, who is old and yellow, failed to sell himself on the street, but was invited to do "the old witch's negative teaching material, Xihe returned to the temple and fainted in anger.

9. Xi He thought that he had received a call from his son, who was already a lord. From then on, he lived in good life and escaped from the sea of ​​misery. In the end, he was rejected by the nobles again because of his experience of being forced to be a prostitute, and he had to be a lonely nun.

As a beautiful and dignified woman, Xihe has struggled and worked hard, but in this cruel society, it is useless. The long shot of her mother chasing Baihe who wants to commit suicide all the way through the bamboo forest can be described as her struggling desperately. But he is trapped in a microcosm of life that cannot be freed from the bondage.

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  • Imelda 2022-04-23 07:04:07

    I have seen Kenji Mizoguchi's first work. There is always a reason why the master is a master. The lighting and composition of the film are all beautiful. As a director, it is never simply to tell a story. The perception of beauty. The story is also well told, not only to objectify women, but also to men. The most terrifying thing is the one who holds power, and the most terrifying thing is power, which is allowed to be taken and taken away by him.

  • Johan 2022-04-24 07:01:23

    Ten days to report the ninth, fill the 33rd part of Mizoguchi Kenji. Adapted from "Lady Generation", the heroine's setting is completely opposite. The smooth long-shot scheduling and sound effects of the soundtrack make the plot reverse between the houses and the pavilions. The title and the three-fleet duo show different heights in the angles selected by the camera to show the identity gap. The men she once had represented the identities of different classes in the entire feudal society, and her life trajectory also changed many times due to the selfishness and greed of men. The plot is too dramatic, although it can show the miserable side of women, the adaptation of the running account and the reversal of the stage play make the character creation not full enough, and perhaps the character in such a tragic life has long been smoothed out. The scene that escaped from the eyes of many samurai at the end of the film is well designed, and it is a satire of the samurai who have no heads.

The Life of Oharu quotes

  • Katsunosuke: Lady Oharu, a human being - no, woman - can only be happy if she marries for love. Rank and money don't mean happiness.