From the "Day of Landing" to the national character

Frances 2022-01-19 08:02:56

Like "Flying Tai Chi Flag", "Day of Landing" is also an anti-war film directed by Jiang Digui. It also describes brotherhood on the battlefield, but compared with the former, the perspective and intention of this film are much larger.


Although the brotherhood in "Taichi Flag Flying" has the metaphor of the split of the Korean nation, the foothold is still the brotherhood of the earthly world. Zhentai has no political stance. As long as he can save his brothers, he doesn't mind being a Korean. The army is still the People's Army. Perhaps in the director's opinion, the only thing that can bridge the gap in the Korean nation is the friendship of compatriots whose blood is thicker than water.


In "Day of Landing", the background extends to the more complicated and chaotic ethnic entanglements between Japan, South Korea, China and the Soviet Union. The male number one and the second male number in the film are both fetishes and rivals, both foe and robe. , Both a master and a servant, but also a difficult friend, how should we face and get along with the hatred of the country and the family?


The characters in "Day of Landing" also have metaphors of national attributes. Needless to say, the tall South Korean protagonist, the director consciously asked him to bridge the suffering of war through human nature and break the narrowness of nationalism. And the image of Li Zhongtai, after the hatred of the Japanese went to extremes, turned to cling to the stronger Soviet Union, replacing the position of slaves, and rushing madly towards his only hope, but in his bones, he still loves. Kim Eun-joo and Lee Jong-tae who cared about Kim Joon-sik, not Anton who was alienated, I think the director used him as a metaphor for North Korea. As for Syrah, played by Fan Bingbing...Ah, it’s purely a soy saucer. Without her, it doesn’t affect the plot. She is also used to highlight the hero’s loftiness. As a Chinese, I don’t feel happy at all. From this name , As well as her identity and her lines, it can be seen that Koreans really don’t understand the Chinese... In contrast, their friendship with the Japanese may be deeper.


The film has a lot of memory on Hasegawa's mental journey. As the grandson of a Japanese occupation general, he deeply believes in militaristic propaganda and considers himself to be a "barbaric" in Korea. In order to be loyal to the emperor, he gave up studying medicine and sports competitions and decided to join the army. On the battlefield, he was ruthless and cruel to prisoners of war and his subordinates, and he was convinced that all of this was for national justice and national honor. He never imagined that one day he would become a prisoner and be abandoned by the motherland, from the perpetrator to the victim. The Soviet Red Army and North Korean discipline beat and scolded Japanese prisoners of war, just as the Japanese bullied the Koreans; Soviet officers supervised the war and shot their own soldiers, and how similar is it to their own supervising and shooting their subordinates. All this is like remembering a heavy hammer, ruthlessly eroding the illusion created by militarist brainwashing education. Until he fell into a desperate situation and was rescued by an opponent he had always despised, he realized that the long-distorted human nature finally broke through the barriers, and The simplest feelings between people defeated the narrow nationalism. He finally returned from a war machine deliberately cultivated to an ordinary person, and finally returned to the Olympics with the friendship of Kim Joon-sik.


The film reveals the ugliness of war, opposes national slavery, and advocates humanity and peace. Compared with China's false and narrow nationalist anti-Japanese drama and Japanese film and television dramas, the same narrow and deliberate evasive attitude, and its intention has a certain height in the films of the entire East Asia region. . At the same time, the plot of the film is tortuous and cleverly conceived. Although it is fictional, it does not distort historical facts; the war scenes in the film are fierce, the effect is realistic, and the momentum is magnificent, which has won the truth of Hollywood films. To be honest, South Korean commercial films are still the leaders in Asia. Of course, the traces of the film's influence by Hollywood are also obvious, but looking around the world, including Europe, Russia, India, which country does not imitate Hollywood commercial films? After all, everyone is good at it, and in the final analysis, it's the money that has the final say. This can be regarded as a drawback brought about by globalization.


Pull further. It’s not easy for South Korea as a nation. It’s hard to survive between China, Japan and Russia, and no one can offend anyone. Their national character is deeply influenced by China, and their emotions are strong and delicate, but they are spiritually alienated from China. , They hate Japan, but subconsciously like and approach Japan, they are really divided.


Compared with the low self-esteem and sensitivity caused by long-term residence in the vassal of the Korean people, the Han people cannot accept the modern history of the old empire being defeated and even enslaved. Worn out by the nomads and sea peoples, but still reluctant to face up to their ugliness, turned into Ah Q's spiritual victory method. When you see people, you will say that Lao Zi's ancestors were once rich, and whoever said that noble ancestors did it too People who pass by, or you are not necessarily more noble than me, the skin on your head will be so red that you will spit a worm on the ground. People who want to say that the ancestor is really rich, immediately continue to sit in Tugu with satisfaction. I went to catch lice in front of the temple.


If you don't believe me, look at the people who are clamoring for the destruction of the United States and Japan all day, and they are still living in the Chinese dream, and they are not necessarily much better than Hasegawa Tatsuo.

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