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Amos 2022-03-16 09:01:08

Especially good. It could have been hilarious, violent, decadent, or painful, but it wasn't, and that's where it's good. Toshiyuki Toyoda's dislike of sensationalism has fully played its due glory here. He did not decorate his characters with rhetoric to appeal to the audience's interest, nor did he make any hints about the characters' family backgrounds to appeal to the audience's sympathy. Jiujo represents this school, symbolizing the belief in beauty, the future, and hope that the teenagers once held. They had gathered beside Jiujo and then left one by one. The first half of the film is about the process of the world losing these teenagers. Then the story goes back to Kujo and Aoki, Aoki exists to fight against the symbol of Kujo. Can one believe so easily in the existence of beauty and meaning in the world and hold on to that belief? Aoki denied such ease, he chose to struggle, and after 13 shots, he fell from the building and died. He proves his life's dynamism through death. The bland narrative of the entire film transitioned through a time-lapse shot of Aoki standing on the rooftop overnight, and reached its climax in a slow-motion shot of Kujo rushing towards Aoki, and my breathing stopped in an instant.

Melba 2022-04-23 07:04:43

Very porridge, very porridge~ I think it is the representative work of Japanese hot-blooded youth films~ Even hot-blooded colleges can't surpass it. . . Let's clap for it~