The Myth of Narrative Subjects

Milan 2022-03-15 08:01:01

Mori Owai's original note is still Mizoguchi. I feel that the styles of the two do not match very well. A tragedy was filmed flatly, I don't know what it means...
The theme of the film is very confusing. On the one hand, it is an attack on ancient slavery, but At the same time, it maintains traditional consciousness. For example, men are superior to women. The younger sister of the film is like a prop. The incarnation of truth, goodness and beauty threw herself into the lake. Her meaning was to help her brother escape, and the big-name Tanaka Kinyo was completely reduced to a supporting role. Wandering around for a while, at first I was foolish and naive to be deceived, and finally became a prostitute and turned into dementia...
The protagonist of the movie is the elder brother, and the male is the crux of Mizoguchi's attention, but this male protagonist is mediocre, far from Mizoguchi's portrayal The heroine is powerful, so the movie is not suitable for Mizoguchi. Although there are still long shots, eloquent narration, and the use of light, it obviously does not show the film tension of Mizoguchi. The hero's narrative is completely confused. He escaped with the help of his sister, then got the pity of the officials to avenge his revenge, rescued the public, and reunited with his mother. Then, what is the meaning of the existence of the male protagonist? Is it the inheritance of his father's legacy? If this is the case, it is really the exposure of Mizoguchi's male consciousness, a kind of maintenance of patriarchal power...
The film is also true. When attacking the slavery of the old society, the film completely concentrates the role of the bad guy on Dr. Sansho, isn't it people who Tragedy of consciousness, institutions and class settings? The hero was able to take revenge and reunite with his mother. It seemed that everything had been released. The officials who helped the hero also maintained the court and the current system. People kept shifting their attention, and finally came to an end...
This movie is a movie in Mizoguchi. It's really inconspicuous. Maybe Mizoguchi is not a female director, but he should still make plays with the heroine as the core in order to shine...

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Extended Reading
  • Myrna 2022-03-27 09:01:21

    The father was demoted for being a good official, the mother, son, daughter, and old woman were abducted and sold on the way to find him, and the mother was sold as a prostitute. The elder brother and younger sister were sold to Danhou and became slaves. It was the younger sister who never forgot their hearts in the process of growing up. The younger sister found a clue of where her mother was. In order to let his brother escape, he stayed by himself. In order not to leak the secret, he chose to commit suicide by throwing himself into the lake. The brother delivered a letter, and his father was rehabilitated (he died at this time). Slavery, but there is a right minister behind Sanjiao, the elder brother finished this, resigned, and found the blind mother on the island. Mori Ogai wrote such a story. In 1954, Mizoguchi Kenji made such a movie. If Mori Ogai saw modern magical news, what kind of "Sansho Doctor" would he write. The anime version I saw was too fairy tale. The actresses are so beautiful

  • Vicenta 2022-03-20 09:03:06

    Unlike Masaki Kobayashi, who started with the Bushido ideology, Mizoguchi's anti-feudalism is either singing and dancing geisha, or using his career and human feelings, and his experience of human existence to tell the sadness of human life. In contrast, Mizoguchi has neither the common and universal samurai morale of Akira Kurosawa, nor Ozu's modern perspective and human grief, but he is one of the most poetic, lyrical and compassionate.

Sansho the Bailiff quotes

  • Taro: Even children as young as you are sold and bought, treated like animals, and nobody questions it. What a horrible world.

  • Taro: [to Zushio] I found that humans have little sympathy for things that don't directly concern them. They're ruthless. Unless those hearts can be changed, the world you dream of cannot come true. If you wish to live honestly with your conscience, keep close to the Buddha.