Summer and Ozu

Jarvis 2022-04-19 09:02:54

She likes the summer sky, she can exaggerately paint the blue of love all over the screen; she can hold a large cloud in her arms like a stuffed bear; she can make a prank thunder and lightning; more Can howling cathartic raindrops fall. She said that only summer is the sky of true temperament, like herself.
He didn't like the summer sky. It was plain and lazy, but it was always so hot that it seemed like something was about to erupt. Such a sky would always be filled with the smell of Ozu, and the sun was cold and green.
I am afraid that only Wang Wei can feel the coldness from the warm tones of the sun; I am afraid that only Ozu can express loneliness from the liveliness of summer.
The taste of saury:
In fact, there are not many summers in Ozu's lens, as if in the blink of an eye, it is cool autumn!
When the trustworthy saury is served, with sake, the only thing you can taste is the bitterness like yellow lotus.
This preference for seasons is probably because the uncontrollable high temperature and the wanton noise of cicadas in summer always carry a dash of liveliness, and Ozu does not like liveliness. He always reflects the famous saying in the moonlight of the lotus pond: "The liveliness is theirs, I have nothing!"
Just like this film: the theme is Luzi's wedding, but the only thing that is really bright is the bright color of Luzi's dress. For a moment, it seemed that in an instant, the aging men returned to their usual banquets, talking about the loneliness that could not be avoided.
In fact, loneliness does not conflict with liveliness, just like the color of the sun, it will have a cool tone. The real loneliness comes from a habitual lack. The old man drank heartily every day, and was scolded by his daughter when he got home. In the sophistry, the old man suddenly sobered up a lot. Finally, his daughter got married. After leaving the banquet, when I got home, I couldn't hear the scolding again. I couldn't help it, and I was still drunk. This is the real loneliness, young people have their own pursuits, the eldest son dreams of cheap clubs, the younger son misses the conductor on the tram, but the old man can no longer hope for anything, so every daily lack, It's all fatal loneliness. Ozu's best explanation of loneliness is by interspersing scenes with no one in the characters' stories.
Despite the loneliness, Ozu is still restrained. Lu Zisei's first love, there is only a simple sentence on the platform "The tram is here!". When Luzi heard the news that Miura had a lover, he quietly went upstairs and sat at the table. I thought I'd turn around and see her tears, but I didn't. Ozu believes that crying is a very personal thing: so Shanpao's daughter only sobbed when the guests dispersed and the old father fell asleep, and the old gentleman only cried to the corner in the dead of night. Ozu treasures loneliness in a tin box like a child, but inadvertently, this loneliness is like camphor, spreading all over the house!
Kobayakawa's family's autumn
knows that it must be a very annoying animal, they incite the air vigorously Every trace of the heat wave, self-indulgent singing, disturbing every pair of sleepy ears in the afternoon.
But this kind of noise will also disappear with the green of the leaves. "Dawn bacteria don't know the darkness, and crickets don't know the spring and autumn." Zhili sings for every day of life, he lives very self, but very comfortable. The day his singing disappeared from the treetops: The end of the summer - the autumn of the Kobayakawa family.
Old brewers know the same characters. In the face of the second daughter's scolding, he cheekily shouted, "I know, I know." In the face of the cheap daughter's mink quest, he dealt with it with a smile on his face: "I know, I know." On a hot summer day, he wandered the streets, looking for the coolest branches to rest, even rolling up his trousers. She used to mop the floor to coax her ex-lover to be happy, and she burst into every smile like a clown. Even if he is recovering from a serious illness, he still plays the golden cicada he is good at to escape, and uses the last bit of energy in his life to date his lover. He regards life as a big gamble, and even if he loses, he can throw away the tickets like paper money. for myself. "I'm going like this, I'm going like this!" Auntie laughed at the old man's dying words, but also cried, because his life is brilliant and short.
This kind of man is a bit annoying, but also very nostalgic. "Make life as gorgeous as summer flowers", the old brewer is the only summer of the Kobayakawa family, and his daughters are the autumn of the Kobayakawa family, but this autumn has a different kind of beauty after receiving the residual temperature, Whether they choose to accompany their son for the rest of their life alone, or choose to go to Sapporo to find their lover, they have all found their own brilliant way, "death is like the quiet beauty of autumn leaves", the death of the old man is a beautiful reincarnation, he let the children's Autumn becomes exciting.
Qiuzhi and
Qiuzi and Ayako were sitting in the hut by the lake, talking about the upcoming farewell between mother and daughter. The lake water swayed on the wall, and Feng Yanji's famous sentence suddenly popped into his mind: "When the wind blows, it blows. Wrinkle a pool of spring water." Although there was already a pool of autumn water outside the window.
Originally a calm lake, with the help of external forces, it gradually became a little turbulent. In Feng Yanji's view, it was a kind of faint sadness, but in Otsu's view, it was a kind of joy, and there are many things in life. Inexplicable ups and downs, as long as it is gentle, Ozu will praise him with satisfaction.
The mother and daughter of the Mirin family are the clear autumn water of a lake. Because of the beauty, there are a lot of cool breezes. Under the blowing, the cool autumn has a warm spring.
Qiu and Chun were probably a mother and daughter, one gentle and the other elegant. The three friends are busy with Zhang Luochun's marriage out of praise for Qiu, but they are also infected by Spring every time they think of it. The old men who were almost in the autumn of their lives suddenly flooded with spring love, the breeze blowing against others, turning and hanging into the lake of their own hearts, itching unnaturally, and itching!
This kind of itch will make the people around them smile knowingly. After Hirayama refused for the first time, he couldn't do it. After getting the permission of his son, he was overjoyed. He stood in the corridor and didn't know how to express it. He opened his mouth and said, "Today's weather, hahaha!", when they got help, they wanted to urinate frequently; Mamiya and Taguchi were secretly in love with Akiko, but praised Ayako in front of their wife, and after being exposed, they said "I won't say anything if I kill you." The spirit and the righteousness of throwing dirty water on a friend. Obviously it was his own proposal, but he was unwilling to tell the story of Pingshan, and he was still schadenfreude while shaving his cheek with a pipe. How could these three old men look like entrepreneurs and professors with successful careers and children, just like a group of sunny hair-headed youths, watching their spring performances, even the two ladies were inevitably infected, they teased themselves 's wife, not out of jealousy, but purely to add some spice to the story.
It is precisely because of the youthful reappearance of these autumn old people that the stirring of the wind, wrinkled and spring water seems so harmonious and peaceful. Ozu, who has stepped into the evening, can finally capture the sum of autumn, and the usual theme of loneliness has suddenly faded a lot. .
I almost forgot that there is also Miss Lily who contributes to this harmony. This young lady has the enthusiasm and frankness of a matchmaker. This kind of character can be seen from her home, and she is frank and sloppy; Not to mention her actions: her friend came to complain, but she criticized her friend's young lady like Yingying for her temperament. For the sake of her friend's mother who was wronged for no reason, she worshipped the mountain alone and taught the three old men a lesson like Zhang Sheng. Said yes, and turned around to find that the shrewd hotel princess had been ripped off. The disposition that loves to hug and fight against injustice is really worthy of Li Zhongzhu's unparalleled criticism: "Going to the bottom of the matter!" This is really a lovely girl who makes people laugh and wake up when they meet in a dream.
It's a pity that even with the help of this matchmaker, Mr. Hirayama was not able to have a good dream in the end, and the itch is still very itchy. Because between the spring and autumn of mother and daughter, there is also a father who connects them as tightly as summer. From the perspective of the family's housing, the deceased Mr. Miwa may be the man who could not earn the least money, but this man gave the mother and daughter the happiest love. The daughter's firm opposition to remarriage and the mother's fearlessness of loneliness may all be rooted in her deep love for Mr. Miwa! Just relying on the memories left behind during his lifetime, the needles of family maintenance can't be pierced and the water can't be splashed. How could such a man not make Mamiya and Taguchi jealous and sought after.
Although there is a gentle autumn wind, the autumn water is still peaceful, and the reason is because of the summer love that is thousands of feet deep!

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  • Shanon 2022-04-24 07:01:24

    When I saw the title, I thought it was a tragic story, but the tone of the film is bright and pleasant. Marrying a daughter is a matter of natural law, but the bitterness in the hearts of poor parents in the world is still slowly unfolding, smooth and long, just like the feeling of reading haiku. The high song of Mikami near the end is very meaningful. When everyone sits around together and listens quietly with their own red sandalwood, it seems to tell the silent love.

  • Leonard 2022-04-24 07:01:24

    Premier Ozu en couleur dont la picturalité s'invite dans chaque plan au cadre raffiné où la verticalité côtoie l'horizontalité. Dans un Japon d'après guerre où la modernité ébranle la tradition, la famille connaitra aussi l'effondrement de l'autorité patriarcale défiée par le sexe opposé. De la soumission à l'émancipation, les figures féminines incarnent l'avenir et le changement qui participent pleinement à la mue des valeurs anciennes.