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Today I would like to introduce you to the Japanese movie "Hanabi", which was released in 1997.
This is a self-written, self-directed, and self-acting film by Takeshi Kitano. After the film was released, it won numerous awards, laying the foundation for Takeshi Kitano's position in the international film industry.
The film can be divided into three parts: front, middle and back. The first half is mainly about four things. First thing: Takeshi Kitano is a criminal police officer, who is called Lao Xi here. Lao Xi's wife was terminally ill and was admitted to the hospital, and she was about to die soon. The second thing: On a mission, Heoshi was supposed to squat with his colleague Horibe to guard the suspect. However, the kind Horibe asks Himai to visit his wife in the hospital, and as a result, Horibe encounters a suspect and is unfortunately shot and crippled. The third thing: Lao Nishi and several colleagues arrested the gangsters, and his colleague Tanaka was unfortunately shot and killed in the melee. Fourth thing: In order to treat his wife's illness, buy horibe tools for painting, and give Alimony to Tanaka's wife and children, Lao Xi borrowed usurious loans. In order to speed up the narrative, the director mixed and cut multiple clues together to make the film appear a little messy.
The middle part of the film is relatively simple. It is the old west who is not on the usury, and he bought a taxi from the scrap car treatment plant. He sprayed himself and transformed it into a police car. Then, Lao Xi drove the fake police car to rob the bank. As for why you should drive a police car to rob the bank, the film does not explain, which is also what the editor has been wondering about. In short, Lao Xi snatched a sum of money in the bank without spending a shot and a bullet,
In the second half of the film, Lao Xi travels around with his wife. With the footsteps of Lao Nishi, the beauty of Japan is displayed one by one in the movie, with temples, snow scenes and sea views. The usurer knew that Lao Xi had robbed the bank and followed him. He hoped that Lao Xi would keep the money in their place and ensure that Lao Xi would return the money with him after he was released from prison. As a result, it was destroyed by the Old West Regiment. Finally, the police found Lao Xi, a large blue seashore, and the sound of the turbulent waves could not cover up the two crisp gunshots, suggesting that the old four couples had both committed suicide.
The title "Hanabi" is two words, one is flower and the other is fire. In the film, the love between Lao Xi and his wife is as beautiful and warm as a flower on the one hand; on the other hand, it is as hot and intense as fire. Some people say that this is a love film. However, the Japanese pride themselves on being a nation of cherry blossoms and swords, on the one hand, as small and united as cherry blossoms, and as sharp as a samurai sword on the other. It is understandable that Lao Xi went to rob the bank in order to accompany his wife on the last journey, but it was a bit strange that the police chased after him and committed suicide together. It can be said that such a plot reflects the contradictory national character of the Japanese people. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that the film has won numerous awards internationally, after all, the national is the world.
The soundtrack of the film is calm, soothing, not impatient, eloquent, and has a sense of substitution. Almost throughout the film's soundtrack and inky lines, coupled with exquisite, beautiful pictures, as well as the Japanese police's hand-waving eight-character steps, make the film have a very different mood. The illustrations in the film are impressive, and they are all paintings by director Takeshi Kitano. All in all, this is a movie that is deeply branded with Takeshi Kitano and is worth recommending. Good bye.