When it comes to island suspense films, most people will first think of Keigo Higashino, as well as his "White Night" and "Relief Grocery Store".
A book is impressive, mostly because it touches human nature, which is also a big selling point of Keigo Higashino, and why we can empathize when we read his books.
But in Japan, there are many suspense masters like Keigo Higashino, such as Takagi Binguang, Seiichi Morimura, and Fumino Nakamura.
The film that Brother Monkey wants to talk about today is based on the suspense novel of the same name by Fuminori Nakamura: "Last Winter, Break Up with You".
In Japan, a small city that was originally quiet, was disturbed by a death incident, and a beautiful blind woman was burned to death in the home of a famous photographer.
Public opinion generally suspected that the photographer killed her, but the police did not have enough evidence, plus the suspect's sister, who was a powerful chaebol in the local area, and after moving up and down, the photographer was acquitted.
And the media that spread the killing of photographers were also sued one by one.
But the reporter Ye Yun always believes that the photographer Xiongda is the murderer, and decides to investigate himself...
Tsuyoshi Iwata, who played Yayun in the film, and his representative work "Plant Atlas" and so on
Saito Gong, who played Yudai in the film, his representative work "Day Face" and so on
During the investigation, he stumbled upon a book called "Hell Change" in the huge bookcase. The book records the story of a painter who set fire to his daughter for the sake of art.
As a result, he strengthened his speculations.
Ye Yun found a former classmate of Xiongda.
The classmate said dismissively: Xiongda! He was a beast, a pervert, who especially liked to sleep with people's wives, and the more someone else's, the more excited he was.
Classmates also quietly told Ye Yun that Xiongda and his sexy sister were still ambiguous.
His father also often abused Xiongda, as for his sister, the classmate said very vaguely: Girls, of course, are treated differently...
This suspense film that combines captivity, incest, revenge and perversion, "Last Winter, Separate from You" was released in 2018, directed by Tomoyuki Takimoto, and currently has a Douban rating of 7.6.
As for why such a literary and artistic title is named, after watching it, you can understand.
The original author, Fuminori Nakamura, soon after his debut, won the "Wasagawa Prize", a grand prize in the Japanese suspense industry.
Some critics say that the success of the film is largely due to the author's strong structural support, even if the time and space order is reversed and messed up, when watching, it does not give people the slightest sense of violation.
The biggest feature of the film is that it unfolds in the form of a book, although there are many chapters in it, but the overall context is composed of two parts.
A mysterious young reporter reopened the case of the blind woman who had been sealed for a year
The camera begins with Ye Yun walking into a magazine and telling the editor-in-chief of his intention to investigate the blind woman's case.
The excuse for Ye Yun's investigation: She will be married in a few months, hoping to do something meaningful before marriage.
The reaction of the magazine: The president has a try-and-see attitude, but the editor-in-chief has no interest at all, and even is very disgusted.
However, Ye Yun still looked for opportunities to get close to the party Xiongda.
Xiongda's attitude toward his investigation: The police can't condemn me to offend, you a reporter can tolerate me, let's play with you.
Because Ye Yun understood his famous works, Yu Daiichi was happy and gave The key to the door of his house to Ye Yun.
While making direct contact with Xiongda, Ye Yun secretly visited the three characters related to him.
Male classmates of Xiongda: He tore apart Xiongda's abnormality, bizarre family lineage, strange and perverted personality and so on. The most important point is that he confided that he liked to rob other people's wives and had a history of imprisoning girls.
The policeman who handled the murder of the male father at that time: He recounted the murder of the male father that year, because there were no witnesses, so it was all based on the testimony of the brother and sister, and finally characterized as a burglary and murder case.
Ye Yun suspected that the brothers and sisters had conspired to murder their father, but the police retorted that the brothers and sisters were also injured at the time, and from the scars, the murderer should be more than 1.75 men.
Butterfly keeper for Xiongda: He provided the process of Xiongda's fame, in this breeding shed, Xiongda made a work of hellish temperament, thus becoming famous in one fell swoop, but also because of this, he saw the dark side of Xiongda, thus reducing contacts.
Combined with the testimony of various parties and the strange behavior of the daily Xiongda, Ye Yun decided that the blind girl was killed by xiongda.
However, when he sorted out the information and handed it over to the magazine, the editor-in-chief said: This is his mother's speculation, which is not evidence at all...
Do you want the magazine to be sued in court!
At the same time, another blow befell Ye Yun: his fiancée is missing!
Mizuki Yamamoto, who plays Yuriko, Yayun's fiancée, in the film
Not long ago, at a theatrical performance, they had a chance encounter with Xiongda.
Thinking of the male habit of robbing other people's wives, the previous crime of imprisoning girls, plus the look in his eyes when he looked at his fiancée at that time, and so on,
Ye Yun suspects that his fiancée has been kidnapped by Xiongda.
As it turns out, it was really male and female... But everyone didn't listen to Ye Yun, and the police investigation ended without a hitch.
On the contrary, it was the editor-in-chief who obstructed Ye Yun's investigation at every turn, and at this time chose to stand with him, and the two of them met at the Xiong Gate...
But it was a step too late!
The fire burns in the room, and Xiongda is shooting madly at the fire with his camera... In order to capture the illusion before the death of his life and realize the realm of "hell change", Xiongda burned Yayun's fiancée to death.
People stolen and obtained...
Sadly, Ye Yun immediately exposed the beginning and end of the incident, which caused a storm of public opinion and sent Xiongda to prison.
A lover who avenges his love, it turns out that everything is nothing more than a carefully planned innings
If the story ends abruptly at this point, it becomes a tragic story of an artist who has gone into the fire for the sake of art; a tragic story of a dedicated journalist sacrificing love for the sake of his career.
In this case, the film is not cheesy!
There are minor spoilers below, so be careful
Back to the film, in fact, the editor-in-chief who witnessed Xiongda's crime with Yeyun has always been in contact with Xiongda.
They are not only childhood playmates, editor-in-chief and male sister, but also maintain a deformed love of dependence on drugs.
When Ye Yun investigated Xiongda, the editor-in-chief began to lay out, and he obstructed on the one hand, and on the other hand, he also investigated Ye Yun's background behind his back.
It turned out that in all the media industries in the city, there were no journalists called Ye Yun at all.
In a remote suburb, inside a bookstore, he discovers another identity of Ye Yun... It was only after the layers of mystery were removed that the exposed truth made the hairs on his whole body suddenly stand upside down...
Compared with other perverts, the editor-in-chief said: Ye Yun is the biggest monster.
It turned out that the blind female model who was burned to death in The Xiong everyone last year was Ye Yun's lover.
After a car accident, the blind woman was afraid of implicating Ye Yun, so she left a letter and said goodbye, unfortunately, shortly after leaving, she was taken in by the male who was wandering in the street.
Then, it is the unsuccessful pursuit of Xiongda, kidnapping...
Speaking of this, Brother Monkey will not spoil, in addition to reversing perfection, the place that touches human nature is the biggest highlight of this film.
In addition, all the characters in the film, to be honest, each of them is not a good man or a good woman.
Even the fiancée of Ye Yun, who seemed to be the most "innocent", the weakest, the most "hurt", was a master of concealment, and I was deceived by her without seeing the end.
Her acting skills in the play, in the play, the two plays are perfect, is really worthy of that sentence: obviously can rely on the appearance to eat, but she has to rely on talent!
Finally, let's end with another great man's words: it is God's duty to save terrorists, so we are responsible for sending them to God!