In the composite shot, the uncle, who has long been gone, stands behind him and calls him: "When you encounter difficulties, shout my name to the wind, no matter where I am, I will rush to your side." ”
The opening credits of "Injiro's Story: Welcome Home" "I would like to dedicate this film to the beloved Mr. Atsumi Kiyoshi" suddenly reminds us of the happy scenes of watching the Injiro series of movies earlier. Small eyes, square face, wearing a top hat, carrying a suitcase, traveling in all directions, and constantly turning, the prodigal comedy image of Injiro played by Atsumi Kiyoshi always makes us linger. From 1969 to 1995, Shochiku Produced 48 films in the Injiro's Story series until Atsumi Kiyoshi's death, arguably one of the longest series of films in the world. In 1997, "Injiro Hibiscus Flower Special" filmed in honor of the deceased Atsumi Kiyoshi was the 49th in the series, and the film produced in 2019 was the 50th. Unconsciously, more than 20 years have passed since the death of Atsumi Kiyoshi.
Watching the latest release of this movie makes us feel full of emotions. The director is still Yoji Yamada, and this series, except for a few films, is all directed by him. In the final few films of the series, Yoji Yamada placed a double narrative line - in addition to Injiro, the content of Injiro's nephew Mano was added. This new film, still from the perspective of Mano, continues the story of him and his first love girlfriend Koizumi, flashbacks, editing clips from past films Injiro, organically integrated into the new film. At this time, Hidetaka Yoshioka, who plays a full man, has changed from a young boy to a middle-aged uncle; Kumiko Goto, who plays Koizumi, has come back from a cardamom girl to a young woman after a comeback; Chieko, who plays Sakura, the mother of a man, and Ruriko Asaka, are also nearly eighty years old... If you had seen all these movie series from the beginning, you would have lamented that time has flowed so quickly, and that reliving the past would be so warm and touching.
"I grew up in Tokyo, Katsushika Shiba, and it was Emperor Shichi who raised me, surnamed Che, named Injiro, and everyone called me 'Crazy A-Yin'." At the beginning of almost every movie series, Injiro introduces himself in this way. This person is not proud of his appearance, it can be said that he is full of shortcomings: rude, rude, eccentric, stingy, always messing things up, but he is cheerful, optimistic, lively, casual, kind, patient, that is, an ordinary person, living an ordinary life, not annoying, but also quite liked, let people see themselves from him. Although Injiro has not been married in his life, he has a woman's popularity, his girlfriend changes like a marquee, almost every movie, there will be one, but in the end there is no perfect ending, either the key time to escape, cowering, dumping others, or being dumped by the other party. Although he always ran away from home, he always hoped that his sister Sakura would be happy: "One day, I will make my sister happy and work hard to become a real man; I will fall into the sewers and take root, one day I will enjoy with lotus, no matter how big the distress, my brother will swallow his teeth." ”
Director Yoji Yamada is good at making family films, when this film began, Mano's daughter was in high school, his wife died for six years, and after doing his wife's legal work, the family persuaded Mano to remarry, even the daughter thought so. In fact, Man still can't forget his first love girlfriend Koizumi in his heart. Mano, who became a writer, suddenly encountered Koizumi, who had briefly returned to Japan from Europe, at the scene of the signing of the novel, and although the two still loved each other, they did not hold hands in the end. Their encounter reminds Mano of the old days, not only his love for Koizumi, but also his uncle Injiro, whose voice and smile, his intentional or unintentional guidance, subtly affect Mano's life.
All of Injiro's footage is recreated in flashback shots: he brokers the marriage of Man's parents; when Mano was a child, his parents could not go to school to watch the sports day, and he volunteered to replace him; he would tell Mano with a simple answer why people live: "You must feel many times that it is so good to be born to be human, and people live for it." In Mano and Koizumi's love affair, he said bluntly: "Kissing?" Holding hands in the dark? If you like her, tell her with an attitude, hug her tightly, and say I love you. "Together with Mano, we once again see Injiro traveling by train, see the fruitless love fragment between him and the woman (who loves him or what he loves), and sees the scene where he is furious for his self-esteem...
Mannan went through this and promised the publisher to write a new book, and he wrote on his computer: "Welcome back, Ah Yin." In the composite shot, the uncle, who has long been gone, stands behind him and calls him: "When you encounter difficulties, shout my name to the wind, no matter where I am, I will rush to your side." "Thinking that Atsumi Kiyoshi can still be with us, we will never feel sad again. (Liu Weixin)