Why did the image of the faceless man in "Spirited Away" be designed, and why did he not have a face? Seeing this topic, the first thing I thought of was the "don't be a lotus" stem, of course, the faceless man's faceless face is obviously not this reason.
In the animation of "Spirited Away", although Grandma Qian and Grandma Tang look like big bosses, especially Grandma Tang, she can't figure out the faceless man. It feels like the Faceless Man is a master of hiding, yet he wears a mask.
Masks are a yokai culture unique to Japan, but under the mask, the faceless man has only one mouth, as if the mask is his face. First of all, the Faceless Man is symbolic in Spirited Away.
Linked to the background of "Spirited Away" at that time, it was during the Great Depression in Japan, and the faceless man first represented a group of people who were ignored by society. The faceless man can be said to have wandered around the yuya for a long, long time, until Chihiro was there before he reached the other world.
However, it wasn't until Chihiro left him a door that he was noticed by everyone, and before he seemed to be like a transparent person, in fact, his sense of existence was quite weak, and he was completely ignored.
It's like the countless unemployed people during the Great Depression, or like the elderly and senior otaku who live alone in Japan today. Such a person is the kind of person whose sense of existence is about equal to nothing in japanese society as a whole.
Therefore, I chose the image of no face, precisely because it represents a type of person, can not use a unique image as a representative, so there is simply no face, is not wonderful.
And there is a second reason for this, which is that the faceless man symbolizes pure desire. Perhaps the faceless man in the animation is greedy, but in fact it is an amplification of pure desire, he longs to be cared for, eager to be accompanied, eager to be good and fun.
However, he was as uncontrolled as an unborn child, and once he put the delicious food in front of him, he would keep eating it, knowing that he had eaten it like a monster.
After Chihiro cleaned him up, he became honest. But Mother Tang's fear of him is a very fascinating thing in the anime. It is said that Tang Mother-in-law, as the administrator of the other world, will not be afraid of this faceless man who can only be swallowed, and here is a metaphor.
Just like Grandma Tang couldn't do anything with the baby, she was very powerless in the face of pure desire. However, the faceless man is still very aware of his mistakes and can be changed.
When he was taken in by the money mother-in-law, he behaved obediently, in fact, all he needed in his heart was an approval, a companionship, just like those who fell into the Depression, although there was a chance that they would be greedy, but what they actually wanted in their hearts was very simple.
A job is enough to make ends meet, which is equivalent to gaining recognition, just like the faceless man actually worked in the money mother-in-law in the end and got a job. The Faceless Man is just a supporting role in "Spirited Away", but it is so successfully portrayed that it is such a character that makes Miyazaki's classic masterpiece.
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