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Speaking of Imatoshi, I think everyone will not be unfamiliar, he has directed many excellent animation works in his life, and today's recommendation is the animated film "Millennium Actress" directed by the ghost animation master Imatoshi.
The story begins with Genya Tachibana and photographer Kyoji Ida, two carrying chiyoko's lost keys to make a documentary about chiyoko's life. Chiyoko Fujiwara, who is already old, still has a good temperament and maintains elegance.
The lost key awakens the dusty memories, and "Millennium Actress" allows us to follow Fujiwara Chiyoko into her memories of the past, about the life of the actor Chiyoko's constant pursuit of film and reality.
The key runs through the anime, beginning with Chiyoko picking it up, and after several misses, it is finally returned to Chiyoko's hands.
As the head of the film company and a fan of Chiyoko, Tachibana listens to Chiyoko's story.
The two gradually blend in with Chiyoko's memories, and the work tells Chiyoko's past from the perspective of Tachibana Genya and Kyoji Ida.
Chiyoko Fujiwara was born after the earthquake and lost her father at an early age, and when Chiyoko was in her teens, the film company came to her door and invited her to participate in a film as a heroine, but Chiyoko's mother was not very supportive of her acting as an actress.
At this time, Chiyoko accidentally encountered a painter of a Japanese underground anti-war organization on a snowy day, and someone hunted down the painter, and the painter was unfortunately injured.
Out of kindness, the painter was rescued and the painter was hidden. Chiyoko's brief conversation with the painter makes the girl fall in love.
The painter gave Chiyoko the "key to open precious things", and in order to repay Chiyoko, the painter hoped that after the war, Chiyoko would be invited to his hometown, which made Chiyoko full of expectations.
But soon after, someone found the traces of the painter, and the painter escaped from hiding. It also made Chiyoko run to the runway of her own life, struggling to chase the shadow of the painter.
After that, Chiyoko, wanting to find a painter, went to the painter's hometown of Manchuria and starred in her first film, thus beginning her film path.
And every character she plays in the movie has also been pursuing, chasing different people. While Chiyoko plays the role, the role also carries Chiyoko's lifelong pursuit.
Following the princess of His Highness, the ninja who follows the lord, the geisha who follows the brave, and other characters, Chiyoko, who has left many works, has also been chasing in front of the screen.
No matter what era and what role, they are constantly looking for the traces of a person, and they have been desperately pursuing it.
Years later, Chiyoko received a letter from the painter, and Chiyoko, who was married, immediately left home with the lost and recovered key and braved the snow and wind to go to Hokkaido alone to find him.
In Chiyoko's memories, there has never been a painter, and she has long forgotten. What made her persist was probably the obsession in her heart.
At the end of the anime, Chiyoko leaves in the earthquake, holding the key in her hand and continuing her quest.
At this time, Chiyoko is not only chasing love, chasing a belief, and herself who makes efforts in the process of chasing is an extra precious thing.
On her deathbed, Chiyoko left a message: "Because I like to pursue that person's self." ”
Finally, in the mouths of others, we also know that the painter was caught and tortured, and died many years ago, and Chiyoko's pursuit can never respond.
This animation uses a montage technique, which sets off the atmosphere and theme very well, and the music and transition storyboard are also very good, and it is praised by many people as a god.
Everyone has their own different views on this anime. Some people think that Chiyoko's lifelong pursuit is not worth it, and has been poor for a vain shadow.
Some people think that they know that they can't ask for it, but they are still willing to pursue it with their whole lives, and that kind of obsession is sincere and warm.
Those who are interested can watch it for themselves and express their opinions.