On hirado island in Kyushu, Ah Yin falls in love with Fujiko, a landlady who runs a souvenir shop. The two got along very sweetly. Unexpectedly, Fujiko did not like Ah Yin, and her heart hid an unspeakable secret
"The Story of Injiro" Manga 20
Ah! Wild Wheat Ridge (1979) is an earlier Japanese film introduced in China after the reform and opening up. In the early 1980s, the experience of watching this history of the blood and tears of a reeling woman at the workers' club in front of my home was one of the horror memories of my childhood. So far, I have re-watched this movie many times, and I can't bear to look at "Ah Feng's Death". Later, from Xia Yan's reportage "The Bonded Worker" and Shen Xiling's film "Women's Scream" (1933), it was learned that in the 1930s, the Japanese colonists moved the "hell on earth" under Yemai Ridge to Shanghai, and repeated countless heinous "Ah Feng" tragedies.
Otake Shinobi in "Ah! Ah Feng, played in "Wild Wheat Ridge", has a tragic fate
Ah Feng was played by Otake Shinobi, who was only twenty-two years old at the time. She first tried her hand at the age of seventeen in Kiriro Urayama's "Gate of Youth" (1974), playing Nobusuke's girlfriend Ori. At that time, she was short and fat, and her appearance was not amazing. Unexpectedly, four years later, she was reborn and showed the exquisite jade goddess Cai in Nomura's "Events" and "Ghost Animals" (1978). In many of Otake Shinobi's works, I am obsessed with her performance in "Railway Conductor" (1999), and she conveys the attachment of terminally ill patients to the human world with warm and feminine eyes. And this part of the main title of "Injiro's Story 20: Come on! Injiro (1977), on the other hand, carved the Double Ten Winds of Otake Shinobi.
Shinobu Otake won the Best Supporting Actress Award for The Movie Magazine for "The Incident"
Inya Vientiane is a bellwether for the Japanese economy. At the beginning of the episode, the director of the "Octopus" factory frowned and complained about the dismal business. The aunt sighed that the economy was sluggish, and there were more salesmen. This year (1977) was the third year after the Japanese economy ended its era of rapid development and entered a period of transition. When Ryosuke (Masatoshi Nakamura), a water and electricity worker who lives on the second floor of Yinya, pasted a "no sales" sticker at the door, Ah Yin, the "best salesman in Japan," walked over with a big wave. The straight Ryosuke mistakenly believes that he is a salesman who forced his way in, and calls the police. Ah Yin inexplicably "lay the gun" and was furious. A storm is inevitable.
Ah Yin and Ryosuke, who rents the second floor, clash over a misunderstanding
The tall and handsome Nakamura Masatoshi was one of Japan's top singers and actors at the time, and the theme song of the same name sung by him in the Japanese drama "Our Journey" (1975, starring Also Nakamura Masatoshi) was covered by Rowan as the Cantonese song "Brilliant Future", which swept all over Hong Kong. Several of his other famous songs have also been covered by Lü Fang, Huang Kaiqin, Zhong Zhentao, Guan Shuyi, Wu Guojing and others. The cover works are more famous for Huang Kaiqin's "Lovers in the Rain" and Lü Fang's "Inaudible Speech". It has to be said that from the 1970s to the 1990s, the songs of Masatoshi Nakamura, Miyuki Nakajima, Makoto Gowa, Momoe Yamaguchi, Koji Tamaki, Shinji Tanimura, Hideaki Tokunaga and others benefited the Hong Kong music scene that became popular.
Ryosuke is played by Masatoshi Nakamura, a singer and actor who is a huge hit in Japan
In the marbles (marbles game) room near the in-house, A-in and Ryosuke's family gather to release the previous suspicions. Pinball games, transliterated as Kashiwa Tsingo, are the most popular gambling entertainment in Japan. More than 10,000 marbles houses are spread across the bustling areas of the island, and it is said that the total annual income reaches 200 billion US dollars, which is the largest gray production in Japan. Pinball games can be compared to Chinese mahjong, which is flocked to by the whole country, regardless of whether men, women, old or young. Ah Yin's uncle is a Lover of Bai Qingge, and the aunt is greatly dissatisfied with this. In addition, the marble room is not non-smoking. Next to Ah Yin's marbles machine, the long-lost TV drama version of "Aunt" Sugiyama Tokuko appeared, she smoked a cigarette, looking like a seasoned gambler.
In the marble room, the TV drama version of "Aunt" Sugiyama Tokuko made a surprise appearance
From in "Injiro's Story 2: I Love My Aunt", Ah Yin's self-reckoning is that he was born in 1931. Then by 1977, he was forty-six years old. A single old man of this age is really not suitable for pursuing a young girl of twenty years old. Therefore, it is very rare that he does not call the waitress Sachiko (Otake Shinobu) at the Akita Restaurant. However, Ryosuke, nicknamed "Watt", has a secret affection for Sachiko and often visits small restaurants to eat pork chop rice. The Japanese word for pork steak rice is カツ丼, of which "丼" comes from the old Chinese language, through "well", which is now a common word in Japanese restaurants, meaning "rice bowl". Sachiko also has a crush on Ryosuke. Although Lang was in love with a concubine, both of them were ashamed to break through this layer of window paper. Ah Yin looked in his eyes and counted his heart.
Ryosuke often comes to Akita restaurants to eat pork chop rice and is impressed with the waiter Sachiko
Don't look at Ah Yin's own emotional experience is a mess, talking about the secret of bubble girls is the Tao. He opens a love school in Yinya, and teaches Ryosuke the essentials of the four-part process of chasing women (drinking coffee, watching movies, eating Western food, and visiting the park to confess). Although Ryosuke was stunned, he was not without opinion. When dating Sachiko, he did not take Ah Yin's suggestion to watch comedy movies, and chose a horror movie that was easier to "spark". Expensive Western food is also exempt, casually find a street fast food. After dinner, the two of them strolled to the side of the pond in Ueno Park and had a great time. But in the most critical confession link, he dropped the chain. In a panic, he said something out of tune, so that Sachiko, who was full of expectations, was not disappointed.
At the side of the shino-ike pond in Ueno Park, Sachiko jumps up and compares her height to Ryosuke
The next episode is somewhat tragic. A few days later, Ryosuke plucked up the courage to express her heart to Sachiko again, but just in time for an accident at Sachiko's family, she refused this untimely courtship against her will. Ryosuke did not know, all his thoughts were gray, back to the second floor of the House, he actually opened the gas valve in the house, intending to take his life. So, a cigarette-lighting match created a "Yinwu explosion case". With a loud noise, the second floor of the Yin House was destroyed. Fortunately, Ryosuke only suffered some skin trauma, which was not a big problem. From the images of the "Yinwu Explosion Case", it is not difficult to find that the Yinwu is not a real scene, but a studio scene.
Sachiko rejects Ryosuke's untimely courtship due to her mother's illness
Ryosuke, who had run into a catastrophe, fled back to Hirado Island in his hometown of Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu. Hirado Island is the birthplace of China's national hero Zheng Chenggong, and it is also the starting point for sending the Tang dynasty monk Kukai to China by boat. Flounder and Wagyu beef are famous products on the island, and the annual "Flounder Festival" and the Hirado Wagyu Beef Fair will delight visitors. Hirado Island is also the main filming location for Ken Takakura's posthumous work To Dear You (2012). The "Tominaga Photo Museum" on the poster of the film and the "Hamasaki Canteen", where the national goddess Ayase Haruka works, have become tourist hotspots on Hirado Island.
Ryosuke, who fled back to Hirado Island, was confused all day and knew only fishing
Soon after Ryosuke returned to his hometown, Ah Yin followed him. He ignores the beauty of Hirado Island, but falls in love with Ryosuke's sister Fujiko. Fujiko opened a souvenir shop selling local souvenirs by the sea. Therefore, Ah Yin re-performed a cliché play of working for the boss lady of his choice. Fujiko's character, Shiho Fujimura, is the weakest "Injiro" in the "Injiro" series. The reason for this is the defect of the script character design, and there is also the problem of the actor's own image temperament. I think that in Sabo Yamamoto's masterpiece "The White Tower" (1966), the branch played by Shiho Fujimura was a good girl. Unexpectedly, eleven years later, the red face was scattered, and everyone was lost.
Fujimura Shiho is the least existential "Ingirl" in the entire series
In the "Injiro" series, Fujiko's brother and sister are two characters that I don't really appreciate. Fujiko knew that there was no future for Ah Yin, but still took Ah Yin in, leaving him to stay around and give great hospitality. Instead of cutting off the root of love, he enjoyed it, and he was still unfinished. In addition, from Ryosuke's words, it is known that she had more serious problems than "personality incompatibility" in her previous marriage. Whether it is related to the religious beliefs implied in the film, or whether it stems from her perceptual and dull personality, or involves personal orientation, the choreographer is vague. In any case, Ah Yin, who was in the dark, was suspected of being teased. The sad ending is sympathetic and resentful. Ryosuke, on the other hand, is even less reliable. The act of escaping life and responsibility exposes one's own vulnerability and narrowness, no different from a coward.
Ah Yin has a soft spot for Fujiko, and the two behave very closely
Although Ah Yin's own feelings were once again frustrated, he became a couple again. At the "love banquet" between Ryosuke and Sachiko, the owner of the Akita Restaurant and Sachiko's uncle drank three cups of belly, sang a song, and sang "Bodhi Tree" in Schubert's vocal suite "Winter Journey", which was quite professional and shocked the four seats. He is played by Fumio Tsukiji, not a film actor, but an honorary professor at the Shigezu Gakuen University of Music (located in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture) and a singer. Like the characters in the play, he is also an Akita native. Interestingly, in "Injiro's Story 35: Injiro Love Academy", Fumio Kakuji appears again, and the father of the cameo is still an Akita man. In 2020, Fumio Kakuji passed away.
Sachiko's uncle sang Schubert's "Bodhi Tree" and was stunned
At the table of the "Promise Banquet", I noticed that the beer that Yinya entertained guests was YEBISU beer. In recent episodes, on the table at Inya, Sapporo (Sambora) beer has been replaced by Ebisu beer, which was relaunched in 1971. "Ebisu" is a long-established beer brand, produced in Tokyo's Shibuya ward, and the local area is even named after "Ebisu". Brewed using German technology, Ebisu beer is mellow and refreshing, and is known as the best lager beer in Japan. Emblazon, who is printed on the label of a beer bottle and embraces a sea bream, is one of the seven gods of fortune, equivalent to Japan's "god of wealth". Today, "Ebisu Beer" has long been acquired by "Sapporo Beer" and has become a luxury brand under "Sapporo Beer". Sapporo Ebisu beer is also available in the market of our country, and the price is not cheap.
The beer that Inya entertains guests is Ebisu YEBISU beer
In the film "The Country Road Takes Me Home" (1988), Wang Haowei, who was directed by Yoji Yamada, focused on creating the image of a naïve, lazy, passive and unassertive female intellectual, Qiao Yeye (similar to Sapina in "John Christophe"). After the release of the film, this character caused widespread controversy. In fact, there is no shortage of such characters in real life, they are simple and kind, but they will always give people a sense of stupidity and oblivion. They are powerless to control themselves, let alone bless others. Using artistic techniques to reproduce the fate of such characters in the changing times is a kind of attempt to explore Osoyin for film directors. I think this is also the origin of Yoji Yamada's creation of the character of Fujiko.
"Village Road Takes Me Home" director Wang Haowei admires Yoji Yamada very much
Yoji Yamada, borrowing Ryosuke's words, condemns for the first time the heroine who manipulates feelings without knowing it, which is a kind of progress for the first twenty episodes. The light of Ah Yin's love cannot always be blown away in ambiguous expressions, and kindness needs to be rewarded. Fujiko's tears are both her own repentance and a consolation for Ah Yin's broken heart. When the chill hit, Ah Yin embarked on a "winter journey" to the south, and in the blue sea and blue sky of Kyushu, he once again met the Bandong Tsuruhachiro Troupe. There is no confusing human heart, there is the "Bodhi Tree" he yearns for, and there is his "Noah's Ark". (Author: Autumn Wind, to be continued)