Author: Shi Anqian
He is the only recognized successor of Akira Kurosawa, who has won numerous awards and is known as the Japanese film "New Emperor".
He is also a bad person.
When he was young, he beat the paparazzi with his fans, almost beating people to death, causing a lot of scolding in Japan.
There are countless lovers in his life, and at the age of 72, he divorced his wife, abandoned his wife and children, and finally ended up with a rebellious fate.
He is Japan's "first old rogue" - Takeshi Kitano!
He didn't care what other people thought, and the traditional Japanese introverted and humble disposition had nothing to do with him.
Famous and notorious, he wants it!
《Asakusa Koko》
Asakusa Kid
On December 9, 2021, the biographical film "Asakusa Kid", invested by Netflix and directed by the troupe, was released on the Japanese Internet.
Based on Takeshi Kitano's autobiography of the same name, the film revolves around the Tokyo Asakusa Troupe of the 1960s and 1970s, and tells the story of the young Takeshi Kitano and his mentor Chisaburo Fukami.
(Kitano Takeshi stills)
When it comes to Takeshi Kitano, many people often think of the gangster and killer characters he has created, ruthless and ruthless, killing without blinking.
As everyone knows, Kitano Takeshi actually started by comedy at the earliest.
(Takeshi Kitano photo when he was young)
In 1972, Takeshi Kitano, who was only three credits away from college, ran to Asakusa to learn art.
As a result, Chisaburo Fukami, Asakusa's boss, scolded him with a straight face.
"How can there be a good college that can't go to school and come to be an entertainer?"
After learning that Kitano's martial arts were not talented, Chisaburo improvised a tap dance in the elevator and said, "You have to have the ability before you can perform!" ”
(Screenshot of "Asakusa Kid")
In order to prove himself, Kitano Takeshi began to practice tap dancing every day, even when urinating.
Young and crazy, he won the favor of Chisanro with a burst of momentum, and finally got his wish and was accepted by Chisanro as a closed disciple.
(Screenshot of "Asakusa Kid")
The acquaintance with Chisaburo changed the trajectory of Takeshi Kitano's life, and the teenager who studied engineering at the university stepped into the art circle.
First it was a short drama, then a comic (similar to the domestic counterpart), and finally a movie.
It can be said that Chisaburo Fukami is the leader of Takeshi Kitano's path of art.
(Posters for Takeshi Kitano's work "Kikujiro's Summer", "Hanabi", and "Extremely Evil" )
It is worth mentioning that close-ups of shoes often appear in this film.
Shoes are an important image throughout the film, and each time it appears, it foreshadows the life transformation that Wu is about to face.
The movie opens with Takeshi Kitano warming up before he appears, he flexibly taps in the background, the movie gives a close-up of the shoe, and the leather shoe is spotlessly polished;
(Screenshot of "Asakusa Kid")
Then travel back in time and space to the 60s and 70s, and it was Awu who stepped on his shoes and rehearsed backstage with his partner before becoming famous.
The pair of tap dancing shoes symbolizes the kindness of Ah Wu and the master; And Ah Wu's act of stepping on his shoes after leaving his master is a sign of betrayal.
(Screenshot of "Asakusa Kid")
When Master taught Ah Wu to have comedic thinking, he asked him to wear women's high heels for himself, and Ah Wu did not understand the reason at all;
At the end of the film, the accomplished Ah Wu revisits the master, and when he leaves, he takes the initiative to hand the master high heels, which symbolize the inheritance of art and the reconciliation between the master and the apprentice.
(Screenshot of "Asakusa Kid")
The actor who plays the young Takeshi Kitano is Yumi Yanagi, a powerful actor of the new generation in Japan.
At the age of 14, he won the Best Actor Award at the 57th Cannes International Film Festival for his film "Nobody Knows", and is still the youngest film emperor in the history of Cannes.
(Yumi Yanagi and the poster of "Nobody Knows")
When you first watched this film, you may be surprised, where was Kitano Takeshi so handsome when he was young?
After watching it, you will be shocked by Yumi Yanagi's acting skills, he is simply the embodiment of the young Kitano Takeshi!
(Screenshot of "Asakusa Kid")
He almost perfectly shows Kitano Takeshi's lazy, rebellious, and unruly appearance, and even the small details of Kitano Takeshi's blinking eyes from time to time are reproduced by him.
(Screenshot of "Asakusa Kid")
Chisaburo Fukami is played by the famous Japanese actor Hiroshi Ozumi.
Actors who often watch Ōkawa dramas must know about his "big mom tired, mouth afraid" terrier (Japanese: shut up!). Huangkou Xiao'er, the character played by Hiroshi Ozumi in the Japanese drama "Sanada Maru" has been intimidated by a big guy with this sentence).
(Hirokazu Oizumi 《Sanada Maru》 剧照)
Oizumi Hiroshi interprets the sadness of chisaburo's character very well.
In old Japan, the status of the lingren was very low, and Chisaburo always maintained his pride.
(Stills from "Asakusa Kid")
"Don't try to please the audience, but tell them what's interesting."
This sentence also became the creed of Kitano Takeshi's later artistic path, I can not earn money, but I must stand.
Of course, all this also has a price, the most impressive scene is that Chisaburō's lover goes out to earn money with wine in order to maintain the family expenses, while Chisaburo can only be sad at home.
(Screenshot of "Asakusa Kid")
As everyone says rotten, comedy is tragedy in the end.
This man who starred in comedy all his life to bring joy to others finally became a tragedy, and his career, love disciple, and lover all left him one after another.
His art has also been ruthlessly abandoned by the times, no one is watching short dramas, everyone goes to see their most hated "manga", and ironically, Chisaburo's most valued apprentice Kitano Takeshi is relying on "manga" to become popular all over Japan.
(Screenshot of "Asakusa Kid")
The real-life Chisaburo Fukami, as in the movie, died of a cigarette-caused fire on February 2, 1983 after witnessing the success of his beloved disciple.
(Chisaburo Fukami real photo and fire report)
Before he died, he drank with Kitano Takeshi almost every izakaya house near his house, and everywhere he went, he would put his arm around Kitano Takeshi and proudly show off the achievements of his apprentices to everyone.
Kitano Hadhi had been haunted by his master's death all his life, and he had always blamed himself, if he hadn't visited his master that day, maybe he wouldn't have died.
(Screenshot of "Asakusa Kid")
At the funeral, Ah Wuqiang endured grief and cynically complained to Master, "Anyway, someone will help you cremate when you die, so why rush to burn it yourself?" ”
But in the end, he still couldn't hold back, and sobbed incessantly at the statue of Master.
(Screenshot of "Asakusa Kid")
The prodigal son with a fierce tiger in his heart, even if he rebelled, he could no longer hide the tenderness hidden in his heart.
At the end of the film, the elderly Takeshi Kitano, who has already achieved fame, travels through time and space back to the vanished Constellation of France.
(Screenshot of "Asakusa Kid")
There, it is all the people who have struggled together and the beauty that has passed away for many years, although everyone is shy, but their lives have infinite possibilities.
(Screenshot of "Asakusa Kid")
Bai Yansong once said to Chai Jing, "The best years are actually painful, but they are so beautiful when they are recalled in hindsight." ”
I wonder if you sometimes do this?
Nostalgic for a difficult time in the past, lamenting how energetic you were at that time?
(Stills of "Journey to the West")
Time has passed, and we think about it, how much beauty have we sacrificed that has made us feel painful in order to grow?
Cherish the present, cherish the people in front of you, and don't wait until you lose it before regretting it.
After all, we don't have a moonlight treasure box that can travel through time and space.