Published in 1961, Flag of Mist is a masterpiece by Kiyoharu Matsumoto, and in 1977, yukazu Miura and Momoe Yamaguchi starred in the film adaptation, which followed the original title.

Generally speaking, it is difficult for detective films to shoot that poetic mood. But I like the name "Flag of the Mist", it is very interesting.
I read the original work before I saw the movie, the story through a girl's revenge, in addition to exposing some of the dark side of human nature, but also described the various deformities, darkness and absurdity of the Japanese judicial community at that time.
Matsumoto Kiyoharu's story always makes people think about it after watching it— this movie is more faithful to the original book, and it is also a more special film by Yamaguchi Momoe — she is no longer a pure and gentle and considerate interpreter, but a vengeful woman with a flame of revenge burning in her weak body, which is said to be Yamaguchi's unsuccessful transformation.
In the subtitle part of the film, a half of the scene is used, while Kiriko is sitting on the train from Kyushu to Tokyo, meditating, while replaying the various warm pictures of Kiriko and her brother's life from childhood to adulthood.
Kiriko from Kyushu believes that her arrested brother is innocent, and travels thousands of miles to Tokyo to ask a well-known Japanese lawyer Otsuka (Rintaro Mikuni) to defend her brother in court.
As soon as Lawyer Otsuka appeared, I was calmed by the aura of Rintaro mikuni, in the movie, he only showed his side face, while sorting out the suit and tie, while listening to the people in the office behind him respectfully reported, Otsuka lawyer's actions and language are careless, but with his hands and feet, all exude a natural and thick from superb acting skills, plus I watched the translation version, Bikna's old and sophisticated voice that is highly compatible with the role completely conquered me!
As far as the whole play is concerned, this lawyer Ozza is brilliant, and strictly speaking, he is the first male protagonist.
As soon as Kiriko Yanagida came forward, she eagerly pleaded with lawyer Otsuka that her brother was an honest elementary school teacher, but was convicted of intentional homicide. But Kiriko believes that her brother is not that kind of person, she believes that Otsuka lawyer can save her brother, and believes that as long as Otsuka lawyer comes out, her brother will definitely be acquitted.
Kiriko, who had traveled from Kyushu to Tokyo, only wanted to hire a well-known barrister from all over the country to file a lawsuit for her brother, so she talked endlessly at the beginning.
This is a young and childish little white-collar worker, dressed cleanly and tidyly, but it is very rough and cheap to look closely - a girl from a poor background, who can go from Kyushu to Tokyo alone to find a barrister, this incident shows her bravery, but also sees her simplicity.
Lawyer Otsuka had not accepted the case earlier, and he did not even know what the content of the case was. But once, when he was young, when he was not so famous, he also fought some such lawsuits. But now, the famous Otsuka Keizo is really busy, and the barrister's legal fees are also very high, and Kiriko obviously can't afford it. Plus he's not interested in the case (which is also important) – he already has a club on his shoulder and is going to play golf with his lover.
So when he received the girl, he made it clear that he was busy, and of course, for the immediate time, it was a reason to prevaricate.
In the conversation between the two, Kiriko said: Because I can't pay the defense fee, my husband is going to reject me, right?
Ōtsuka's answer was: There are some reasons for this.
Kiriko Yanagida stopped the lawyer and continued to talk about how she and her brother were dependent on each other in the countryside of Kyushu, and how deeply the two had a relationship.
Obviously, she must have heard that barristers had fought this kind of moneyless lawsuit for others in the early days, she believed that he would stand up for justice, and she thought that she was sincere enough to impress barristers.
But the truth wasn't as she had imagined. Lawyer Otsuka stopped listening to her, said something unaccompanied, and walked out. Behind him, Kiriko's voice suddenly changed, dark and deep: "My brother may be sentenced to death." ”
This is a desperate cry for help of a demonstrative nature, and the bottom line of man is life. The poor have nothing to say, this is the last request of the poor, and it is also the last attempt.
Hearing Kiriko's transliteration, Otsuka's lawyer's movement of pulling the door paused for a second, but he still opened the door and walked away.
Kiriko's last hope was ruthlessly closed by Otsuka and his assistants.
Before watching this scene, I lamented the ruthlessness of lawyers, but now I can't, I understand, this is the helplessness of reality, others can help you but did not help you, there is nothing to criticize, lawyers have not done wrong, inequality is the true meaning of human society, Kiriko to hate lawyers is unreasonable.
However, from the original text, the film is performed to one-fifth of the way, the sword takes the side, does not pursue the real culprit, but deliberately exposes the cold-blooded, corrupt and degenerate and innocent victims of well-known barristers who cannot be saved by death, and treats them in the way of others, which reflects the author's criticism of exposing social reality.
Society is cold and realistic, and although my brother was framed as a murderer, he certainly couldn't hire a Tokyo barrister like Otsuka without money. The unfortunate fate of the Yanagida family has aroused the sympathy of journalist Keiichi Abe (Yukazu Miura).
Abu is a reporter for The Weekly Editorial, and he wants to use his own efforts to help Kiriko wash away his brother's injustice.
A quarter of the original book is devoted to the process of Kiriko's repeated rejection by the lawyer, which is a good preparation for the revenge that follows.
The film also does a lot of performance - although Abe also went to ask for an assistant for her, however, without the lawyer Otsuka to come forward, all efforts were in vain, and in the end, Kiriko was heartbroken and sad to go back to Kyushu.
Abe couldn't let go of this matter, but rather, she couldn't let go of Kiriko herself, so that she couldn't sleep at night.
In the original book, Abe is a character who plays soy sauce, but in the movie, for the sake of Miura Yuwa, it is obvious that the scene is added and portrayed as a love affair.
Kirito was refused, but did not spare Otsuka lawyer, when her brother was executed as scheduled in prison, Kiriko specially wrote a letter to Otsuka lawyer, solemnly informing the matter, which was tantamount to declaring him dead and not saving.
Through the paper, the audience can deeply feel Kiriko's ridicule of overestimating the lawyer's faith, which means that Otsuka lawyer is hated by a person for not upholding justice. In fact, this also expresses the author's disappointment and dissatisfaction with the social system.
The person who had asked for her, her brother died, which had an impact on the psychology of Otsuka's lawyer. As a lawyer, he has the right to refuse unreasonable requests from others, but a life dies - Kiriko is indeed because she has no money and cannot hire a good lawyer, so her brother dies. So Lawyer Otsuka said the following very emotional words:
When I was young, I ran around with my lunch box and saved several wronged people. Maybe it was more meaningful at that time.
Between the lines, he felt how this famous middle-aged lawyer had gone from a young man with full of fighting spirit and a strong sense of justice to what he is today, circling between politicians and mistresses, and wandering in golf courses and high-end bars, a path that only he knew— this is the author's indictment of the current social situation in Japan at that time.
To this end, the psychological emotions that Lawyer Otsuka had been carrying gradually enlarged, and he asked his assistant to find the file of Kiriko's brother's case, ready to study and examine it - all the dust had settled, the matter had been decided, and no one had asked him to accept it anymore, but he spontaneously went to check the ins and outs of the case. Standing as a bystander, he is now completely redundant to disassemble the case.
Why do this, in addition to showing that he can't live in his conscience, but also proves that he once belonged to a righteous person, a middle-aged man who has grown up in society, he understands the actual stakes, and he understands that it was not easy to do a lot!
This arrangement is very meaningful - in this unknown battle, the confrontation between lawyer Otsuka and Kiriko, two people with very different identities, can not judge the right or wrong of one person based on their language and behavior alone. Different positions, the truth does not hurt it much.
Kiriko's reappearance is surprising, and she actually went to work at a Ginza bar in Tokyo, wearing a kimono, and the childishness of applying heavy makeup gives people a very confused feeling.
Yamaguchi's kimono appearance is really amazing, plus Ding Jianhua dubbed her, more of an independent and stoic charm - everyone can see that Kiriko because Otsuka lawyer did not promise her to help her brother fight the lawsuit, so she remembers hatred, lurking in Tokyo, waiting for the opportunity to take revenge.
In the image of a wine girl, Yamaguchi Momoe has not been cold enough, but the melancholy atmosphere runs through the whole film, especially in the stubborn calm is very restored - to 18-year-old Yamaguchi Baie to support such a complex role may be too demanding...
The object of her revenge, Otsuka lawyer is still in the dark, he only cares about spending time to study one by one, not thinking about tea, and spending a month in despair. However, the barrister is worthy of being a barrister, and he eventually finds a flaw in the case file and determines the real culprit, and Kiriko's brother has indeed been wronged.
In fact, clues such as "left-handed" are very perfunctory, and the police are basically equivalent to absenteeism in the story, quite incompetent - the procuratorate, the judge who tried the case, the police responsible for investigation and interrogation, in front of the evidence and facts, they did not see the flaws, and they easily determined that it was a murder case with solid evidence.
The real culprit was found, but the test of human nature came again - Otsuka lawyers investigated the truth, but did not dare to oppose the existing judicial system, did not dare to overturn the case for the deceased, and did not want to be nosy to cause trouble to themselves. When Abe pressed him, Otsuka's lawyer had to digress and talk about it perfunctorily.
It's real —as a lawyer, he has a sense of justice. But why did you get to this position? How did he get to this position? He knew it. Therefore, when he analyzed the case clearly, he knew that the deceased had been wronged, but did not propose a review. The depth of his conscience ended there.
Kiriko is waiting for the opportunity for revenge, so the movie is dull, especially in the middle of the paragraph, and the whole rhythm is relatively slow.
However, a godsend, Otsuka's lover, Kono Shinoko, is also involved in a murder case, and Kiriko meets this woman and becomes the only witness to her innocence.
In other words, Kiriko's trench coat is so beautiful—her figure is slender and lonely. Yamaguchi has a unique temperament that makes those who are killed by her revenge ashamed of themselves.
Kiriko deliberately placed Kono's gloves next to the deceased's body and removed the lighter left at the crime scene—the only evidence that Path was innocent was a lighter that Kiriko had picked up at the scene of the crime. But Kiriko claims to have never known Kono.
It's all for the innocent Kono to become a suspect — because her other identity is Mr. Otsuka's mistress.
Deliberately planting bribes to frame innocents is already a crime, and even Abe, who has always sympathized with her and helped her, can't help but rebuke Kiriko.
Kiriko doesn't hate the real murderer, doesn't hate the police or prosecutors, doesn't hate the incompetent lawyers, and only hates the barristers who are not obligated to help her. Perhaps the loss of legal justice may trigger the butterfly effect. But revenge is not right in lawyers - but art is art, art is not a moral model play, from a poor and weak girl to a goddess of vengeance, hatred can indeed force people to look like this. Therefore, people who have not experienced grievances should not criticize others for not being open-minded and tolerant enough, and the existence of this heroine is actually quite wonderful.
Since the reversal of the movie, I have watched it survive, the evil side of human nature has been sublimated and magnified, and Kiriko's plan for revenge has begun.
The role of Yamaguchi Momoe is very groundbreaking, and her consistently pure image is far from the personality of the protagonist in the play, and I have been looking for any progress and mistakes in Yamaguchi's performance. In addition to the usual expressionless performance style, the determination of revenge makes her look particularly charming. Several of her inner scenes, as well as the next important rivalry with Rintaro Mikuni, are quite outstanding.
In order to save his lover, Lawyer Otsuka whispered a plea in front of Kiriko, telling him that the murderer he had found in his brother's case was the same person as the murderer in Kono's case, both from the same place, and both were left-handed. As long as she handed over the lighter, his brother's killer could be brought to justice.
Kirito's reaction was, and he hated him even more. Between the electric light and flint, Kiriko must have thought that her brother was dead, and now even if the real murderer was caught, what was the point?
She said, "But my brother can't be resurrected." It was as if he were sternly accusing Otsuka's lawyers of their former indifference and coldness.
Since you know the truth, but you don't say it, you should be punished.
This is a cry from Kiriko's heart, and he pushes his opponent into the abyss without hesitation.
Has Kirito's path to revenge been shaken?
Yes, the key one was that Abe proposed to her, asking her to hand over her lighter, get rid of all this, and live a peaceful life with him, no longer suffering from the torment of conscience.
In the torrential rain, Kiriko's eyes burst with crystal tears, tears could not deceive people, in this instant, she was shaken, however, the flame of revenge burned her "good" mind, she finally coldly refused.
Rejecting Miura Yu and this section is really heart-wrenching. Yamaguchi swept away the sweet and pure wind, and turned the evolution of Kiriko's mental journey - pure heart, but he was fascinated by revenge! It's on full display.
The movie added the love scene of Momoe Yamaguchi and Yukazu Miura, of course, in commercial considerations is understandable - although the love line came suddenly, but at that time, these two were the most popular golden boys, not in the movie to come out like this, I am afraid that the audience will not agree.
This is a very famous movie poster, and there is no such scene in the movie - Abe in the birch forest, holding Kiriko's arm tightly, seems to persuade her to turn back.
I appreciate the picture.
I don't think that the film adds an emotional line to Abe and Kiriko, and even has a lingering ending, which will dilute the strength of the accusation. Instead, I think this is what this film is going to tell us, if your heart is in hell, then you are in hell, and if you learn to let go, you will have happiness together.
However, Momoe Yamaguchi and Yukazu Miura are snatched up by the actor (Rintaro Mikuni), who plays Otsuka's lawyer - in the muddy wind and rain, Mr. Otsuka actually kneels down to Kiriko and begs her to hand over the deadly evidence lighter.
This scene is truly amazing, and Rintaro mikuni turns Otsuka's condescending position into a humble wreck. After watching this play, one thing can be remembered: never refuse a woman's plea.
It is rare to see Yamaguchi play such a complex role, a heroine with a dual identity, and such a good psychological quality! The death of her brother made her have no attachment to life, and her heart changed greatly, allowing herself to be engulfed by the fire of revenge, and the plot was full of floating clouds.
Depressed, Kiriko promises lawyer Otsuka to hand over the lighter.
The two arrive at Kiriko's residence, deliberately giving Lawyer Otsuka an aphrodisiac drink, and then lure the enemy deeper and deeper.
I think this paragraph of seduction is really a poke blind, the man is so old and ugly!
Kiriko was finally caught by an obscene old man- I thought it was strange, people were begging you to testify, how did it suddenly happen? It's completely illogical. However, on second thought, this just proves that Kiriko's revenge is carried out step by step, thoughtful and silent, and Otsuka's lawyer finally can't resist Kiriko's seduction and shamelessly defiles the girl.
So the audience can actually see Yamaguchi's passion play.
I enjoyed this scene repeatedly, and somehow I just thought that the scene of Kiriko being crushed to the ground by Lawyer Otsuka was very beautiful!
Am I a little low-level fun?
Yamaguchi was only 18 years old at the time, "When the law has been biased toward justice, where should the moral balance of the individual be inclined?" "If the law can harm innocent people, why can't people test the law to subvert and offend?"
Women use their flesh to accomplish their revenge, sin itself is also a kind of beauty, and the burning anger of life is full of the tension of beauty.
Kiriko, of course, did not hand over the lighter, but again accused Mr. Otsuka of forcing her to perjury and forcing her to have sex.
What kind of human nature is it to sacrifice his reputation and push him into the abyss of eternal disaster?
- Not only to let Otsuka taste the torment of her soul, but also to let Kono Shino endure the injustice of innocence forever, but also to let Otsuka be discredited and disqualified from becoming a lawyer and unable to stand in the judicial community.
"Flag of the Mist" really pushes hate to the extreme, using self-destruction to achieve the destruction of hate!
I felt very pitiful about the scene where Lawyer Otsuka could not speak, and I thought that Kiriko's dedication was too cheap and bad for the old man. Only now do I feel the power of this girl.
Several confrontations finally led to the defeat of Otsuka.
Finally, looking at Kiriko's accusation against him, Lawyer Otsuka was dumbfounded—the little conscience that remained in his heart made him not go to the defense.
This leads to a classic revenge story. The barrister seems to have done nothing wrong, but he encountered such a paranoid... The 18-year-old Kiriko managed to pull Otsuka off his horse, leaving him unable to turn over again.
Lawyer Otsuka left lonely, and he must have mixed feelings in his heart. I can't imagine what his life would be like in the future, he must have been devastated from then on, saying goodbye to the lawyer circle and the judicial circle forever.
Is it just because there is no help that one should suffer such consequences? Isn't this moral kidnapping?
Of course not.
Both the original book and the film indict the lack of justice through the transformation of the heroine played by Yamaguchi Momoe, whether it is the lawyer who refuses to defend the defendant in the film, or the heroine who has gone astray, they are actually victims, because of a misjudgment, their fate also fell, and thus produced evil results. Therefore, this result is more impactful and shocking.
P.S. The lawyers of that era would have been discredited for rape, and now...
Kiriko eventually chose to leave and sent the lighter to Keiichi Abe, leaving a message never to be seen.
This is the real "if you leave, there will be no end in sight"!
One of the things I love about Japanese movies is that they can be cruel enough compared to others.
The end of the story is abrupt, obviously looking at the climax, followed by the end.
Finally, in the misty birch forest, the melancholy kiriko did not hesitate to walk toward the depths of the woods and disappeared from sight.
The ending of the 1977 version gives people a heavy and far-reaching feeling, after the revenge, she should not have the slightest pleasure and pride, the kind heart can not resist the moral condemnation and conscience of the blame, she went to the depths of the dense forest that can never be walked, which made the audience sigh.
Kiyoharu Matsumoto's novels always like to be entangled in human nature, twisting the good and evil of human nature tightly like twists, often in the end, it is difficult to love and hate, and what remains in the heart is a touch of desolation and loneliness.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="161" > choreographer did not reveal the true face and motive of the murderer until the end, but focused the camera on the psychological changes of the family members of the wronged defendant. In one passage in the book, Otsuka asks his lover, have you ever heard that fog makes a sound? </h1>
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="168" > the white fog became thicker and thicker, like the confusion that pervaded the original intention, and the sound of the fog was the sound of the original heart struggling! </h1>