Speaking of Japanese movies, I am afraid that many people like me, the first person who thinks of it will always be Akira Kurosawa, after all, "Seven Samurai", "Shadow Samurai", "Rashomon" these movies, so that Kurosawa's international status is almost a unique existence.
It is said that when filming "Shadow Samurai", Kurosawa was short of money, and after the big director George Lucas in Hollywood knew the news, he pulled his old buddy Francis Coppola to find the president of Fox at the time, and got $1.5 million.
The two men rushed to Japan and sent the money to Akira Kurosawa, and this fanatical fanatic was really unimaginable. You know, George Lucas had just finished Star Wars, and Coppola had just finished The Godfather, and both of them were hot directors in Hollywood.
Even so, it could not resist the enthusiasm of the two people to chase stars, and George Lucas even followed him on the set, just to see how idol Akira Kurosawa made the movie.
Many people say that Japanese cinema gradually declined after Akira Kurosawa's death, but in the post-Kurosawa era, there was another great director who was known to the world. That is the well-known Japanese filmmaker director + actor Takeshi Kitano.
Speaking of Takeshi Kitano, I would like to praise that this is the most well-known director since Akira Kurosawa at the Japanese Film Festival, and I think many people will agree.
Takeshi Kitano is not only a well-known filmmaker, but also a well-known big mouth, and some time ago during the Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan, Takeshi Kitano's remarks caused an uproar on the Internet. He went so far as to say that the opening ceremony of the Japanese Olympic Games was so bad that he was embarrassed to go abroad.
Some netizens said that this may be the big director who wants to be like the old strategist, and the addiction of the director of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games has not been realized in the end, and he must say a few words to vent his anger.
However, I think it is interesting to say this, this kind of outspoken personality is also very much in the style of Kitano Takeshi. Today, when I was idle, I watched Takeshi Kitano's "Humpback City" again, which is really a very good movie.
Remembering watching this "Humpback City" before, I felt very enjoyable, such a blind masseuse with white hair, it was really beautiful that he could kill so many evil and evil bad guys with such a sharp knife.
But this time, it seems that it is appreciated with another emotion. Watching a movie is not only to see the hilarity, but also to feel the beauty in the movie. Especially in this exemplary film of violent aesthetics, we appreciate more angles.
To be honest, this movie has a very Chinese martial arts spirit, especially the constant reversal at the end, which makes us feel the style of Mr. Gu Long's novel.
The blind masseuse is a world-famous ranger whose name is Humpback City. On this day, he traveled to a small town and met an old woman who sold vegetables, who lived alone and widowed, stayed in Hutou City at night, and in return, Humpback City gave her a massage.
But the next night, Humpback City was going out to gamble money, and when they arrived in town, they met the nephew of the old woman. Blind masseurs rely on their hearing and win almost every round. The old woman's nephew also made a lot of money with him, but those who opened casinos were not vegetarians, and it didn't take long to reveal their true faces, losing money can be, and after winning so much money, do you want to go? That wouldn't be easy.
However, after a fight in Humpback City, it actually killed and injured many of the casino's. The nephews of these old women have seen it, and this is also too powerful.
By chance, Humpback City also met a pair of siblings who were inspired to avenge their parents. Ten years ago, the brothers and sisters hid under the house to feed the mice, but they escaped a massacre.
It turned out that the two brothers and sisters were the children of a rich family, and there was a bad guy who had been lurking in their house for a long time, just to collude with the evil gang outside to kill the family and take away the money. The siblings escaped the disaster by raising mice, but their parents and relatives were slaughtered.
In the past ten years, the brother and sister have lived an inhuman life, and the younger brother has also dressed up as a girl, giving people smiling faces everywhere, and doing a miserable geisha job, just to assassinate the murderer of the year.
It turns out that the murderer is lurking in this town, but with the ability of the sisters and brothers, they can't take revenge. It doesn't matter, as long as there is a humpback city, there is no unfinished revenge.
There is also a line in the movie, that is, a ronin who treats his wife, and in order to treat his wife and make money, he does not hesitate to commit himself to the bad guys and become a murderer. This is also a poor person, who has no choice.
But in the end, these bad guys have become the tools for humpback city to practice knives. Even the ronin was the same, although he was not very bad, but he had sold himself to the devil in order to cure his wife.
Ronin's wife also felt unable to survive because of her husband's depravity, and committed suicide in the apartment.
The tone of the whole movie is very good, and it is a Japanese film that takes the aesthetics of violence to the extreme. Whether it is a fight in the rain, or the picture of Humpback City chasing and killing the bad guys, it is very delicate.
In addition, the movie is also interspersed with some funny pictures, such as the makeup of the old woman's nephew, and the eyes of humpback city, which are very interesting stems.
Can you see the humpback market? Is he really blind or is he a fake blind?
Although the eyes can be wide open, they still cannot be seen.
Well, this movie is really good, and everyone must watch it when you have time. Although it is not as good as the level of "Seven Samurai", it is also a model film of violent aesthetics.
Thanks for reading.