The movie "Red Medaka" tells the story of the rakugo master Tachikawa Tanji and his disciples. Rakugo is a traditional Japanese song art, similar to China's stand-up comedy. For example, if you make a Chinese "Red Medaka", the protagonists are probably Guo Degang and his disciples.
As an outlier in the Rakugo community, Tachikawa Tanji's life is full of controversy: he not only quit the Rakugo Association, but also did not set up his own genre-exclusive seat (genre-exclusive performance venue). In addition, he also charged his apprentices a fee for worship for the first time. But as far as Rakugo is concerned, Tachikawa Tanshi is undoubtedly a master idol sought after by all.
Aside from Takeshi Kitano, I can't think of anyone more qualified to play the role of Tanji in this movie. In the 1980s, the young Takeshi Kitano became popular throughout Japan as a manga (similar to our counterpart) actor. Therefore, for playing Tachikawa Tanshi, Kitano Takeshi has a unique advantage.
In addition, like the eccentric and paranoid Tachikawa Tanshi, Kitano Takeshi has a well-behaved temperament and does not like to play cards according to common sense, and the two are not similar, but they can be called gods.
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Rough, hard, old and stubborn, the first time you see Kitano Takeshi's paralyzed face in the film, it will give people the impression of being violent and irritable, arbitrary, and there is also an innate arrogance.
This is probably also the first impression of all the people around me on Teacher Tanzhi.
Because of his admiration for Tan Zhi, Tan Chun and other teachers and brothers studied the art painstakingly under the entrance. Several young people have their own grievances: TanChun's parents do not support their son's art, Tanchun runs away from home in a fit of rage; Zhile wants to fulfill his grandmother's wish to see his rakugo performance; talks about being in debt; Kansai is looked down upon by old classmates who work at tv stations; he hurts his arm by playing baseball before the cardboard box, thinking that rakugo is a craft of speaking, and it is not difficult to learn. The only thing the five have in common is a love of Rakugo.
After visiting the teacher, it is not so much that they have come to learn the art, but rather that they are omnipotent servants in the teacher's family, and the tasks received by the apprentices include repairing the shower, buying milk, repairing the garden, and even using air guns to drive away the cats... A group of teachers and brothers were arbitrarily enslaved by the teacher, and they were scolded by the teacher for being useless. All indications are that this is a strange old man who does not get along well.
But appearances can often only give people superficial understanding.
Because of his clumsy work, the disciple Carton was scolded the most by Teacher Tanzhi, and the carton could not bear to choose to quit. After the cardboard box left, Teacher Tan Zhi sat alone in the courtyard and was extremely lost, and his lonely eyes were full of disappointment and regret. Looking at the empty garden, Teacher Tan Zhi asked his disciples to buy goldfish in the spring to add vitality to the house. Tan Chun took the money to invite the brothers to eat barbecue meat, and used the remaining money to buy a few red medaka to fill up. Teacher Tan Zhi seems to be satisfied, until the end of the film, we find that the teacher understands everything, he has long known that Tan Chun bought a red medaka that will never grow.
In addition to Tan Chun buying red medaka to deceive the teacher, the master and disciple Zhile also stole gifts from others to the teacher, and Teacher Tan Zhi only casually asked and did not pursue. In order to worship his teacher, Tan Chun also lied that his parents had died suddenly, and Tan Zhi also pretended to believe it. Knowing everything, but deliberately being silent and leaving a love face for others, this is The cultivation of Teacher Tanzhi in dealing with the world. Disciples must have their own grievances, so why do they have to expose the sufferings of others?
How can a teacher who is hurt because his apprentice has dropped out of school and is merciful to others everywhere, be arbitrary? It turns out that Teacher Tan Zhi is indeed a stubborn old man who is "arbitrary".
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Because of "arbitrary action", there have also been swords between masters and apprentices. The sharpest contradiction in the film occurs between Tan Zhi's teacher and disciple Tan Chun. Tan Chun refused the teacher's separate guidance on the grounds of a cold, which in the teacher's view was simply a big reversal. But in Tanchun, he was just afraid that a cold would infect the teacher. Teacher Tan Zhi ignored Tan Chun from then on, and then distributed it to the market to sell roasted wheat for a period of one year, and if he did not want to, he was immediately expelled from the division.
For the sake of the rakugo dream in his heart, Tan Chun obeyed the master's order to send people to the fence and became a wheat burner. A few months later, Tan Chun learned that his disciple Zhile was also sold roasted wheat by the teacher's distribution market, but because of the "doorway", he easily avoided the "punishment". Tan Chun was furious and deeply unfair, and he rushed back to the teacher's house from the market to ask for explanations, but overheard Zhi Le's performance and Tan Zhi Teacher's teachings to Zhi Le. This is also the most classic line in the movie:
"Eating vinegar should grasp the degree of good, people who eat jealousy are not impatient in their hearts, and this vinegar is also intriguing to eat." What is jealousy, that is, jealousy? If you don't try to put it into action, you hold on to the weaknesses of the other party, and even you can fall into the wrong way, which is called jealousy. Originally, in order to match and surpass the opponent, the problem will be solved day after day, but people always can't do this, because jealousy is easier.
Reality is the answer, even if you complain about the inopportune and unfair social injustice, there will be no change. Reality is reality, and to understand and analyze the status quo, there must be a cause for the status quo, and it is good to have a full understanding of the cause and then act on it accordingly. People who don't even know how to judge the status quo are idiots in my opinion. ”
Tan Chun understood the teacher's intentions, and also deeply admired the talents of his teachers and disciples, and since then he has been at ease selling roasted wheat in the market. Delivery, shouting, slowly handy, even the boss lady mother and daughter gradually fell in love with this talking boy. Returning to shimen a year later, the brothers found that Tanchun was not only more comfortable in the rhythm of rakugo performances, but also became careful and cared for people, and learned to get along with people. Tan Chun only then understood that the sale had exercised his sense of rakugo and made himself mature. It turns out that the grinding of the market is also the practice of Rakugo.
Tanchun's growth tells us that when a person thinks that he has encountered injustice, jealousy and resentment are useless, and only by facing the reality and analyzing the current situation to solve the problem can he become the final winner. Instead of being jealous and complaining, why not use the energy of jealousy and complaining to try to improve yourself and create a better self?
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Teacher Tan Zhi's "arbitrary and arbitrary behavior" is also manifested in the stubborn maintenance of his own apprentice.
The only villain in the movie is the rakugo critic Lin Junyi, who has made three accusations against Tan Chun, and Teacher Tan Zhi has not hesitated to side with the disciples. The first two accusations, one is that there is no eye to know Tarzan, as a newcomer does not know Teacher Lin, refused to allow the teacher to enter; the other is tanchun as a mat actor to talk about large paragraphs contrary to the rakugo tradition. Lin Li was aggressive, and Teacher Tan Zhi's rebuttal was equally cheerful: The apprentice is the apprentice, and I am me. Critics do not feed Rakugo actors, but wait for actors to become famous, and critics rely on actors to eat.
The implication is that you, the idle eater, stay cool and where.
Lin Junyi held a grudge against them and questioned the four people's Rakugo standards after Tanchun and the others' second-class exams (passing the second-class exam to become a rakugo artist with formal performance qualifications). Teacher Tan Zhi has his own views on this. Teacher Tan Zhi was well aware of the talent level of the disciples, and the four disciples had limited talents, but they had all completed arduous cultivation. After the apprentices' first formal performance, Teacher Tanzhi even openly affirmed the disciples: No matter what others say, you are the second class of the Tachikawa School.
In the eyes of Teacher Tan Zhi, Tan Chun and other apprentices are like red medaka, and no matter how much feed the red medaka is fed, it will not grow at all and will never become a goldfish. But is it useless to be born as a medaka?
Of course not! Mediocre qualifications are not shameful, shameful is to give up and slack, day after day for the dream and persevere, although it will not become the most dazzling one, but still can occupy a place in the field of dedication.
The premiere was a great success, and the recognition of Teacher Tan Zhi also ushered in a turning point in the lives of the four apprentices: Tan Chun reconciled with his parents, Zhi Le fulfilled his grandmother's wish, and Kansai became the object of television pursuit. As for talking, even the gangsters who collect debts have become his fans...
Having said so much about "arbitrary and arbitrary behavior", in fact, Tan Zhi's "arbitrary and arbitrary behavior" is a unique apprenticeship method based on his own experience (dry chores, market selling roasted wheat), which is full of the strict teacher's way of external cold and internal heat, and under the cold appearance is a warm expectation of "hoping for the disciples to become a dragon", and the protection and care for the apprentices are always in the unspoken.
He can be very strong, such as a resolute counterattack against Lin Junyi. He can also be very soft: there was an apprentice who wanted to jump ship, and instead of getting angry, he gave his famous wine to the apprentice as a greeting gift. He would instruct the market lady to quietly save up the salary of selling burnt wheat in tanchun, because he was afraid that the apprentice would spend money indiscriminately.
He will also prepare a big meal for the apprentices after passing the second-class exam, and wrap a red envelope for each apprentice... The hard and rough old man suddenly revealed his warm side, which always made people inadvertently cry.