In April of each year, it seems that without watching Shunji Iwai's "April Story", this April month is not complete. Today is the last day of April, and I must give you a look at this movie.
I believe that Shunji Iwai should be familiar to everyone, his works are also widely known, his works are very personal, I believe that many people's favorite works of Shunji Iwai are different, may be "Love Letters", "Swallowtail Butterfly",
It could also be "Flowers and Alice", "Dream Traveler", "Lily Week",
Some of the less popular ones may also be the early "Ghost Soup", "Nameless Zone", "Fireworks" and "The Binding of Love" and so on... Of course, "April Story" also has a high probability of becoming the best, isn't it?
I think a good director is that every one of his works is likely to become the audience's favorite work. Unlike some directors, their representative works are only one, and everyone mentions that the director's best work is fixed, and such a director xiaobian does not appreciate much, because the excellence of this work is likely to be achieved because of the script, actors and other reasons, rather than the director's own skills.
Therefore, Xiaobian feels that Shunji Iwai is a very good director, although Xiaobian may have passed the age of liking Shunji Iwai, but for his new work this year, "Rip Van Winkel's Bride", Xiaobian still holds a little expectation.
Returning to the main topic, Shunji Iwai returned the gift to spring - "April Story".
The film is only 67 minutes long and tells a story about a crush. The 17-year-old girl played by Matsu takako, Yuno Yukizuki, because of her crush on the senior, worked hard in the last six months of high school and was admitted to the same university as the senior. So she came alone from Hokkaido to Musashino University in Tokyo. Then I often patronized the bookstore where the senior worked part-time, and finally spoke to the senior on a rainy day.
- You're famous.
- Is it?
- For me, yes.
The story is simple, but the director still gives it a wonderful charm. The film's fresh, warm, a little sweet and a little worried temperament makes the editor willing to read it over and over again.
【Good people】
It's a movie where there are no bad guys, and everyone seems warm and kind. Movers, members of societies, introverted neighbors, weirdos who want to talk to movie theaters, and strangers who borrow umbrellas.
Everyone has a warm heart. You will surely yearn for and cherish every such tender connection.
【Falling Cherry】
In Musashino in April, cherry blossoms flutter like pink snow, falling on the hairline, on the shoulders, on the parasol that stretches the way... What a wonderful picture. One day to be able to visit such a spring, Xiaobian believes that this is not too much wish.
【Rain】
If someone asks me that the rain in that movie impressed you, then I'm sure I'm reminded of the rain in April Story. Yuye held up a big red umbrella and talked to the senior in the rain.
Watching the senior want to help you find a good umbrella, the result of the umbrella is broken, Yuye's expression is really very heartwarming, a 17-year-old girl's inner emotions vivid and wonderful presentation.
And this rain, perhaps Yuye felt that he had finally taken a step closer to the senior.
【Piano sound】
Sweet stories and fresh graphics, combined with a brisk and joyful piano soundtrack, make this spring even more fascinating. The piano and guitar soundtrack in the film were both composed and performed by Shunji Iwai himself, and he is really an all-round genius.
【Heroine】
Matsuriko's interpretation of the role is too good, making the image of the character of Yuno unforgettable, playing a girl in a crush too deeply,
You'll also remember the one who rode a bicycle with the skirt corner slightly fluttering.
If the protagonist of the film is not her, although it is still wonderful under the director of Shunji Iwai, it will certainly lose a few points.
"April Story" is a spring essay, the melody of a crush, and it is actually a reminiscence poem that has been experienced.
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