As a die-hard fan of fantasy movies, whether it is Chinese fox ghosts, Western magic or Japanese chi monsters, they are all in my daily film list.
The 17-year-old Japanese film Kamakura Monogatari is positioned as a fantasy drama film directed by Japanese director Takashi Yamazaki and starring Masaru Sakai and Mitsuki Takahata, who is outstanding in "Yan Yi".
Adapted from Ryohei West Bank's speculative manga, the film tells the story of Masakazu Ichise, a mystery writer living in Kamakura, who solves a strange case after marrying his beloved wife Akiko, and when Akiko is taken away by a monster, Masakazu breaks into the Yellow Spring to save his wife.
The heroine Akiko is not a beautiful woman in the traditional sense, she does not have the sweet smile of the healing line of Yui Niigaki, nor does she have the fatal attraction of seduction in Ishihara's beauty, but with her natural cute oxygen sense, she has become the best interpretation of the yuanqi wife in the movie.
Akiko's appearance is the kind of beauty that is not aggressive and is suitable for IKEA. When I first arrived at the demonic Kamakura, I was timid and uncomfortable, and when I was tugging at Ichise and the cuffs, the female audience in front of the screen felt pity.
But this attitude of "old husbands and young wives" to live a normal and simple life into prose poetry, and the healing system warmth that spans life and death, have moved me in 120 minutes. So, today I will share with you my experience of watching the movie.
As a Japanese fantasy film, the aesthetic picture of nostalgia is a major highlight of "Kamakura Story". Director Takashi Yamazaki was once described by Japanese film critic Kio Hiroshi as "Doraemon in the film industry". If nothing else, the brain hole is definitely big enough, and it has the ability to realize illusions in movies.
Takashi Yamazaki is a member of the Shiraku group (a Japanese special effects company) and is good at using vfx technology to create close-up films such as "Parasitic Beast", "Forever 0", and "Forever Three-Chome Sunset" series, which takes the audience into a wonderful world where reality and illusion alternate.
And this "Kamakura Story" not only has excellent special effects, but also the aesthetic picture of nostalgia is also a big surprise.
Because the color tone of the film picture has a unique visual language ideographic function in modern film narrative, it can convey the content that the storyline itself cannot convey, so the tone of the film has gradually become an important part of the film art style, playing a role in expressing the film intention and narrating the film plot.
This film continues the overall color style of Japanese healing films, the whole film adopts warm colors, fresh style, beautiful picture, color saturation is not high, as if a gentle filter is added, which constitutes a light and peaceful film atmosphere, bringing visual and emotional information, causing the audience's psychological resonance.
Since it is a healing movie, a soothing and beautiful soundtrack is certainly essential. This fantasy style "Kamakura Monogatari" has the addition of talented composer Naoki Sato and the ending song of Hikaru Utada, which is simply a lineup of gods.
Here we must introduce Naoki Sato, the god who won the 39th Japanese Drama Academy Award for Best Score and the 29th Japan Film Academy Best Score Award for his excellent scoring work.
Many viewers heard the feeling of "Natsume's Friend's Account" from the soundtrack. And the plot of this fantasy movie is indeed very compatible with the atmosphere of the comic book movie. The fresh healing of Hayao Miyazaki's animation and the exquisite soundtrack of Kamakura Monogatari are seamless.
At the beginning of the movie, the newlywed couple drives past the classic landmark of "Slam Dunk Master", which is picturesque and the soundtrack is melodious, symbolizing the two people's infinite vision of the sweet life after marriage.
The two first came to the lively market of "Hundred Ghosts Night Walk", and the soundtrack is still a fantasy that exudes a strange style. When the ghostly horse boy appears, the music suddenly becomes eerie, hinting at the impending danger.
These soundtracks and plots are very natural, or make up for the thinness of the picture, or make the plot more interesting, in short, play a role in setting off events, hinting at the development of the plot, and at the same time can make the audience more substitutionary.
"Then teacher, if you turn into a ghost, you have to wait for me, you can't go to that world first!" The naïve Akiko Night Market not only bought the "Magic World Matsutake", but also learned the secret of the neighbor's wife, so he made such a request to her beloved husband.
The ancient capital of Kamakura, where Akiko settled with her husband, is not only inhabited by humans, but also ghosts, goblins, demons, gods and Buddhas... This is the junction of the Demon Realm and the Yellow Spring, and it is the capital where the thoughts of the living and the dead are intertwined.
Living in Kamakura, as long as you pass the "ghost application", you can continue to stay with your lover without fear of death. Akiko's words can be called "a word into a slur", and soon after, she became a spirit body because of the intrigue of the youkai.
If the feelings of the two people are the warmth of the long stream before the difficulties come, then at the moment when they realize that they are about to die and die, the power that erupts from Zhenghe is the shock of the intestines.
Obviously, he is a scholar (writer) who has no power to bind the chicken, but he risks complete death to go to Huangquan alone to save his wife. The couple's love can also be regarded as "across life and death", and it is unswerving.
Later, through the mouth of the great villain Tiantou Ghost, the director told the fate of the two people who had been husband and wife since the Heian period. No wonder I wanted to get married when I first met, it turned out to be "fate".
This "Kamakura Monogatari" is also known as the Japanese version of "Dream Quest" because it also embodies the theme of "Huangquan Underworld". Both films invariably glorify the world of Huangquan, which should be eerie and terrifying.
The afterlife world becomes a "move with the heart" comfortable place in the movie where you can sit directly on the "River's Electricity", and the cluster of old wooden houses built by the mountains is a visual feast (combining Zhangjiajie and The Ancient City of Phoenix), as well as the warm greeting of relatives who have been waiting for a long time.
Death's line is in place: "Originally, the Land of Yellow Springs is not a bad place, it is a rest station for the soul waiting for the next reincarnation!" ”
In short, this movie heals even the most feared death of mankind is stained with a warm and dreamy color.
Although "Kamakura Story" is the shell of a fantasy movie, it has not abandoned the characteristics of the Japanese film "Healing System". The protagonist of the movie lives his life into poetry, and the warmth of the pulse across life and death is the most touching emotional core.