In December of this year, Toujiro's series of stories ushered in its 50th birthday. Although Atsumi, who played Tora Jiro, passed away early in the morning, I still look forward to the story of Tora Jiro. The original birth of
film has only a very simple purpose-entertainment. With the innovation of film technology and the gradual improvement of the film theory and knowledge system, the purpose of the film and the meaning of the image bearing have gradually increased.
When the film is upgraded from pure entertainment to a carrier of concepts, the charm and value of images have also been affirmed and strengthened. The image will force the viewer to find meaning, and the viewer will in turn force the image to be richer.
Nowadays, images have become a way for viewers to gain knowledge and understand the times. They are more intuitive and concise. Therefore, viewers can establish a connection with this information more quickly. Especially humorous comedy content is more likely to attract viewers' attention.
comedy: the most difficult genre to shoot.
Among all the movie types, comedy movies are the most difficult to make.
In the 1990s, Stephen Chow brought a nonsensical way of expression, which overturned the traditional concept of comedy. Now, many comedy movies still use Stephen Chow's expressions. When the audience is already familiar with Stephen Chow's "routines", then watching these "dongshi effect" comedy movies, I am afraid it will be more embarrassing.
A good comedy does not rely on a certain model to create jokes, nor does it sacrifice the current facts and fabricate some plots that are contrary to common sense, but must be based on the present, find out the jokes in reality, and perform artistic processing to make It comes from life and is higher than life.
Finding comedy material from life is inherently difficult. It is even more difficult to connect the collected material into some humorous, interesting, fun and valuable stories. Director
is not only a process of processing the material in the process of shooting a comedy film, but also a process of understanding new and interesting things. Understanding is also creating. Injecting one's own understanding based on the existing materials can produce many ridiculous "accidents" that can make comedy movies interesting.
A good comedy is not good to be interesting. It must also have the ability to reflect the times. Although there are comedies in each era, fundamentally speaking, the history is surprisingly similar, so there are many comedy stories that fit the era. Commonality.
This means that in the process of processing materials, the materials must be filled in combination with the actual problems and events that have occurred at the moment to make them more in line with the needs of the current era. Audiences often need to understand the content of a movie from their own situation and surrounding environment. If the comedy is out of the era, it will cause confusion for the audience to understand the content of the movie.
Yamada Yoji: A master who is good at taking stories of common people.
Forty years so far, Japan has produced many master directors. The technical control represented by Akira Kurosawa has promoted the development of film technology in Japan, and the conceptual control represented by Shuji Terayama has given the expression and extension of movie content. Provides more possibilities.
Yamada Yoji, as an anomaly, is neither technically controlled nor conceptually controlled. His movies are a bit like Hollywood director Clint Eastwood. He doesn't like fancy technology or abstract theories. He likes to tell stories, telling all kinds of stories.
Because of this, Yamada Yoji's work does not seem to have a strong personal style, because his work is too typical and ordinary. However, this does not reflect his position in the history of Japanese cinema.
In the hearts of many Japanese audiences, Yoji Yamada’s movies can always accurately capture the minds of Japanese people, and express these stories through warmth or humor.
Yamada Yoji likes to film the stories of common people. He believes that common people's life is a cross-section of Japanese culture. Through common people's life, we can see what Japanese people lack and what they need. In particular, the "Torajiro" series of films are not only representative works of Yamada Yoji, but also representative of Japanese comedy.
In 1969, the Tonjiro series of films came out. For more than 30 years after that, the Tonjiro series of films will become Japanese New Year films or summer files as long as they are released. Although the Torajiro series of films tell the story of a small person, but through this small person you can see many changes in Japanese society.
z11Tora Jiro: The insurmountable peak of Japanese comedy movies.
In "The Story of Torajiro", all the plots are developed around Torajiro, and all the stories are related to Torajiro's broken love. What is certain is that Toujiro is the leading actor who has lost love most frequently in the world. From 1969 to 1995, Tora Jiro was totally broken for 28 years.
Every time Toujiro returns to his hometown, he will fall in love with women who do not match his identity. These women are the type that Torajiro is destined to not get, but Torajiro doesn't care at all, on the contrary, the more frustrated, the more courageous.
Every time after a love affair, Toujiro will leave his hometown to go wandering to heal his injuries. Although this segment often appears in Toujiro's movies, it is not annoying at all. Because many qualities of Torajiro are not in Japanese.
has two very important words in Japanese culture, one is polite and the other is implicit.
Toujiro is neither polite nor reserved. Although he violates Japanese traditional culture, he shows the courage and innocence of the common people. Comparing
, I think Toujiro is very similar to Bond in 007. Bond uses his immortality to create a heroic character, while Tojiro uses his repeated love to create a heroic character. "Heroic characters" like
are full of positive energy and smoke, which makes people find a touch of comfort in the depressed social atmosphere.
How does director Yoji Yamada comment on the Torajiro series?
"It's very simple to tell a sad story with tears. It is not too difficult to tell a sad story with a serious expression. It is very difficult to tell a sad story with a smile. But in this difficult world, there are some The truth can only be conveyed in the form of jokes. This work is an attempt to tell you how a man’s hardships and how to live with dignity in this world was first tragedy, with a smile."
follows In the comedy "Tale of Tonjiro", I came back to my senses, and then came to experience what Yamada Yoji said. I suddenly remembered a sentence I saw for a long time: "The core of every comedy is tragic."
may be positive. Because there are always too many tragedies in this world, comedy will last forever, and Toujiro will be dumped for 28 years.
