"Kamakura Monogatari": a Japanese fantasy film that explores love and death

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today recommends to you a fantasy life-like movie " Kamakura Story ", first let's talk about the general content of the movie, the beginning of the story, the heroine - Akiko and the hero - Teacher Isshiki finished Honeymoon back home to Kamakura .

[I am unbelievably happy. ]

[Again! ]

[Say it again, say it again! Please, say it again! 】

【Wait! ]

[From now on, I will be family with you. ]

[En! ]

[And... how can I put it, this town feels very laid back. ]

[Kamakura is an incredible place, it feels different from the way time passes in Tokyo, right! 】

【You will get used to it slowly. ]

On this day, because it was already the deadline, the editor - Mr. Honda came to visit, and Akiko thought of a way to hold Mr. Honda. But my husband couldn't write because of the bottleneck, so he played the little train in the room. Fortunately, the inspiration came to Isshiki's mind in time, and Mr. Honda got the manuscript within the deadline. Before leaving, Isshiki reminded Honda [I feel unwell, it is best to go to the hospital! ] But he was complained by Honda about Isshiki's recently married wife, and told him to cherish it.

After sending away the editor Mr. Honda, the couple saw a Kappa running calmly. Later, the husband explained the customs and environment of Kamakura for thousands of years, but Akiko was timid and could not hear any ghost stories. In the end, she had to let her husband accompany her to the toilet. Feeling that I just did too much.

The next day, Isshiki reminded Akiko repeatedly before going out [don't go to the warehouse in the north]. During the process of doing housework, Akiko heard a strange noise in the warehouse. She instantly forgot her husband's warning and went in. check it out.

[This is a bit difficult to enter! ]

[It's really the teacher's style! Ha ha! ]

[Really, it's too easy to stuff! 】

【Is it true? 】

【Ah! 】

's sudden appearance of the grandmother frightened Akiko. It turns out that the grandmother is Aunt Jin who has been a servant since her grandfather's generation. Aunt Jin looked at the warehouse and talked about the male owner of the house, [All generations are folklorists, and I am very grateful to Akiko for not caring about the age difference and willing to marry Teacher Isshiki]. During the conversation with Aunt Jin, I also learned that Isshiki's parents passed away when he was a child, and he has always lived a lonely life. Although he has been confessed by many people, Isshiki has always disliked him. Only Akiko came to Isshiki's house when he was working part-time. At that time, Isshiki believed that Akiko was his future wife.

When Isshiki came home in the evening, Akiko blamed her husband for not telling her about her hobbies. Isshiki teacher is a train fan. Immediately, she found the bag in her husband's hand, and snatched it over to see that it was a train again. Akiko was restless, and finally understood why her family was so poor, and ordered that she was not allowed to buy any more model trains. less money. Isshiki explained [This tooth was held tightly in his hand since birth, no money, free! ]

Akiko really doesn't want to listen to this kind of nonsense anymore, even Aunt Jin smiled without speaking. Isshiki sneaked into the room to play with the little train while questioning his marriage. Suddenly, Akiko handed a stack of manuscripts to Isshiki, who found out that it was an unpublished manuscript by Kotaki Goshirō, and found a lively market on the way to send Aunt Jin back. Akiko thought everyone was cosplaying, and Isshiki explained [This is a night market where the monsters live in Kamakura].

ran into an old acquaintance - mother-in-law Yuko, mother-in-law Yuko reminded them [be careful of the stalls selling monsters, other things are very cheap]. Sure enough, Akiko found very cheap matsutake mushrooms at the booth. When Akiko asked her mother-in-law Yuko, she learned that her mother-in-law had passed away last year. Kamakura is a ghost, and both monsters and people can be friendly. place to get along. Agiko was startled by the sudden appearance of her mother-in-law Yuko. In the eyes of the living,Granny Yuko doesn't look like a ghost at all. Because she couldn't worry about her husband, mother-in-law Yuko applied to the god of death to let her stay in the world for some time to take care of the old man.

The next day, Akiko made Matsutake Miso Soup with the Matsutake mushrooms she had bought. Unexpectedly, after Ishiki drank it, her soul went out of her body. Fortunately, Aunt Jin arrived in time and found out that it was Matsutake from the Demon Realm, which is comparable to poison for humans. Aunt Jin took out a broom and beat her back to save Isshiki. At this time, the police came to the house, and Akiko thought that Isshiki had done something. It turned out that Mr. Isshiki had been a consultant of the Kamakura Police Department's Psychological Investigation Division, and immediately arrived at the murder scene with the police. The woman died after being hit in the back of the head by an ashtray. The police began to question the deceased through a spiritual ceremony, but the deceased did not know anything about it.

Ishiki analyzed the existing clues, and the biggest suspect is the woman's long-separated husband. As soon as the woman dies, all the property in his name will be transferred to the husband's name, as long as the husband's alibi is overturned. Case solved. Isshiki also found the suspect's abnormality. He seemed to be very confident in the alibi. The train that passed by suddenly inspired Isshiki. Isshiki speculated that the murderer jumped on the train and went to the woman's house to commit the murder. The murder was successfully solved.

Ishiki always has something to say when talking about the relationship between husband and wife, but Akiko refuses to say anything when asked, and the two have a conflict. Because of the quarrel, I went to izakaya for a drink. On the way back, I found Death leading Yuko and his wife. The Shinigami was surprised that Isshiki could actually see himself. After asking, he learned that the old couple wanted to be Jiang Zhidian. The phantom station that would appear every time was ugly. Jiang Zhidian would transport the dead soul to Huang Quanzhi. country.

After all, Isshiki is a living person. With the consent of the god of death, Isshiki took his wife and watched Jiang Zhidian from a distance. But the wife was still in trouble. The wife looked at the old couple who had left and envied their relationship. At this time, Isshiki talked about the past that he didn't want to mention, and it was also his family scandal. Isshiki's father was a university professor and often went abroad to do academic research. Isshiki discovered that as soon as his father went out, his mother dressed up and had a tryst with another man. When he grew up, he investigated that person and found out that it was actually Kotaki Goshirō. He recalled the manuscripts he had written in his own house before, and Isshiki began to wonder if he was the child of his mother's affair object. Because the wife was by Yoshiki's side, the two watched the old couple leave.

Strange things happened frequently in the house the next day. Not only did it catch fire while cooking, the tea was spilled while writing the manuscript, and even the writing was yellow, and the chandelier fell off due to a small inadvertent movement. The husband and wife found that Aunt Jin was fully armed and seemed to be out and brought bad things home. Unexpectedly, there was a god of poverty in the roof of the house. Because I always heard other people call Teacher Isshiki, I thought it was a wealthy and powerful family, but I didn't expect to be such a shabby poor man.

The old man said that he leaked his mouth and was discovered by Isshiki. In the murder of a woman, the old man not only saw the murderer, but even prevented the murder, but he did nothing. The old man had a guilty conscience, and Isshiki was super contemptuous. The old man was a god after all, so he just made a prestige and asked the Isshiki family to offer tribute. Yi Shi refused, feeling that the other party was extorting and extorting, and the old man was angry and had no compassion for the old man.

The wife felt that the weather was too cold and left the old man behind. She also prepared a sumptuous meal and invited the old man to eat with him. The old man suddenly burst into tears. After being a god for so long, it was the first time someone could treat him so well. His wife also cried, facing the two of them completely speechless, calling out his wife alone, reminding him that she is the real god of poverty, but the wife felt that it didn't matter, the family had no money, and the old man was no harm. One color together, the poor don't mind.

During the afternoon tea, the old man and his wife exchanged tokens. The old man gave the antique bowl to his wife, and the wife took out the small flower bowl that the old man liked. But the leisurely days will always come to an end. The old man has to leave after receiving a new task. His wife is very sad. The old man thinks that this girl is very strange. Usually, the god of poverty leaves and should be happy.

Ishiki got the bad news and rushed to the hospital. It turned out that Mr. Honda, the editor and friend, was terminally ill. Mr. Honda is most worried about his wife and daughter at home. One-color constructionHe suggested whether to discuss with the god of death whether Honda could stay in the world for a while after his death. When he came to visit again, he found that Honda had passed away. When making the application, the god of death said that there are too many such applications, and there is no way to handle them now. Then, the Shinigami proposed another plan, that is, to retain the memory of being a human being reincarnated as a monster, and then Honda became a green frog.

In short, Honda still kept the iconic action and changed hands. When I drove to the car, I found that my wife was being collected by the landlord. Honda pretended to be a friend and secretly stuffed the money into the mailbox. When I went to squat again, I found that there was a strange man beside my wife, Honda was a little hurt, and a lot of negative energy broke out when I was drinking with Isshiki. The editor-in-chief was in a hurry to find Isshiki on the phone, and his wife hurried to the wine house to inform Isshiki that he fell on the way, and suddenly found that his body was strange.

The next day, Honda saw Akiko with others when he was working at the playground. After asking Isshiki, Honda thought that he must have read it wrong, and reminded Isshiki how his face was so bad. After speaking, Honda left, and Isshiki realized that Honda was going to make a break with that strange man, but he didn't expect that instead of being afraid, the other party sincerely wanted to date Honda's wife. Honda also completely dispelled his anger because of the other party's awareness, and then the two went to the wine shop for a drink. The proprietress noticed something was wrong and gave it a talisman. Unexpectedly, the wife had become a spirit body and was blocked by the talisman at the door. outside.

Death appeared to pick up his wife, Isshiki tried his best to stop him from trying to retrieve his wife's body, but Isshiki's body was getting worse. From the death of God's mouth, I learned that Isshiki's body was getting worse, because his wife's spiritual body was still at home, which was gradually consumed. One color life force. When Isshiki woke up, he only saw a letter left by his wife. In the end, Isshiki still couldn't keep his wife. No matter how loving the husband and wife were, they were no match for life and death.

Grim Reaper leaked his mouth, and his wife was taken away just because she couldn't find her body. According to her lifespan, she shouldn't have gone to Huangquan so early. The Grim Reaper also advised Yishi not to commit suicide. People who commit suicide can't go to Huangquan. Isshiki suddenly recalled Honda's inquiry, that is, seeing Akiko with someone else on Sunday, so he asked the police for help, and found his wife's body. It turned out that the other party also died suddenly and wanted to say goodbye to his family. He happened to see Akiko's body lying on the road, so he used it like this, and Ishiki was completely angry, because his wife had been sent to the country of Huangquan.

【Wait a little longer! ]

[I will confiscate these before the manuscript is completed. ]

[Wait a minute, really, be careful with the dynamic pressure tube. ]

[First meeting, my name is Nakamura Yakiko! ]

[My name is Isshiki Masawa! ]

Isshiki decided to go to the Land of Yellow Springs to bring back Akiko. He once thought that Goshirō Kotaki wrote all novels, but he didn't expect it to actually record the events of the Land of Yellow Springs. Aunt Jin handed over the address of Kotaki Goshirō in Huangquan, and was dressed in Isshiki, got out of the body, and got on Jiang Zhidian. After getting off the bus, the atmosphere was comparable to the Spring Festival. In fact, regarding the matter of Akiko, the Death Bureau has already started to investigate. It turns out that the mastermind behind the scenes is a ghost. This guy is very tricky, and he has a very deep obsession with Akiko.

Isshiki asked the god of death to take him to Goshiro Kotaki's address, but he didn't expect his mother to be with the cheating object after his death! Suddenly, Jialong explained that he was his father, and the knot that had troubled Isshiki for many years finally had an explanation. In order to resist the oppression of his grandfather, his father wanted to become a novelist, so he had to hide secretly and disguise Goshirō Kōtaki. When the father learned that his son was to save his wife, he was quite surprised. Back then, the father also came to Huangquan to save his mother, but he finally failed to bring his mother back and lived here. However, Akiko's body is still there. A silver lining.

's father told Isshiki that the Kingdom of Yellow Springs will be different depending on how each person feels. The most powerful weapon here is your brain, which is your imagination. Ishiki Touliu entered the castle of Tentougui and reunited with Akiko. At this time, Tentougui came in with a gift and hoped that Akiko would sign and marry him, but Akiko refused and vowed to die.from. Tiantougui was so excited that he missed it. It turned out that Tiantougui deliberately staggered the birth years of the two, but they were still together.

It turns out that the two have been married for countless times since the Heian era and , and this time the ghost must be completely killed. Isshiki used his imagination to jump out of the window and escaped, but the ghost showed his original shape and chased it all the way. Because the tram in the Land of Yellow Springs never returned, Isshiki built the tram through his imagination, and the violent ghost chased after him. Unable to defeat Tentouki's attack, Akiko decides to marry Tentouki for the sake of Isshiki. Just when Akiko swore an oath, the old man's antique bowl came over. It turned out that the antique bowl was a magic weapon of a god, and the plan of the ghost was again unsuccessful, and the two returned to Kamakura smoothly.

"Kamakura Monogatari" was released in 2017. It is a comic book movie. Generally speaking, the plot is more passer-by. I haven't seen the original work and I am quite a fan. With the era of more and more comic book movies, there are naturally a lot of Lei Pin, but there are also quite amazing works, such as "Rurouni Kenshin", "Killing City" and so on. It's just too fan-oriented, so the audience can't understand it, and this reasoning manga adapted from Nishi Ryohei, starring Uncle Masato, Takahata Mitsuki , etc., made it easy for me to integrate into the plot.

This comic won the 38th Japan Cartoonists Association Award. This style of painting feels like a light-hearted comedy-oriented reasoning bomb, and the original work is not all about murder and solving cases, and there are many ghosts and ghosts. . Also like the feeling the movie gave me, when I first watched it, I felt that the plot of the movie was relatively smooth. It may also be because there are many elements used in the movie, as if I was reading a diary of Kamakura's humanities and customs.

, on the contrary, the reasoning and solving the case have completely become the transition of the plot. The movie lasts for two hours, and it can be divided into several small stories - the monster market, the Yuko couple and the god of death, the old man, Kotaki Goshiro, monsters Honda and Tentouji marry Akiko. However, I was still attracted by the setting of the world view inside. The peaceful coexistence between humans and monsters, ghosts and gods of death. Everyone performs their own duties every day. Except for the ghosts, I even thought about it... If the monsters and monsters in the Shanhaijing also cooperate with each other. We live together peacefully, I don't know what kind of situation it will be, but my first goal is to blow them up. The setting of the Kingdom of Yellow Springs in

is super good. The Kingdom of Yellow Springs should refer to Yellow Springs Hirazaka. I knew Yellow Springs Hirazaka when I was a child, or I learned it from the unique trick of the golden saint Dismask. Huangquan Hira Sakamoto is a fictional place, and it is a place where people need to go after death. Although the real imperial power is considered to be in Matsue City Island in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, Shimane Prefecture is also one of the birthplaces of ancient Japanese culture with beautiful scenery. , Sparsely populated, quite suitable for tourism. The county is located in Songjiang City, and another important city is Izumo City. After all, the ancient village in Shimane County is the country of Izumo.

When my husband took the tram to rescue his wife Akiko, I really had the illusion of a live-action version of " Spirited Away ". If Chihiro became a real person, it should be the same feeling, and the Kingdom of Yellow Springs is there Everyone's eyes are different. It changes with personal feelings. You can use your imagination to fight. In the battle, the weapon used by Teacher Isshiki is the bamboo sword. In fact, this comes from the setting of the original male protagonist. In the comics, Ishiki Masahata is a weak scholar, and he is also modest and courteous in dealing with people and things, but he advocates the spirit of martial arts in his heart, and he is still kendo three dan.

was the main force of the Kendo club during his high school days, winning the Japanese individual and team championships, and he is also known as the "Four Heavenly Kings of Kamakura". Isshiki has always been proud of the spirit of martial arts, which is one of the core of the Japanese national spirit. To find the ultimate goal of mutual aid and unity from the contradictions and struggles, force is not violence, not killing for the sake of killing, fighting for the sake of fighting, but to quickly stop the killing and fighting. In order to protect and guard all living beings, in the final analysis, Isshiki's setting is the kind of existence that looks weak, but is actually open.

When I first saw the young and old couple played by Uncle Yaren and Chong Xi, I felt weird. They looked like father and daughter no matter what! AsiaNoriko's character is proportional to her personality, IQ and her looks. She is really cute and stupid. The reason I watched it for the second time was that I thought Akiko was too cute. . Seeing the pine mushrooms with skeletons can calm down the pot, it really made me laugh to death, including the pun on the phrase "guests are gods" when inviting the old man to dinner, it really made me laugh out loud.

One of the things I love about Akiko the most is her attitude towards everything, and knowing that Yuko's mother-in-law is a ghost, although she will be afraid, she will still treat her with a normal heart and politeness. The god of poverty that everyone hates, she will also be sad when the other party leaves, just like her husband complains that she is a good person. In her eyes, there is no good or bad, and she believes that everything is kind and beautiful, and she will also treat it with her kindness and sincerity, which can be understood from her relationship with old man Ping.

Yakiko didn't take in the God of Poverty because he was an old man. Even if it was other monsters and monsters who came to visit this time, I believe he would also invite him to stay because the weather was cold. But I also believe that any demons and monsters will also be influenced by Akiko's [Stupid Moe]! The whole film of

also contains the easter eggs of Isshiki and Akiko's lifelong love. First of all, there are the paintings that Yajizi found in the warehouse, the key pendant of his teeth, Isshiki said that he held it in his hand when he was born, and the statues in the night market and The decorative plate, including the small pendant in the old man's bag, repeatedly shows a pair of lovers confronting evil spirits. It shows that the fate of this pair has been obstructed by Tiantou ghosts in every life, but true love is invincible and can withstand the test. Tiantougui finally ended in failure, not like the English on the poster [DESTINY]——[everything is like Fate is general].

The first time the two sides met was that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with this person. I really liked this sweet setting, and it also reminded me of Honda's feelings for his wife and daughter, and he was willing to turn around and become The monsters are silently guarding in the distance. There is also a family scandal that was misunderstood when she was a child. Her mother fully supported her father's desire to become a novelist. At the risk of being misunderstood by her children, she secretly met with her father. After her mother died, her father also went to Huangquan regardless of his life. In the last part of the film, the mystery of the father's pseudonym Kotaki Goshirō is also solved. They not only love each other deeply, but also have the responsibility and reluctance to give up to the family. But the harmonious family is prematurely separated because of death, which is really painful.

Here, I also wish the friends, relatives, friends and partners of my friends to be healthy and happy. There is also a small but amazing character in the film, that is the god of death. I don't know if you can see that the actor is Ando Sakura , she is the mother in " Thief Family ", the waste wood girl in " Hundred Yuan Love ", the actor with good acting skills is too strong In fact, the acting skills of the actors in the film are very good, and one of my favorite characters is the god of poverty played by Tanaka Min. How can there be such a arrogant, self-willed and childish god? The old man really looks more and more cute!

It is a blessing to be able to drink afternoon tea with the gods leisurely and eat delicious snacks. When the old man started the task, I felt as sad as the heroine. Master Tanaka's acting skills really surprised me. Even though he was not a professional actor, he was able to play this role so decently. Master Tanaka is the second-generation master of buta art, and his performances are never rehearsed, but improvised.

Master Tanaka's identity in reality is only a dancer and a farmer. It is no wonder that the god of poverty he plays has a simple look in his eyes. Although he is a negative god, he has an affinity. Overall, although the plot has a main line, it is not compact enough. If there are too many elements, it is easy to feel scattered. Life is like a reflection of life. This film is very unsuitable for impatient friends to watch, which is why I rarely watch Japanese movies.

also includes ghost movies, the rhythm is too slow, I want to fast forward when I see the second half, but I recommend this because I really like the happiness that overflows the screen. The seemingly insignificant, but incredible fate between people, this film is very suitable for watching leisure time after dinner. funny dialogue and fantasticThe settings can make you completely relaxed. If you are interested, you can watch the original film!