Introduction to Happy Huang Shoupa

Introduction to Happy Huang Shoupa | Appreciation | Thinking

1977 color film 108 minutes

Produced by Matsutake Film Company of Japan.

Director: Yoji Yamada Screenplay: Yoji Yamada Chaojian Yilong Photography: Tetsuo Takaha's main actors: Gao Cangjian (Yingji Island), Bai Shou Chieko (Yingji Island), Tetsuya Takeda (Yingji Island) and Kaori Momoi (Yingji Island).

This film won the Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Daily Painting Competition Award, Blue Ribbon Award and the First Japanese Academy Award on 1977.

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In the early spring of Hokkaido, the mountains are undulating, soothing and endless. A red car is driving on the highway. The young man driving is Qin Ye, a painter in a small construction factory. I haven't found anyone yet because of my ugly appearance and poor intelligence. He worked hard and finally saved some money and bought a red car he dreamed of. At the moment, he is taking advantage of his holiday to start his trip to Hokkaido. He wants to broaden his horizons and take this opportunity to find a girlfriend. Coincidentally, when he arrived at Genchuan Station, he stopped because he was hungry and wanted to go to a nearby restaurant for something to eat. At this time, a girl with a local flavor is looking around as if looking for a car. Qin also enthusiastically stepped forward and asked her for a ride. The girl got on the bus happily. Her name is Zhu Mei Nana Ogawa. She is a shop assistant on the train. She resigned and wanted to find another job, because she was all thumbs, criticized and cried. Qin also expressed deep sympathy for Zhu Mei. They talked about speculation and went to the Sea of Okhotsk together.

The red car stopped at the coast near the net, and Zhu Mei ran to the sea happily. Qin also took many photos for Zhu Mei. Finally, he wants to take a photo with Zhu Mei. At the right moment, a middle-aged man was staring at the waves on the edge of the stone, so Qin also asked him to take pictures of himself and Zhu Mei. Qin also asked him if he would like to go to Ahan Hot Springs with them. Middle-aged people seem to have no definite destination, so they got on the bus together. After introducing himself, they knew that his name was Shimanagazo, a native of Kyushu.

The sun is going down, and the red car comes to Ahan. After a day and a night together, the three strangers almost became old friends. Because Qin is also from Kyushu, Yongzuo kindly and sternly warned Qin Ye to take care of Zhu Mei like a man and not to make her sad. Yongzuo's behavior is steady and decent, so Qin Ye and Zhu Mei respect him like elders. But they still don't know where he came from, where he is going, whether he is married, where he works and so on. The taciturn Yongzuo finally talked about his life experience. It turned out that he had just been released from prison through the Internet and was sentenced to prison for murder six years ago. ...

Shima Yongzuo used to be a coal miner in Xizhang. In the supermarket, he met cashier Guang Zhi, and they hit it off and got married. Guang Zhi told Yongzuo that he was married, but Yongzuo didn't mind. Yongzuo takes a lunch box from Guang Zhi every day, goes to work happily, and comes back in the evening to eat delicious food cooked by Guang Zhi. Guang Zhi is not very beautiful, but she is kind and virtuous, and they live happily. They are looking forward to holding a fat doll early. Finally, one day, Guang Zhi told Yongzuo that she was pregnant. Yongzuo was very happy. He told Guang Zhi that his father died in the war and he grew up without his father's love. Therefore, he especially wants a child. But suddenly one day, Guang Zhi went to the hospital. When Yongzuo went to pick him up, he learned from the doctor that it was a habitual abortion. Yongzuo blamed Guang Zhi for not telling him about the miscarriage, but Guang Zhi said Yongzuo didn't ask himself! In the evening, Yongzuo drank Menjiu testily, and he even suspected that Guang Zhi had something to hide from himself. Despite Guang Zhi's repeated explanations, Yongzuo still didn't understand. The hot summer night added to Yongzuo's unhappiness. He rudely overturned the dining table and rushed out in the dark. At that time, it happened that a drunken punk ran into Yongzuo. Instead of apologizing, he swore. Yongzuo, who was adding fuel to the fire, grabbed the young man and gave him a few punches. The young man couldn't hold back and fell to the ground, only to hit his head on the concrete floor and bleed to death. Yongzuo was sentenced to six years' imprisonment by the court, so he divorced Guang Zhi, so he is homeless now.

Zhu Mei and Qin also feel sorry for Yongzuo's lost happy family, but they don't understand why they want to divorce. Yongzuo said that he made this suggestion to Guangzhi because he thought Guang Zhi was still young and he couldn't bear to let Guang Zhi wait for him for six years. She should find a man to live a happy life. Although Guang Zhi refused, Yongzuo submitted a divorce application to the city, and Guang Zhi had to stamp it ... The red car drove to Sapporo, and the three men were silent for a while. Yongzuo suddenly changed his mind, because he wrote a postcard to Guang Zhi on the day he was released from prison, saying that if she still lives alone, please hang a Huang Shoupa on the telephone pole in front of the house as a sign, so he wanted to go back at night. Zhu Mei and Qin are also very happy, and Qin is also happily driving on the road leading to Xizhang.

The red car left the main road and drove until evening. Xizhang Coal Mine, which Yongzuo is familiar with, comes into view. He was troubled by a strong uneasiness. He can't stand it any longer. He asked Qin to stop, too, because he estimated that a good woman like this would definitely be pursued by many people, and she would not be lonely. At Yongzuo's request, Qin had to turn the car to the route. At this time, the kind Zhu Mei sat down beside Yongzuo and patiently persuaded Yongzuo to go back and have a look. She said, what if Guang Zhi is still waiting for you? If you don't want to go to the door, I can come to you ... Zhu Mei persuaded Yongzuo, and the red car finally turned to the evening. When the car entered the city, crossed the bridge and came to the shop street station, he was too excited to open his eyes and look out of the window again. Zhu Mei told him that he came to the residential area of the coal mine, in front of which was a barber shop and a bathing hall.

Qin also stopped the car with a complex psychology of fear and hope. He got out of the car in fear and looked at the back of the bathhouse. Suddenly, his expression changed, and Zhu Mei also ran out of the car and looked in the direction pointed by Qin. It turns out that there are two rows of Huang Shoupa hanging on the telephone pole in the distance. At this time, Yongzuo also saw Huang Shoupa who waved to him like dancing in the breeze. At this moment, Guang Zhi walked out of the room and stood there staring at Yongzuo, who quickly walked towards a happy Huang Shoupa. Zhu cried on Qin's shoulder, and Qin also shed tears of excitement and happiness.

Distinguish and appreciate

The director of this film, Yoji Yamada, is the director of the famous comedy series "It's hard to be a hero", and he spent his boyhood in the northeast of China. He is full of nostalgia and love for his hometown. Since he became a director, he has been taking describing the joys and sorrows of ordinary people as the theme. In addition to the hard work of men, he has also filmed more than 40 episodes, with compatriots, hometown, affection and the call of distant mountains. Happy Huang Shoupa was adapted by Yoji Yamada from the American short story Huang Shoupa, with the theme of describing the loyalty of ordinary people to love. The plot of the original book was slightly changed, and the characters and background were moved to Japan. Yoji Yamada has always advocated that "movies should make people feel happy" and "people should be happy, including those who have corrected their mistakes". Happy Huang Shoupa is a work that follows this belief and has made great achievements in content and art.

The hero of the film, Shima Yongzuo, is an ordinary coal miner. He had a beautiful first love and a happy family. He killed someone because he was in a bad mood, but he didn't mean to. Therefore, people will look forward to being happy again with a kind heart. It is this kind of wish that the director runs through the whole play. Yongzuo proposed to divorce his wife because he was sentenced to prison, but Guang Zhi didn't abandon her husband to find another woman because he was sentenced to prison. This is the foundation of pure love. They think of each other first, not themselves. It can be said that the story itself is a hymn of love.

From the beginning of the film, the director used elaborate ideas and flashbacks to lead people into suspense. Silent and brave, standing outside the crowd waiting for the bus, greedily swigging a glass of beer, wolfing down noodles in soup and 1. 1% rice, and getting into Qin Ye's car aimlessly, the man outlined in just a few shots made people have a series of questions about him-where does he work? Where are you going? Are you married? Will Huang Shoupa appear until the last scene? Lead the suspense of the audience to emotion step by step. The director's flashbacks and memories very aptly show the brave past. When Yong Zuo was taking a bath in the hotel, the camera flashed back to the scene of Yong Zuo coming home. Voice-over-Guang Zhi's gentle voice: "You're back!" When Yongzuo saw the snow-white sheets in the hotel, the camera flashed back and found that Yongzuo had just come back from a sound sleep. The sweet voice said, "Why did you come back?" Sorry, I didn't hear it at all. "Then close your eyes and rest happily on Yongzuo's chest. When Yongzuo saw a woman coming out of the supermarket in the street, the camera flashed back to the scene where he first saw Guang Zhi. Guang Zhi packed things for Yongzuo, gave him change, and enthusiastically asked, "Why didn't your wife come shopping? "You always come in person?" "I am single." Yongzuo smiled and turned away. Some of the flashback shots mentioned above made the audience have a strong expectation-will Huang Shoupa, which indicates hope and happiness, appear?

The final shot can be said to be magnificent. Yongzuo, who wants to find a job in Sapporo, still has a pure love for Guang Zhi, so after repeated thinking, he decided to take a look at Xizhang. For the sake of this beautiful woman, Qin did not hesitate to drive the red car to the evening. The director began to make full use of the unique means of the film in the progress of rhythm and color distribution, so that the psychological and situational changes of the characters reached a high degree of perfection and unity. Close-ups of speeding car wheels on the expressway, the horn of trucks passing by the window, there have been several yellow (pieces of yellow flowers, small yellow flags marked on the expressway, yellow sleeves of singing girls, yellow lanes on the expressway, etc.). ) is the director's ingenuity to introduce the film into * * *, so as to firmly grasp the good psychological signs that the audience expects a happy Huang Shoupa to appear at an early date. Yongzuo said nothing and closed his eyes. Zhu Mei looked out of the window and told Yong enthusiastically that he had built a shop, a station, a bathhouse and a barber shop. Qin also turned the steering wheel. They meet by chance, but they look around for Yongzuo's happiness. This kind and sincere character is integrated with the audience's emotions, forming a touching ode. This effect is the embodiment of Yoji Yamada's consistent position. He thinks that a person living in the world should be warm, and they will naturally encounter some troubles. People will inevitably make mistakes in their lives, so those who are determined to correct them should not be required to always grovel. When people see Huang Shoupa, Qin Ye and Zhu Mei who are brave in happiness shed excited tears, isn't every kind heart beating faster? Gao Cangjian, a famous performing artist, successfully created the image of an ordinary person-Shi Ma Yong Zuo. He is generous, upright and indomitable, and at the same time he has an unselfish character. When he met Guang Zhi in the supermarket, he expressed his love for Guang Zhi with a shy smile. Before getting married, Guang Zhi slipped in the snow, bravely hugged Guang Zhi and suddenly kissed him. When he learned that Guang Zhi was pregnant, he couldn't restrain his happy expression when he was sitting in the tunnel eating a box lunch, which fully showed his courage and endless feelings contained in his composure. When Yongzuo learned that Guang Zhi had a history of abortion, he drank glumly, overturned the dining table and ran outside, showing his irresistible rough character from another side. During the trip, Yong Yong confessed his past to Zhu Mei and Qin, blamed himself for failing to control his personality, and kindly reprimanded Qin for not being rude to Zhu Mei. , just right to show the character of an ordinary simple coal miner. Gao Cangjian accurately grasped the characters' personalities with his exaggerated performance skills, which became an important factor for the success of the film.