Takeshi Kitano: A hot life, no need to explain

I started to get in touch with movies and artists from all over the world when I was in college. I have a lot of free time in college, and I am a person who likes to schedule my time to the fullest, so whether it is visiting various exhibitions, visiting museums, or watching movies from various countries, it has become a very good choice. It was also from that period that my appreciation and evaluation of art began to improve on a large scale.

In addition to those American, British, French, Italian, and even Iranian and Lebanese movies, I watched and absorbed them crazily like a "sponge". Apart from our own Asian films, I also admire Japanese and Korean films. As for the major categories of Japanese movies, in addition to the family genre, the other one is the aesthetics of violence - Kitano Takeshi's is like this.

Who is Takeshi Kitano? A Japanese director, born in 1947, is 75 years old this year. Some people call him a master, and he is the most trusted and named "hope for the future of Japanese films" by Akira Kurosawa, the "Emperor of Movies". His movies cannot be classified, including action movies, gangster movies, youth movies, period dramas, heart-warming movies, comedy comedies, etc. He is the "flagbearer of the film revival" in Japan. In fact, as a comedian, we can see him completely in movies. However, whether it was facial paralysis caused by a car accident or due to personality, Kitano Takeshi in the movie always has an "interesting facial paralysis".

Japanese society has been shrouded in "sense of shame" for a long time. Therefore, for a film master like Takeshi Kitano, he should maintain a good image in front of the public. However, Takeshi Kitano is an anomaly. He is essentially a gangster, cheating on his wife, forming a gang to attack magazines, and insulting government leaders, but the Japanese just like him, so they tolerate him.

Kitano Takeshi’s growth destined his later fate and personality - this cannot be changed in his lifetime. Kitano Takeshi was born in 1947 after the war in Japan. Yes, the old man is 75 years old. Whether it was the special social environment or family environment at that time since he was a child - after his mother gave birth to Kitano Takeshi, her husband was forced to join the army. In desperation, the mother found a "stepfather" for her child - Kitano Takeshi's surname came from the stepfather. Kitano Takeshi, who was living in the slums at the time, had to "work very hard" - such as maintaining a gangster status and living at the grassroots level. There were many times when he had to remain strong or even vicious in order to survive. This is completely consistent with Kitano Takeshi's state after he became famous.

Kitano Takeshi hated his stepfather. In his memory, his stepfather often quarreled with his mother. During such a childhood, Kitano Takeshi was not only influenced by his father, but also actually influenced by his father. After going to school, he directly became the "father figure" that he hated. As a writer from Taiwan Province commented on him, under that face, no one can ever guess whether he will take action or open his mouth in the next second. He not only carries the coldness and ridicule with him, but also takes action without following the rules.

When Takeshi Kitano recalled his father, he said: "For the first time in my life, I learned that a guy who usually likes to put on airs is particularly funny once he loses his temper and makes a fool of himself. That is the basis for making a joke. From that time on, the whole family Between silence and laughter, it's like the world has stopped. That feeling is undoubtedly the origin of my comedy."

I really like this style of describing Kitano Takeshi's "stepfather": As a stepfather with a humble role, Takeshi Kitano recalled his stepfather saying that his father sometimes became angry because his serious words were not respected. However, when he wanted to overturn the table, he found that he did not overturn it. capital, but whether it was because of face or other reasons, he still kept lifting the table, and then slowly put the table down. This is "the funniest joke in the world."

By the way, Kitano Takeshi’s successor father is called "Kikujiro", he is willful and very silly.

I believe that many young people first came into contact with Kitano Takeshi from his "Summer of Kikujiro". To be honest, it took me a long time to realize that Takeshi Kitano played Kikujiro. After all, it took me a long time to watch it. The other protagonist is a little boy.

Kitano's mother Saki is also a legend - the most uploaded thing on the Internet is that Kitano's mother forced his son to pay him back every month after he became famous, although Kitano didn't understand or even I was very disgusted, but after my mother passed away, I realized my mother's hard conscience after I found the 10 million yen bankbook with Kitano Takeshi's name on it that my mother had left for me.

Kitano Takeshi is also very conflicted about his mother's emotions: he also personally admitted that he has an Oedipus complex, and always wants to rely on his mother to solve problems when he encounters them; but on the other hand, Kitano Takeshi's rebellion is in It was gradually cultivated in the confrontation with his mother. In fact, the main reason behind this is the problem of mother Saki - as a mother, she clearly loves her children many times, but her love is clumsy. This is not only the environment in which she lives, but also her own growth. The influence of the environment makes it impossible for an ordinary low-class Japanese woman to care about the correct guidance of her children's growth. Saki’s motherly love is clumsy and forceful. For example, she is venomous and can be very mean. She obviously wants to be good to her children, but because of mistakes in her methods, her children simply don’t get what they need.” "Mother's love", so the children "cannot get along" with this mother. Kitano Takeshi is a very rebellious person, and this has been left in his bones since he was a child.

When he was a child, he, the youngest, asked his mother Saki: "Why did you still give birth to me at such an old age?" Saki told him: "I will abort you because I have no money." Therefore, Takeshi Kitano's bad breath is "ancestral."

And since becoming a celebrity, Takeshi Kitano has also been fighting against the entire social atmosphere. While he is playing the role of a social celebrity in a society that is so serious that it is "suffocating", he is doing things that are contrary to "society". "Code of Image for Public Figures". This is called a "real bad guy", and the Japanese like his sincerity. Of course, Takeshi Kitano's talent is also the main reason why he can be widely accepted and even "appointed as his successor" by the "Emperor of Movies" Kurosawa Akira. Kitano Takeshi embodies a complex but sincere and simple "human nature".

Kitano Takeshi has loved women very much throughout his life - this is related to something he was missing when he was growing up. Takeshi Kitano has a very impatient temper, which fits the character of a young gangster. Some anecdotes about him are circulating on the Internet: he summed up his experience on how to go to bed with a girl quickly - for example, he needs to eat at least 3 meals, and sometimes it is too much. When he was anxious, he would even say: "Generally speaking, we have to eat two more meals before we can go to the hotel to book a room, but I really don't have time. Can I give you the money for the two meals and the room payment directly, and we will start now?" . Regardless of whether it is true or not, I feel that this statement is indeed in line with Kitano Takeshi's personality. But Takeshi Kitano has no bottom line when sleeping with girls. He will not have relationships with good girls or rich girls. He prefers "ordinary girls of the same class." The reason behind this is the education I received when I was a child: You should not have any inappropriate thoughts that are inconsistent with your identity.

So he married a wife who matched his status, but he still liked lovers - more women, and even for lovers, he hoped that the more the better, and he also had his own fallacies Myth: With only one lover, oneself and his wife, a triangle relationship will be formed between the lovers. But two lovers have a four-corner relationship. The more lovers there are, the more corners there will be. In the end, a sufficiently complex relationship will become a "circle with the least edges and corners", so that each other's problems and frictions will disappear. Hahaha, what a magical brain circuit.

It can be said that Kitano Takeshi’s life has been torturous. He won't retire, and he doesn't even understand what it means to grow old. Kitano Takeshi's life was chaotic, rebellious, and disorganized, but he also had a tough-tongued warmth and sincerity. Hot life, this is one of Kitano Takeshi's labels. I see the real hope of young people in him.

As Takeshi Kitano himself said: Although it is hard, I will still choose that hot life. Even if I had the chance to start my life over again, I think I would still choose the kind of life that would burn rapidly at hundreds of millions of degrees.

***Mian, young people.