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　　This would definitely not have been my kind of movie, but my husband saw it on TV and said it was really good. So, on his recommendation, I bought a copy, since I didn't know if it would ever be on TV again. I had never heard of anybody in it except Armand Assante. At first I had a hard time getting into the story, because the first part of the movie is a jumble of images-- and it doesn't make much sense. It is only later in the movie that it all comes together. The scene-cutting- if that's what it's called, is a bit jarring-- it sometimes looks as if a few frames have been cut out of each scene, and the scenes are jerky--but I guess that was done to add to the unusualness (if that's a word). The story veers here and there, and just about the time you have it all figured out, everything turns upside down and you have to readjust your thinking as to who is the bad guy and who is not. Or bad woman. The acting is very good-- I kept thinking how much Norman Reedus looks like Leo Decaprio. The ending was a real twist, totally unexpected, which I liked. A good show.

　　父の仇をとるため横浜の親分の門下に下った一人の若い衆が、戦後の混乱期を経てやがて巨大組織の首領になっていく過程を、ヤクザ社会の義理人情、道義などを交えて描いた実録任侠映画。北島三郎が主題歌を歌い、松方の子分・モロッコの辰役でも好演。

　　Inspired by true life events, in the Oyo Empire in the 1940's, Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman, succumbs to the lure of beauty and sexual desire on the very evening he is set to die in order to fulfil his lifelong debt of ritual suicide to accompany the dead Alaafin to the realm of the ancestors, he derails from a very important generational and spiritual transaction. This sets in motion a series of catastrophic consequences, in a spell-binding film of emotions, humour, and tragic role reversals that puts ancient beliefs and customs on trial in an ever increasingly post-modern and Western world.

　　本片以江户时代末期的长屋贫民街为舞台，描写了两个年轻掏粪工与落魄武士家大小姐的爱情。黑白色调、学院画幅、章回体叙事，在这个喧嚣的时代，导演以激进的姿态回归古典，用他最擅长的喜剧形式写尽底层百姓人生，不断挖掘人性的光辉。曾获柏林国际电影节最佳女演员奖，并三度获得日本电影学院最佳女配角奖的黑木华，用无声的演技完美诠释失声后的女主角阿菊，又一次贡献出卓越表演。

　　故事发生在六十年代的美国，勒维恩（奥斯卡·伊萨克 Oscar Isaac 饰）是一位名不见经传的民谣歌手，生活困顿的他无家可归亦没有固定的工作，每晚得靠朋友们的救济才得以寻得安身之处。可是，尽管陷入了窘境，但固执的勒维恩却不愿意了顺应大众的喜好而做出无奈的改变，也正因为此，他和交往多年的好友简（凯瑞·穆丽根 Carey Mulligan 饰）和吉姆（贾斯汀·丁伯莱克 Justin Timberlake 饰）之间的关系也跌落到了冰点，更让勒维恩感到烦心的是，简的腹中竟然怀上了自己的孩子。
　　之后，勒维恩前往芝加哥企图找到一份工作，却在面试之后惨遭拒绝，之后，一无所获的他回到了格林尼治村，继续回到曾经兼职的小酒馆打工。熟悉的场景，熟悉的音乐，熟悉的氛围，勒维恩经历了许多，却又好像什么都没有发生过。

　　在公司的卫生间里发现了一名员工的尸体，警察随之对办公室展开调查。

　　巴黎的医生亨利•拉博西用理性科学，并且借助小白鼠实验来表述人的一系列精神活动。故事主角让•勒•加尔出生在巴黎，在小岛上和爷爷一起长大，在同学的帮助下当上了新闻部部长，顺利结婚生子。而后却与女演员让妮娜坠入爱河。让妮娜在巴黎贫穷地区的工人家庭中长大，却立志想成为演员，被父母横加阻拦后她离家出走，岂料当上话剧演员后顺利走红，从而结识了让•勒•加尔并与之相爱。哈格努（杰拉尔•德帕迪约 Gérard Depardieu 饰）出生于一个农场主家庭，因不满父亲管教离家谋了纺织厂技术总监的职业，并与未婚妻阿莱特结婚生子。后单位新晋职员维斯塔特却将哈努克的职位夺取了。三人的命运最终将会如何呢？

　　【幕后制作】
　　拍摄动机起于一九五四年轰动一时的近江绢系公司的女工罢工事件。不过电影则改以大学女生抗争学校不合理的束缚为主线。京都的正伦女子大学是一所思想保守，培育学生成为贤妻良母的大学，对于学生的私生活予以严历的管束，与男学生交往者一律以退学为惩。其中泷冈富子是位外向奔放的女孩因与男生交往而受到退学的处分，村野明子是学校经费捐赠人之女，却站在与家庭相反的立埸，在学校发表左翼的激动言论，煽动学生响应反封建运动，由于明子的做法过于激进终遭失败，最后由于出石芳江之死终于引了学生群起抗议的高潮， 藉此争论。导演木下惠介也表达了左翼学生往往陷入人性弱点无法自拔的观点。本片曾可说是十几年后全球性学生运动的预言作品。而由某些角度看一九六O年前后，大岛渚导演的新左翼激进作品中也可见本片的影响。本片除了描述对封建教育的憎恶，反映社会问题外，抒情场面也优美突出。

　　Departing for college, Abbie leaves her parents and brother who has autism and is non-verbal. As she explores her independence and sexuality, she's torn between her new life and her love for her brother.

　　20多年前，从京城探亲回乡的沈老爷路遇劫匪，年幼的双胞胎儿子不幸被抢走一个，成为他最大的心结。20年后，在他70大寿的这一天，有一个悲惨的噩耗即将传来