Chapter 13 shadow of meiji

------------ shadow of meiji ------------ My elementary school days were in the early days of the Taisho period, and the aftertaste of the Meiji era still lingers. The songs sung in elementary school are all bright and refreshing. "Battle in the Sea of ​​Japan", "Song of the Navy Battalion", etc., I still like it until now. The tune is smooth, the lyrics are easy to read, and they are surprisingly straightforward, concise and accurate, and never moan. Later, I once said to the assistant directors that this is a typical shot script, and you should take good nutrition from this lyrics.I still think so to this day.

Looking back now, in addition to these two songs, the school sang a few good songs at that time, mainly: "Red Cross", "Tender Leaf", "Hometown", "Sumida River", "Hakone Mountain", " Carp Banner" and so on. The famous 101 string orchestra in the United States has also selected "Sumida River" and "Carp Streamer" as performance programs.Listening to the orchestra's performance, it can be concluded that they were overwhelmed by the ease, smoothness and beauty of these songs, so they chose these pieces. People in the Meiji era, I think, were just like Shiba Ryotaro Shiba Ryotaro (1923-1996), a famous Japanese historical novelist, who wrote "Xiang Yu and Liu Bang" and so on.As described in his work "Clouds on the Slope", he lives with the mood of looking at the distant clouds above the hillside and climbing the slope.

One day, my father took me and my sisters, who were still elementary school students, to the Toyama School of the Army. We were taken to a mortar-shaped amphitheater with lawn-shaped seats, where we sat and listened to the military band playing in the amphitheater below. The military band members are all wearing red trousers, the brass instruments are shining golden light, the lawn is full of azaleas, the women's parasols are colorful, and people's feet are in rhythm with the melody of the wind music, which makes people feel very comfortable. To this day, I still regard this scene as the shadow of the Meiji era in my memory.

Maybe because I was a kid, I didn't find it dark at all.However, at the end of the Taisho period, from "I am the withered grass on the river beach" to "Twilight is getting stronger", all the songs sung are full of arias and frustration, and the tunes are sad. There is one thing I would like to mention in passing here.It was the 15th year of Taisho (that is, 1926) or a little further back. A young director said at a meeting: "If people in the Meiji era don't die soon to make room for the next generation, no matter how we try to get ahead I can’t stand out.” I was lucky enough not to attend this meeting, and later I heard that Naruse Mikio (1905-1963), a well-known film director, was as famous as Mizoguchi Kenji and Ozu Yasujiro.Works include, "Floating Clouds", "Flow", "Chaotic Clouds" and so on.When the gentleman said it, he was very surprised.Mr. Naruse, who has always been reticent, listened to these words, and said with a wry smile: "Although you say so, they can't commit suicide for it." Similar young directors never seriously think about themselves, but only focus on others. Add criticism.Without thinking, they say, "If I were allowed to spend so much time and money, I could make a film like that." What they don't know is that wasting time and money is something everyone can do, but using it effectively takes talent and effort. .A guy who doesn't want to move forward and struggle, even if someone else dies and vacates the seat, he doesn't have the ability to fill the vacancy.Kenji Mizoguchi (1893-1956) in the Meiji era, his representative works include "Ugetsu Monogatari", "The Saihe Generation Girl", "Kinmatsu Monogatari" and so on.Mr. Yasujiro Ozu (1903-1963), whose representative works include "Late Spring", "Tokyo Story", "The Taste of Pacific Saury" and so on.After Mr. Naruse and Mr. Naruse passed away one after another, when Japanese movies declined, what did you do?Have their vacancies been filled?I don't say this because I was born in the Meiji era.I'm just making a point, I'm just saying that the fragile, decaying spirit of dependence on others must be completely abandoned.You are too naive!