夜河白船 しらかわよふね (2015)
English Version At Blow
在寒冷的大霧中散步，他們走到了灰色的沙灘旁，海水是慘白的，海風是滲人的寒冷。“好冷啊”她說着，雙手不停搓揉。巖永跟寺子楞楞向著海面發呆、走動，有時候不說一話只是抱着。
整個電影是緩慢的，90分鐘的電影我郤感覺像看了三個小時。
節錄至網上的注釋：源自一個民間故事：一個人謊稱自己去過京都，然後別人問他有關白河(Shirakawa)的事情，這個人誤以為這個地名是一條河，便回答說自己不知道，因為自己是晚上乘船渡過這條「河」的。
夜河白船指的是酣睡，睡得死也有不懂裝懂，假裝什麼都知道的意思。電影是有拍出那種朦朧的感覺，每個人都是孤獨的，是沉淪的也是清醒的，不管是寺子、巖永還是詩織。他們彷彿都知道自己這樣下去不行，但又願意沉睡在現在的夢之中。
寺子是喜歡巖永的，巖永對寺子大概也是，從鏡頭中嘴角的笑，眼睛彎彎着對視，都可以看的出來。可是巖永是有妻子的人，而妻子是一位植物人。
電影中段寺子的生活慢慢變成一個惡夢，她的人生似乎慢慢只有巖永了，除了巖永之外出現在她腦裡的只有已經死去的朋友詩識，只有巖永來電時，她才是醒着的。
人生只剩下睡眠，而另一半在回憶，自我慢慢的被吞噬，然而巖永也不只有她，他同時還會擔憂作為植物人的妻子，生活的時時刻刻依然有她的影子。
我很喜歡他們在東京街巷建築中，穿插着人群，被人群擋住視線的他們根本就看不到煙火，但寺子牽着巖永的手，說”沒關係，能聽到聲音就好了。”
在樓宇的夾縫中，他們就站着抬頭，影子在升起的煙花中拉得長長的、交織着。
白河夜船，像是一種狀態，有些人也許經歷過又也許沒有。這部電影真的是很慢很慢，就像那些模糊、半夢半醒的人生。像是一個失眠的晚上緩慢、混沌。整部電影都是渾渾噩噩的、疲倦著又理不清邏輯。它讓你一同走進、穿過人群中，只是散着步，然後醒來的時侯一切消失得一滴不剩。
看完了電影，我記得的只有冬天在寒冷刺骨的風中散步的畫面。不同一般電影，一點都不藍甚至是慘白色的海。寺子跟巖永握着雙手取暖，巖永微微低頭，看着比他矮小的寺子道：”被愛着的人不是很可憐嘛。”
*後記
當然，電影是可以理解，但現實中像井浦新一樣帥也好，攪外遇還是不行的。要攪就請抱着下半身會被削掉的覺悟哦。
Walking in the cold mist, they arrived at a gray beach where the sea was bleak and the sea breeze was piercingly cold.
"It's so cold," she said, rubbing her hands incessantly.
Ganyu and Terasu stood by the sea, sometimes lost in thought, sometimes walking, without saying a word the just embracing each other occasionally.
The entire movie was slow-paced, and despite being only 90 minutes long, it felt like I had watched three hours.
Excerpt from online annotations: Derived from a folk story: a person falsely claimed to have been to Kyoto, and when asked about Shirakawa, the person mistakenly thought it was the name of a river. So they answered that they didn't know because they crossed this "river" at night on a boat.
“夜河白船" refers to deep slumber, where one sleeps soundly without understanding but pretends to know everything. The film captures that hazy feeling, where everyone is lonely, sinking yet aware, whether it's Terasu, Ganyu, or Shiho. They all seem to know that they can't continue like this, but they are willing to sleep in the current dream.
Terasu likes Ganyu, and it seems that Ganyu feels the same way. It can be seen from the smiles at the corner of their mouths and the exchange of gazes. However, Ganyu is a married man, and his wife is in a vegetative state.
In the middle of the film, Terasu's life slowly turns into a nightmare, and Ganyu seems to be the only thing left in her life. Apart from Ganyu, the only person who appears in her mind is her deceased friend, Shiho. She is only awake when Ganyu calls.
Life is reduced to sleep, while the other half remains in memories, and the self is slowly consumed. However, Ganyu is not just concerned about Terasu; he also worries about his wife, who is a vegetable. Her presence is still felt in his daily life.
I really liked the scene where they were walking in the streets of Tokyo, surrounded by crowds, unable to see the fireworks due to the obstructed view. But Terasu held Ganyu's hand and said, "It's okay, as long as we can hear the sound."
In the crevices of the buildings, they stood and looked up, their shadows extending and intertwining amidst the rising fireworks.
"夜河白船" is like a state of being, something that some people may have experienced or maybe not. This film is truly slow paced , just like those blurry, half-awake, half-asleep moments in life. It feels like a slow, chaotic night of insomnia. The whole movie is hazy, tired, and unable to make sense of logic. It takes you through the crowd, just strolling, and when you wake up, everything disappears without a trace.
After watching the movie, the only image I remember is walking in the bone-chilling wind during winter. Unlike typical movies, the sea was not blue but rather a bleak white. Terasu held onto Terasu's hands for warmth, and Terasu, slightly lowering his head, looked at Terasu, and said, "Isn't it pitiful to be loved?"
It is as a poetic and introspective film, its deliberate pacing and abstract narrative style may not appeal to all audiences, but for those who appreciate atmospheric and thought-provoking cinema, it offers a unique and immersive experience.
*Postscript
Of course, it is understood to cheat inside a movie , but in reality, it's not acceptable to be cheating even you are as handsome as Arata Iura.
