Natsuki is a con artist for she turned a prestigious family’s tale of murder into her novel and later drama, and during her narration it was revealed that the daughter of the family is the heir to them. It’s rather entertaining to watch the drama unfold in Osaka. Shizuka, Mita, a young aspiring actress, has big dreams and wants to play the role of Mako Watsuji who is the daughter of a wealthy family. The role got assigned to another young actress named Kaori. Mita is rather disheartened when Watsuji delivers the news of befriending her. Smitten by Akio, who she comes across on the street, wherein she carelessly spends the night with him, is the major flaw, I will admit. Her interest towards the magnificence starts propelling her closer to Watsuji. Godai, a prominent actor who has been assigned the role of an investigator Ukyo Nakazato, would rather avoid encouraging Akio. However, all of this becomes irrelevant due to the tragic event that unfolds due to Sho Hatori, a female actress who sadly happens to be the protagonist.
When it comes to films portraying high profile women, or women in general aiming to achieve success in either the theater or Hollywood is rather common, so what is quirk about the film is what Shinichiro Sawai directs.
The events that unfold are somewhat simple, especially after the previous moment, wherein the actors begin taking after the characters from Natsuki’s book, while also doing the opposite to events. And in those parts of the film, specifically the climax, where Sawai successfully unifies the two concepts, which, at least from my viewing, was the best part of the film.
In addition to that, this method also enables him to articulate the previously mentioned remarks with clarity. The cutthroat business of entertainment is colored as dark as possible, where the competing interests of the actors over the main role leave them having sex, violence and other Riots around Paulin, most of the time losing his mind after losing all of this at some point. Even Akio’s more idealistic sense of having been ultimately out of the field is moving towards this direction, which is relatively opposite to the abysmal level of sincerity that the cast displays when a scandal breaks out.
Moreover, even the treatment that the director shows to them as well as the attitude that the stars have with the other members of the cast and crew is exhibited in an understated yet eloquent manner, thus completing the rather isolated view of the industry.
Similarly, the portrayal of Akio does Akio no favors as he seems to be the most gentlemanly among the bunch but his being out of the theater is a plus for the previous statement about him all. Nevertheless, Akios and Shizukas relationship is quite aggressively defended at times and does seem to add to the theme of changing the emotions in a movie, which by the end has almost achieved that.
On the other hand, Hiroko Yakushimaru as Shizuka Mita makes an absolutely fascinating performance with the combination of conflicting feelings and hesitation she has towards Akiro, which is the best part of such a cute character of such a good heroine. As for Masanori Sera who plays Akio is okay but somehow his character was less developed which surely affects the type of role that he was given.
Yoshiko Mita is excellent in her dual role of Sho Mita both in and out of the stage and with herperformance being one of the major components of the overall drama that pervades the entire story.
Seizo Sengen’s cinematography serves the logic of the word photographer in the correct sense, treating the forenamed dramatism more so and even contrary to how the theatre centric all appearances cover a different aspect, the hotel scene being a culmination and the more ideal one away from it.. The combination by Kiyoaki Saito excites the capability of the users at a fairly fast pace which definitely depicts the mood in the theater arc particularly well in the role’s announcement scene. However, not undermining the movie, it is true the ending could have perhaps been labelled more compacted.
A touch above getting into some violence, “W’s Tragedy” is a smartly scriptura scene coupled with excellent photography and effective acting in what is an unusual commentary making its self quite entertaining from start to finish.
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