How many people love the style of your legacy screen, how many people love your independent posture, your eternal childlike mentality, and the helplessness of self-congratulation.
- "Love Letters to Filmmakers"
All the movies that have brought joy to people, all the memories that have been sealed in the era, are worth a romantic confession.
What I want to introduce to you this time is a love letter written by a filmmaker to the movie.
During the Showa period, when the film industry was in decline, Kenji Makino, who dreamed of becoming a director, was caught up in the charm of black-and-white films in the era of the film industry downturn.
He is an unknown assistant director who has a crush on an old black-and-white movie and often goes to the theater alone to obsessively watch the film, Princess Miyuki.
One day, the owner of the theater told him that the film was the last remake, but it was now going to be sold, and the male protagonist would see it one last time.
That night there were thunderstorms, lightning briefly closed the theater circuit for a few seconds, and when the room saw light again, Makino saw a terrifying but familiar person lying on the ground, the black-and-white Miyuki Princess.
The heroine that Kenji likes appears in front of him in a magical way.
Kenji never thought that the moment the goddess Gao Leng came out of the screen was also the eternity and moment when the god fell off the altar.
At first, Kenji is undoubtedly excited, but Miyuki, who has long been a princess, is too curious about this new world, and she calls Kenji her servant and brings Kenji a series of troubles.
Kenji finally couldn't help but get angry and accused Miyuki of the absurdity of her behavior. But in the end, he couldn't resist running out the door, finding Miyuki and helping her retrieve the lost guardian stone.
In her career, the president's daughter has a crush on Kenji for a long time, and she finds her father, providing Kenji with an opportunity to realize his dream of directing.
Kenji seized the inspiration to create a script based on him and Miyuki, creating a story in which the heroine of the film crosses over and falls in love with him.
In the process of creation, he asked Miyuki for help, and let Miyuki simulate the scene on various occasions, and the two got along happily, and gradually lost their hearts to each other.
But at any time, Miyuki wouldn't let Kenji touch her.
The president's daughter, who saw two intimate people in a street encounter, took the initiative to find Miyuki, who lied that she was a distant relative of Makino.
It was also at this time that Kenji Makino wanted to confess to Miyuki, and he took the heroine to the creek and took her to see the fireflies.
When he was about to take out the ring, Miyuki refused.
She tells Kenji her secret that she has no way of reaching people in this world, so she can't hug Makino to feel his body temperature.
She experiences the same thing day after day in the movie, when she first appeared, there would be a lot of audience to see her every day, but gradually, there were fewer and fewer people, and finally, she was sealed up, if it was not the male protagonist, she might not see the light of day again.
The male protagonist came to see her every day, and she actually wanted to see the male protagonist, so she ran out of the movie.
"If you have someone you like, can you not touch her for the rest of your life?"
Can you bear to spend a lifetime not holding hands with your lover and not hugging for the rest of your life?
Can you bear the disappearance of your lover that may be caused by a casual touch one day?
Can you tolerate the distance and measure that love brings?
Can you?
Miyuki leaves, and when she is desperate, she is taken back by the owner of the theater.
The boss told her a secret - his former lover also ran out of the movie, and then one day, she disappeared, and he never knew whether her final disappearance was back in the movie or disappeared.
On the other hand, Kenji Makino, on his way to loss, met his mentor who saved him.
The male protagonist Daigo was empowered and chased back the female protagonist overnight.
In the face of Miyuki's hesitation and entanglement, Kenji showed full courage and affirmation for the first time.
He rejects Miyuki's plea for a hug and sincerely expresses the idea of wanting him to stay by his side.
Miyuki stayed, even if she couldn't hold hands, couldn't hug, couldn't kiss, and even when taking wedding photos, in the face of the photographer's request to "get closer", the two just looked at each other and smiled, saying: Such a distance is enough.
Kissing through the glass door, hugging through the body temperature, what ordinary couples can do at will is indeed a luxury for them, but they still live a simple but happy life.
As time passed, Kenji grew older, while Miyuki remained young.
They resisted the temptation of hugging and crossed the test of distance, but failed to resist the invasion of time.
Both Miyuki and Kenji are deserted in time.
Kenji was about to reach the end of his life when Miyuki gently took his hand and approached his embrace.
"You're so warm."
She gradually disappeared into Kenji's arms, and Kenji fell asleep.
In Kenji's final life, he finally drew a satisfactory end to the script that he had not written in his youth.
In his script, he and Miyuki meet again, and in the black-and-white world, Kenji hands Miyuki a rose, and when Miyuki borrows it, the world begins to color with love as the center.
Miyuki's world is no longer simply black and white, and she and Kenji embrace and kiss in the colorful world, ushering in eternal love.
When Miyuki fell when he was young, Kenji wanted to help and stop, and when he was old, Kenji fell out of his wheelchair, and Miyuki could only watch him prop up his body. But in the end, they all made themselves.
Everything that has defeated love will fulfill love in another form. Kenji Makino turns the miyuki princess of the black and white world into a color, the princess turns Kenji's dream into reality, and the film uses a dreamy crossing story to tell the meaning of a movie.
The Romantic Theater is full of creators' homage to the art of cinema, if you love movies, then check it out and see the filmmaker's love letters.