This 1992 Japanese film tells the story of a scientist who sets out to create the new "super Adam and Eve", humans who cannot be controlled by their emotions. Of course, the end result it not exactly what the good doctor expects.
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This modern tale of an attempt to build a creature is one of the best "horror" films ever made, even if its not a horror film but something else entirely. Certainly its on my short list of all time great films.
This film was introduced to me by someone who told me "I have this film that probably one of the best films you'll ever see. It will move you and touch you and make you think, but if I told you what it is and told you how its done you will think its the stupidest thing on the face of it and you won't watch it." Intrigued I asked what did he mean, and he said, "Well its a Frankenstein story, with a very goofy sort of edge, but which uses it to its advantage." My ears perked up, and I being a trusting soul took the tape and watched it. I was blown away.
The plot concerns a mad scientist attempting to make a new Adam and Eve in the wake of a suicidal plague that is ravaging the world. Locked up in his lab his experiments go differently then either he or we expect. Some of it is silly (The bolts in the neck, the wrestling moves...), all of it is touching and thought provoking.
I can not recommend this movie enough. If you are willing to take the film on its terms and allow it to tell its story then I urge you to seek this film out and see it. This is an undiscovered gem that will stay with you forever.
15 out of 10 and then some. 10/10
Also known as "The Last Frankenstein", this is an extraordinary, impeccably produced horror film. Director Takeshi Kawamura uses Mary Shelley's novel as a mere launching pad for an exploration of subjects as diverse and fascinating as the nature of love, desire, suicide, mass hypnosis, sex, alienation and jealousy.
And though the film is dense with subtext, it is also stunningly photographed and rich in atmosphere and detail. The performances are all amazing and Kawamura's sensitive handling of the strange, delicate relationships between the characters results in an emotionally charged, angst-ridden tragedy.
The scenes of the confused, troubled monster hurtling through a fog-shrouded forest at night are memorable and striking, as is a brilliant home movie-style montage of the film's more curious characters enjoying a precious afternoon at the beach. Kawamura creates resonating visual poetry of horror and sadness barely sighted since Todd Browning's classic "Freaks".
Intelligent, emotional, tragic and real, this is an absolute gem. 9/10
左迁的士大夫，很少见的题材，看到丁若铨的样子不禁想象当年的老李老杜老苏。电影试图讨论的东西很多，中西学的碰撞，阶级的斗争，本心与野心的抉择等等，看似庞杂，好在都统一在深沉的人文氛围之下。黑白画面为电影增色不少，昌大初时的粗布衣裳和后来的绸缎衣衫的质感对比在黑白画面下显得尤为强烈。昌大钓鱼致敬老人与海也是小而亮眼的巧思。
7分。豆瓣分高的有点可怕，但真的是不敢苟同。整体的那种闲散清逸的感觉还是不错的，但总觉得什么都搭了一些，却什么都没深入去讲。无论是前期被流放的天主教问题，中段讲究实事求是的鱼谱编写故事，或者末端加入的官场黑幕，都是点到即止，每一段都能说出太多内容，却以这样的形式放在一起，未免有些可惜了。特别是最终段，我是不理解为什么要拍昌大仕途的情节，感觉没太多的必要，颇有狗尾续貂之感。
哦它又双叒叕传说中的水墨电影噶~~~你咋就知道没有龙王呢？SB拍个素媛2难道不更香吗？
有人眼见不公而义愤，身处樊笼而不寐，
气死我了！这个黑白+古装+儒学这么好的背景，基督教异端儒家学者流放小岛，写下前世未有之鱼类百科全书这么好的题材，思想交汇、自然风光、历史感…竟然被处理成这样一味煽情，简单粗暴的烂俗故事，真是气死我了气死我了…
读书改变不了贱民的黑白，至少可以自己看到彩色的参差多态；躲不开《牧民心书》，至少可以写《兹山鱼谱》。前半段以文字对抗既定框架的立意极好，维特根斯坦点赞，进士生活的片段略平。只可惜拥有李白、苏轼的你我却拍不出这样的电影～
都在浪中海上，学者在钓鱼，渔佬在背书。
兹山鱼谱的意义，本身在于兹山，而非鱼谱。本以为著书立说是为了流芳百世，却不想其实是为了教化世人。有入世才能有出世，昌大已经走过一回了。故事其实更加向是生活流，但是顺畅不拧巴，感情也够真挚，但愿能多拿奖。这应该真的就是韩国电影今年最佳了。
“不再想去研究复杂善变的人类，要转去研究通透明净的事物，用（新鲜实在的）事物来忘记（那个曾被过份放大的小）我。”是自低贱近鱼虾腥气，还是入浊世恶臭两班，师徒互为观照的入世出世。纯黑白风景舒服极了，126分钟浑然不觉负累，近期最佳韩影（看见有人说如果有这样一部苏东坡就好了，哭了😭）。演的最好是胖婶，记住了这位黄金女配。4.5
近读《曾公嘉言钞》，“国藩入世已深，厌阅一种宽厚论说、模棱气象，养成不黑不白，不痛不痒之世界，误人家国已非一日，偶有所触，则轮囷肝胆又与掀振一番”。
男二号卞约汉真特么帅，留胡子的造型真像张国荣啊。长这么帅其实真不适合穷苦海岛上的角色。
最早看到的薛景求是海云台里的逗比大老粗 是薄荷糖里的臭脾气落魄男 最近的他变成了处变不惊童心未泯的高洁雅士 西洋镜一样的老头子
黑白的影像增强了电影感，后半段的时间跳跃又狠狠地削弱了电影感，整体还是比较娴熟的韩国电影工业套路。从程朱理学到认识论的觉醒，但是扯到天主教是有点离谱了。且前半段谈认识论，后半段的发展又回到了对程朱理学的旧社会批判上。结构上为了故事戏剧性，在主题的发展上做了奇怪的颠倒。是有点对不起《兹山鱼谱》的标题，最后偏离了认识论该有的启发意义，让一部本该如《天演论》般拨云见雾的专注，成了一曲默默的挽歌，格局小了。
《兹山鱼谱》是我认为最好的韩国电影。
千百年来，人性不曾改，政治也就不曾改，一代一代只是重复不是前进。自我与时代的对抗，虽注定失败，但却无比闪亮。因此，结尾才让人如此动容。要说，这部如诗如画浪漫理想主义作品也有缺点，即对于出世入世的讨论过于追求戏剧化。幸好，两位优秀的男演员撑住了两个人物。
忘记上次看到这么好的电影是什么时候了。“如白鹤之生虽好，然兹山之污泥亦善矣。”
在韩国近代化“睁眼看世界”的士大夫身上，对儒家的反思激荡在现代时空。导演李睿益几乎拍遍了韩国各个阶段的历史，高句丽时期、朝鲜王朝、日据时期，用现代人的视角去挖掘历史，越挖越深，电影越拍成本越低，终于挖到了“思想性”这个底层逻辑了。
要说是李导最重形式感而轻戏剧性的一部吗？非贬义，反倒是浅浅的欣喜。因为似乎品到了那么一点儿大象无形的意思了。个人太喜欢全片基本保持的黑白影调，光的质感很通透，仿佛感受到海边灿烂的艳阳和波浪上明晃晃的反光，令黑山这个流放地，也撇去了荒凉贫瘠苦寒之感，而是充满暖意和安慰。故事风格是潜水深流，平静而有力。值得看。
内心对传统和智识的敬畏被暗暗唤醒了一小会儿，提醒我在别样的时代还有那么一点“古典”的冲动，心向往之。弟弟研究经世致用的大道，从者众，而哥哥代表的是另外一条无可言说之路，看过世态炎凉之后仍保有一颗好奇心与学者的思考。“鱼谱”看似天真，实则有逆流而行的坚定。
鱼类介绍蛮好，其他就很一般，还是那种韩国愤青味。
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