Synopsis
Do-seong (Yoo Min) is a child monk who lives at a small mountain temple with the head monk (Byeon Ki-jong), learning the teachings of Buddha. He becomes attached to a young widow (Choi Eun-hee) who comes to pray at the temple, and the childless widow entreats the head monk to let her raise Do-seong as her own son. Conflict ensues when Do-seong's real mother (Kim Seon-young) appears, but she leaves the temple for the sake of her son's future. On the day the widow is to take the child down from the mountain, the head monk discovers that Do-seong has killed a bird by ensnaringit in a trap and decides not to let the boy go into the secular world. When Do-seong finds out that his real mother has been to the temple, he sets out to find her.
Notes
"A film that has garnered recognition for its cinematography and direction by eliminating sentimentality and unaffectedly capturing the quiet life of a mountain temple. A Hometown in Heart demonstrates the camera technique and directorial skill of movies that appeared after the liberation of Korea."
A Hometown in Heart, adapted from playwright Ham Se-deok's A Little Monk (Dong-seung), was hailed upon its release as "a masterpiece that marked a new pinnacle in Korean moviemaking after the liberation." Eschewing new-school sentimentality to quietly express a boy's longing for maternal love, the film unfolds the everyday lives of three generationsthe head monk, a young monk, and a little child monkagainst the backdrop of a quiet temple in the mountains. The long shots utilized by director of cinematography Han Hyung-mo to capture the beautiful scenery of the mountain temple from a distance received great critical acclaim at the time. Also, each of the film's characters is convincingly portrayed through the skillful direction of Yoon Yong-kyu. In particular, the scene which expresses Do-seong's desperate yearning for a mother's love and his birth mother's past visit to the temple by combining them into a dream sequence reveals deep consideration for articulating story and emotion via a compressed visual grammar without tending toward sentimentalism. The movie's final scene, in which Do-seong awakens from his dream and sets off down the path in search of his mother, is both touching and beautiful. The film also features Choi Eun-hee, in the part of the young widow who warmly embraces Do-seong with her love, in one of her first roles.
Afterword:
- Lee Kang-su, writing under the pseudonym of Kwak Il-byeong, first adapted playwright Ham Se-deok's A Little Monk (Dong-seung) into a screenplay, which was then shot for the silver screen with additional embellishments by the director.
☆：3- 你看松竹这艘大船它又平又稳（唯一喜欢的地方是向mini theater文化致意）
It‘s A Flickering Life 2021 JPN Blu-ray 1080P AVC DTS-HD MA 5.1-DIY@Ryu，2:05:23.098 (h:m:s.ms)，43.12 GB，略失望
其实电影并没有达到满分的山田洋次的水准，主要的问题还是出在两代演员的表演衔接距离太大了。
年代戏的部分太好了，是那种最老派最纯真的好，每个角色都在发光，电影之神只存在于其中的一半，剩下一半尽显格格不入的疲惫。
导演的辛酸又有谁能懂
达不到“神”，但也足够动人，就像电影中说的那样“电影要用心去看”。另外，片尾曲真的很好听，野田洋次郎yyds！
あの人を愛したから、その神様に出会えました。
48/2022
电影拯救不了人生，但至少可以在银幕亮起的时刻，让我们稍稍松口气，重拾生活的信心，这就够了。P S：真神基顿、迷影情节、家庭牵绊，在山田洋次的通俗温暖里，总会不自觉的泪目。（永野芽郁、北川景子梦回昭和时代真好呀）
无论喜欢与否，一位89岁高龄拍了一辈子电影的导演，他有独属于他自己的艺术见解和创作执念，他并不需要创作一个无瑕疵的人物，这世界也不存在“完美”的电影，哪怕这片子叫电影之神。
或许是因为把过多精力放在对更大命题的表达上，而忽略了对于具体人物的刻画。看完整体还可，但经不起回味
神奇的剧情 一种过去岁月的步伐 咩和景子也太漂亮了 男主从一个有梦想的新导演，变成一个爱赌马和赌博的潦倒老人
蹩脚的时代错误感因为山田洋次本人而变得可以原谅甚至更显珍贵，老爷子的片真的能去电影院看一部就一定要去看！
才华可能真的是天生的吧 不然怎能十几年前的作品通过子孙的润色就获得大赏呢… 感谢电影的套路已经看腻了 与其说是电影改变了人生 不如说是那些看穿你却因为自身的狭隘而无法离开妄图改变你的人最终才改变了这一切吧
沉迷于自我感动的导演让人只想把基顿的福尔摩斯二世再看一遍。景子演得不错，声音非常有韵味，永野太像小遥了，日本人喜欢的演员几乎都是一个模版。
结尾的滚动字幕特别致敬了志村健先生，泪目。
山田洋次真的也好爱原节子“你还是一样美”，但是故事太少，琐碎太多。何必要把一个女優拍的那么清晰。
2021年9月14日帮朋友力抢购北影节的票，24号的《野蛮人入侵》顺利买到，而17号的《电影之神》却没买着。当时猫眼上的第十一届北京国际电影节-必看影片TOP25文章里推荐的第一部就是《电影之神》（山田洋次最新力作，致敬松竹映画的黄金时代），也因此让我对影片产生了较高的期待……可惜电影最终却没能带给我上佳的观感。
其实电影并没有达到满分的山田洋次的水准，主要的问题还是出在两代演员的表演衔接距离太大了。
电影走进显示的那一幕太美了，在电影中死去。心存热爱，
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