Tokyo! (2008): Merde - Grenade Massacre Scene

[tikusrabun]

wtf why are all the umbrellas in this scene transparent?

[oystein127]

@tikusrabun Becuse pretty much everyone in Japan uses transparent umbrellas

[tikusrabun]

wtf why are all the umbrellas in this scene transparent?

[TheCurryBread]

Regardless of what the true intention behind the Merde scenes really is, I think it's lost in the portrayal. Would I have been able to tell that these creepy and poorly comedic scenes had anything to do with the Japanese-Chinese struggles? No. I think it was a cheap attempt and the director wasn't able to get his intention across well enough with this script, assuming he truly had an intention. It's not a catastrophe - it's just... bad.

[freethoughtmusic]

@TheCurryBread No offense but you might want to take a film studies course through distance education or at night school. Carax makes reference to the Nanking massacre earlier in the film which explains (But does NOT justifiy) Merde's actions. He (Carax) requires you to put in some effort on your own. (Like Jean Cocteau did years earlier). It is not fair to call it a "Cheap attempt" simply because he did not spoon feed you. Cheers.

[TaZ101SAGA]

Why didn't someone just bundle him?

[SpuddCroily02]

yes i have seen it all. and it is genius. this story is great on so many levels like you said.

[Gonko100]

Has anyone of you actually seen the movie? the man-in-green-suit-storyline has very ineresting layers, which you realize when you watch until the very last frame. it's about japan's struggle in regards of the relationship to china and it's historic guilt, while the man in the green suit incorporates an alien,cultural entity, gasping for life by the spirit of a madmanHe hates the innocent, as he says in the court scene,an unleashed vessil that cannot bare harmony. An old, once powerful, entity.

[pyromaanisi]

RENAME THE VIDEO "how the troll found its way to the internet"

[MrJustletmeseeit]

this scene was like something out of GTA walking thru the city throwing gernades at random shit

[narb731]

what is this guy the joker?

[Newnewmodel]

This was such an embarrassingly bad movie.

[ShockingTruth123]

The flag that the Japs used during the WW2 to symbolize their 'glorious' country is shown in the movie, in the sewages. The flag gives us a clue that it is their dark history (massacre against neighboring countries during WW2 ) which the Japs wants to hide in the dark (sewage). It is not only the war crimes against China, but the country which was right next to it, which suffered the most. 'Korea - Joseon'.

Its funny when at the end, it says 'Merde in NY'.

[jojes03]

Not a question of budget but of meaning. The film try to explain how Japan has or a trying to erase their war crimes against China. A convenient thing in a society that need all the worker bees they can get. Its also about shame and the rape on the environment. The story isn' t new in any way, but the way its being told is new and fresh.

[henryyydarkkk]

Yes, shockingly low budget.