"Witsful Prison Life": The spring rain has not yet arrived

"Wit's Prison Life", like the "Please Reply" series, has Shen Dao's strong personal style.

The first characteristic is nostalgia. When people recall the past of their lives, the most memories are of their youth. What they keep writing over and over again are also the memories of their youth. Director Shen has brought this trait to the extreme. .

In "Wit's Prison Life", we can see that Chow Yun-fat and "A Better Tomorrow" are frequently mentioned, as well as the peerless elegance of Hong Kong stars nearly twenty years ago. In addition, there are A lot of nostalgic Korean songs.

It was also this second time that I remembered where I had heard "Bravo my life" in "Chief Kim". It was in "Witty Prison Life", and it was written by Kim Ji Hyuk. Support song. The protagonist of "Chief Kim" is named Jin Chenglong. There is no need to say which Hong Kong star he is.

The second feature is to capture the delicate and touching emotions between people. In many movies and TV dramas about police and criminals and prisons, people have said without hesitation that prison guards and prisoners should be opposites, black and white, distinct, and should not be contaminated.

In the detention center where Jin Jihe just lived, this was indeed the case. There were domineering old prisoners and profit-seeking prison guards. It was chaos, and everyone was living for themselves. Therefore, Jin Jihe was the son of the law. Only when his mother paid for the surgery would Fazi be grateful to him. I don’t know why. When we arrived at the Western Prison, the previous suspenseful and heavy atmosphere was suddenly washed away, and turned into a situation where joy, fun, touching and reversal coexisted.

The director and screenwriter reveal each story like peeling an onion.

Jean Valjean stole a cart of bread, recognized Kim Min-cheol as his father, and beat him up when he was about to be released from prison, but was forgiven and was the first person to return to prison to see Kim Min-cheol.

As a section chief who did not come from a famous university, Dr. Gao worked diligently and was humble. He was put in jail for taking the blame for his daughter’s surgery expenses. He was transferred to prison just after he started to learn how to deal with the other party. .

Brunei Cave is a genius and a master of craftsmanship. He can take advantage of the harsh conditions in prison to improve his living standards. However, before he went to prison, he abandoned his wife and children, got married six or seven times, and made money through fraud. Sin, when her son was dying, he still refused to use his liver. Even though he had surgery, he still refused to see him.

Kim Min-cheol was sentenced to prison for the murder, and his sentence was changed from life imprisonment to twenty-five years, and then to a Christmas pardon. He missed the birth and growth of his daughter. When you are young, you are ignorant, fearless, and heroic, but when you are old, your temples are gray and make you shed tears.

The little confusion is the difficulty of all the emotions, and the sudden end of the long laughter that echoed in the prison. He and his lover Song Zhiyuan agreed on a five-month deadline to detoxify. He longed for his mother's love for him, but it was clear that there was only one step away. When he saw the ring that Song Zhiyuan wanted to propose to him, he could see his mother's care and relationship with him. But one step away, a thousand miles away, he would be in jail again.

This is a relatively complete story line from beginning to end with several supporting characters living in the same room as Jin Ji Hyuk. As for the prison guards, Li Junhao, who has a close friendship with Jin Jihe, knows each other well and takes great care of the prisoners. He believes that prisoners are also human beings and they can eventually improve despite their mistakes. Minister Peng, who practices humanistic care, speaks like Rapper, the smart and funny Song Dan, who is serious and meticulous, and the upright Chief Luo, etc., are all flesh and blood and unforgettable.

Jean Valjean changed his mind and regarded Jin Minzhe as his father. Dr. Gao confessed the truth and immigrated abroad with his wife and daughter. Brunei Dong won the forgiveness of his wife and children, washed his hands in the golden basin, Captain Liu's injustice was redressed, and he was able to clear up his injustice. After being released, Xiao Mulu shook hands with his mother and accepted Zhiyuan's proposal.

I wish everything could be like this, but the ending of the story is still in half-light and half-darkness, like an unexpected encounter and parting. "There is no banquet in the world that never comes to an end." Their life is like experiencing drought and thunder in winter, waiting for the spring rain that has not yet arrived.