A week ago, the song " Quartet " ended and everyone was reluctant to watch the finale.
"Quartet" can be regarded as the highest quality and most exquisite production in the Japanese drama industry in the past 10 years. I believe that in the next few years, it will be difficult for another Japanese drama to be comparable to this masterpiece.
There are Matsu Takako , which films the drama after four years, and also the "golden screenwriter" Yuji Sakamoto, who created "The Story of Tokyo Love", helped. However, the ratings were far lower than expected since its premiere. Only one episode of ten episodes exceeded double digits (11% in episode 9), and the finale fell to 9.8%. The whole drama paid the bill, with an average viewership of only 8.9%. The number alone was seen, keeping up with last season (2016 The finale of "Escape is Shameful but useful" ("Escape is Shameful") in Japanese drama 20.8% higher, with an average of 14.5% of the whole drama, which has a huge difference.
But be aware that since the spring of 2014, the ratings of the series in TBS "Huoyao 22" (10 p.m. Tuesday) have never surpassed double digits. It is just that "Escape Shame" created by Noki Akiko, which grasps the social and psychological desires faced by young Japanese people today - college graduates have difficulty in survival, pursuing life goals will only be criticized and wasted time, and rethinking love and marriage in the atmosphere of "ready food culture" - plus Yui BB, Hoshino Genki Duo's love, and "Love Dance" ("Love Dance") created by choreographer Mikiko has set off a dance fanaticism and becomes a hot topic for the public to create high ratings.
In other words, the conclusion that "great failure" of "Escape Shame" cannot be extended because of the "great success" of "Escape Shame".
is just the opposite. It uses script layout (main and secondary lines are constantly swapped), production quality (props, clothing, headwear), aesthetic standards (Karuizawa exterior, all beautiful wallpaper composition, and blue-green-toned pictures), casting lineup ( Matsuda Ryuhei , Mitsushima Hikari and Takahashi Life are all acting actors, I'm very proud! Matsu Takako's acting accomplishments are the most average), role interpretation (the "evil girl" Yoshioka Riho is a surprise), music team (invited Shiina Ryuhiro to create the theme song "The Law of Adult" is "excessive", and she has a unique vision to find the Nu-Jazz band fox capture plan, which has been very popular in the Japanese jazz world in recent years. Responsible for the soundtrack of the whole drama, taste is so good that I really want to shout: Just filming! Do you need to do this? ), accurately calculated punch lines launch times and time, and the space for thinking for the audience, this series has long surpassed any set of "Hiroyao 22" predecessors, and even better than Nanako Matsushima's " Female Housekeeper Mida " (2011) and Masato Sakai's " Hanzawa Naoki " (2013). Rating by personal taste, "Quotet" can be regarded as the highest quality and most exquisite production in the Japanese drama industry in the past 10 years (the readers will judge whether it should be named "Divine Drama"). I firmly believe that in the next few years, it will be difficult for another Japanese drama to be comparable to this masterpiece.
"Isn't it good to only understand for those who understand it?"
"Why is the ratings of this drama so low?" I believe it is the most confusing thing for fans of the "Quartet". Whether it is media reports (flooding low-quality information) or audience quality (not wanting to use their brains), there is only one answer to the above question: no matter at any time, vulgar, superficial, and easy-to-entertain products will be sold well, and the depth, connotation, and content that needs to be thought have never been tried to become mainstream. Open Weibo, the real "junk" is "nutrition" that is "junk" with no nutrition Feeds" (spam information), talk about the Chief Executive election forum, talk about the anti-official and businessmen, talk about the meaning of life, talk about failure, talk about the right to interview online media, and talk about the delay in the appearance of archives. How can we be as good as "buying special air tickets in the early morning", "What must we eat when traveling", "There is always a lazy millionaire around", "Sicong dates an internet celebrity again", "The hidden Korean self-service shop is evil, full of ingredients, purple potato brushed cheese matcha ice cream sea urchin fried chicken pot" so irresistible, must be like?
"Quartet" is not easy to digest. It adopts the "slow-fire boiling, draining water" strategy. First determine all the plot, gradually eliminate the excess, and practice it repeatedly. When Yuji Yuan created the "quartet", he established a difficult-to-digest story style early in the morning. He adopted the "slow-fire boiling, draining water" strategy, and first formulated a full-time episode twice as many as the number of episodes (assuming it is 20 The script draft of the script includes rich character settings, intricate character relationships, multi-layer overlapping main lines and secondary plot promotion (the theme is the identity of Maki Jue Maki played by Matsu Takako, which belongs to the suspense pattern; the secondary line is the emotional drama, background, description of the failed life and view of love for the four characters). After defining all the plots, the excess parts are gradually removed, and they are tempered and presented all the lines in the most restrained way possible, with almost no trace. It was not until the moment (revealing the cup), that the audience suddenly realized, "Oh, no wonder, it turned out to be said before!" / "Wow! No! So that's it!" Surprising.
Sakayama said that the versions played on TV are all paragraphs with the strongest drama, the most exciting plot, and the most profound and delicate description. They replace dazzling pictures with a large number of literary dramas to create plot tension. Each dialogue has a reason to exist, both in the arrangement and smoke. As a guise to mislead the audience, each episode is from the first five to ten in the finals. Suddenly, a dialogue is completely reversed. The hooker is so high-quality (hooker is the "last position", creating a climax for the plot promotion of the next episode, retaining the old audience, and attracting new audiences). The parts that did not appear were left blank, and the audience would let them fantasize and think about it themselves. This is not the high-quality level that can be achieved by the wireless drama "Car Shirt".
To put it bluntly, the script setting of "Quotes" has no intention of accommodating the audience's level at all, and the songs are high and small, so it cannot be mainstream. Just as the finale of Ah Que's: "Isn't it good to only understand for those who understand it?" Of course, it's good to understand it, and it doesn't matter if you can't understand it. You can watch " Tokyo Daydream Girl ", "A LIFE Deeply Beloved", "Sorry, We Are Getting Married Tomorrow" and even "Poury Love, Winter". Don't force yourself, because this time it's "play picking people" more than "people picking dramas". For example, the first episode starts, the wise "Whether to Eat Fried Chicken should be sprinkled with lemon juice" eating group drama, with a lot of witty comments, which has determined the fate of the audience and this set of dramas. Many people have watched this episode but can't stand it, and they shout to leave. The rest are probably people who know the goods.
Tasteful dialogue. If you are not careful, you will be stuck in the center. In fact, "Quotes" is a rare luxury in the Japanese drama world in recent years. However, behind the gorgeousness, the four characters are losers who escape from Tokyo, and their self-worth is low. Yuji Sakamoto described it in detail through the dialogue in his writing. It is complicated, entangled, vigilant, and full of afterglow. There is something in the words, and only a few efforts have been made to tell your thoughts, which makes people suddenly understand. Especially for a group of people who are over 30 years old and have experienced high and low troughs in their life, they will definitely feel that the words used in dialogue are quite "tasteful" and "taste". After chewing them repeatedly, they will realize its true meaning. There are countless resonance positions. They will look at the same time and take a closer look, and they will have a strong sense of substitution.
The first episode of the "Whether to Sprinkle Lemon Juice should Eat Fried Chicken" and the group of eating scenes, with a series of witty comments, has determined the fate of the audience and this set of series. Among the ten episodes of
, the script in the eighth episode is the strongest. I want to enter the dialogue into the computer while watching TV. This episode uses monologues, dialogues, and improvisation theaters to describe the pain of unrequited love among three people. Among them, I am Mori (Takahashi Yisheng) uses "S.A.J." to express the most wonderful love story to Ah (Kira Mitsushima) through the three tricks of "S.A.J." Sakamoto Yuji actually thought of combining the stage play and role-playing in the series, bringing out the blurred boundaries between reality and fiction, playing with the truth and lies, and being serious masters.
As for the "Life Button" dialogue in episode 9, it is also very well written.
Before Maki was brought back to Tokyo by the police, she said to Karimoto, "I shouldn't have a restart button for life." In Karuizawa's unique bungalow, the four protagonists are all from Tokyo, who escaped failure, and over 30 years old. They gathered together to establish relationships with "lie", and slowly cultivate feelings at any time, until the Maki lies bubble burst, and what remains was true friendship that could not be bought with a thousand gold coins, so Karimoto and Ah Kee would cry. Their experiences before the age of 30 were not going well, and their life was not successful. It was not until Karuizawa and Maki came together that they realized that the past life experiences were all for today's encounters, and all arrangements were the best arrangements. If you choose to give up the past because of today's discomfort and setbacks, would you like to?
There are so many wonderful dialogues in the play. I carefully selected the ten most fleshy sentences, which are extremely "lethal". When reading them carefully, you can't avoid them and be careful of "injury". Of course, I firmly believe that there must be other unselected golden sentences that touch you or you. Write them down. This series is worth your time to take your time to savor. After a while, you will definitely have another feeling.
(10)
"What is marriage? It is a family that can be separated."
Ministry (Episode 1)
(9)
" The dream of over 20s makes you shine, 30 The dream of being a big man makes you dim. ”
Tea Horse (Episode 4)
(8)
"When I'm with you, I always have two emotions intertwined and overlapping. I feel sad when I am happy, both happy and lonely, gentle and cold, and helpless in love. I love love so much, and I love so much."
Beppu (Episode 4)

four characters are losers who escape from Tokyo, with low self-worth and dialogue Complex, entangled, vigilant, full of afterglow, there are words in the words, which makes people suddenly realize
(7)
"The work of first-class talents is to respond to customers; second-class talents are to perform with all their strength. For example, third-class people like us, as long as we complete the work easily and happily. If they are third-class but have great ambitions, they are fourth-class talents!"
Chaomu Guoguang (Episode 5)
(6)
"Of course I love her very much, but I don't like her."
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(5)
"I am not attracted to women now, because the other party will also like me very little!"
Jiasen (Episode 8)

"I am not attracted to women now, because the other party will also like me very little!"
(4)
"It is reality that two people are attracted to each other, Unrealistic love is unrealistic, there is a gap between them."
Jiasen (Episode 8)
(3)
"I think people don't need to be enterprising, not everyone wants to be rich, not everyone wants to compete with others, everyone will definitely have a place that suits him."
Beipu (Episode 8)
(2)
"Jiasen, if there is restart I shouldn't press the button of life.”
文子 (Episode 9)

"If there is a button for restart life, I shouldn't press it."
(1)
"People who understand will still understand it. As long as people who understand understand understand it, isn't that good?"
Aque (Episode 10 finale)

(10)
"What is marriage? It is a family that can be separated."
Ministry (Episode 1)
(9)
" The dream of over 20s makes you shine, 30 The dream of being a big man makes you dim. ”
Tea Horse (Episode 4)
(8)
"When I'm with you, I always have two emotions intertwined and overlapping. I feel sad when I am happy, both happy and lonely, gentle and cold, and helpless in love. I love love so much, and I love so much."
Beppu (Episode 4)

(7)
"The work of first-class talents is to respond to customers; second-class talents are to perform with all their strength. For example, third-class people like us, as long as we complete the work easily and happily. If they are third-class but have great ambitions, they are fourth-class talents!"
Chaomu Guoguang (Episode 5)
(6)
"Of course I love her very much, but I don't like her."
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"I am not attracted to women now, because the other party will also like me very little!"
Jiasen (Episode 8)

(4)
"It is reality that two people are attracted to each other, Unrealistic love is unrealistic, there is a gap between them."
Jiasen (Episode 8)
(3)
"I think people don't need to be enterprising, not everyone wants to be rich, not everyone wants to compete with others, everyone will definitely have a place that suits him."
Beipu (Episode 8)
(2)
"Jiasen, if there is restart I shouldn't press the button of life.”
文子 (Episode 9)

(1)
"People who understand will still understand it. As long as people who understand understand understand it, isn't that good?"
Aque (Episode 10 finale)