久久综合导航

动荡的时代下，武功高强的道士何安下（王宝强 饰）被师父（李雪健 饰）送下山自谋生路。不谙世事的他来到大千世界，因抢了荷叶鸡而拜入医生崔道宁（范伟 饰）的门下。老板娘玉珍（林志玲 饰）如花似玉，同时周旋在丈夫和叔叔道融（吴建豪 饰）之间，由此酿成一场悲剧。此后何安下独自经营药房，却无意中卷入江湖恩怨之中。他被隐姓埋名的扫地道士周西宁（郭富城 饰）高强的武功所折服，自愿拜其为师。与此同时，周的师弟彭乾吾（元华 饰）杀气腾腾找上门来。而曾与周一同练功的查老板（张震 饰）更将风波推向了高潮。上山，下山，何安下在短短的时间内悟出了许多真理……本片根据徐皓峰的原作改编。

The movie is based on the suspense short film nominated for the Golden Méliès to the Best European Fantastic Short Film, winner of more than 30 awards and screened by more than 200 film festivals. It was defined by the critics as "a cult short film".

本片是山中貞雄的遺作，也是他的“時代劇的庶民電影”的代表作之一。他在片中吸取了美國電影和法國電影的影響，並受到摯友兼老師小津安二郎的“小庶民電影 ”美學影響，將歷史上江戶時代的小人物形像注入現代庶民的語言、性格、行止、靈魂，成就了一部難得的社會現實主義的佳作。故事發生於十八世紀德川幕府時代，以悲涼調子訴說德川幕府時期低下層的生活，開頭與結尾都是自殺場景，映照出舊時日本社會草根階層的悲哀。另外，山中的剪輯流暢自如，視覺風格鋒如日本繪畫，演員表演也很自然。此片公認為山中最好的作品，也是他僅存的三部電影之一。Humanity and Paper Balloons,unlike most other Japanese films of this period,is a historical film with a critical edge.Refusing to glorify samurai,the film insteaddeflates the myth around them with a gentle humanity. The film opens directly after a penurious ronin samurai has taken his own life.At his funeral his neighbors from his slum mourn his death. Here the film introduces another ronin samurai who lives in equal poverty. Having pawned his sword for food,the samurai searches for work but to no avail. The family's only income comes from the little balloon children's toys made by the wife.Out of desperation,the samurai abets in an attempted kidnapping. After finding out,the wife kills him in his sleep and then takes her own life, closing the film's narrative circle.Brian Whitener, All Movie Guide.

一部由六段分攝於不同時期的膠卷所組合成的編年記事。約拿斯．梅卡斯以第一人稱的日記體，闡述他自1940年代從立陶宛流亡至美國的心情。梅卡斯的鏡頭關照著移民社群的日常，也在他方尋找自己的家，如同片中的自述：「我是攝影機的眼睛，我是見證者，我記錄了這一切。我不知道，我是在歌唱還是哭泣？」