Giants and Toys was directed by Yasuzo Masumura who is one of Japan's "New Wave" directors. His movie style is quite unlike any other Japanese directors’ films. Like Sato Tadao wrote that Japanese films were fundamentally slower than Western films. But “The film's absurdly rapid dialogue and formally overt techniques shocked contemporary audiences and recall. (Michael Raine，P152)”
In the movie Masumura uses montages in several scenes. “The final destination of such symbolic mise-en-scene is allegory. (Michael Raine，P160)” Mr. Goda’s lighter is most used as a very important symbol in this movie. A lighter that fails to catch becomes the a trigger for several montages:
2022年第⑨个影评
[巨人与玩具]
影片描绘了日本经济高速发展的年代，开头上班族多如蚁群，整齐划一地前进宛如一起涌入新时代。但细看则会感觉人更像桎梏在沙丁鱼罐头里，整齐的背后是麻木，商品社会和消费主义社会裹挟着每一个人。
机关枪式的对白和快速剪辑，辛辣讽刺的台词和高饱和的画面色彩，充满了对异化社会的批评。片中运用了三次打不着的打火机叠化了不同的场景，从工厂加工、广告拍摄到遍布的京子广告，是片中让人最为惊喜的部分。
影片批判点竟依然适用于今日
《巨人与玩具》电影剧本
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