그랜드호텔 형식 영화의 패러디적 변용상 -『12인의 성난 사람들』과 『12인의 상냥한 일본인』의 대비를 중심으로 -

Abstract

In this paper, I contrasted the American film 12 Angry Men, which shows the essence of a court play, using the spatial constraint properties of a Grand hotel style film that tracks the psychological trends and motive of characters in a limited space and the Japanese film 12 Sweet Japanese which parodies it. Through this, it is confirmed 12 Sweet Japanese is different from the Chinese film 12 Citizens, which is simply a remake of the stage in China and the Russian film 12 People''s Jury, whose original characteristics are diluted with excessive political colors and sociality. While adhering to the original essence of the Grand hotel style, it was examined that the original work was creatively reconstructed. Like the original 12 Angry Men, which specifically visualizes the psychological trends of characters sharing jury room, the same spatial background by commanding of various camera-work, 12 Sweet Japanese adheres to the formal characteristics of the Grand hotel style film by capturing the psychological curves of various characters amid tension and conflict in closed space. However, following the replacement of the title (Angry), which symbolizes the extraversion of the Americans, with the title (Sweet), which symbolizes the introverted temperament of Japanese, the heavy theme of the original work, which pinpoints the problem of universal human consciousness, which is swept away by irrational agitation is microscopically expressed as a daily issue of Japanese called “interhumanism”. Through this, while maintaining the form of the original work, it is proceeding to a parody of substituting a heterogeneous theme or content. Accordingly, it seems that No. 2, who alone pleads guilty and confronted the remaining 11 people, mimics the original protagonist No. 8. In fact, however, his role is reversed as an antagonist, resulting in a satirical transformation of the character whose status is exchanged between the guiltist and the innocent. Thus, it ultimately triggers a transformation of the plot by replacing the grim court play in which a fierce legal battle is unfolded over the truth of the murder case with a chat play with a light atmosphere that reveals the daily thoughts and lifestyles of Japanese. Through this, it was confirmed that 12 Sweet Japanese is enhancing new artistic value by adhering to the formal characteristics of the original 12 Angry Men as a grand hotel-style film, but also by making satirical variations on themes and other elements.