Regular reader Denny Sinnoh posted an analysis of the music video for Fuyu Hanabi / 冬花火 on his blog. Admittedly, most of Oku Hanako’s music videos are of her playing or walking around, but Fuyu Hanabi had more substance to it. I find this analysis gives the song a little more meaning.
I have been enjoying my new Hanko Oku CD + DVD these past two weeks. I am a huge Oku fan, however sometimes I cannot figure out exactly what is happening in some of her music videos. In this report, I will provide my impression of what is transpiring in the new video. I know. I might as well try to figure out the end of David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive” … but here goes …
Please note that I am providing my interpretation of the VIDEO — not the song. The music video director may have a different vision than Hanako Oku did when she wrote the song. My null hypothesis is that the song is basically about love gone wrong, or broken hearts. It is a general Oku theme. However, Oku-san is very good at musically fleshing out such concepts. I’m going to assume that the Mariya Suzuki character…
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