More terrifying than Lan is the rainy season

Talon 2022-10-30 23:15:19

The dramatic change in the weather foreshadows a plot conflict, as the film's opening reiterates. The first line of the whole film is the hero Sasaki's "Rapid storm", and then he reluctantly ushered in the storm of unemployment. And when he left the company carrying large and small bags and bedding, it was already a warm sunset. The weather can change so fast, but unfortunately the economy is not only "sick and silk".

So Mr. Sasaki began to "pretend to go to work" regularly. His bitter face joined the long queue at the entrance of the job search center, but he was frustrated. When you meet an old friend, you are also a fallen person from the end of the world, but the disguise is still no match for a box of unpalatable relief lunches. The unpalatable thing is not only the bento, but the wry smiles of the two middle-aged men are even more difficult to swallow. A friend worked hard to "act" in front of his family, and his daughter's sentence "Mr. Sasaki is also very hard" is very cruel. During the interview, he was asked to hold a pen and sing, and he was so aggrieved, "I'm willing to do anything, but why is there no place to accept us?" On the other hand, the wife who came back from the car accidentally found that her husband was receiving a relief lunch. Ready to enjoy. The helpless Sasaki finally got a job as a cleaner in a department store as a life-saving straw, but he fled after a chance encounter with his wife. In the meantime, a hilarious robbery was inserted, in the final analysis, it was forced to be unemployed. "It would be great if you opened your eyes and became a completely different self." Women always like to fantasize more, but when she walked away from the cold coast step by step, the sky really lit up, warm up. At the same time, Sasaki had to realize once again that he was just a lingering chunk of garbage, and threw the money he had picked up into the lost and found box with a blank expression. But, fortunately, they all remember the way home.

Sasaki's two sons are also clues throughout the film. The change of consciousness of the eldest son and the realization of the piano dream of the younger son are reasonable, especially the younger son learns the piano without his parents, which is somewhat out of the way. In fact, rather than saying that their experiences did not attract me, it is better to say that Sasaki's experience resonated more with me. "I'm willing to do anything, but why is there no place to accept us?" This is also a question I have asked the most in my mind recently. Just this morning, I respectfully handed over my resume. The uncle in the beige shirt opposite turned over the three pages of paper in his hand, squeezed out an indescribable smile, turned his eyes with cloudy background, and said slowly, this way Well, let's take your resume first, go back and think about it, and you, go back and think about it carefully, this is not a matter of finding a job randomly. To put it bluntly, you came out of ZD, is it a waste to do this work? It's not the first time I've heard this. I laughed helplessly, and shouted the above question again in my heart. The answer is still vague.

At the end of the film, the gentle light of the examination room makes everything seem so peaceful and peaceful. The father patted his son's head, and the mother habitually followed behind. The family walked out of the picture in the "attention ceremony" of the crowd and moved towards a still peaceful life. Oh no, life in peace again. In such a life, there must be a warm light, even if it is not hot enough, it is warm enough, even if it is not dazzling enough, it is bright enough.

Unfortunately, I am thousands of miles away in the south of the Yangtze River. When the plum is yellow, it rains. The sun is occasionally seen, and the air is like a gossamer.

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Extended Reading
  • Annette 2022-04-16 09:01:09

    There's a tearful stretch at the end.

  • Lurline 2022-04-16 09:01:09

    In "Tokyo Sonata", Kurosawa has completed a qualitative transformation, using the skin of family melodrama to reshape the shell of apocalyptic feelings, perfectly combining existential philosophy and film technology. Always obsessed with exploration, Kurosawa Kiyoshi is advancing on the road of the master, please hold your breath.

Tokyo Sonata quotes

  • Megumi Sasaki: Screw your authority.

  • Megumi Sasaki: How wonderful it would be if my whole life so far turns out to have been a dream, and suddenly I wake up and I'm someone else entirely.