small and trivial happiness

Shaylee 2022-12-22 05:54:20

A bit too greedy, after watching Ozu Yasujiro's two films "Good Morning" and "Mai Qiu" in one breath, I clearly knew that Ozu's films were not suitable for swallowing the dates wholeheartedly.
"Good Morning" is all about the trivial things in daily life, the ordinary and unusual relationships within the family and between neighbors, and the simple and not simple relationships. The children of the family did not say good morning to the neighbors because of their anger, which aroused the suspicion and suspicion of a woman, and some incidents occurred. At the end of the story, the child's father bought a TV, and the child's anger subsided, and he turned on again. He happily greeted his neighbors, and greeted his friends to go to school together. Several women around him began to talk together again. At this time, a woman came out to refute the rumor, saying that the owner of the house was a good person.
Ozu's films are always like this, there is power in the calm, and waves in the subtleties. "Mai Qiu" revolves around the issue of an old daughter getting married. The family lives together in harmony and harmony. The life is very happy. The only thing that worries the family is that the 28-year-old daughter is still in the family, and the daughter is well-behaved and demure. Tell her about a 42-year-old single man, the daughter finds it unreliable, and the parents also think that the grade-level wife will make "the daughter is too pitiful", but the eldest brother is extremely satisfied and wants to do his best to facilitate this. At this time, the old neighbor of the family wanted to move the whole family because his son was transferred to Mai Qiu. The daughter went to say goodbye. The old woman finally hesitated and asked her if she wanted to marry him. Unexpectedly, her daughter agreed, and the old woman said goodbye. The woman's son was married and had a child. The daughter's family never expected that her daughter would agree to the marriage so rashly, but the daughter's heart was determined and she determined that the husband was a suitable and trustworthy husband. people. The family finally accepted it calmly. The classic scene of Ozu's film appeared on the screen. An old couple sat cross-legged on a tatami mat, the old father was smoking, looking into the distance in the smoke, his eyes were deep, the old woman put her hands on her knees, With a sigh, there was a trace of satisfaction in his calm expression, "That's probably how a happy life is."
"Happy families are all the same, but unfortunate families have their own misfortunes." The stories told by Otsu are all between happiness and unhappiness, satisfaction and dissatisfaction. There are not many hearty laughter and chest-beating crying, and there is no exciting, ups and downs storyline, like a river, flowing quietly, Flowing through the open plains, the dry land, the heavy mountains, calm but contains infinite power. Ordinary people's life is just like this. There is no perfect life. Great joy, great sorrow, great ups and downs belong to a few people after all. Most people are silent and live their own lives peacefully. There are joys and sorrows, ups and downs, and ordinary people of happiness and satisfaction, walking silently and firmly in these small and trivial happiness and satisfaction.

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  • Koichi Mamiya: It's deplorable, what's happened since the war. Women have become so forward, taking advantage of etiquette.

    Noriko Mamiya: That's not true. We've just taken our natural place. Men were too forward up to now.

    Fumiko Mamiya: Hear, hear!

  • Fumiko Mamiya: When was the last time Uncle visited?

    Noriko Mamiya: A year after the war ended. The station was so crowded.

    Fumiko Mamiya: I was still wearing those pants we wore during the war.