The third Ozu movie in my CD package is called "Good Morning". It was shot in the middle of the year between "Beyond Flower" and "Autumn Harmony", but it has a different style from these two movies. The story no longer starts from a man. Start with the woman, start with short stories and gossip. The woman and the child are the protagonists at the front desk; the men are the supporting roles behind the scenes. Such a "mother-in-law" movie was filmed by the man Ozu, and it is a miracle that it is full of wit and humor.
These are a few bungalows next to the highway bridge in the suburbs of Tokyo. Men go to work during the day, children go to school together, and wives do housework at home. A typical picture of Japanese civilian life begins.
In order to clarify the relationship between many characters, you might as well list a list of character relationships:
Xiaoshan-Xiaoshan Mom-Xiaoshan Dad (love to fart)
Xiaoxing-Xiaoxing Mom (Group Leader of Women's Association)-Memory The bad old grandmother
Xiaoshi (brother), Xiaoyong (brother)-Mrs. Lin's family (Accountant of the Women's Association)-Mr. Lin-Aunt Jiezi (Ms. Lin's younger sister) Mrs.
Fuze-Mr. Fuze ( Retire and find a job)
English teacher-the teacher’s sister, the
trendy and western neighbor couple
An interesting game is circulating among the children: press your forehead and let out a fart. This is what Xiaoshan’s fart-loving father taught them. He also said that he should practice this "farting magic". It doesn't work to eat more potatoes, but eat more stone powder! Of course, this is a joke of an adult, and it may even be a lie specially made by the little good dad in order to maintain dignity in front of the children, but the children take it seriously, and the family's grindstone powder suffers. Among them, Xiaoxing worked the hardest, because how much stone powder he ate was not effective, and others could proudly "por" with a touch of his forehead. Even the youngest Xiaoyong was no exception. He was the only one who pulled back in his pants. Even if the family bought a new washing machine, they were too busy to wash his underwear. This annoyed his mother, Xiao Xing inevitably suffered another complaint.
Adults scolding children often use questions and emotional pollution. Adults also have troubles for adults. No, this month’s women’s association membership fees are only for their group and have not received it. When Mrs. Fuze told Xiaoshan Ma the news, the women couldn't help but begin to use their rich imagination to insinuate and speculate wildly. Where did the money go? The group members handed it in on time, but the association didn't receive it. It wouldn't be the group leader, that is, there was a problem with Xiaoxing's mother. Her family happened to have bought a washing machine.
The rumors spread like this. Xiao Shi and Xiaoyong’s mother, Mrs. Lin’s family, could not sit still. Although she was not the group leader, she was the accountant of this group. She was responsible for collecting the money and immediately handed it over to the group leader’s house. Now that there is a problem with the money, she does not know whereabouts. She must figure out this matter.
While the adults were busy, the children took the opportunity to go to the only neighbor's house with TV to watch the sumo match. This is a highly criticized neighbor. According to Mrs. Tomizawa, “I still wear western clothes at home in the daytime, so...” Xiao Shan’s mother provided a key piece of information: “I heard that I work in a tavern in Ikebukuro! "Really, no wonder!" This distinctive young couple was "pushed into a separate book." Parents don’t allow their children to go to this house, but the children just don’t listen. Is there any way, only his house has a TV to watch!
At the end of the 1950s, Japan was about to usher in a period of rapid economic recovery after the war. The life of common people's families was still very frugal and poor, but that was the golden age of Japan after the war-the spiritual golden age: society is thriving, and individuals are active and enterprising. The dawn is ahead. The emptiness and impetuosity of material life has not yet struck, and the quiet territory of the spiritual world still remains. This period is just like the early 1980s in our country. It is also the same for everyone to watch. Adding an electrical appliance is a big event for any ordinary family.
Xiaoxing's mother, as a group leader of the Women's Association, is a bit like the old aunt of the neighborhood committee in our country. She has a little power in her hands and is arrogant, subjective and stubborn, and her "revolutionary vigilance" is high. She rushed to a neighbor's house to call her children away, and at the same time helped to discipline other children. A carnival sitting around the TV was dispelled, and the children's frustration was not to be mentioned. Everyone came out under the banner of going to the English teacher's home in the neighbourhood to learn English, so they had to go to the teacher's home to order a 卯 according to the original plan.
Fortunately, it seems that he is not good at anything, so he takes a long time. The teacher asked him to translate the sentence. He did not translate well. The teacher nodded his forehead. This time he successfully "porked". Everyone became excited and asked the teacher to nod their foreheads. Everyone's performance was very good. "Brilliant and brave", he also revealed to the teacher their secret of practicing "Sound Fart" magic, "Stone powder is delicious," Xiaoxing said. How did Ozu come up with such a plot? He, who has never been a father, knows the world of children better than many parents. The kindness and attention behind the lens make the world presented by the lens beautiful. The children grow up with troubles and fun.
The matter was finally figured out. The missing dues originally belonged to the group leader's house. The old lady took the money after Mrs. Lin sent the money, but the mother-in-law forgot about it all in a blink of an eye. Xiaoxing’s mother just ran to the Lin’s family and robbed Mrs. Lin’s family. She suspected that the rumors of “sweeping public money to buy a washing machine” were all told by her, and she killed her family for not receiving the money. This is embarrassing. So I had to go to the Lin family to apologize again. Of course Mrs. Lin's family was very upset, but she still promised to stop the matter and not tell others, lest there be more rights and wrongs.
The world of women has a lot of unhappiness that can't be put on the table, and the world of men is not easy. In the tavern by the station, Mr. Lin met Mr. Fuze who was drinking there, a frustrated man who had retired and felt that he was nothing. My wife is chattering at home all day, and there is nowhere to go. When will this muddle-headed state come to an end! Fuze, who was drunk, complained to Mr. Lin. Mr. Lin didn't answer his voice, but he pushed others to himself, and his heart became heavy. Mr. Lin, who went home with such a solemn heart, saw that the brothers Xiaoshi and Xiaoyong were fighting with their mother, arguing every day to buy a TV set at home. The noise was even worse tonight. He also threatened with a hunger strike. Mr. Lin was irritable and yelled: "What the hell is going on with you, you always talk about one thing like a woman! Don't say useless things, shut up!" I
didn't expect the eldest son to be like this today. Courageous, it seems that he is going to fight to the end: "Doesn't the lord always say useless words? Hello, good morning, good evening, the weather is really good, yes, where are you going, just go ahead , Really, can I know where to go in the end?!"
Mr. Lin was not energetic to entangle with the children, and continued to be simple and rude: "Shut up! Boys can't say useless things, you must keep silent!"
Xiaoshi The stubbornness came up, and he immediately announced that since the adults thought that what they were saying was useless, from now on, they would not speak anymore and kept silent as their father reprimanded! The younger brother Xiaoyong resolutely stood by his brother's side, and the two children stopped eating dinner, and Xiongjiao went back to the room angrily. The mother clapped her hands and said happily: "Okay, I'm quiet now!"
The resistance of the children is actually fragile. In the eyes of adults, it is tantamount to blocking a car with a praying man’s arm and hitting a rock with a pebble. But this time, Xiao Shi was determined to stick to the end, and vowed not to stop until his goal was reached. He and his younger brother entered into an offensive and defensive alliance to expand this "silent" operation without speaking to anyone. Two people must raise their hands to indicate what they want to say internally, and get the other's permission before they can speak. After all, they first refused the delicious biscuits brought back by their aunt, hungry. The next day, two people bowed their heads and went out in front of each other, and they gave up because they couldn't talk during the routine ceremony of calling friends and calling friends to go to school together. Xiaoxing's mother didn't even respond to her two children's greetings, and this strange situation caused her to guess again. Adults seem to be smarter than children, and they know more, but in fact, there are so many things in their heads all day long. No, the abnormal behavior of the Lin family’s children was immediately linked to the membership dues incident that had already been over. Xiaoxing’s mother said dissatisfied: Ignore me, so be careful!"
Then the rumors recurred, and the adult's world is so trouble-free and never peaceful. Xiao Xing’s mother first went to the next door Xiao Shan’s to give a vent, and it was immediate. Xiao Shan’s mother thought the situation was serious: For such a careful person, I asked her to borrow a bottle of beer two days ago. Tell other right and wrong. Little Shanma kept on reminding Mrs. Fuze: "Have you ever borrowed anything from the Lin family? If you have borrowed it, return it as soon as possible. His wife also takes care of little things!" On
this day, the Lin family came to return the things for some reason. The visitor of, greeted Xiaoxing's mother with a cold face, what's going on? Mrs. Lin was confused.
Adults are troubled at home, and children are troubled at school. The "gag order" they have set themselves made Xiaoshi and Xiaoyong embarrassed in class. What's more, the teacher told everyone not to forget when they go home. I asked the parents for the snack expenses for next month and brought them to school the next day. The two brothers gestured in front of the adults for a long time, and gave up in anger without letting the adults understand what they wanted to express. To make matters worse, there will be no snacks in the school from now on, and I will be hungry. This kind of struggle is really hard for the child, how long can it last? The adults were confident and watched with interest as they went in and out silently every day. The cold war in the Lin family continued.
There is no need to be so "serious" at the English tuition teacher's house. Although the two brothers still insisted on being silent, they faced the teacher's saying that "you made yourself so passive and uncomfortable like this", and they were stubborn and soft in front of their parents. , The children's faces also showed helplessness.
The teacher continued to ask: "Are you still eating grindstone powder? Too many small stones in your stomach will die!"
"Really?!" Brother Xiaoyong was caught in the trap and couldn't help asking.
"Yes, a lot of animals died in the zoo recently. After the autopsy, it turns out that there are a lot of stones in the stomach."
My brother did not speak, but his expression dimmed. The world of adults is still too vast. There is a stone in the belly that will die, and I don't know anything. Adults often don't understand children, but children's weakness can easily be caught by adults. While she was talking, Aunt Jiezi also came. She came to discuss with the English teacher to help the company translate materials. Two adults greeted the useless words that the children accused, and the children were silent on the side. The scene was very interesting: sometimes the adults who are serious are really funny, and the children who are serious are sometimes awe-inspiring.
The men ran into the bistro in front of the station again, and they were very upset when they talked about the children at home clamoring to buy a TV. Here, Ozu uses the mouth of the people in the play to express his own concept: the popularity of television is the idiotization of 100 million people. If the world becomes too convenient, it won't be great. This is the opinion of an old man more than 40 years ago. When we were in this too convenient world and couldn't find North, we looked back and saw his feelings back then. It was like a headshot! Humans are not without foresight, but humans are always going astray. In my mind, Tokyo was flooded with various TV images in Vinster's lens. Vinster said: "TV makes people laugh and laugh. It gives people the illusion that they are in the center of the world. In fact, they are nothing and give nothing." This world polluted by the flood of images is so rich that it is crazy, so it changes. Into another kind of void. This is the crux of the nihility of modern people: not because we get too little, but because we have too much.
On another bright day off, the young couple, whom everyone could not understand, finally moved. Mrs. Lin said: "The neighbors are very annoying. They make irresponsible remarks. I also want to move." My sister Jiezi said, "But there are neighbors everywhere, unless I move to the mountains." Yes, that's it. The world in Ozu's eyes: There are troubles, and there are ways out. We must learn to adapt and compromise; but we should also advocate and persevere. This is a mellow, flowing water-like world view, never competing with the world, going around when there is resistance, and moving forward in a winding and winding way, and strength is contained in every turn, every round trip, hidden and quiet. The water flows deep.
On this day, the school teacher came to visit. The two brothers were terrified. The child was a child after all, thinking that the sky was about to fall. The struggle with the adults persisted here. It was the end of the battle and it was unsustainable. They decided to run away from home and did not forget to bring a pot of rice and a pot of water when they left. In fact, the big world can't go far. For children, the other side of the highway bridge is beyond the horizon. Bright spring, green grass, and dry food and water around him, the originally panic and helpless outing turned into an unexpected outing, at least in the same mood. Xiao Shi and Xiao Yong sat on the grass to eat and drink together. Brother Xiaoyong happily said: "It's very enjoyable!" Brother Xiaoshi echoed: "It's fun!"
Seeing the two brothers eating deliciously, the brother used the pot lid to drink water without a cup, and the younger brother simply used it. Holding water in their hands to drink, but they sincerely praised: "It's delicious"! This kind of picture makes people's eyes wet. Happiness is actually so simple. When did our sensory world become paralyzed in the area of happiness and happiness?
Children always estimate the wind direction in the adult world, and can always easily dispel the dark clouds in their hearts and find other pleasures. The Lin brothers seemed to be a little forgetful. They put aside the question of how the "run away from home" ended. My brother Xiaoshi even said, "It would be better if I had more food!" My brother Xiaoyong volunteered to go home and get it. But he had just climbed onto the highway bridge, and a policeman walked over. The brothers fled, and the authority of the adult world has completely defeated them.
When it got dark, the two children were not there yet. They didn't know that a major event happened at home: after the teacher left, the neighbor Mr. Fuze came to report the good news that he had another job, which was a job as a salesman in an electrical appliance store. The kind-hearted Mr. Lin was really happy for Fuze, and he immediately stated that he couldn't save face, and he had to help buy Taiwan electrical appliances no matter what. Mr. Fuze happily went back to get the catalog, but Mrs. Lin was very melancholy. In fact, the family didn't have so much money, so she could only choose to pay in installments. Besides, if she had to choose, she would like to buy a washing machine. The sense of crisis caused by Mr. Fuze's retirement incident also affects the couple. Yes, you have to plan what you should do after retirement. The rapidly developing Japanese society seems to be prosperous, and the helplessness and sadness of human beings as small parts of a huge social machine are also beginning to emerge.
Aunt Jiezi went to the English tuition teacher's home to look for Xiaoshi and Xiaoyong, and the teacher learned the news of the child's disappearance. After Setsuko left, there was such an interesting dialogue between the teacher and his sister, which can be regarded as the finishing touch of the whole film:
Sister: What a strange child, don't you still speak?
Teacher: But, don’t you find it interesting? From their point of view, looking at the etiquette of adults, they are all useless things.
Sister: Yes, then I don't say useless words every day, because I sell cars, and cars can't be sold without saying these things.
Teacher: Yes, such useless words are actually playing the role of lubricating oil in this world.
Sister: Moreover, very important things are always unspeakable.
Teacher: Yes, I always say useless words.
Sister: So are you!
Teacher: What?
Sister: I like it but I can't tell.
Teacher: What are you talking about?
Sister: Setsuko! Every time I meet, I just talk about translation, the weather is good, and so on, and I never tell the truth about myself. Occasionally, I should say something sincerely.
From the child to the adult, the adult’s thoughts are just right, but the adult still refuses to admit it. No wonder, in the eyes of children, the world of adults is very tired and boring!
After all, the teacher knew the two children. Setsuko came back from the police station and carried the rice buckets and water bottles that they had abandoned when they "ran off." When he was watching TV at the station, he was "caught" by the teacher, and he was still thinking about watching TV when he died. The world's tremendous changes seemed unstoppable. Ozu used his usual tolerance to express his worries while also admitting it. Reality.
The sky did not fall, the imaginary storm did not come, and the adults seemed to become very reasonable. A heroic departure ended in a dejected home. A big cardboard box was quietly placed in the aisle, TV! This is the turn of events, the real end. The children were very happy, and the "gag order" was also left behind. They immediately ran to ask their parents: Did you really buy a TV at home? The sensible brother also asked: How much is it? The elder brother is more cunning. For fear that his parents will change his mind when he mentions money, he interrupted his younger brother and said: Anyway, it is very expensive. The father pretended to be serious and taught: "Don't worry about the amount of money, just study hard in the future!" This time the brothers replied simply and loudly: "Yes! Study hard!" The
home was restored to the peaceful and talkative brother. I also regained the habit of saying "I LOVE YOU" to everyone. The feeling of clearing after rain is probably the most refreshing. The next morning, Xiao Shi and Xiao Yong took the initiative to ask Xiao Xing to go to school, with a very enthusiastic attitude. Xiaoxing's mother was at a loss again now. What happened to these children, what happened again? Xiaoxing’s mother and Xiaoshan’s mother discussed for a long time, but to no avail, they stopped Mrs. Fuze and asked, what’s the matter, the children of the Lin family look very kind today? Mrs. Fuze replied, because you think too much, and their family is very good.
Very interesting echoes from the beginning to the end. The rumors at the beginning of the film originated from this Mrs. Fuze, and the rumors at the end of the film stopped at this Mrs. Toze. Ozu was so calm and humorous, taking advantage of these adults who were short-term and vacillated and thought they were right.
The person of right and wrong touched a soft nail. Xiaoxing's mother was not convinced and said: "It must be something that the store bought, rice cookers, etc. If not, how could the attitude be so different!" Xiaoshan's mother agreed: "Yes, it's all money!"
This is the world we have to live on. It's unavoidable to fly short and long; this is our dear neighbors, where all the flavors of life come from.
At the station, the teacher and Jiezi met. Good morning, the weather is so nice, the two of you are still talking nonsense in the eyes of the children. Can you think of it this way: In this world, if you find someone who is willing to talk nonsense with you, you will find love and happiness.
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