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Chihiro's world
Heath 2022-04-22 07:01:02
I don't know how many times I've watched this movie, but I love it every time I watch it. In fact, when I watched it for the first time, I didn't understand it too well, but I thought the picture was too beautiful, and I liked his expression very much. When I watched it for the first time, I was moved to cry again, but after watching it, I don't know why I cried, maybe I was moved by the storyline. Later, when there is no movie to watch, I will turn it over and watch it, and slowly understand the theme that the whole story wants to express. I really like Chihiro, a kind person. Help parents, help Xiaobai. She is only a child, but she does not have the greed of adults. She is helpful and she is brave.
Extended Reading
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[in Japanese]
Zeniba: I'd like to help you, dear, but there's nothing I can do. It's one of our rules here. You've got to take care of your parents and that dragon boyfriend of yours, on your own.
Chihiro: But, um, can't you even give me a hint? I feel like Haku and I met, a long time ago.
Zeniba: In that case, it's easy. Nothing that happens is ever forgotten, even if you can't remember it.
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[in Japanese]
Chihiro: Listen, Haku. I don't remember it, but my mom told me... Once, when I was little, I fell into a river. She said they'd drained it and built things on top. But I've just remembered. The river was called... Its name was the Kohaku River. Your real name is Kohaku.
[Haku slowly changes into a boy again, permanently shedding away his white dragon skin. The two are falling from the sky, holding each other's hands]
Haku: Chihiro, thank you. My real name is Nigihayami Kohaku Nushi.
Chihiro: Nigihayami?
Haku: Nigihayami Kohaku Nushi.
Chihiro: [starts to cry] What a name. Sounds like a god.
Haku: I remember too, how you fell into me as a child. You had dropped your shoe.
Chihiro: Yes, you carried me to shallow water, Kohaku.
[they put their faces close together, close enough to kiss]
Chihiro: I'm so grateful!