Watanabe took the rabbit doll and walked down the stairs to the girls' birthday song, which was rebirth.
According to the normal sequence, then it should focus on describing the difficulties he encountered when building the park, and how he overcame the difficulties until the park was finally built, the children played on the swing, the climax, the end, and became a cookie-cutter warm and inspirational film.
Akira Kurosawa takes a different approach, using flashbacks, narrating his funeral immediately after his rebirth. During the funeral, Watanabe’s colleagues were drinking and chatting, intermittently describing his last days. Why did he suddenly have energy and the motivation to do good things? Everyone guessed, quarreled, and finally came to the conclusion that the reason why he suddenly changed was because he learned that he had cancer, so he felt emotional, drunk, and they decided to reform, learn from Watanabe, and do something with their limited vitality. thing of value. Seeing this, I think that the meaning of life may be that you do good deeds, make people think, feel, move, and make people remember.
At the end of the film, the new section chief mechanically affixes the seal, just like the "Mummy" Watanabe in the past. There are people who come to do things, but he still kicks the ball to shirk. Nothing has changed. Surrendered in his eyes, knowing that everyone's vows last night were just words, so he lifted his stool and buried his head in the boring official documents.
Colleagues kicking stools walked to the park and watched the children swinging carefree on the swings. The moving thoughts brought to people are fleeting, and the children do not know how much effort Watanabe has paid for this park. This is the meaning of life, do good deeds, not for fame and fortune, not to remember and appreciate yourself for others, just to be worthy of your heart, just to not waste your life.
In the heavy snow at night, Watanabe sang happily on the swing and sang songs. After a life of indifference, he drew a happy ending to his life.
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