"Please go to Civil Engineering"
With a sad expression and a hoarse voice, the hero Watanabe's only sustenance after learning that he has cancer, and the only person he can talk about, is his son. After recalling that after the death of his wife, almost everything he did was for his son, but in the end, he heard sad things about pensions and pensions, and was even misunderstood that he was entangled with a young woman. For him, it denies the existence of his life for the past 20+ years.
When you know that you have few years left, it will be more or less touching to people, thinking about the value of the past life, this kind of blow is enough to change people's temperament, but fortunately there is still time to change, even if it is only half a year, Otherwise you will die. Therefore, Watanabe asked the magazine reporter at the tavern to experience a different life and go to the pinball shop to play games similar to slot machines. These slot machines are called vending machines for selling dreams. Striptease shocked and sang Edo period songs
"How short life is, let a girl fall in love. Before the red lips fade, before the enthusiasm becomes cold, no one knows what will happen tomorrow, no one knows what will happen tomorrow; Before the hair fades, before the flame of love goes out, today is gone forever, today is gone forever...
However, there was basically no smile in the whole process, I think it should be full of remorse and confusion about the meaning of my life.
From a grand perspective, it is a satire of the Japanese bureaucracy. They play balls with each other in the affairs of the common people. If they do nothing, people under this system are numb, eat and wait to die. The protagonist's life before learning that he has cancer, is as the slightly chubby and energetic female employee jokes: "Why do I come to work every day and never be late? Not to prove my worth. , but to prevent everyone from discovering that it would be the same without me." As the title says, the protagonist is just a walking corpse. He has never asked for leave for nearly 30 years, and died 20 years ago.
He was hit by cancer, but no one could talk about it. Instead, he was considered lewd by his family in his later years. The lonely Watanabe met the female employee who told a joke earlier, and asked Watanabe to stamp her resignation letter. Watanabe was amazed that a pair of stockings could make a female staff member so happy. In stark contrast, she is always full of energy and smiles, and it is also she who inspired Watanabe to explore ways to experience life, and only the plan for the reconstruction of the stinky ditch at the beginning and end of the film.
There is no extra time to be angry, and the dying person will feel the approaching footsteps of the god of death, and will have a deeper understanding of the truly valuable things in life, and will not be troubled by trivial matters. What a beautiful evening. Things that have seemed ordinary for more than 20 years have become precious at this moment, just like one more look at home before leaving home, and one more look before leaving the world. For example, in the tea ceremony "one day and one meeting", time will not return, each time is unique, I think I will cherish every encounter, every conversation, every morning and evening.
I thought, if there was no stomach cancer, perhaps Watanabe would not have had an experience, nor would he have this chance to be reborn. But I think that if life is always full of vitality, and every day is full of energy, maybe the chance of suffering from stomach cancer will be less. Because stomach cancer is a turning point given by God, it is everyone's duty to live a happy and valuable life, and it is a responsibility to treat life. I remembered that in my senior year, because I was confused about my major, I indulged in games every day and lived a life of walking dead. For me, this was also a cancer experience, because I remembered afterwards that whenever I feel a little confused, I will understand The precious time that was once lost will also be actively explored and actively lived.
The black and white film omits color and leaves plenty of room for imagination. With a bit of Western color metal background music, Japan is really a mix of Eastern and Western cultures. There are many dark humors in the film, except for the jokes of the female staff in the film, before seeing the doctor, passers-by's descriptions of cancer patients being lied to by doctors are not bad at all. Before Watanabe's law, the staff of the Civil Division vowed to inherit the legacy, and finally ended with "please go to the Civil Division", and the bureaucratic operation has not changed after all.
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