However, most people have little awareness of death and do not seem to feel the fear of death. This is because people have been deceiving ourselves, and the world is encouraging us to deceive ourselves. Since birth, my life has been busy and endowed with various meanings: going to kindergarten, primary school, middle school, university, work. I was told what was right and what was wrong, and then approved the ideas without or without a second thought. I was so busy here and there, so full of life, that I didn't even have time to think about death.
But does the world really have meaning? Does our life have to seek some kind of meaning? I think the reason why there are various social structures, various universal worldviews and values is that the most fundamental purpose is to prevent me from facing the anxiety and fear of death. Even in ordinary life, the anxiety we sometimes feel is a variant of death anxiety. I integrate into society just to make myself feel like I'm part of this huge world, a part of this behemoth, and it needs me. My change to it is eternal, and all of my life seems to be eternal.
As long as the world exists, I am immortal with the world, so I will not die, so I have no fear of death. However, I know that this is deceiving myself.
Perhaps most people think that death is far away from them, and all seldom think about these issues, but for a gastric cancer patient who has only a few months to live, the fear of death will haunt him at any time. When he looked at his busy life, he found that he was just a small existence in a bad society, copying others, obeying the rules of society, but doing nothing. He decided to fight against fate as hard as he fought against the fear of death. He wants to abandon the past and rediscover the meaning of life.
Hedonism can't really make him happy anymore. Smoking, drinking, and gambling only made him numb his feelings, thinking that he was no longer afraid of death. However, when he opened his mouth to sing, his fear and despair were exposed.
He thought of his son, the continuation of his life, and wanted to find comfort in his son, but the estrangement was too deep, he was just hurt and got nothing.
He was attracted to one of his female subordinates, not because of love, but because she was full of liveliness at all times, and could make himself and the people around him happy at any time. For our protagonist, she is the only shining star in his dark world. In the end, the girl got bored of him, and he also asked the question he wanted to ask the most: how can he be so happy? The girl told him that she was happy whenever she thought that the plush toys she made would be liked by children. Our hero was enlightened: we all have needs to be needed by others, and he decided to do something for others to enrich his life.
The way of shooting in the second half of the film is very interesting, and the content of the shooting also caused me to think. I don't think the director is trying to satirize anything. He just wanted to tell everyone that those who dared, or had to face their fear of death, rather than deceive themselves, think differently from most people. He doesn't care about the existing social values, he can contradict his superiors, and he doesn't need to be angry about being robbed of credit after the park is built. On the contrary, he is quite happy. He just has to face himself frankly and tell himself that he has done something that he has decided, and that one thing that makes everyone happy is enough. He sang happily in the park, the fear of death is gone, right? Others may be moved by his deeds for a while, but the fear of death is too painful, so let's deceive ourselves, so the next day, the Citizens Section is back to its original state.
What are you living for? The director tried to give one of his answers: Although the world is dark, as long as we make it a little bit better, then our lives have meaning. This answer is not necessarily correct, but I personally think that everyone should seriously think about themselves or why, and stick to their answers and choices, so as not to regret it.
I've talked a lot, but I just want to say that this is my favorite movie, no one. Maybe I have some self-pity in it, but I really feel that it never gets tired of seeing it, which has caused me to think and grow again and again.
Thanks for this movie.
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