"Desire to Live" is the representative of realism in Akira Kurosawa's early works, and it is also one of the most important and classic works that express humanitarian concern in the history of film. Kanji Watanabe, played by Shimura Joe, is a bureaucrat who can't be too small. Every day he lives a meaningless life for 30 years. Before these 30 years, maybe he lived a day or two with a little meaning. , But this little meaning, with the death of the wife, as the son grows up day by day to marry a wife and have children, also becomes meaningless, but who is not physically strong and high-spirited? Like most elderly people in their twilight years, Mr. Watanabe has infinite nostalgia for the life of youth and the beautiful past, but after all, he is old and will no longer be part of this vibrant world. Side full of regrets. So if life is meaningless, why live? Watanabe Kanji couldn't understand this, but recently his stomach started to have severe pain, and when he went to the hospital for an examination, he was already in the advanced stage of gastric cancer. It's boring to live, and death will come. Does this count as God's will? Akira Kurosawa filmed "The Desire of Life" when he was over the age of confusion. In this film that profoundly demonstrated his humanitarian spirit, Akira Kurosawa told the story of a small person from self-reflection to the sublimation of human nature. Finally, a bleak story of being unable to fight under the shackles of the secular and bureaucratic. The whole film is full of his profound thoughts on the ultimate meaning of life and his helpless sighs about the complex and absurd emotions between people. Living like a walking dead, after Watanabe learned that he was suffering from stomach cancer, a dramatic change took place. After the medical consultation that announced Watanabe's death not far away, Watanabe took time off from work for the first time in his life. He began to stay at night and go to the pub to get drunk. There he met a down-and-out writer, and the two spent time together. In short, this old guy, who usually doesn't dare to let a fart, actually began to try to live a life of intoxication in his twilight years. But who really cares about why this old man changed his life, maybe the only one who knows is this writer who was having fun with the old man, in that dimly lit bar on the night Watanabe first met him. The old man who described the haggard told him that he was terminally ill and his time was running out. He hoped that the writer could teach him how to spend his life savings and the few remaining days. On the dance floor, the old man moved his old body awkwardly, and his face always showed the fear of this prosperous world. After all, he did not belong to this bizarre life. After snatching his hat from the dancer, the old man sang a song at the request of the pianist The old love song called "Life Is So Short" is Watanabe's old voice in the melancholy sound of the piano. Perhaps only the dying will understand how precious life is and how beautiful youth is. In the first half of "Desire to Live", the dying sadness is so penetrating, but Akira Kurosawa's humanitarian spirit never stays in sadness forever. In his heart, he believes that people can be saved, but The premise is that people must first save themselves. Therefore, in the second half of "The Desire of Life", with the help of a female colleague, Watanabe began to re-understand the meaning of his life. He randomly picked out a long-standing citizen application form in the pile of documents. Immediately, he worked hard to urge the various departments of the district office to convert a stinky ditch into a children's playground. He persevered in dealing with the corrupt, bloated and inefficient bureaucrats, applying everywhere like a paranoid, even at the risk of being fired. Dangerous, led the citizens to the district office to petition, and finally got the approval of the (deputy) mayor who was so tired of him. The children's playground has been completed. At the end of the film, Watanabe sits alone on the swing of the newly built children's playground, rocking and humming the song "Life Is So Short" that once brought him to tears. His singing is very soft, full of serenity and joy. . As the name of the song says, our lives are as short as our joys. In addition, I am looking for the title of the guitar music for the cutscenes from 22:09-22:52 in this episode. I have tried Netease Cloud Music, QQ Music, and Xiami Music to listen to the song and recognize the song, but failed. Watch the portal in this episode of video at station B
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