The rapid development of Japan after the war, the development of industry not only brought economic prosperity, but also brought great pressure and spiritual lack on people themselves.
When Zhou Ji and Fuzi looked at the city of Tokyo, Zhou Ji and Fuzi had such a dialogue: "Look at how big Tokyo is." "Yeah, if we get lost, we will never find each other again." In fact, "Tokyo" In this film, it can refer to a large network of relationships between people, a large network of relationships that symbolizes the background of this era. Koichi lost his way because of his work, and went further and further away from his parents and children. Shijia also, in order not to affect the meeting and reduce his own burden, he entrusted his parents to Noriko, or sent them directly to the hot spring hotel. Jingsan thought that his parents were just passing by, but he did not expect that his mother was suddenly uncomfortable, which directly affected the day's work. , feel very troublesome. But the three children still hope that their parents are well, and hope that they can feel comfortable in this trip to Tokyo, but they are lost in Tokyo, and they can only comfort themselves that they must feel good.
People are actually selfish. The three children are constantly working hard for their own life, career and family. Facing the competition of development, their pressure exceeds that of Jingzi in his hometown. In Jingzi's view, they are indifferent. In fact, they are just Lost in the age of mechanical reproduction. As Noriko said, she is also selfish. As a daughter-in-law, because of her husband's death, her loneliness has made her stagnant in this "Tokyo". She is unique. Appearing, her sense of loneliness suddenly disappeared. She was willing to do her work in advance and ask for leave to go sightseeing with them. She was willing to make room in the crowded apartment for her mother-in-law to settle down. The mother-in-law who gave her short-term company, she thought that telling her mother-in-law that she was not such a good woman as her mother-in-law thought, she would lose the company that had just arrived, so she was also selfish. People are getting farther and farther from each other in the big net of "Tokyo".
As Zhou Ji and his friends said when they were drinking, desire will always exist, and parents will always have more demands on their children.
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