People related to childhood often think of some details of childhood in some moments after getting older. When 27-year-old Taeko went to the countryside for a year vacation, he frequently thought of the time in fifth grade. I failed in mathematics, but my composition was excellent. It was my first time to eat pineapples. The boy who was in love on the street corner asked, "Which one do you prefer, sunny or cloudy?" Thinking hard about the summer vacation, so I had the opportunity to go to the hot spring, soak in the pools one by one, and then fainted. Gossip classmates. The naughty boy in the class. Father's only scolding. Disliked food. The performance of the club has even won the favor of the university performance club. On the way to the country, these thoughts appeared frame after frame like a movie.
About the first love, under the cacophony of the classmates, he discovered the careful admiration of the temporary classmates. The fifth grade Taeko naturally saw this classmate and couldn't raise his head, as if liking was a shameful thing. After the school baseball game, Running home quickly, I met this classmate on the corner of the street. He asked: sunny and cloudy, which one do you prefer? "Cloudy day..." "Me too..." A short dialogue is a memory that I remembered at night more than ten years later, and I can still laugh happily.
I often think about fate. When people are young, if they yearn for something, it may be a certain kind of destination. Taeko's home is in Tokyo, and her elderly grandmother lives with her parents. She has no house in the countryside. Every summer vacation, my classmates go to the countryside to visit their grandparents, but Taeko has no such opportunity. When she got older, her sister married her husband's family in the countryside, so she had a country life that was precious to her. After reaching her goal, Junxiong, who was two years old, came to pick her up. In the countryside, Taeko enjoys life here. Tomatoes dripping with dew, large safflowers, endless fields, quiet mornings, circling roads.
And Junxiong, who is the same age, gets along very well, sharing every bit of childhood together. Before leaving, Junxiong's grandma proposed to let Taeko and Junxiong marry. The hesitant Taeko got into the car and met his childhood self. Maybe he understood the life he wanted. Taeko got off the car with his childhood self and went to Junxiong and the rural life he had always liked.
This movie seems to be about my childhood. I can't remember the reasons why I couldn't remember the only time my father scolded me for the math I didn't do well, the food I threw away secretly. The compositions written are often praised, and on June 1st, he will be a small host. When Taeko got off the car to find Toshio, I thought silently in my heart: I really give up my life in Tokyo and stay here... The beauty of the movie is to paint every life with wonderful colors. However, a few days after I watched the movie, a gecko appeared at home, and I was suddenly scared. When I was washing my face, I remembered that when I was a child, there were often geckos crawling at home, swallow nests were placed on the balcony, and fields were behind the house, but I was never afraid, and when I thought about this movie, I felt relieved. Taeko likes the life in the country, the fresh air, the cold well water, and the crops he grows. I adapt to life in the city and like convenient transportation, resources for watching performances, and complete facilities. We all go through the same life, but in different directions. This is probably the interesting thing about people in the world.
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