Disappeared

Sedrick 2022-04-22 07:01:46

I still remember the first time I saw this film late at night, and I cried so hard.
Seeing the tanukis give people the last glimpse of their illusions.
Then, the tree broke through the cement surface and reappeared on the earth, the birds flew in the blue sky, the green earth, the familiar countryside, the leisurely people, seeing them when they were young... I don't know why I cried a lot.
This may really be the last time that humans can see this last illusion.
Now, we can't go back to the world where the grass grows and the kites fly.
I still remember playing with bare feet in the big grass as a child, swinging on the vines, jumping off the river and swimming. There is nothing now, the funny thing is that we are taking the whole family to what kind of farm, and go there to enjoy the farmland.
At the end of the film, it said: There are many people who say that the tanuki or the fox will be invisible, and now they seem to have disappeared by themselves. If even we do disappear invisibly, what about other animals? Like rabbits and weasels, what about them? Are they gone too? Who knows.

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Pom Poko quotes

  • Narrator: A few tanuki went into real estate and got rich, selling forests to developers. They're no different from the humans.

  • Narrator: Some raccoons sold real estate, and, unable to resist the money they could make, promoted leveling even more forests.

    [Seizaemon, in human form, is shown on the phone]

    Seizaemon: I've got a prime piece of forest just waiting to be developed!