The person Chiyoko is looking for here can also be understood as love, and it can also be understood as an ethereal spiritual world. It is an indestructible belief and belief. She is chasing a painter, and there are very few frontal shots of him in the film, almost all of which are cold backs, which also indicates that he is someone Chiyoko will never be able to chase after. The fourteenth moon he described to Chiyoko, the snow in his hometown, and the starry sky are all extremely romantic but nihilistic beauty. Just as under the cruel reality, our ideals are like the moon in the water and the flowers in the mirror.
Those metaphors:
Those strange and magical transitions in the movie are a metaphor for life, which makes us feel that what we see in the movie is like a movie played by Chiyoko, and suddenly it becomes her real life. Life is like these transitions, unexpected. Like a dream, like a fantasy, like a play, true and false, false and disillusioned.
That key and that movie poster she had taken—they were there throughout the movie, even after being lost countless times. It also symbolizes Chiyoko's belief as firm as the key and the words on the poster: "One day, it will be".
That old woman - a witch-like existence, symbolizing the arrangement of fate, and like another old Chiyoko who will regret. She was always absent-minded and gushing to remind her that her pursuit was actually a futile act, and she could never resist the arrangement of fate, persuading her to give up as soon as possible.
Genya - an important character, a person who favors and admires Chiyoko. He shuttled through Chiyoko's virtual and real life, but staged countless scenes of saving Chiyoko at the last minute. From the perspective of love, he is a warm man and two men. From the perspective of life, he is the one who has helped us in the process of chasing our ideals and done real things for us.
Miss Yongzi——If Yuan is also a nobleman of Chiyoko, then Yongzi must be a villain. It is also a stumbling block for us to achieve our ideals. In fact, what resonates with me in this movie is that the characters in it are too vivid and realistic. You or me, each of us is one of the characters. And every character we see here is bound to find someone similar in real life.
Metaphors of the atmosphere: wars, barren winters, dilapidation and decay, earthquakes, train accidents, sudden collapses and explosions, desolate desperation... Most of these large environments throughout the film reflect the difficulty of Chiyoko's pursuit of the road. The thousands of obstacles she encountered in the process of chasing are also obstacles that every person who pursues ideals will encounter in the real world. There was only one scene that was beautiful, after Chiyoko met that person again. She saw hope, she strengthened her belief, and the chase in that segment was also the happiest chase in the whole film. The world she lives in has no wars, cherry blossoms, kimonos, carriages, everything is so beautiful.
The self-promotion of the pursuit road: Chiyoko, as an actress in the movie, plays a role that has also improved step by step, a wandering lady, a geisha, a ninja, a war criminal, an ordinary wife, a teacher... and finally became a scientist. This shows that in the process of chasing ideals, overcoming all kinds of difficulties, we will become a better version of ourselves.
More important: After realizing the emptiness of life, you still like to chase the ideal of yourself. In fact, Chiyoko knew for a long time that the person had disappeared, the key was lost, the poster was in ashes, and even she had forgotten what he looked like, and she could not escape her fate after all. However, she still pursues persistently, because what she likes is the self who is desperately chasing. The film illustrates the emptiness of life, the cruelty of reality, and even shows us that sometimes what we try so hard to chase is actually a void. And there are many people around us who really care about us. Even if they are ordinary, they are sincere and worth paying attention to. However, even if it is in vain, even if the bamboo basket is empty, and you meet countless villains or noble people, you should not stop chasing your ideals. As long as you like yourself who is chasing ideals and working hard for them.
It is really a very good movie. Like many Japanese writers, Jin Min is also good at depicting the lightness of life and the emptiness of life.
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