old rogue summer

Dawn 2022-04-20 09:02:12

This is a story of a slow-paced summer. Maybe the world is so unhurried in the eyes of children. Hisaishi's music, and Takeshi Kitano, allow many adults to enjoy a quiet time, slowly Savor this story about childhood, about an old rascal.

There is a very touching scene in the film. When Kikujiro and Zhengnan called for a bus at the abandoned bus station on the roadside for a few days without success, on a quiet summer night, Zhengnan was sleeping on Kikujiro's lap. Pure, there may be doubts, surprises, but more of a sudden recognition and consensus. He suddenly sighed, "So this kid is the same as me." The kid sleeping on his lap had a childhood similar to his own.

Kikujiro is a gangster and can even be said to be an old gangster who is still majestic. At the beginning of the film, his wife warned the young and dangerous on the roadside not to learn badly, otherwise he will become a big gangster like Kijiro. But every old hooligan has his own story, why study bad and do nothing? Kikujiro desperately defends his mother's image in front of his wife, is he angry? Still afraid?

As long as you understand the sigh he made when he was sleeping in Zhengnan that summer night, or the complicated look he gave his mother through the glass in the nursing home, Kijiro, this arrogant old gangster, just like Zhengnan who was struggling to find his mother, has a piece of The same scars, the people who should love them the most in the world, abandoned them early, and made them look for, fear, disappoint, and escape, but Kijiro became a rogue, and Zhengnan met Kikujiro.

Therefore, in this hot, boring and ordinary summer, the old hooligan gave Zhengnan a string of angel bells, and played a childhood game with a group of older children who also had nothing to do. Kijiro was weaving a dream for Zhengnan in his childhood. The ordinary summer vacation gave this child with a deep wound in his heart a story, a summer full of family affection, and a fatherly love.

The old hooligan's love was also given to his mother, the woman who abandoned him and owed her many years ago, now she can only die alone in a nursing home, so Kijiro gave Kijiro the string of bells, I hope he doesn't blame his mother, maybe, he also gives He picked up his own set of bells and made him believe that he must also learn to be tolerant and forgiving.

The old hooligan's love was given to him even more. He might have prevented a child from walking into his past, and he also allowed himself to go back to that sad past, re-examine it, and then, like Zheng Nan, raised his head and ran happily again.

It's been a fun summer for an old hooligan.

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Kikujiro quotes

  • Masao: By the way, Mister, what is your name?

    Kikujiro: It's Kikujiro, dammit.

  • [after trying out several unkind methods to get a ride with someone, Masao and Kikujiro finally succeeds]

    Masao: You see? Asking politely is easier.

    Kikujiro: [chuckles] Shut up, smart-ass.