summer sounds

Thaddeus 2022-04-20 09:02:12

When it comes to summer, what sound comes to your mind?
I can think of: the squeaking of leaves, the cries of cicadas, the sound of ocean waves, the slamming of wine bottles, the sound of flip-flops, the sound of yawns, the sound of tickling, the sound of rain hitting bananas, laughter, The sound of mahjong in the open air, the sound of the air conditioner...
And "Kiujiro's Summer" made me hear the summer that Hisaishi understands, the wind chimes of summer that I almost forgot, and the sound of summer that I heard when I was a child, cheerful and indifferent. concern.

When I was a child, I loved the sound of the music box and the wind
ringtone, but I haven't heard such a sound for a long time. It seems that it has become a sound fragment in my memory as I grow up. At the beginning of the movie, I heard a long absence. The wind ringtone was suddenly very happy. I didn't expect that the wind ringtone in the back also brought happiness to Xiao Zhengnan.

The sound of the waves
watching Kijiro walk along the beach with Masahiro, listening to the sound of the waves, thinking of the sea in Dalian at night, full of young voices, laughter and chasing. I also thought of the seaside barbecue in a certain year, two children who lived on the beach and played on a swing, chatted with them, I served them kebabs with my own hands, and the little hairpin given to me by the little girl, and I ate it with the little boy The big bunch of sunflowers that I ran out of the house after dinner and gave me... When I left, the children told me: Sister, come to see us every weekend~ Unfortunately, that summer and the following summers, I didn't do it again. I went to see the two children, and I never went to see the swing we played together... After watching this movie, I could imagine that the child pouted and said, "Sister, your words don't count, and then you act like a man." He bowed his head and said nothing...

The adult child's voice
Hisaishi brought his childishness into this summer's music. When we play with children, there will be a period of time when people forget all the troubles of adults, and let people laugh as innocently as children. The adult world is not so simple and imaginative, and it is bound by a certain frame that cannot be escaped. But looking at the face of the child, the world of the child, maybe we can learn something from the child and get it back. Keep a child's heart and be a happy adult.


I really love
the small paintings drawn by Takeshi Kitano at the beginning of the film, which are very warm and comfortable.
Zheng Nan's honest little face and bowed head make him want to laugh when he sees him, cute child.
Kikujiro is a strange kaoji-san, with twitching cheeks, a hard mouth and a soft heart, a kind personality, and a rich imagination. What he said to Zheng Nan: Uncle fell down; this is an angel's wind chime, as long as you shake it... the address is right, but your mother doesn't live there anymore, that's not Zheng Nan's mother; next year my uncle will take you again go to mom. It makes people feel warm and touching
, Octopus and Fatty, how can they be so polite, the weak heart under the rogue appearance, huh, he really sacrificed a lot for the happiness of children.
Xiao Zhengnan's blue schoolbag with small wings also has this happy, sad and happy expression. I remember when I first went to college, I went to the beach with my friends, and I also got a pair of small wings...

After reading "Kijiro's Summer", let's go When I entered the living room, I saw my mother sleeping on the sofa. The window of the living room was open and the sun was shining in. This summer is coming soon.



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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.