Every time I watch a film by Hirokazu Kore-eda, no, I don't have to watch it. After watching more than half of it, I can't help but have a lot of words.
"I previously....."
"I've seen..."
"I want to say..."
His videos are like the gentle fingers of a fairy, just point between the eyebrows and you can enter a quiet space without noise. Thinking of the things I have experienced, the emotions I have had, and being comforted, I want to say thank you.
I am reminded of a Japanese manga, "Baseball Hero". Kazuya Uesugi, an excellent, perfect kid with baseball talent, wanted to enter Koshien with his childhood sweetheart, Konan. But that sad summer, the sun was dazzling, and He also said softly, "I went to school", and never came back.
At the time, I was very puzzled, and I didn't know why I described that day and the scene of going to school in such detail. I still remember it today more than ten years later. Sunshine, leaves, and Kazuya disappeared into the light and shadow after saying that, as did his twin brother Uesugi Tatsuya in the play, watching this scene a little stunned. I didn't expect the screenwriter to be so cruel, and let He also stay in this episode forever. This is only 1% of the progress, so let the male lead (I think) go offline? Is it so cruel?
The reason why the animation of "Baseball Hero" is a classic, one is the shocking change of the classic in this 1%, and the other is the 99% of the plot behind it. Now it seems that the plot behind it is called "walking non-stop".
It was Hirokazu-eda's "walking non-stop" that pulled the time to ten years after the darkest moment. Those heart-piercing cries and despair were hidden, and those bits and pieces can be seen in the many blank spaces in the film. In the long family life, in addition to the darkest moments, there are many cracks, troubles, and estrangements. There is no one-size-fits-all solution, and no one is always positive and affectionate.
Sigh softly.
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