Today is the coldest day since the beginning of winter in Nanjing. I stayed in the unit's dormitory in the afternoon and finished watching this heartwarming but sad "Never Stop Walking".
The plot of the story is not complicated, and the time span is only a short day. The children go home and gather with their elderly parents to worship the elder brother who died to save the drowning children. But beneath the festive veneer of big family gatherings hides all kinds of conflicts. Except for Qiannami's husband and two children, everyone has a stalk that cannot be removed. Father Gongping hoped that his second son would inherit his career as a doctor, but many of them left home in a fit of anger, and they naturally felt uncomfortable when they met. For Liangping's wife, she brought a child to marry Liangping. This time, she is somewhat helpless to return to her parents' home. Will the parents-in-law treat this child as their own? As for the eldest sister, Chinami, she has always wanted her parents to tear down the clinic so that she and her husband and children can live next to her parents, but her father, who regards the career of a doctor as his life, may not agree. In the end, it was the mother-in-law. Now it was her son's death anniversary. Her own child's death once again made her heartache. What she needed was the punishment for the rescued boy. It can be said that it is the entanglement between these characters that takes this film to a higher level.
Apart from that, the film is extremely realistic in portraying the characters. In such a short day, starting from everyone's words, actions, and expressions, the characters come alive. Although Gong Ping had a bad temper, he ran out as soon as he smelled the aroma of fried corn, very like a child, and at first he was disgusted with the son-in-law who brought the child to marry into his family, but he gave this child who was not his own. Pocket money to encourage children to become doctors. Although the second son Ryohei was unemployed and bored with his parents, he also gave his mother pocket money and put on the pajamas that his mother bought for him. As for the mother, she was not satisfied with her daughter-in-law bringing her children into marriage, but she gave her a kimono. When asking her daughter-in-law to give birth to a second child, she even said for the first time that she should consider the current child's mood, and finally sent them off at the station. Very enthusiastic at times. There are various indications that man is really a contradictory animal.
After watching "Tokyo Story" and watching this movie, I admire Japanese movies so delicately and profoundly depicting families. Every character can find their own place in it, and they are shown in front of us with flesh and blood. For a nation that pays attention to traditional filial piety, the stories that happen at home are not always so satisfying, but they carry a warmth and warmth.
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