the irreversible things

Benedict 2022-04-24 07:01:22

Watching too many Japanese movies has a feeling. You have to find the entrance of that emotion, in order to slowly penetrate into it and see it clearly.


The music is the best of Gontiti, I actually wanted to watch the movie itself just for the OST.
It is Hirokazu-eda's picture is very clean. Abe Hiroshi's performance is very calm.
The long silent stone stairs.
A yellow cabbage butterfly flying in the green shade of midsummer.
The children tiptoed to pick flowers from the branches in the bright sunshine.
The chirping of cicadas in the afternoon and the constantly rotating electric fans accompany the long hot summer.
Take a long sleep on the tatami. Sweat poured out of his forehead.

Looking at these scenes in this season, I feel so far away. And inevitably miss.
It is suitable for one person to watch, with a calm and unflappable mood, with a warm heart for family and relatives.
It's really a story in which nothing happened, just like the most simple and bland everyday life.
I didn't understand why it was named "歩いても歩いても" before?
What needs to be seen and realized slowly at the end is, "Why do you always take a beat when you keep walking on the road of life?"

On the anniversary of his brother's death, many brought a family of three back to their hometown to meet their relatives for a short time.
The next day, the old parents said goodbye to them, watching the car go away, and the two old people walked home with hobbled steps.
- "The next time you come will be the New Year." The old man was thinking about it.
- "We don't have to go in the New Year, once a year is enough." At the same time, the son in the car said so.
Three years later, my father died. A lot of regrets did not end up playing football with my father.
Soon, the mother also followed the father to leave. Many regretted that she was not allowed to take her own private car in the end.

Are we always like this when we are young, and sayings like "Just now" and "Let's find time" become a habit of mouth.
Forget it after saying it. I thought there was always plenty of time to make up for these omissions.
But until one day, they all become irreparable regrets.
When we were caught off guard.

Be sensible earlier, appreciate their intentions earlier, and cherish the time with them earlier.
Do what I can for them earlier.
There are many regrets in life, try not to choose the most irreversible one.
I didn't want to, but at the end I found myself still a beat slower.

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Still Walking quotes

  • Yukari Yokoyama: Even when they die, people don't really go away. Your father's here, right inside you.

  • Kyohei Yokoyama: That useless piece of trash. Why'd my son have to save him? There were plenty of others.

    Ryota Yokoyama: Please don't call him useless and trash in front of the kids.