Indifferent to a desperate world

Ofelia 2022-01-14 08:01:35

The film runs through the story with Ming's actions as the main line. He has mastered basic life skills such as shopping, cooking, paying bills, and dealing with people. And has its own code of ethics. He manages the family and takes care of his younger siblings. He has a vision for the future, he wants to go to school, he wants to play baseball. The mother's departure, followed by financial struggling to make ends meet, is more of facing the fear and confusion of the world alone. The world is so big and so strange. Those faces, eyes, roads, buildings... He started looking for friends, but his friends depend on money. The pleasure of the game is not an obvious need, what he needs is the identity of his peers. His unwillingness to steal made him lose his friend, and the dirty and smelly environment also couldn't keep his indifferent friendship. And a girl who ran away from school and family became Ming's new friend. She found beautiful things in this closed world, the vigorous plants, the weak sister, the naughty brother, the gentle and kind sister, and the silent burdened Ming. She wants to help this unsustainable island, which may be a holy place for the soul. She chose to sell laughter and sing to make money to Ming Ming, but Ming refused her money. This is a long shot of running, running brightly in the feasting night market. All the sounds in the slow motion picture have disappeared, and all that is left is the sound of wind and the sound of monotonous running slippers. We seemed to feel the extreme exhaustion and extreme sadness in Ming's heart from the clicking sound. Ming saw her mother's shadow in the girl, and saw all the shadows of the weak who were struggling to survive in the world and were madly ravaged by the world. This is the unknown side of this glamorous and happy world, the dark and painful real side. Mother's world, girl's world, Ming's world, these three worlds are the world supported by the weak, the world surrounded by the strong, and the world is indifferent to despair.

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  • Keiko, the mother: Now that we've moved into a new home, I'm gonna explain the rules to you, one more time. Let's promise to keep 'em, okay?

    Yuki: Okay. How many are there?

    Keiko, the mother: Okay, first of all: No loud voices or screaming. Can you do that?

    Yuki: I can.

    Keiko, the mother: Okay, next: No going outside.

    Yuki: Okay.

    Keiko, the mother: Can you do that? No even out on the veranda.

    Yuki: Okay, Mommy.

    Keiko, the mother: "Okay, Mommy." Can you keep that promise?

    Yuki: Sure!

    Keiko, the mother: Can you do it, little Shige-runt?

    Shigeru: MEEEEEW!

    Keiko, the mother: You gotta promise hardest, huh? Right? Absolutely no going outside. Can you do that? Bet you can-can.

  • Pachinko Parlor Employee: Shit. I'm 10 yen short. Lend me 10 yen.

    Akira Fukushima: Ten yen?

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: No big deal, huh? Lend me. What the hell is with that big wallet? What the hell is this?

    Akira Fukushima: It's a hand-me-down from Mom.

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: From who?

    Akira Fukushima: From Mom.

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: You moved, right? Roomy, huh? Any pubic hair comin', yet?

    Akira Fukushima: No...

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: Bullshit. I got mine in fifth grade.

    Akira Fukushima: No way.

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: No bullshit.

    Akira Fukushima: Well...

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: What the heck are you smiling about, huh?

    Akira Fukushima: Well, It's just that single mother's gine, well... there's no money...

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: Whoa. I don't have any money. What've you got left?

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: About 10,000 yen.

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: Oh, that's enogh, huh? You know, I'm in a hell of a jam. My stupid girlfriend, you know, she totally maxed out my credit cards. I'm badly off. I'm working my ass off, slowly paying it down, man. Uh, this is all I've got on me. This is it, the last time, huh?

    Akira Fukushima: Thanks, thank you.

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: Okay. I'm outta here.

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: By the way, Yuki ain't my kid. Every time I did with your mom, I used a prophylactic, huh? Good bye.

    Akira Fukushima: See ya.

    Pachinko Parlor Employee: Bye-bye.

    Akira Fukushima: Thanks for this.