This film shows the rebuilding of an unemployed family in Japan under economic depression, political incompetence, and social repression. The first half of the story focuses on "unemployment", which is a good demonstration of how a traditional family collapsed from "patriarchy" The collapse began to collapse. Regarding the patriarchal structure, I think the first is social, and it is the economic and political downturn of the family that exposes the decline of "social patriarchy", which is linked to the collapse of the family. The inner dilemma of the individual and this predicament awakens an inherent desire for "self-destruction". The mother's escape, the son's crime, and the father's suicide, but this "self-destruction" is actually a "self-defense" because of this "Self-destruction" must require the assistance of others. If there is no robber, perhaps the mother will never dare to escape; if there is no friend, the son will not commit a crime; if the lie is not exposed, the father will not commit suicide. A temptation of the symbolic order - "If I violate you, will I really face death?" People always use this symbolic self-destruction to explore their true inner desires. Mother looked at the sea, and finally returned to home; the son was released and walked home; the father patted the dust, got up and walked back Although the "family" has been torn apart, everyone lives this "self-destructing" night, like a dream, it seems that there is nothing It happened, but it happened subtly. My parents were as always, my son picked up the piano again. In the moonlight, everyone reconciled with themselves. Maybe here, many people have seen the strength of people, but I feel the sadness of people, although people from despair "Alive", but only biologically alive, but it is a real "zombie" in society. Unemployment has not changed, people's fate is still at the mercy of society, and everyone is trying their best to find a new life. Meaning I survived this time, can I survive next time?
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