The 27-year-old Taeko, like most girls her age, graduated from college and has an ordinary job in an office in a high-rise building in a big city. The income may be good, and the life is relatively comfortable, which should be the kind of stability that many people yearn for. A short-term 10-day holiday trip made Taeko recall many, many past events from her childhood, which changed her life choices and direction in the future.
Maybe I have always had some kind of reluctance towards my childhood self, and my fifth grade self has been living in my heart for many years. As the days of vacationing in the countryside drew nearer, the childhood self sneaked out, bringing back Taeko's memories of the past.
When I was a child, I was not stupid, but because of my stubbornness, I ate a pineapple that the whole family felt bitter. I knew that I could correctly divide those fractions according to the teacher's instructions, but it was because I was stubborn that I couldn't understand it. thinking, and ultimately failed the test. Several children in the family often quarrel with their sister because of some unspeakable competitiveness. Because I always feel neglected, the occasional willfulness will also attract a beating from my father. Although he was aggrieved, he did not leave any regrets. These plots, familiar scenes, all seem to be shadows of myself. Once upon a time, I did the same thing as Taeko.
Because of the jokes between classmates, when I meet a boy I like, I am nervous and don't know what to say. "Cloudy day or sunny day, which one do you prefer?" The childish dialogue really outlined the ignorant emotions of the youth at that time. Many people are moved by this line, not because everyone has the same experience, but because there are too many similarities in this emotion. Because I don't know what to say, and I can't express it directly, this multiple-choice question is just looking for the common ground between myself and the other party, or trying to understand the other party more. That kind of happy mood and so-called happiness because of the conversation will stay in my heart for a long time and will not be forgotten. Even after many years, I can't remember what the person who once had a good impression looked like.
Of course, there are still some things that I have always doubted in my memory. For example, Taeko has never been able to understand why the boy who transferred from the school has always hated him and is against him everywhere. Although looking back, I feel a little naive, but this is also a knot in my heart that I have been unable to open. When she arrived in the country, Junxiong, the boy who came to greet her, helped her solve the puzzle after listening to her memories. Maybe this is fate. The appearance of people who can listen to their rambling memories and solve them in their own way must not be accidental. Sure enough, at the end of the film, Junxiong will become Taeko's future life partner.
At the age of 27, he had never been in a relationship. When Junxiong asked him why, Taeko said, "No, there is no reason." Maybe people who had difficulties in dividing fractions at that time were happy later. I don't know why, but when I saw this, I was very touched. For a moment, I felt like Taeko, maybe because of some kind of stubbornness. Sometimes people who have a certain kind of stubbornness about life try to figure out what kind of life they want to pursue. Bits and pieces of memories will often come to mind, as if searching for an answer. I think Taeko has also thought about what kind of people he will meet in the future and what kind of life he will lead. Is this really what you want?
Obviously, she is lucky, because of this short-term vacation, the fifth-grade self tells her what kind of life she wants and what kind of person is suitable for her in her memories. Childhood led her step by step towards happiness. At the end of the film, Taeko took the shuttle back, accepted the invitation and proposal of Junxiong's grandmother, and stayed in the countryside. Let go of the hustle and bustle of the city and enter another stage of life. When the music sounded, watching the memories of Taeko as a child, holding the adult Taeko's hand and taking her back, there were also those childhood friends who had always existed in the memories waving goodbye to her. I think that at that moment, Taeko should let go of all the past that can't be let go, and move towards the happiness of life happily and happily.
Ordinary movies, trivial life, memories of childhood youth. I think that we will all be the same. One day, the childhood self will put a pair of wings on itself through memories and fly to the next station of happiness in life.
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