But the movie was really good. After watching for a while and searching for relevant information, it turned out that it was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. wow.
There are a total of four stories - this is a bit like World's Wonderful Story, but the plot unfolds much slower, giving people a lot of room for reverie, and unlike World's Wonderful Story, the plot unfolds in a hurry, which is unexpected and deliberate.
1. The first story is "Black Hair".
Kyoto. Dilapidated mansion, overgrown with weeds. The samurai said goodbye to his wife and went to seek his future. The weak woman who was roughly pushed away, when she looked up, the man was nowhere to be seen.
A man married a daughter of a famous family, was appreciated for his superb martial arts skills, received an official service, and put on a fancy dress, but he became more and more indifferent to his wife. His wife resented him and said: Are you still thinking about the past?
...Of course. As early as when he had just remarried and bought cloth with his wife, he kept thinking of the woman from the past. In my imagination, I walked through the rotten corridor, entered the inner room, and saw a woman weaving cloth; in my imagination, I passed through the light yarn drying in the backyard, and saw a woman washing the yarn by the stream. Even when showing martial arts to the people above, the sound of weaving was always in his ears and in his heart.
Finally, his term expired and he returned to Kyoto. No matter how deep the night is, rush directly into the old home.
The weeds seemed to be deeper, almost as tall as one person. Going around the promenade - ah, I have been rich for too long, and I have forgotten that many wooden boards have been decayed, and as soon as people step on them, they will collapse.
After repeatedly stepping on the floor, but not changing his urgency, he finally came to the inner room and saw the old man still weaving under the lamp. There were tears in an instant.
I repented to the woman and said bitterly that I was wrong, but the woman said, I am very happy that you have come all the way. Even if only for a short while.
The man said, why not say it for a lifetime? As long as you want, you will stay together forever.
That night, the two complained about their divorce.
Early the next morning, the man was awakened by the sunlight leaking from the roof. Looking around, the woman seemed to be still asleep. He lifted the quilt and screamed loudly, making a ho ho sound.
Under the quilt, is a decayed corpse. In a blink of an eye, it turned into the black hair of his deeply loved wife.
He ran around and fled to the courtyard, but he couldn't escape the black hair, and he couldn't escape the fate of being entangled by black hair.
When I read this story, I kept thinking, when will the resentment of the woman appear (forgot to read the title is black hair before). The cloth that his new wife bought? Or insanity while demonstrating martial arts?
The man finally returned to the capital to meet the woman, and the woman was still gentle and considerate, with no resentment at all, so much so that it made people puzzled-maybe it was just after dawn that the man knew the truth of the woman's death?
But men are not so lucky.
Perhaps this was destined to happen as early as he stepped into the old house.
Maybe because of what he said about being together for a lifetime.
The resentment of the abandoned woman.
A lot of neon stories seem to be like this. For example, "Iron Circle" in Onmyoji.
Be patient before. Even if the other person's heart is gone, he will try his best to restore it, and he will treat that person with kindness when he is abandoned. However, he showed no mercy when he showed resentment.
Before the man died, would he regret going to that mansion?
However, if he doesn't go, the matter of women will always be rooted in his heart, and it will be difficult to get rid of it in his life.
Reckless when doing things. When I make a mistake, I always have a glimmer of hope, hoping that it can be salvaged.
It's just that things are changing, time is ruthless, how can there be so many opportunities for redemption?
2. Snow Maiden
The second story is Snow Maiden.
The scenery in this story is beautifully shot. Especially the snow scene. The first shot is snow. The wind was howling, wrapped in snow, the ground was already white, and the tree trunks on both sides of the mountain road were also covered with a layer of white. There is only wind and snow between heaven and earth, and an eye at the end of the sky.
And Skyrim's eyes—sometimes red lips, sometimes sunset glows—represented about Snow Maiden's heart.
The young man and the old man went up the mountain to chop wood together, but were trapped by the wind and snow, so they took refuge in an unmanned hut.
At night, the young man woke up suddenly, only to see a woman in white standing in front of the old man, blowing out a breath of white mist, the old man stiffened and froze.
The woman approached him, looked at him, and said, I can't kill you, you are too young, and you are a beautiful boy. But if you tell anyone, even your mother, what you saw tonight, I'll kill you.
After that, the woman got up, the door opened by itself, and the snow outside suddenly became much quieter.
The woman stepped out, and the door closed behind her. After a while, it slammed open again, and the strong wind rushed in with snowflakes.
The young man came home with a serious illness.
The next year, he met a helpless woman when he was chopping wood to go home, and he took her in.
Time goes by. He and Axue had three children. The life of the villagers was poor and difficult. Many women gradually lost their youth. Only A Xue looked the same as before.
At night, coax the child to sleep. Men knit straw shoes, women sew clothes.
The man has compiled it, and the woman is asked to try it.
There are four pairs of shoes on the floor, women's and three children's. Different sizes.
The woman tried it, and it fit perfectly, and said happily that the shoelaces were woven with red cords, which were very beautiful. The family wore new straw sandals for the New Year.
The man picked up the warm soup and said with a smile that he couldn't buy you beautiful clothes, at least he had to make you a pair of beautiful straw sandals.
Got new shoes and clothes. The kids will have a great year. The woman bowed her head and began to sew seriously again.
The man looked at the woman's face and suddenly remembered what happened many years ago.
Unconsciously, it came out.
The woman turned to him sideways and said in a low voice that it was not a dream. That person is me.
The difference from the spoiler is that the snow girl took care of her children and did not kill her husband, but just changed back to her original appearance and ran to the deep mountains alone.
The story is actually quite simple. But it is very detailed.
When her husband mentioned things from many years ago, Xue Nv stiffened and asked: What happened that night?
In my heart, I hope that the other party will not mention it. Even though he knew there was little hope, he still spoke with difficulty, as if he was about to hear the judgment.
But he still said it.
Maybe it's too relaxed, maybe it's because I don't want to hide something from the people closest to me.
Speaking of the beauty of Snow Maiden. Speaking of the horror of Snow Maiden.
How do you feel when you hear the other person say that?
betrayed. Happiness shattered. Just in the blink of an eye.
Because it's snow, pure and unsullied snow, that's why it's so decisive.
The last thing I saw was the man's contrite face. There are also a few straw sandals of different sizes, woven with extraordinary care. The women's shoelaces are wrapped with red tapes, and the children's are blue tapes.
I have been thinking, will the straw sandals in the snow suddenly disappear and be taken by the snow girl?
The wind has been whistling, wrapped in chaotic snowflakes, and gradually buried the shoes.
This story is a little sad.
Unlike Chinese myths or monster stories, a married woman, whether it is a weaver girl or a snail girl, can bring her husband a prosperous life.
The snow girl and the man lived a hard life, living in a fragile thatched hut, they couldn't even afford decent clothes, but they were extremely happy and warm.
However, because of a momentary inadvertence, I said something that I couldn't say, so everything collapsed in an instant and could never be recovered.
I can understand the feeling of not being betrayed, but I regret this ending.
If not so resolute...
But, how to deal with the issue of betrayal?
Perhaps the best way is to stop it before it is about to happen.
Just like in the film, when the man is about to speak, he changes the subject and asks him to stop talking.
Although there is a suspicion of self-deception, it is always better than irreparable, broken family.
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