Another film by Hirokazu Kore-eda, the more you watch a director's films, the more you can feel the director's good intentions and his unique directing style.
"Seaside Diary" tells the life-like story of four girls living together in a bedroom-like home. The film still continues the style of Japanese life-style movies. It seems dull and depressing, but it is ingeniously designed and deeply integrated into people's daily life situations. During the two-hour viewing process, we once again experienced the bits and pieces of life and the unique charm of Japanese life streaming movies.
The arrangement of the characters in the film is not to make things clear, but step by step, and the appearance of each character guides the continuation of life. The appearance of the doctor, Er Xing, and the mother all changed the lives of the four girls. In the film, the image of the father has always been blurred, but following the words of the four daughters and friends before his death, we can know that he has many friends and has paid a lot for others, but his dedication to the family is pitiful, It seems that there are only four daughters and one son, and the daughters have different attitudes towards their fathers.
The four daughters in the film are also full of personalities. The eldest sister is simple and calm, taking care of her younger sister and handling housework like a real parent. The second sister has a straightforward temperament, and she has suffered a lot of setbacks because of her flamboyant personality. Sanmei has the deepest influence on people because of her sloppy aesthetics, but she behaves erratically, is obedient and sensible, and gets along well and comfortably with her sisters. The fourth sister is the most half-child, living with the three older sisters. It is not as awkward as imagined, but presents a more comfortable life rhythm and living state. The four protagonists are like university dormitories, talking and laughing, suffering and trouble. For them, each other is the best gift their father left in this world. But the fourth sister was somewhat uncomfortable when she began to integrate into the family. After the biological mother of the three came back to attend the funeral, when the family and the eldest sister began to argue, Reiko in the picture always gave her at a loss from different angles. Not only that, at the beginning of the film, when the three of them thanked Reiko, Reiko, as the only non-virtuous character, controls the rhythm changes of the whole picture. When she makes changes, the three talents begin to become clear. From then on, Reiko is the family member. An indispensable member, integrated into the lives of all. This also includes fitting into the collective life of her friends.
Someone said that the best way to make good friends quickly is to join a club. Reiko came to Kamakura as a transfer student to meet Futa and all the friends of the football team. The performance of a group of children full of energy and emotion in the film is enviable. The most touching thing is that the two of them ride bicycles on the wonderful cherry blossom avenue. The cherry blossoms are blooming just right, as if the two most beautiful years met. favorite person. In addition, there are many small details in the film, for example, the collar is wearing new clothes, and the wind is too shallow to say "this dress suits you very well". The euphemistic expression also happens to be in line with the euphemistic expression of admiration in Japanese society, which is really teachable.
It is one of Hirokazu Kore-eda's film traces. The appearance of fireworks in his films is also a typical label. As a beautiful thing, fireworks are fascinated, and at the same time, their properties are also sympathetic, fleeting, and there is no extra moment to stay. In the film "The Family of Thieves", the "family" is lying on the narrow window watching the fireworks, but the lens gives more the joy of the "family", but it is extremely stingy about the performance of the beautiful fireworks. In "Seaside Diary", there is a similar scene. The four sisters lie by the window and look at the plum tree in the yard, but the director did not express it too much, but gave them more pictures, because they were full of expectations. The existence of this tree has its own meaning.
In fact, the use of fireworks in the two films is very exciting. It represents the family's attitude towards life. In real life, the time of happiness is always short. What really occupies the main body is the ups and downs of life. Just like in "Haijie Diary", the plum wine made by the elder sister Xiangtian is strong and sour, while the plum wine made by the unborn Reiko is light and sweet. There is no need to say more about the meaning. In addition, the group's play by the sea also seems to have become one of the director's indispensable movie elements. This ritualistic activity reflects the intimacy and harmony of the family.
In Hirokazu Kore-eda's films, the essential theme is the deconstruction of the family structure. The identities of the four sisters are half-sisters, the eldest sister is in close contact with the married man, and the father cheats on others. Much of the film's plot is a deep analysis of the family structure. In the home where the four sisters live, there is no male existence, and the eldest sister plays multiple roles, both as an elder sister and as a parent, and she manages and maintains everything, so this is a seemingly happy family, but it is not perfect. . The eldest sister is in close contact with the male doctor, but as a married man, facing his wife who is about to die, he does not choose to take care of him, but chooses his future life. This is a very distressing story in China, but in Japan it doesn't seem abrupt. Maybe the director did it deliberately, and there is not too much judgment on right or wrong.
At the end of the film, looking at the black backs of the four sisters walking on the beach, I really hope they are real, live, and live together forever. I really don't want them to be scattered and leave the old house, the courtyard and the plum tree. The changes in the family are indeed sad, so sometimes I really don't want to face the changes. I really hope that they can stand in the same place like the plum tree and move through the four seasons.
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