The life of a humble family

Elaina 2022-04-11 08:01:01

I recently started practicing the Sonata, and the poster attracted me. It's past ten o'clock at night. I thought it was a romantic journey of music growth. After watching it, I thought about it. This is the mental journey of ordinary people in Tokyo. As an ordinary employee of the company at the age of 46, the father was laid off by the company without any accident; the eldest son was not yet an adult and felt endless confusion about the long life; the demure and gentle mother silently took care of the seemingly warm home like an invisible person, the younger son Still in elementary school, but with adult decisions, forbearance and sinking. The father sternly rejected his idea of ​​learning the piano, thinking that it was just the child's enthusiasm for three minutes. Without telling the parents, the younger son silently paid for the piano lessons with the lunch fee. Picked up a worn-out electronic organ and hid it in my room to practice secretly. After losing his job, his father went out on time every day in his suits and shoes, passing the day in the ranks of unemployed vagabonds, eating free food distributed on the street. The first time I went to an employment agency to look for a job, I thought I had decades of work experience and was unwilling to accept the 850 yen per hour job as a club manager recommended by the other party. I went to the company for an interview and was asked by HR what I was good at, but I was speechless. Yan can only remember that she can sing karaoke... The housewife's mother carefully prepares dinner for her family every day. In her spare time, she got her driver's license. Unemployment secrets. The eldest son is a tall, handsome and enthusiastic young man. It seems that he did not enter an ordinary university to study like most children, but distributed small advertisements on the street with his friends in the evening. The confusion day after day made him decide to sign up for the army and join the United States. The military adds strength to the world. The father's friend and his wife committed suicide by burning charcoal at home, leaving the young child to the elderly at home. The father, who had been wandering for many days, realized that his life had to start all over again. The toilet from the floor to the toilet is serious and meticulous.

The movie seems to record the life of the family like a running account. Everyone is a lonely individual, and no one can understand the situation of others. Even if they live under one roof and eat at the same table, everyone does not communicate too much. , without the slightest heat, the warm fluorescent lamps in the home cannot raise the temperature of the family even one degree. The youngest son's piano teacher discovered his talent and sent a letter to his parents asking the child to apply for a professional music school, which caused a family dispute. The end of the film should be the climax of the overall situation. Everyone is immersed in Debussy's "Moonlight" played by the younger son. This humble family seems to understand some of the meaning of life.

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  • Lizzie 2022-04-16 09:01:09

    "The underrated Kiyoshi Kurosawa" is true. Now that I think about it, Japanese family movies have stood at the top of the world for decades and have not fallen, which is absolutely inseparable from their "kind and sometimes crazy, forbearance and sometimes perverse" nature. The sudden unemployment of the father, the confusion of the mother's identity, the indecision of the younger son, and even the eldest son, who bravely challenged the patriarchy and successfully escaped, had to make a painful choice between realizing his ideal and killing. Everyone in this family is constantly searching for, Keep hitting the wall. Frustration and indifference, pain and embarrassment, the outbreak of long-term conflicts and gatherings, in the end, everything will return to and destined to return to calm indifference. The piano piece played by the younger son at the end is just like this "Tokyo Sonata". The essence is not the excitement at the climax, but the moment when the climax ends and the ending begins - all the thoughts and emotions that this sonata wants to convey will be released. Refreshing.

  • Elsie 2022-04-21 09:03:53

    The reality that was managed with great difficulty in the first hour was completely impacted by the multiple dramatic events that followed in the next hour. All the criticism, the reflection of reality, and the discussion of social issues have all turned into contrived fussing in an instant.

Tokyo Sonata quotes

  • Megumi Sasaki: Screw your authority.

  • Megumi Sasaki: How wonderful it would be if my whole life so far turns out to have been a dream, and suddenly I wake up and I'm someone else entirely.