At its most superficial, this is a story of abandonment and waiting. In pursuit of her own happiness, a selfish single mother left four underage children behind after leaving a sum of money, and it was gone forever. The eldest son Ming, who was only 12 years old, tried his best to make a living under the harsh living conditions in order to keep his four half-siblings from being separated. YOU, who plays the mother in the film, has a harsh, high-pitched voice and the neurotic atmosphere of the female lead singer of the band, like an old doll, foreshadowing the ominous ending that follows. And Liu Le Youmi always followed his enchanting eyebrows, revealing indisputable perseverance in the silence.
The youngest child is only 4 years old. If the mother can predict that the fate waiting for Yukiko will be death, will she hesitate to make this cruel decision.
But the director has no intention of condemning it. I wonder, who among us has never knowingly hurt others because of some kind of self-fulfillment. When we resolutely leave a brokenhearted lover and abandon a helpless pet, we say to ourselves, "It's okay, even without us, they may have some sadness, but it's not impossible to live, and time will heal everything. , you will definitely find your own happiness.” We always overestimate the ability of others to soothe their pain, and under every excuse of indifference, the fate that has been quietly rewritten is struggling and powerless. The mother must ideally think that when the children are desperate, they will naturally need the help of the police. It's just that the mother underestimated the 12-year-old Ming's sense of responsibility as the eldest son, and at the same time did not anticipate the life of a fragile young child. Holding the corner of the world, self-righteously thinking that the secret of seeing the truth, so determined to do everything now, every step and every step is not the worst decision even if it is not correct. Just like Ming, if she knew that Yukiko would die in an unpredictable family accident, would she stubbornly keep the four of them apart.
Society is too big, and life is too chaotic. Loneliness, always in the form of an island, is the source of all tragedies in urban life. No one knew that there was such a cheap apartment in the Nishi-Sugamo area of Tokyo, which imprisoned the souls of four children. Ming, as the only person who has the opportunity to go out and say hello to the world, we follow him to the supermarket to buy food, play in the park, and make new friends, but we don't know how Jingzi, Shigeru, and Yukiko are at home when winter goes to summer. Through their time, no one knows, not even Ming. The four children never shed tears from beginning to end. They do not cry because they are strong, but because of ignorance. Like a simple little beast, looking at the world with the kindest heart, occasionally it will be sad, and there will be surprises due to incomprehension, but whether it is separation or death, any destiny arranged by others will eventually be met. Accept it obediently.
The three children who are not recognized and have no identity have no right to seek their own rights. The complicated world is far beyond their comprehension, and they even lose their ability to recognize themselves. Xuezi has no father, because no man is willing to come forward to admit her. When the neighbors found out, her identity was only a "child from a relative's house". She envied the puppy walking in the sun, but she was also very satisfied with what she had already obtained. Apollo Chocolate. Finally, for the last time, Ming and the family's only friend, Saki, and Yukiko, who was lying in the suitcase when they arrived, took a long tram ride in the middle of the night to the airport to watch the planes take off and land. After sitting on an empty flat ground for a long time, Ming and the girl took the early morning tram home, covered in mud, but Yukiko stayed there forever.
At this time, a moving melody sounded, and the last sentence of "Gem": With eyes that were withered like ice, I gradually grew up, no one could get close to it, a stench of gems.
And the choice is to continue.
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