A "Variation"

Reanna 2022-04-14 09:01:07

The first half of the film Tokyo Sonata is still relatively real,
reflecting a lot of real Japan's current situation (compared to 2008, Japan that has experienced three disasters should be much worse),
and this film also makes people who are not familiar with Japanese cities We have a rare prying perspective.

It is a pity that Japanese screenwriters have a habit of using "no coincidence to make a book". In the middle of the film, it obviously begins to repeat the old problem that Japanese dramas like exaggeration and blunt coincidence. (Coincidence is a taboo in screenwriting) The

film suddenly became too dark based on several events, but suddenly pulled all the "coincidences" back into the "mainstream" sunny atmosphere by extreme coincidence at the end of the film. , trying to tell all the Japanese: No matter how difficult it is, it will be fine if you endure it. (This is precisely where Japan's peculiar logic and values ​​lie)

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Extended Reading

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.