When you grow up, have you become what you hated at first?

Zackery 2022-03-23 09:02:09

"It's hard for children to live up to their parents' expectations. They don't have ambitions. They don't know what the ambition of Dapeng is."
"I understand your feelings very well. I am as dissatisfied as you are. There is no limit, think about it."

"Outsiders still have feelings, and flesh and blood should not be like this."
"But, Jingzi. I also thought the same when you were so old, but when children grow up, they will gradually move away from their parents. At this age, my elder sister is different from my parents. She has her own life, and everyone puts their own life first."
"Really? But I will never let myself become like that, otherwise there will be too much indifference between parents and children. "
Yes, but everyone gradually becomes like this."
"You too?"
"Yes, although I don't want to. But it will still be like that."
"It's a frustrating world."
"Yes . Ah, there are too many unpleasant things."

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  • Roberto 2021-12-22 08:01:04

    When you are old, your hair is gray, your children are not around, no one talks about your loneliness, when your wife is gone, and you lose your only support, who else will accompany you to watch the sunset,

  • Anissa 2022-03-28 09:01:04

    Japan is indeed the country that is best at shooting common people dramas, and a movie has thoroughly captured the family.

Tokyo Story quotes

  • Kyoko: [after the rest of the family had left] I think they should have stayed a bit longer.

    Noriko: But they're busy.

    Kyoko: They're selfish. Demanding things and leaving like this.

    Noriko: They have their own affairs.

    Kyoko: But you have yours too. They're selfish.

    Noriko: But Kyoko...

    Kyoko: Wanting her clothes right after her death. I felt so sorry for poor mother. Even strangers would have been more considerate!

    Noriko: But look Kyoko. At your age I thought so too. But children do drift away from their parents. A woman has her own life, apart from her parents, when she becomes Shige's age. She meant no harm I'm sure. They have to look after their own lives.

    Kyoko: I wonder: I won't ever be like that. Then what's the point of family?

    Noriko: But children become like that, gradually.

    Kyoko: Then... you, too?

    Noriko: I may become like that in spite of myself.

    Kyoko: Isn't life disappointing?

    Noriko: Yes, it is.

  • Shukichi Hirayama: [talking to Tomi about leaving the hotel early] Anyway, this place is meant for the younger generation.