Director Kurosawa Kiyoshi has many works that are rather bitter and difficult to understand, but there are not a few that have artistic conception and connotation, and some of them are worthy of repeated appreciation. Among the many underrated works, this "Tokyo Sonata" is one of the most well-received, for the simple reason that the gist is relatively easy to understand. I believe that viewers who have seen this film will be deeply impressed by the ending. In the 2 hours of dull film, there is a 5-minute complete solo show at the end of the film: a primary school student who has learned piano for less than half a year, in the audition room of the music college, perfectly plays a piece of Debussy's "Debussy" with an emotional rhythm. Moonlight" shocked the audience. In the picture, the judges who are used to lowering their heads to score slowly raised their heads and listened. The audience who whispered stopped the noise. People walking around stopped one after another. Unconsciously, a crowd of onlookers gathered in the examination room; in the sound of the piano, there was sadness and joy. , there is disappointment but also hope, put aside the impetuous life pressure, take a moment to rest here to get a trace of tranquility and comfort; his performance conquered everyone present, but after the curtain, only the touch of his father and the smile of his mother were ushered in. People calmly left the stage without applause. This scene is a self-evident finishing touch... The ending is an expression of hope, and if there is no realistic line drawing for more than an hour before, it is difficult for the perfect repertoire to resonate. Because the father, who let go of the so-called dignity, finally believes in the fact that his son is a piano genius, and the mother also realizes the purpose of continuing to live from the sound of music. In fact, this film is a mirror that reflects the real life of the current middle class in Japan. Behind the superficial beauty, there are actually all kinds of unease. We will find that the pressure of the Japanese is really great. The father works alone to support a family of four, and the elder brother After graduation, she suffered many setbacks in her part-time job. Her mother was immersed in housework all day long and she was depressed and worried. Her second son was treated coldly and violently by the teacher at school. All kinds of vicissitudes and feelings of powerlessness were vividly depicted. On that day, the employment system of the big company where my father worked was reformed, and the cheap labor from China shook the status of Japanese employees. My father was reluctant to start over and chose to leave. Cruelly, he wanted to maintain the remaining dignity in the family and concealed the fact that he was unemployed; my brother chose to join the US military to escape reality; my mother was aware of the rift. Turn a blind eye; the second son became interested in the piano, but was opposed by his parents and chose to secretly pay the tuition with lunch money. Even the piano teacher's hard words could not impress the parents who didn't understand music. This was caused by the family's lack of understanding of the whole picture of life of. When the mother happened to meet the father in the humble clean uniform in the mall, the two looked at each other silently, the father's self-esteem was completely shattered, and he ran all the way while muttering denial. Originally on the verge of despair, my father was involved in a car accident, my mother ran away under pressure, and my brother's troops were dispatched to peacekeeping in the Middle East after the war. How could a broken family be reborn? Therefore, the end is the director's foreshadowing of the audience's longing. A sonorous sound is for life. Only by living can we get more bitter and happy tastes.
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