Watching Notes

Joana 2022-03-24 09:03:24

Many people have asked me why I like Japanese movies. The answer is difficult to express in a few simple words, such as a beautiful visual style, or a good Japanese sound. It doesn't seem to be enough.
I think "Haijie diary" should be a very good film to sum up this issue. The film tells the story of three sisters who are dependent on each other and meet their half-sister at the funeral of their father. The indescribable family connection makes the elder sister make a bold decision to invite the younger sister who has never met to move to Kamakura to live together. . In fact, it is to complete the social task of parenting for the absent parents, and it is also to re-complete the construction of family life and continue without realizing it. The movie is 2 hours and 10 minutes long, which is basically the flow of life without big waves. The two concepts of life and life are integrated into one, that is, flooding vegetables, brewing plum wine, ordering favorite dishes with a familiar restaurant owner, subsidizing the cute shoji gates, spending the night to warm up before bathing, and participating in every event around you. Funerals of people, enjoy fireworks and waves. But it perfectly explains the so-called emotional maintenance and the occurrence and fall of emotions. Because my father had lived in Kamakura and had two marriages, my mother also remarried to Hokkaido, and the family was raised by a responsible elder sister. Every character line is very clear, and the performances of the four actresses are impeccable. The eldest sister gave up her love because of family responsibilities. In the eyes of the younger sisters, she was a symbol of order and was described as a dormitory in a girls' dormitory. The second child was always traveling between men and beer, and finally understood the meaning of work independence and family. , the third child has a simple temperament and eccentric taste, and is a peacemaker in the family; the younger sister is precocious, sensitive, and lovable, and is going through the swing stage of adolescence and adult society. It was Hirokazu Kore-eda who expressed the meaning of family life and the relationship between family members with a very fine net: "It seems that it is always a family." Because of the inescapable family affiliation, the whole family involuntarily gave up the embarrassment, embarrassment or mutual testing between sisters with different blood surnames formed because of the chaotic emotional relationship between their parents. Also like the eldest sister who has been scolding her biological mother, she finally reconciled with her mother, and left the only bottle of plum wine left by her grandmother to her mother, continuing the relationship.
It's like what my grandmother likes to say in the film: all living things are troubled. While telling about life, it provides each creature with a happy inner home. This is the director's intentions that cannot be questioned. When the bitterness of homesickness and the worry that the sisters could not truly accept her younger sister Ling confided her heart for the first time, the director arranged for Ling to enjoy the beautiful cherry blossom tunnel in Kamakura. This is the double release of beauty and emotion. Or just like the title, the three sisters who haven't felt their parents' affection for a long time and the little sister who met for the first time found a scenery similar to their hometown Kamakura in the unfamiliar Yamagata Prefecture, which is the same memory they and their father left in different time and space. . When the eldest sister said: Ling, you can stay forever, and let the four sisters truly reunite again in Kamakura, the hometown of their father. All the subtle feelings and experiences are filled in the passage of the film, which is the state of mind that only human beings can clearly understand when they are alone. Thanks for finding it in another Japanese movie. Dreams come true, the expression should be red cheeks.

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