This is the only movie I've seen in the cinema with Hirokazu Eda, so in my memory, although it's not Ed's best work, it's the one I'm most impressed with. The advantage of watching a movie in the cinema may be that it must use a long enough dark night for you to stare at the mottled story in front of you, so even if it is just a few clips, it can leave a lot of shock in your memory. . For me, what I remember is the ill-tempered Sakurajima volcano that appears in the background slowly and occasionally, and the expression of the little boy impatiently taking out a rag and quickly wiping the volcanic ash all over the house. . At that time, I didn't know that the story took place in such a distant place, but I just felt that this scene was full of little-known pleasures in life. After all, I can't see the shadow of a volcano within four hundred miles of where I was born.
A few months ago, in order to go to Yakushima for mountain climbing, I also went to Kagoshima once. As soon as the boat returning from Yakushima docked, a thick layer of volcanic ash spread on the ground, and the volcanic ash was still flying in the air. I know that this ill-tempered little volcano should have erupted again in the morning. So the two times I passed by Kagoshima one after the other, at most it showed me a picture that looked like I saw it in the smog of Beijing. Even on a sunny day, it also had its own halo. immersed in the haze of volcanic ash. In the movie, the little boy looked at Sakurajima, which was erupting in the distance, and eagerly asked his friends, "Hey, are you all nervous? This volcano is erupting every day!" I got a little friend's eyes and a sentence: You should move back to Fukuoka to live with your brother. So, the stubborn little boy began to pray every day that this tiny volcano would have a big eruption, allowing him and his mother to move in and live with his father and brother again. Yes, I remember the plot of this movie. This is the moment when the two hapless couples who were forced to separate due to their parents' divorce, one in Fukuoka and the other in Kagoshima, agreed to go to Kumamoto to watch the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen together. But at that time, just like I didn't know that Kagoshima was originally located at the southernmost tip of mainland Japan, I didn't even know where Fukuoka and Kumamoto were at all, and what I saw in the movie theater was a simple feeling.
The last time we went to Kyushu, because of the suspension of all tourist routes caused by the eruption of Mount Aso the day before, we had to drive by ourselves from Aso to Kumamoto, which is rich in Kumamon bears. It was only when I got there that I found out that Kumamoto is the only place in all of Kyushu that can see the surrounding area of Kumamon. Aso is also a volcano, much larger than the Sakurajima volcano. If there is no eruption, you can take a cable car and pass by the Aso crater. It is said to be a beautiful steaming blue ocean. I caught up with the day when he lost his temper and had to scold the volcanic ash that was flying down the sky. As a result, in the process of eating ashes, I also encountered an interview with a reporter who came from Kumamoto. He said that he was very happy to be able to catch a foreign tourist on the day of the volcanic eruption. I told him, well, that's because our house doesn't have a volcano. Yes, because I have never seen it, even in the volcanic ash, I want to stay for a while longer. This is just an ordinary little greed of an ordinary person. The day the car arrived in Kumamoto, it was almost dark. When passing through a lively intersection in the city center, there were countless birds gathered on the two big trees at the intersection, and the chirping sound resounded throughout the world. Maybe it's because a strange Kumamon lives here. There is nothing in this world that can be explained clearly. The next day, before taking the Shinkansen to Dazaifu, I went to Kumamoto Castle early in the morning. In last year's big earthquake, Kumamoto Castle suffered a lot of damage. A corner of the outer wall was broken in the earthquake. The bricks and stones rolled down the cracked gap into the moat. It is said that it may take 30 years to repair it completely. Although it is a sad thing, I see the Japanese calmly driving their cars under the broken city. There is an indescribable relief at the cool party.
The Shinkansen got off at Takeshita, which is less than one stop from Hakata, and then transferred to Dazaifu. I had no knowledge at all. I once thought that Dazaifu was related to Dazai Osamu in some way, but I remembered that I just watched it in the art museum in Aomori not long ago. As far as the information about Dazai Osamu is concerned, this melancholy and stubborn man has an estranged temperament that belongs only to the North, how can he be related to the warm South. When I got off the train, I watched the Shinkansen continue to go north, and its final stop was Fukuoka City (also known as Hakata), where the little boy's brother was located. I think of Uncle Hirata who helped me cut my hair before. His favorite sentence is the subway line in his hometown Fukuoka that runs from the city center to the airport. the railway to the dream.
This south-south-north-north railway line is connected to Kagoshima, the southernmost city with a bad-tempered volcano, at one end, and Fukuoka, the most prosperous city in Kyushu, at the other end. The distance between Nanjing and Hangzhou, I think it is what Hirokazu Kore-eda thinks is a miracle, and it should not be just a journey of encounters in life. Miracles don't happen that easily, but the reality of each day may be what we live for.
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