When Yumiko was a little girl, her grandmother often ran away from home because she wanted to go back to the country from the city to die. Grandma has a hunched back and walks a little staggeringly, but not slow. She always wears a neat long dress when she goes out, but she doesn't have a penny in her pocket. Finally, grandma never came home again. No one knows where she went.
Yumiko grew up. She came out slim and beautiful.
She is married to Yu Fu, whom she grew up with. Yu Fu worked as a worker in a textile factory. Poor days, but happy. Yumiko often went to the textile factory to see Yufu working, and then went home together on Yufu's bicycle. Yu Fu didn't talk much, Yumiko sat on the bicycle, hugged Yu Fu's waist tightly, leaned her face lightly on his thin and sturdy back, and smiled silently.
Three months after Yumiko gave birth to her son Yuichi, she was notified by the police that Yufu had died. He committed suicide.
A few years later, through introduction, Yumiko married a man from a remote fishing village, Akio. Mingxiong and his ex-wife gave birth to a daughter, a little older than Yongyi. In the lonely countryside, Mingxiong is busy with his work. Daughter and son play together. My father-in-law likes to watch TV and often goes to the beach to sit in meditation. Yumiko does laundry, cooks, and keeps the house in order.
Suddenly one day, Yumiko ran away from home alone.
Akio found Yumiko by the sea. It turns out that Yumiko has always been haunted by Yu Fu's suicide and cannot understand it. Akihiro looked at Yumiko, who was crying, and said lightly: "Dad used to go out to sea. He said that when he went out to sea and felt lonely, he often saw a beam of beautiful light. This beam of light flashed and flashed in the distance, beckoning him. I think it can happen to anyone, too."
Yumiko and Akio returned to their peaceful family life.
This is the first film made by Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda in 1995, and has won awards at film festivals such as Venice, Vancouver, and Chicago. It was also rated as the fourth of the top ten Japanese movies in 1995.
The pace of the movie is slow. So slow that you can feel the silence when Yumiko is in a daze, so slow that you can see the corners of Yumiko's lips and eyebrows frown when she smiles, so slow that you are unknowingly immersed in the shadow of the grass under the bright July sun. Suddenly a cat jumped out and walked into the sunlight wagging its tail. And you, it seems that you have returned to a quiet childhood.
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