From the very beginning of the film, with its barren and dilapidated post-disaster scene, it is known that the tone of the film will not be bright. The junior high school girl Chazawa was reading a dejected poem in the rain, and what appeared was Sumida holding a pistol at his temple. When the camera switches back and forth between "the ruins in the pouring rain and Sumita holding a gun", the suppressed emotions blow over him.
1. Violence in intimate relationships
In the first 10 minutes of the film, he explained to us the basic situation of the male protagonist Sumita: a junior high school student, a survivor of the disaster, his mother was in the dust, his father owed a huge amount of money on loan sharks, and his parents had no love and no sense of responsibility for him. What's more, his father always asks him for pocket money and adds punches and kicks to him. Every time he gets drunk, he tells Sumita repeatedly how much he wishes Sumita was not rescued during the earthquake, so that he can get a large sum of money. compensation. Between money and family, my father chose the former. A loveless family is the foreshadowing of Sumita's tragic life.
The scene where Sumita and Chazawa slapped each other was very uncomfortable. I feel that the two people who have been forbearing for a long time finally have a window to vent. The sudden emotional outburst made me panic, and it can better explain how cruel the family with post-traumatic sequelae after the disaster is.
2. Funeral culture and small luck
This is really a depressing movie. "Mourning culture" is an imported thing, and it has derived "home culture". It has become the lifestyle of many people in today's rapid development, and there are more than 540,000 people in Japan. Young men and women live in hibernation.
Back to "Mediocre", Cha Ze grew up in another deformed family. Her mother designed a hanging device for her. The few times she and her mother were in the same frame also ended in hysteria. But she was still a beautiful girl.
She loves Sumita, and firmly believes that Sumita is a special existence. She devotes all her power to help and accompany Sumita, and takes care of the ordinary flowers that "grow in the deep mountains and are not seen by anyone".
Sumita is a kind child who takes care of the "neighbors" living around him intentionally or unintentionally. Because his mother objected to letting these neighbors who might be infected with radiation bathe in their home, he picked up oil drums and made a simple one for everyone. tub. These uncles and uncles of neighbors are also very kind to Sumita, so good that they steal money from a drug dealer and almost lose their life, just to pay off the loan shark for Sumita's father and promise a bright future for Sumita.
In fact, Sumita and Chazawa's wish is so simple, it is the ordinary life of ordinary people, the life trajectory of most children in a normal family, but for them, it is difficult and difficult.
Sumita killed his own father. He was suddenly full of doubts about life, and at the same time, he seemed to understand the meaning of life. For the sake of justice and order in his heart, he was ready to give up everything, become a scavenger of society, and burn to the ground.
Here's a great shot where Sumita paints his face after struggling.
Under the persuasion of his neighbors and Cha Ze, he gradually gave up the idea of suicide, and dared to bear the consequences of killing his father and his feelings towards Cha Ze. After a simple and small wedding without legal effect, Chazawa filled the room with candles, and the two sincerely faced each other for the first time.
Many sincere words have the courage to speak only when they are in a desperate situation. They imagine the future, rent a simple apartment, work hard, and have a beautiful child. Their children will grow up in love and will never regret choosing them as parents.
Come on, every soul full of pain.
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