Watched this movie on youtube. Surprisingly, many of the comments focused on criticizing the brother's idleness and saving face and other reasons for killing his sister. I thought this was a tragedy. A pair of underage brothers and sisters depend on each other for life, like a fire worth snuggling up in the cold winter. The world is just hard, and starving to death is a logical ending, and blaming my brother is simply abandoning the roots. But I found out later that this was deliberately displayed by the director. In a warm film, the male protagonist exposed so many obvious fatal deficiencies and mistakes. The director said that the story was drawn from his wartime experience. He had an adopted sister who was just over a year old, and he annoyed her and sometimes scolded her impatiently. Then my sister died. He has deep guilt. From this perspective, two main points are understood: the brother's endless love for his sister, and the brother's apology. Including myself, it is estimated that many viewers will subconsciously annoy my sister. When the disaster is imminent, she will cry and annoy her for a little thing of her own. What I admire most is the infinite patience of my brother towards my sister. Whether it was an air attack, or when his mother had burned a corpse, he patiently cared for his sister's emotions and responded to her various requests. Not to mention brothers and sisters, adults like us, parents, can't help but be angry with their children when they encounter major problems and get upset. But my brother didn't. My mother is about to die, my sister is still not obedient, my brother has to say, I will show you the horizontal bar. Of course, the director himself is not so patient with his sister. Therefore, he ideally portrayed a brother who loves his sister infinitely in this film. The endless pampering that the real sister didn't enjoy, Setsuko in the movie got. This can be seen as the director's countless regrets for his younger sister who died prematurely. The irreparable regret can only be fulfilled through fictional works of art. At the same time, in addition to being impatient, the director also lacks experience in taking care of his sister. There are many details in the movie, which clearly describe that the elder brother did not handle it properly and led the younger sister to the end of death step by step. For example, the aunt does not like the siblings. One objective reason is that the siblings share the family's food, but it is true that the elder brother is idle. In the war-torn and barren Japan, my brother was under the shelter of others, and he could lie down and read comic books with his legs crossed. No matter how poor, the farmers still used labor in exchange for harvests. When my brother was short of food, he had to choose to steal food. These plots are not unintentional , but the director deliberately showed it. The audience criticized his brother for this, which was also the director's original intention. Reflecting on his own years, he was also full of remorse. But my sister is dead, and no amount of enlightenment can change it. In this way, the audience may criticize the brother in the play, which may make him feel better. The director himself has a super realistic style, all the details, the weight is restrained, restrained, and precise. Therefore, many people say that this is an anti-war or anti-defeat movie, and the author finds it boring and says "this is the story of two people". I agree with the author's explanation. This is the endless nostalgia for my sister who died young. Think about it carefully, the little girl in the film is really cute. Only the elder brother of the younger sister, whom he misses endlessly, can portray so many subtle moods of the little girl. I remember her tiny body writhing reluctantly because she couldn't cry. Make a great work of art, let it spread, and let the memory of the sister and the beautiful feelings be a permanent memorial. Everything is fine with my sister, my brother is sorry for you, and my brother loves you.
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