When watching a movie like this, it's always a habit not to think too much. Don't think about the deep meaning behind it. What touched me was just such a warm but sad family relationship.
"On the evening of September 21, Showa 20, I died" the film begins with the boy's cold words. I don't want to see such a beginning, I always feel too depressed and uncomfortable. Teenagers die alone on icy streets. In a trance, he saw Setsuko and fireflies all over the sky. Memories began to spread.
Setsuko's cute chubby face is always in front of my eyes. The way she was happy on Qingtai's back, the way she called her brother over and over again. The skinny teenager pulled Setsuko to run in the fields, how happy they should have been at that time. However, the war ruined everything. After the death of his mother, the boy held back his grief, and pretended that everything was fine and turned the horizontal bar over and over again to make Setsuko happy. When I saw this, I couldn't tell how uncomfortable it was. It was boring like something was stuck in my heart. The strength revealed by the thin back of the young man touched me so easily.
Although the Japanese came to make a movie about themselves being hurt by the war, it was somewhat unacceptable to me. However, when watching this movie, I prefer to simply watch it. rather than a lot of other factors. Therefore, I will be moved by the warmth of the youth and the little girl who depend on each other. The small cave by the lake, the dark and damp cave, became their last safe haven. At first, their lives were still beautiful, at least they didn't have to be ridiculed by their aunt. Because the affection seems to have lost its temperature at this moment. All people think about is how to survive. However, in such an indifferent world, the feelings of Seita and Setsuko light up the whole field like fireflies. The life of two children in the wild will not last long. They soon ran out of food, but Setsuko fell ill from malnutrition. The young man was sad, but couldn't think of a way. He could only steal fruit from other people's fields, but was beaten when he was discovered. They depended on each other in the cave, and the fireflies all over the sky illuminated their surroundings. The life of a firefly is short. Setsuko seemed to glow like this firefly and then dimmed. After Setsuko died, the boy's last concern was also lost. The firefly no longer glowed, and the mound was there sadly.
The love between a boy and a girl is a warm and sad lament. I tell people that I watched a cartoon and cried. If others don't believe it, I don't think you will either. However, what moves people does not necessarily require a realistic sad picture. To be truly moved, one look and one sentence are enough.
The sugar jar was empty, the swing was broken, the little grave of the firefly was hidden somewhere, the two figures running on the field disappeared, and everything passed away in this slightly drunk summer.
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