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Yoshio (and other scenes...)

posted 14 years ago by hoping-failing
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I feel so sorry for him in this film. Yes, i know he seems to be a bit of a loser and is overweight, and in what some would call an unambitious profession, but the scene with him being so humble and apologetic yet so thankful for Junpei saving his life nearly brought me to tears. Then having them all, except for Ryoto of course, mocking him when he left. It was heartbreaking.

I could reference many scenes having such emotional resonance, but i'd be here all day! For a film with such pacing, and lack of any tension or much movement, the film hit me emotionally more than any film has in a long time. For me personally, it's quite a masterpiece.

What scenes made you well-up or even smile?

[–] muhd-hilmi 14 years ago

yeah, quite agree with that, but the family got their right to say so....at least they didnt say it in front of him even though they hate him.

hmmm....the scene i like the most was at the time the Ryo's wife talked to her son"he will be a part of you,too.." than Ryo came in and there was a perfect moment of happiness in a small family with such of funny dialogues..

[–] PopperTheKungFu-Dragon 10 years ago

the scene i like the most was at the time the Ryo's wife talked to her son"he will be a part of you,too.." than Ryo came in and there was a perfect moment of happiness in a small family with such of funny dialogues..

This is my favorite scene too.

[–] bootybrownsugar 14 years ago

i didn't feel any pity for that character. the mother explains it best when she says "it's his fault junpei died.... so once a year, i make him feel awful too" the character knows his life was saved by somebody who died doing it and for the family, it's like junpei died in vain.

Elliot: but that doesn't make sense
JD: "so does your face" always makes sense

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[–] loploppresents 13 years ago

That's pretty heartless. It's not like he killed Junpei on purpose. He was a child, and he knows only too well that he's doing nothing exceptional with his life.

[–] PopperTheKungFu-Dragon 10 years ago

Exactly. Its not his fault Junpei died and no matter how unexceptional his life is, every life is still worth something.

I too felt very bad for him.

[–] noirist88 13 years ago

I felt sad when the mother was trying to catch the butterfly in the livingroom and she was convinced it was Junpei.

After playing that record, the father was in the bath and the dialogue with the mother about him having an affair all those years ago with that music as a reminder and how sorry he looked.

Beautiful music too, a really touching film.

[–] agera 13 years ago

For a film with such pacing, and lack of any tension or much movement, the film hit me emotionally more than any film has in a long time. For me personally, it's quite a masterpiece.

I feel the exact same way.

"The night was sultry."

[–] maybe730 12 years ago

I was wondering what the mother was feeling when she played the record that she'd want to keep playing it privately given its source. I felt bad for Yoshio too. At first I had been tempted to start fast-forwarding through the movie as it was well made but too slow/slice of life for my liking. And then all of a sudden I was really involved in it. I think it happened a little after the sweet corn scene.

Does anybody know the significance of the handshakes at the end of the film? It was treated like a very intimate thing, which seemed odd to my Candian-American mind, but maybe I viewed wrong?

[–] joaoiria2 10 years ago

I viewed the handshakes scene as "to show that they were not part of the family" it seemed quite cruel and cold and even her husband told her so but her answer kind of showed precisely that she's this type of woman that lives with pain and suffering and likes to give it to others in a way that few might even notice.

Yoshio for example.

[–] Lizarita 11 years ago

i like when ryoto bonded with his step-son in the bath. and then at the end when i saw that they ended up having a little girl. it was cool the way they had her walk into the scene a little bit after.

[–] Kawada_Kira 10 years ago

Yeah I felt really bad for Yoshi too, and could relate to him in some ways. I was glad Ryo stuck up for him when everyone else was making fun of him. He wasn't a bad guy or anything, and he obviously felt really sorry about what happened.

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