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Take on the ending (spoilers)

posted 11 years ago by napierslogs
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To me it looked like he jumped/fell out of the way to avoid getting hit by the rock coming through the window, but I'm not sure what this is supposed to imply - anyone have any ideas?

If he did not actually get out of the way and was gravely injured by the rock - I think it makes more sense as an ending. That he is not actually the protector that Akiko needs, that she is still lost and afraid on her own. The movie could be saying that hiding into the life of somebody else (the granddaughter) does not get you out of the problems that you're currently facing in your real life.

I do want to re-watch that last scene, but I have no interest in re-watching the movie just for that. So what does everyone else think. Did he get hit when standing in front of the window, yes/no? And what do you think that means?

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[–] maurice_84 11 years ago

I thought he'd either avoided a rock through the window or been hit and fallen. Someone else suggested he'd been shot by the enraged "boyfriend," but I think a bullet would have made a different kind of hole in the glass(maybe?).It was definitely a surprise ending. Guess the boyfriend didn't buy the "two grandfathers" explanation. Still, a really hypnotic film (for me, at least).

[–] rgcustomer 11 years ago

You're over-thinking it.

The fiancé threw something hard through the window. The professor saw it coming, and fell out of the way.

It doesn't mean anything. It's just what happens to the characters, before it gets interesting.

[–] lucasmartins 10 years ago

I see her boyfriend as a metaphor of the "conservative / old values" of Japan. He even said that in a dialogue, so the fact he throws a rock in the ending is a metaphor of the conservative values trying to impose in the "new woman", as she is a representation of a modern / ocidental woman.

[–] rucrazycuzuactit 10 years ago

Ive rewatched the ending a couple of times and I dont see anything flying through the window.
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[–] lucasmartins 10 years ago

I just rewatched the scene now, it's clear the window breaks by something (a rock by the size). It's visible the hole in the broke window.

[–] alessandro_massulo 10 years ago

If you watch it in slow motion you can see that something broke the window. As lucasromanholli said, a rock by the size. However, there's nothing breaking the window in the scene :b... Ideally there is, but the scene was poorly made, so there's no rock, just a window breaking lol.

Also, judging by the scene, the old man fell because he was scared/suprised and that is because when the window breaks, whatever broke it pushes the curtain in the opposite direction (upper right), not in the direction of the old man. So, no deaths :b

[–] bullblood9 10 years ago

I wanted the old man to open a drawer an take out a samurai sword and go banzai-iii on the punk leaving him bleeding to death in the street, that would have been my ending

[–] zwot 10 years ago

I believe it was a bullet, not a rock. I watched this scene frame by frame and didn't see anything as large as a rock or brick come through the window, or strike the old man. But I did see a small hole in the curtain as it fell back in place. It looked like a bullet hole, and it did not appear to be there before the window broke.

If the bullet struck the old man the shot would have had to hit the window at a very acute angle to leave a hole in the curtain where it did. That might explain the shattering of the window instead of just a bullet hole.

I'm of the mind the old man was indeed shot. He certainly dropped like he'd been shot. But I'll admit it's conjecture. And it doesn't really matter either way - the film works for me whether he was shot and died or just fell down in fright at the window breaking.

[–] alessandrosbandini 7 years ago

There are almost no guns in japan. A rock, a ball perhaps. A bullet very unlikely.

[–] Errington_92 10 years ago

The movie could be saying that hiding into the life of somebody else (the granddaughter) does not get you out of the problems that you're currently facing in your real life.

This is a good conclusion of Like Someone in Love. The film certainly highlights Akiko's problems stemming from her profession(ashamed to meet her grandmother, her education becoming affected). The abrupt ending reflects the continuation of Akiko's problems.

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[–] Termi21 9 years ago

By the very fact that the movie ends the next second i believe the director's point was that he was dead (and shot).

If he just avoided a "rock", then ending the movie at this point is meaningless and without any weight.

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[–] Namfoodle 8 years ago

The whole movie is full of windows and shots through windows/reflections (as a metaphor for the viewer's screen or the movie camera?), think of what the neighbour says about her only fun being watching Watanabe through her window. When his own window breaks, the movie ends and we don't get to see him anymore. Not sure if he was hit by the rock, maybe so.