Recommended score: 75 points
<b>Recommended reason:</b> with a story full of laughter, telling the family relationship between father and son, laughter and tears
There are many japanese family movies set in the background of "death", and they form a unique aesthetic core with warmth, blandness, laughter, and depth. You can say that this is the detachment and indifference that the Japanese people are accustomed to when dealing with death, or it can be understood as a certain obsession with death. In Kore-eda's "Footsteps" and "Phantom Light", death is the ghost that haunts the film, which both forces the protagonists to stop and urges them to move forward, and in this stop and line, it tells the changes and true meanings of life, and his films are typical representatives of this kind of theme.
Simple customs and customs
But in today's introduction of "Mohican Back to Hometown", the theme of "death" is also "dressed up" into a more cute look, and after being labeled as a comedy, the back of the story is no longer an untouchable philosophy of life, but a joyful journey of laughter and anger. The ironic conflict and harmony between the eccentric father and the rebellious son bring out the timeless family warmth. And when all this is put into a small island like a paradise, it is even more intimate.
Quiet island away from the hustle and bustle of Tokyo
The film unexpectedly ends with a "premeditated" wedding farce, but the hustle and bustle is followed by a calm tone. This journey of returning from leaving the city to returning to the city again is like a pot of braised noodles with warmth as the main flavor, and elements such as father and son, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and the simple human feelings of the island are overflowing, and they are slowly boiling, and the more they boil, the stronger they are.
Stubborn father, lovely father
Lament
The conflict between father and son in this film is not the main line that drives the story, but becomes the source of jokes. After the rebellious eldest son returned home with his daughter-in-law for many years, the estrangement between father and son remained unresolved, that is, to face the reality of his father's terminal cancer, this seemingly troublesome sad situation became interesting because of the strange emotional entanglement between father and son, and the audience was quietly poured into chicken soup between laughter.
Cemetery and death
The various wishes of the father after being admitted to the hospital, the gradually deep friendship between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, and the gradually clear attitude of the male protagonist in dealing with the family and future life, all push the film to the final climax - a different wedding in the absurd and noisy. The "lament" of the film is short-lived, and the director often uses cold fun to cover up those contradictions and difficult topics.
A noisy homecoming trip
For example, when the father asked if he had cancer, the two bells of the clinic and the silent son and daughter-in-law formed an embarrassing "cold field"; and the father chased after his son angrily when he learned that his son ate soft rice, and then he immediately began to call friends and friends happily after a painful struggle, and a grand welcome party suddenly came; and later in order to complete the father's "pizza in memory" wish, the son called three pizza takeaways at the same time, all of which used "music" to cover up the "death" of the film.
The director's bad taste
Father and Son
Perhaps it can be said that this is a joyful version of "Non-Stop Walking", the same son returning home with his daughter-in-law, facing the same stubborn father. During this period, there are similar compositions such as daughter-in-law learning to cook from mothers; fathers' dedication to careers/hobbies; fathers and sons walking forward and going to cemeteries to worship. However, compared with Kore-eda's gentleness and coldness, this film is simpler and brighter, and although the final aftertaste is insufficient, the viewing process is relaxed and pleasant. The son's Mohican hairstyle contrasts strongly with the calm of his hometown, the punk metal hoarse roar seems to be impossible to vent here, and the indifferent face that Matsuda Ryuhei brings with him creates a cold joy with the bitter melon face father. Although the relationship between father and son stumbles but constantly eases, the film moves to perfection step by step.
Laugh a little strange family
His father had the same rebellious insistence, his insistence on letting the middle school band play the music of his idol, and this stubbornness was actually the "Mohican" in his heart. From this point of view, the father and son are actually emotionally connected to each other, but they are arrogant for the sake of face. My father was conducting a band on the roof of the hospital opposite the school rooftop, and when he reveled in this state, we saw the loneliness in him.
Behind the old man's joyful command is his lonely heart
The fusion of family affection can finally smooth out the noise of life, "Mohican" returned from frustrated Tokyo, experienced a test of family affection that had to be faced, and when he finally faded his stubborn disguise and shook hands with his father, he also had the strength to return.