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The movie I want to recommend to you today is
Ranked sixth in the Japanese comedy list
Survival Family (Survival Family)
This is a family comedy with the theme of sudden power outages around the world that makes people laugh, cry and think
Part.1
The story begins with a somewhat realistic, magical setting: a sudden global power outage.
The Suzuki family of four woke up on a bright morning when they slept until they woke up naturally, and found that their mobile phones and alarm clocks were all out of power, at this time they did not expect the seriousness of the matter, but complained twice and rushed to work in a hurry.
On the way to work, they found that the problem did not seem to be so simple, even the tram and the car all stopped running, and Suzuki's father arrived at the company but found that even the company's automatic door could not be opened.
It was difficult to get to the company, but found that in the face of a computer like scrap iron, it was impossible to work, and the school was also closed because the teachers could not come to the school.
The situation lasted for several days, the company also announced that it has since stopped working, because the blackout news is blocked, they do not even know what the situation is in other places, the community supermarket is also sitting on the ground with high prices and only cash, and even the water at home has stopped.
Faced with an unbearable situation, Suzuki's father felt that he could not sit still, and decided to take the whole family to the airport on a bicycle and fly to Kagoshima's father-in-law for a while.
Along the way, the Suzuki family found that the water and food on the road were getting more and more expensive, and the prescient Suzuki mother spent a lot of money to wrap a box of water, plus the grain brought on the road, so that they survived the journey of the previous few days.
They finally arrived at the airport in a neighboring prefecture, but found that the planes had all been grounded, and in desperation, Dad made a decision to ride a bicycle to Kagoshima.
But soon, they only had the last bottle of water left, and when they slept at night, they were stolen by a stranger, and Suzuki's brother was very angry and chased after the water thief, but found that he stole the water only for the baby who was still swaddling, and finally Suzuki's brother could not bear to return the bottle of water.
When he arrived at the stream, suzuki's father, who was thirsty and tired, looked at the clear stream and drank it immediately, but soon after encountering a torrential rain on the way, the Suzuki family rushed to avoid the rain by the bridge, the bicycle was blown over by the storm, all the changing clothes and luggage dry food were scrapped, and the father was diarrhea in the storm because he drank unclean water to the point of fainting.
Fortunately, in a small town, Suzuki's sister and Suzuki brother found the leftover car water and cat cans in a supermarket, so the Suzuki family ate the really difficult to swallow canned cats and drank the strange taste of car water to survive.
On the way, the troubled Suzuki family also met a well-equipped, well-dressed family, and even had a picnic on the side of the road, they taught the Suzuki family some survival skills, took photos of the Suzuki family, and even advised the Suzuki family to learn to enjoy a day without electricity.
Suzuki's father watched the family live so comfortably and enjoyably, as if he felt that his incompetence as the head of the family was becoming more and more prominent, and he was so angry that he pedaled the bicycle faster and faster.
Finally, they arrived in Osaka, where electricity was rumored, and ended up seeing an equally ruined city, and Suzuki's sister felt aggrieved and fell on her bicycle, constantly complaining about why her father had let them ride so long here, accusing the status quo of being caused by her father.
Everyone continued to move forward with a low mood, just as they passed the door of the aquarium, they found that the aquarium was cooking the fish in the aquarium and distributing it to everyone for free, watching others carry a bowl full of fish broth, smelling the smell of fish, the Suzuki family's eyes lit up and quickly lined up to the end of the line, but after a long wait, it was difficult to queue up to the Suzuki family but it had been distributed, Suzuki's father cried and knelt on the ground and begged the staff to share a little to the child, helpless fish soup has been divided, Suzuki's father's kneeling only received blank eyes from others.
The thirsty, hungry and tired Suzuki family continued to move forward, but found a single pig, the Suzuki family began a crazy pig chase operation, and it was difficult to catch the pig, but it was found by the owner of the pig.
The owner of the pig farm brought the Suzuki family home and gave them food, and the suzuki sister almost cried when they ate the first bite of smoked pork, and the Suzuki family took a hot bath for the first time after so long of running, changed into clean pajamas and lay on the bed.
Because of the failure of the electric fence, the pigs all ran out, the Suzuki family helped catch the lost pigs, the owner of the pig farm gave the Suzuki family food and shelter, and the Suzuki family experienced a stable life for the first time after such a long wandering.
However, Suzuki's father still decided to take the whole family to continue to move forward and go to Kagoshima to find his father-in-law, because the Suzuki family was also worried about the safety of his father-in-law after being missing for so long. Before leaving, the owner of the pig farm was very reluctant, because his son's family was abroad, he was old and difficult to cope with the solitary life without electricity, the appearance of the Suzuki family helped him a lot, he took a lot of smoked pork for the Suzuki family to take away.
The Suzuki family set out on their way again, this time facing the old map to the river, only to find that the bridge depicted on the map did not exist.
This time the younger brother consciously took responsibility, the younger sister no longer complained about taking the initiative to help, the Suzuki family worked together to make a simple boat, first transported people and luggage backpacks to the other side, and then Suzuki's father and Suzuki brother turned back to get the bicycle again, but encountered a high tide, Suzuki's father was flooded and disappeared, the Suzuki family frantically searched but only found Suzuki's father's wig.
The heartbroken Suzuki family lost their father and bicycle this time, and encountered a wild dog on the road, and Suzuki's mother was attacked by a wild dog and injured her ankle because she was carrying smoked pork.
Just then, the Suzuki family discovered that there was a steam train driving towards them, and on the train, the Suzuki family also found Suzuki's father, who turned out that Suzuki's father was not dead but was washed downstream by the current.
While driving in the tunnel, due to the charcoal burning, everyone's face was turned black and gray, and the Suzuki family couldn't help but laugh at each other's troubles, which was the first time in the movie that the Suzuki family laughed so happily.
Finally, they arrived at their father-in-law's house and spent two years with their father-in-law in the countryside, until two years later, when electricity finally arrived in the world again, and they returned home and began to resume their original lives.
At the end of the movie, they receive a photo of the time sent to them by a family who was having a picnic on the side of the road, and they look at the photo and smile unconsciously at the corners of their mouths.
Part.2
This is a very good movie, under such a serious apocalyptic theme of global power loss, it can even interpret the plot so interestingly, in the process of laughter and tears in the audience, let people unconsciously think, accustomed to being surrounded by the convenient life brought by modern civilization, once we lose these how we should survive.
This movie is not only a comedy, he is also taking the opportunity of comedy to take the audience to think unconsciously, but he is not just a disaster film, he is also through the shell of a disaster film, telling us a family warm story, this theme may become a high-cost doomsday disaster blockbuster in Hollywood, but in the hands of Japanese director Yaguchi Shijing, it has become a warm comedy that returns to the countryside, perhaps this is the charm of this movie.
In this movie, luxury cars, Rolex watches, and laptops are all randomly abandoned on the side of the road, the items needed can only be exchanged for water and food, and any material existence that is higher than the need for survival has lost its meaning, and perhaps we should also learn to face our own desires and make subtractions for life.
(This article was first published on the public account "Salt salt's private collection book shadow sharing")