Watching Yasujiro Ozu's posthumous work "The Taste of Saury", I was once again comforted by the master.
Three meals a day for a family, three or five friends for a lifetime.
Life is varied, everything is daily.
Ozu always has the ability to calm people down, and "The Taste of Saury" is condensed into a painting, stored in the heart, and the aftertaste is endless.
The protagonist, Hirayama, has been dead for many years since his wife died, and his children have grown up.
After the eldest son married, he formed a new family, and the daughter gradually took over the family affairs completely, taking care of the living of the father and brother, and keeping the family in good order.
Pingshan is old, but life is stable and rich. Pingshan, who ushered in old age, is still the pillar of the family.
The top pillar here is not only the advantage of identity, but also economically, Pingshan still has a job with ease, a lot of money, and from time to time he will help his eldest son who is embarrassed at hand.
Just like in his prime, the tall and strong father is out and about, and the children just have to grow up happily under his wings.
Outside of work, Hirayama occasionally gets together with three or five friends, drinks a few glasses of sake, tastes a few delicious dishes, and makes some innocuous jokes, and everything is perfect.
Except for the recent period, there are constant signals reminding him that his daughter Michiko should get married.
When a daughter gets married, it will always be a 10,000-point critical blow to her father.
The female assistant of the same age as her daughter in the company has recently taken frequent leave of absence, and upon inquiry, she learned that she was getting married.
Hirayama thought about it, he was a person of the same age as Michiko, and he was about to get married.
My Daozi, do you also want to start thinking about this question?
Even the old friend began to introduce the blind date to Daozi, a posture that could not be neglected at the right time.
Being pushed forward by life is probably this feeling, and Hirayama felt uncomfortable at first.
But his father's sense of responsibility and love did not allow him to be willful, so although Hirayama said that Michiko was still a child, she herself never thought of marrying, and began to think about her daughter's future.
Returning home to see the busy Daozi, Hirayama unconsciously walked away, and did not know when, the daughter has grown up, began to take care of all the housework, instead of the mother to take on the responsibility of "hostess".
Day after day, it became a habit, so that Hirayama ignored his daughter's "lifelong events" and got married.
Nature is not willing, especially with the background of the previous teachers and daughters.
I want to be the daughter of the teacher's flower, but also because the life of taking care of the old father was not married at the right age, and now that she is getting older and lonely, she and the old father are more lonely.
Therefore, although he is afraid that daozi will be lonely after he leaves, he still has to accept the fact that daozi has grown up and wants to live his life.
When the daughter heard her father's proposal to let her marry, for a moment, she felt that her father was going to drive her out.
Hirayama insisted on his responsibilities as a father, and after several persuasions, he promoted his daughter's marriage.
On the day of the marriage, the daughter dressed up, and the father praised the beauty with some shyness, and his eyes were full of appreciation and love.
Hirayama's greatest wish for Michiko is nothing more than to wish her daughter peace and joy in her life.
However, Hirayama still can't help but feel sad, and Hirayama, who has always been in a retreat, unusually went to the bar alone on the day of his daughter's marriage to drink until his face was red.
All the changes in life eventually become a tasteful daily life.