"Mr. Tom in the Mountains"
It was sub-zero weather, and the wind was cold and windy outside the house. Probably because it was too cold, so I wanted to see a warm movie, so I found this new film "Mr. Tom in the Mountains". When I saw that it was starring Takumi Kobayashi and Shiki Ichikawa, I knew that it was a film that I wanted to watch now.
I first learned about Satoshi Kobayashi from "Seagull Canteen", clean short hair, and no stunning beauty, but it looks very comfortable, a little quiet, a little intellectual, and a little independent. In the film, she plays Yukie, who runs a Japanese restaurant in Finland alone, called "Seagull Canteen". Later, I came to Finland green with a finger on the map, and Masako, who lost his luggage but did not know what was in his luggage, came to this shop to help for different reasons.
Are you saying this movie has a plot? No!
It's just that three women come together by chance to run a restaurant together, from the beginning of no one's interest to the later slowly accepted by the locals, with the passage of time, recording the daily life of a store, there are a large number of close-up shots of food, and a large number of fixed shots of still life. So this is a movie that requires patience to watch. Not only "Seagull Canteen", but also "Bread and Soup and Good Weather for Cats", "Glasses", "Swimming Pool" and "Mr. Tom in the Mountains" watched today are all slow-paced, fresh and clean styles, and no plot.
"Mr. Tom in the Mountains" records the daily life of Hana (Satomi Kobayashi) and Ashi (Ichikawa Shimée) in the countryside. Growing vegetables, raising cats (to catch mice), raising chickens and sheep, going shopping at the only grocery store in the village, picnicking, and neighboring exchanges, of course, can not be less than the different foods in three meals a day. The pace is very slow, there are many close-up and still shots of still life in the house and outdoor scenes, and when you watch, you want to take a screenshot every minute to save it.
——Outdoor rural nature——
Cooking smoke that has not been seen for a long time
Favorite dandelion
Fishing on the banks of the river
Cats on the eaves
When was the last time I saw a fire cloud?
The sky full of stars remains only in childhood memories
——Indoor daily life——
den
restaurant
breakfast
Ovopatoli in the play
picnic
Tom is actually a cat they have, which becomes one of the main attractions of the film. On the contrary, Sako Sako, who participated in "Seagull Restaurant" together, only played the old woman who opened a grocery store, giving very few shots, which is a pity. She often plays the kind of boss lady who looks serious and fierce on the outside, but is very kind at heart. But in the show, she always sits at the door of the grocery store, smiling and squinting at every customer. The layout of the grocery store is very kind, broken, old, and it is also my own memory of the grocery store at the entrance of the primary and secondary school, hanging with many gadgets that children like.
——The old woman's grocery store——
At the end of the film, A line from Toshimi Kobayashi: I remember the sentence written in a book I read when I was young, "There are freedoms, there are flowers, there are books, there is the moon, will anyone feel happy because of these beings?" This sentence can also be used to interpret the main idea of the above films played by Toshimi Kobayashi.
Life is simple and happy. Just like in this cold winter, holding a cup of milk tea in the palm of your hand feels very satisfied and happy