The movie that Log is going to promote today is "Midnight Bus" directed by Masao Takeshita
The film tells the story of middle-aged Takamiya Toshiichi quit his repressive job in Tokyo and returns to his hometown of Niigata to work as a driver for a long-distance bus back to Tokyo.
But one day, just as he was about to leave, he ran into miyuki, his ex-wife, who had divorced him sixteen years earlier.
Later, it was learned that Miyuki had started a new family in Tokyo, and this time she returned to Niigata to visit her sick father, who lived alone in his hometown.
Riichi and Miyuki have two small children, both raised by Richi alone. This meeting evokes the old love of Riichi and Miyuki, and wants to continue the past.
But the two children who were deeply hurt rejected the "mother" from the bottom of their hearts.
In the final analysis, it turned out that Miyuki had been unable to escape the family alone, which brought deep harm to the two children.
At this time, Toshiichi is also preparing to marry his girlfriend Furui Tenho.
However, once Tenho suddenly visits, she finds miyuki welcoming Tenho's arrival like a hostess at her boyfriend's house, and flees Toshiichi in a panic.
In the end, Riichi and Miyuki are still separated, and Richi also embarks on a journey to find his girlfriend Tenho.
The film is as quiet as water, and the feelings are delicate and dense,
The nearly three-hour clip slowly uncovers the scars in the hearts of the characters.
In the final analysis, it is nothing more than to put down the word.
Even though the two have been deeply in love, a momentary choice often determines the ending.
Miyuki chose to leave, bringing a pain that the two children could not make up for in a lifetime, and bringing a lifetime of affection to her husband, Richi.
In a chance encounter, even if the two want to return to the old love, it becomes impossible due to the passage of time.
If it had been sixteen years ago, perhaps the child could have forgiven his mother's impulsive impulses, or perhaps Toshiichi had not yet met his girlfriend Tenho.
But there is no "what if" in reality.
Yes, there are no ifs.
Miyuki also has a child in Tokyo, Toshiichi already has Tenho, and the two children have grown up with wounds.
The word "recovery" has become a fool's dream.
Therefore, we can only choose to let go and continue to the future.
The main idea of the movie is very simple, but in some subtle plots it gives me deep thoughts.
A scene of a conversation between Ritsuichi and Miyuki,
Miyuki: "Why aren't you married anymore?" ”
Li Yi: "Why did you remarry?" ”
Miyuki: "Won't you answer my question?" ”
……
"I'm so lonely, I don't think I can handle it alone"
"Then why don't you get married again?"
Ritsuichi: "Because I'm not lonely." ”
Get married, just to get rid of loneliness?
I think it's incomprehensible, if you marry for some kind of uneasiness, it's like the two of you casually cooking together, just to "come home" at night and have a bowl of hot rice to eat.
Because of this, Miyuki's later husband also went to a new place to "partner and cook" with other women, and Miyuki also returned to "loneliness".
The satisfaction that can only be obtained by relying on others is only false satisfaction.
I admire Toshiichi, who, although he is in his fifties, still has a relationship with Tenho for more than five years.
He even persuaded Tenho, who was twenty years younger than him, to find a younger partner.
I think that Li Yi's emotional self-sufficiency will not rush to find someone to marry because of "loneliness", which is a kind of maturity.
Well, today's film promotion ends here, I hope that all readers can be emotionally self-sufficient and find the ideal other half as soon as possible.