The story begins with the serial killings that occurred in Sendai District, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and the police, in the process of arresting the crime, opened the human tragedy of the implementation of the current social welfare protection policy one by one, and those who were vulnerable died because they had no way to help. In the wake of the great earthquake and tsunami disaster, the survivors who had already suffered from the destruction of their families and the displacement of people, even if they tried very hard to survive for many years after the disaster, they were repeatedly dissuaded by the undertakers in the process of applying for the "life protection allowance", and they did not get the protection they deserved and suffered secondary injuries, and the injustice caused by the policy ignited the anger of the people, which also triggered a series of killings that shocked the whole Japanese society. It makes people think deeply and feel a lot.
A little orphan girl who lost her mother in the 311 earthquake in Japan, an old woman who survived the earthquake, a young man who failed to save people in time in the tsunami, old women, young people and children, because they lived together in a shelter, they supported each other and lived under the same roof, becoming a family that did not have blood to warm each other.
Many years later, the young people and orphan girls have grown up and left home, there is no old woman who is too poor to live happily, but in order to protect her own daughter who has not seen each other for many years, she obeys the local undertaker and gives up the living protection allowance that she is originally applying for, so she starves to death and dies, making the orphan girl and the young man sad and indignant.
On the other hand, the relevant undertakers who were responsible for assisting in the application for allowances were found to have been kidnapped for no reason and died alone in the face of the taste of death. A criminal police officer who lost his wife and daughter in the tsunami was ordered to investigate, thus opening up the suffering of those who were not protected behind natural and man-made disasters.
Why do young people who are identified as homicide suspects go so far as to turn into extremely vicious criminals and remain silent, but also to protect vulnerable people who are not protected under the policy?
And why do those who have obviously reached the bottom of the social disadvantages who have long been at the end of the road have not been able to bravely speak out and call for help when they need help the most in life?
In everyone's heart, there was an unknown pain hidden, a great earthquake and tsunami, swept away the good and evil in human nature, leaving only the pain of the heavens without words...
The film is adapted from the well-known Japanese novelist Yamashi Nanari published in 2018 in the novel of the same name, exploring the Japanese 311 earthquake tsunami, due to the Japanese government's social protection policy implementation of the bias, caused by a series of regrettable criminal incidents, the reasons behind the crime, involving the human nature of good and evil, crime and punishment of the life issue of the discussion, let people in the shock and regret, have more deep thinking, the film saw the end, only let people want to look up to the sky and sigh, let people think deeply about the natural disasters, The human regret caused by the hearts of people with different positions, the intertwining of life and death, in the end, whose fault is it? Who are those who need protection?
The movie "Those Who Are Not Protected" details the aftermath of the disaster, as well as the welfare policies that cannot be implemented, for the weakness that really needs to be protected, the secondary damage caused, there are many unknown people's heartaches under the tip of the iceberg, waiting to be healed.
The whole film was filmed during the epidemic ravaging the world, not only was it lucky to successfully complete the shooting in 2020, Sato Ken picked the beam to star in a suspected murderer, from cold and taciturn, to impulsive anger, to tender confession, sometimes introverted and sometimes unrestrained emotional performance, with the plot deduction reversal, people are impressive. Veteran film queens appreciate Mizuko, have the experience of life, interpret the role of a sad and resolute and optimistic mother, there are not many scenes, but they can always grasp the attention of the audience every time they appear, and they are moved and unwilling. The characters of Abe Hiroshi and Kiyohara Goya in the film are both people with stories, both of whom have been hidden in their hearts for many years, unable to speak to people, and the pain caused by the earthquake and tsunami is difficult to heal. (Today's headlines: Film critic Mtalk)
But at the end of the film, the ending arranged for them by the director and the screenwriter, the psychological reversal of not being able to protect the loved ones, and wanting to avenge the weak who cannot be protected, has been finally healed, and the pain of ten years ago originated from the sea, and the dialogue that smoothed the scars ten years later, after all, like a white wave, is gone, leaving behind the reality of Japanese society, from politicians to people, from bureaucrats to weak people, who need to work together to adjust and improve the implementation of policies. Text/SJKen