"Commemorative Hand" was released in Japan in 2017, the film's rating on Douban is not high, but I think it is not bad, maybe Japanese movies I have not seen much, can not be compared with other similar movies, but as far as this story is concerned, it is still quite interesting, there is touching, there is ignorant love, there is an understanding of life, in short, it is worth watching.
The story tells the story of a middle school teacher who recalls an incident with a girl with pancreatic cancer in her high school years. The doctor told the girl that she had less than a year to say goodbye to the world, and the boy accidentally learned the girl's secret. If a boy were to be described in a cool word, he was a loner who liked to read, liked to be alone, and didn't like to socialize.
Unlike boys, girls are smiling, like to get along with others, lively and generous, and full of hope for life. The two meet in the hospital, the boy picks up the girl's comorbid notes, learns the secret of the girl's death, the girl does not show panic, but goes with the flow to talk to the boy.
Girls and boys become good friends, travel together, play cards together, eat food together, like every couple, but the feelings between them are cancerous, I don't look like love, but help, boys help girls achieve unfinished business.
I can probably guess why some people don't like this movie, our hearts don't know when to be fixed in a tragic color, thinking that a dying person should not get love, affection, friendship, and thinking that the person who thinks of ways to give up these emotions is great, and does not leave a psychological burden on the beloved. Is such an idea really great?
Life is fragile and impermanent, and no one can predict the direction of tomorrow. If we still have a year to live, like the girl in the story, do we have to abandon our personality, abandon socialization, abandon love, family affection, friendship, maybe we will all become love life, just like girls, laughing as much as possible every day, trying to live as hard as possible.
The girl did not come to school for a long time, she was hospitalized, probably death quietly came to her side, the girl texted the boy, the content was messy, the boy ran to the hospital, they agreed to wait for the girl to be discharged, and went on a trip together. The girl was full of hope for life, and she thought that her body could not hold up. She was discharged from the hospital and killed by the murderer on her way to make an appointment with the boy.
Again, the impermanence of life is mentioned. The film I see is about life, and the love I see in it is actually very rare. The girl once lent the boy a book, "The Little Prince", and at the beginning of the film, the boy quoted one of the sentences: "Only by looking with your heart can you really see it." This sentence has been quoted by many people, talking about love, friendship, bondage, responsibility...
"The Little Prince" tells a lot of things, it is a children's book, but it is interpreted by many adults. The encounter between the girl and the boy in the story is like the encounter between the fox and the little prince. They met because of a comorbid note and said goodbye because of a letter. The boy began to become fond of life, he tore up the resignation letter, every day full of energy, serious teaching, serious work, serious life.
The memories that girls leave for boys with their short lives make the lonely boy change, from world-weariness to love of life, which is the best ending for both boys and girls.
I like what the girl said to the boy to the effect that our encounter was not accidental, it was our choice from childhood to adulthood that we could meet, the primary school we read, the middle school we attended, the school team we attended, the nearest way home from school, these are all choices that come from us, and now we stand together.
We met, never an accidental thing, every road you have traveled, every thing I have experienced, a road can not be less, one thing can not be less, we have this encounter.