It was Kore-eda who, after years of polishing newsreels and documentaries, finally had the opportunity to direct a feature film for the first time in 1995.
Adapted from Kei Miyamoto's novel of the same name, Light of Illusion depicts an ordinary but doubtful story about death.
It seems that from this time on, kore-eda and later films have focused on the things that have always been very casual with us but always avoid talking about, that is, life and death, gain and loss.
From Yumiko always dressed in black from head to toe, to the lead-colored sky in the city, Kore-eda deliberately created an atmosphere of oppression and alienation. In such colors, happiness must be short-lived.
But at that time, Kore-eda seemed unwilling to express the cruelty of coexistence with innocence in "Nobody Knows", and the helpless middle-aged life in "Non-Stop".
Eventually, Yumiko changes into a lightly colored skirt, and the laughter of the children is drowned in the old house by the seaside with the cheerful barking of the dogs, in the never-ending sound of the waves that Minxiong told her to take for granted.
"Life is better than death, because in life, at least there is love. Death is also good, but there is no love there. ”
"I stood at the mouth of the river and watched a boat slowly disappear.
It was there that she disappeared.
We all shed tears about it.
But she didn't go.
She lives deep in our hearts.
Suddenly some other voice was saying:
Here she comes.
This is death.
she. come. finish. ”
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