Reviews of "In This Corner of the World" are mixed. Some say that the anti-war theme is rich in connotation, and some say that the glorification of war is the main theme of Japan's films.
As the chief love disciple of Director Hayao Miyazaki, Nao Katabuchi is also scolded abroad and scolded by the domestic people, which can be described as "not a person inside and out". But it cannot be denied that this "In this corner of the world" won the first place in the top ten lists of Japanese films that year and the Grand Jury Prize of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France.
Against the controversy, Rambling watched it from beginning to end. The glorification of the war is not seen, but the anti-war ideology is quite obvious. Compared to the early Grave of the Fireflies, one is dark and the other is sad in the light.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > highlights the "anti-war" theme from the perspective of the protagonist and family changes</h1>
When many works show the changes of the times, they often highlight the great changes of the times through the trivialities of life and life changes of a family or several families.
The same goes for this anime. The protagonist is a girl named Urano Ling, silly, humble, over 18 years old married to a harbor called Wu Shi, and her husband has never met, is strange to people, and is strange to Wu Shi.
There were many ships in Wu, and her father-in-law and husband both worked in the naval forces.
She is very ordinary, has no special skills, can only carry water at home to cook, even the clothes are extremely untouched, broken and do not make up, go out also eager to go dirty, for this reason suffered a lot of husbands and sisters "ridicule".
The story is set in World War II, when it was the war period, and soon after the marriage, there was a shortage of materials, many of the supplies could not be distributed, and sugar and rice became extremely expensive. From the first few dishes to the end of only four small salted fish, and then to the later eat only wild vegetables, no vegetables to eat white rice and so on. The days of their families are getting harder and harder.
Then the situation became more severe, and air raids came. At first it was a few times a month, once a week, and then it became once a day, once an hour.
Her brother died, her sister's child was killed in the clear sky, Xiaoling's right hand was also blown up, and her life changed dramatically. Her sister complained about her, and she could no longer paint because of her right hand injury, and she had to be taken care of to dress and eat.
She returned to the isolation and helplessness she had when she first came to Wu City. Later, Hiroshima, where my parents and sister were located, was dropped with a special bomb, the home was gone, my parents were gone, my sister was also irradiated, her life was not long gone, from no food to life threat, stupid as Xiaoling, also began to be angry and angry.
In the face of more and more intensive air raids, the people have also become more and more insensitive: "The air raid sirens are all thunderous and the rain is small." Waiting until he saw the stray bullets falling, he sighed and said, "It turns out that this time is true", and then slowly ran into the air raid shelter.
Xiaoling, like them, went from the initial panic to the later numbness, and then to the destruction of her home, and the separation of her relatives became angry. While sighing "it's okay", he suffered difficulties.
But in the midst of war, as people, they can't do anything, and they can't save the status quo.
So when Japan surrendered, they were happy to queue up for the leftovers of the US military, and they also issued a "delicious" exclamation, as if they had obtained a treasure. Show them the way, they will get chocolates, candy, they are willing to eat, very happy to get rare and precious items. They didn't know that these people had airstried them a few days ago, dropping countless stray bullets...
Because survival is their war.
Therefore, the director actually wants to present the horror and fear of war from the perspective of a complete citizen, and the extremely psychological impact of war on the lives of the people, which is the most real and the most reflective of the drawbacks of war, so the "anti-war" intention is obvious.
The reason why some viewers feel that they glorify the war, or even "lick the dog", is because they are in the perspective of the people, not the perspective of the country. In that dying moment, whenever someone gives food, they rejoice and even be thankful. After all, the people are only victims of war.
The "anti-war" idea of this work is actually as strong as "Grave of the Fireflies", the difference is that "In the Corner of the World" uses the form of painting to hide more terrible pictures, minimize the decadence and fear after the war, and get a certain emotional buffer in the visual experience.
In the end, there is actually a small plot that fits "Tomb of the Fireflies", the house collapses, and only the girl and the mother are lonely in the place. Later, the mother died and was attacked by mosquitoes and flies. But the ending of the story is hopeful: the girl meets Xiaoling and her husband and takes her home.
This ending allowed the audience to see the "miracle", in fact, it also highlighted the reality that after World War II, the Japanese people quickly came out of the haze, put into life, and restored the economy.
While directing the "anti-war" situation, director Katabuchi took care of the people's pain and psychology, weakened it, and also achieved the feedback presentation of real history. Man Man likes this way of dealing with it.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > better than anti-war is the presentation of the details of life</h1>
This anime allows Manga to see the sense of detail in Japanese film and television dramas. Whether it is the emotion of the characters, or the details of some action design, they have been delicately processed.
In this work, there are mainly two emotional treatments. One is the triangular relationship between XiaoLing, Hojo Shusaku (XiaoLing's husband), and Suwon Tetsu (Aome Takema). The other is the emotional transformation between Xiaoling and her husband's sister Kuromura.
1. The feelings of XiaoLing, Suwon Zhe, and Zhou Zuo
Xiao Ling and Suwon Tetsu are called green plum bamboo horses, and they like each other, but Suwon Tetsu is bent on becoming a navy. Therefore, when Xiaoling was asked for affection, the two still did not express their intentions and missed.
Xiao Ling had actually never met her husband, so even if she didn't want to marry, there was no reason to shirk it, as thick as her, she married Wu City alone, but she didn't know that Zhou Zuo was in love with her at first sight and deeply rooted in love.
After marrying, the relationship between the two is not a husband and wife act, and there is a sense of deference. Later, in the heart-to-heart talks, the two people understood each other.
Xiao Ling was confiscated by the gendarmes for painting the ship, and then after Zhou Zuo knew, he not only did not blame him, but also gave her a pen and a book to support her to continue to draw. During the period when she was not accustomed to life in Wu City, she was also very gentle, often touching her head and killing her, because he was four years older than her.
The two's real feelings warmed up when Suwon Chul arrived and said he was going to take her away. Zhou Zuo saw a different Xiaoling, would refute, would tease other people, and would be angry. He hadn't seen any of this, and he was jealous, but still gave them space to reminisce. Afterwards, Xiao Ling learned that Zhou Zuo had actually been eavesdropping on their speeches, and he was also afraid.
Especially when he took out the momentum of the head of his own family to let Suwon Zhe live in the warehouse, it was simply too handsome. Later, Xiaoling and Suwon Tetsu reminisced about the past, slowly understood their intentions, and the two had a young couple to get along, and would secretly kiss.
The director grasped the emotions of each character in this relationship very well, not only can see the changes in each of their faces, but also shows the psychological state.
This long comic is completely watched as an idol drama, especially the actions and dialogues after the two people's feelings heat up are sweet. If it is expressed in the way of idol drama, it is to marry first and then love: the bully and his stupid cute little wife.
Single dogs are really abused enough.
2. The emotional transformation of Xiaoling and her sister
Sister Jingzi is a woman with ideas, wearing a dress, free love, so at first she looked down on Xiaoling's approach and dress, disgusted with her stupidity, slow movements, and tattered clothes.
Some viewers feel that this is a conflict, about the contradiction between the new daughter-in-law and the sister-in-law, from the perspective of a family ethics drama. In fact, it is not, from the beginning to the end, the sister is actually helping Xiaoling to change, but she is used to poisonous tongue, but she is just saying the most hateful words and doing the warmest things.
The sister will guide Xiaoling to cut clothes, will help her share the housework, and will also adjust her mood in time after her daughter is bombed, help Xiaoling to regain her strength and sew new clothes for her.
In fact, my sister has always been the most sensible, and she is also the one who takes the most care of her. The reason why Xiaoling can grow, a large part of the credit should be her sister, followed by love, because of war and life.
At first, Xiaoling thought that the family she married was unfamiliar and would not adapt, but whether it was her sister, husband, father and mother, or Qingmei, she had encouragement and tolerance, and really cared for and loved her, which was also the most touching place for Man.
There is also a story of Xiaoling when she was a child.
There was a little girl dressed in rags, stealing food while the family was sleeping, eating the watermelon peels they had left before they had time to discard. After seeing it, she quietly put watermelon for her to eat with the help of her grandmother.
In the end, this matter also had a follow-up development, Xiaoling met this little girl when she got lost, and then got her help and went home smoothly. Echoing back and forth, the design is very clever, but also shows the gentle kindness of the heroine, although silly, but "silly people have silly blessings." "As long as you give grace, you will also receive blessings."
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > rambling</h1>
The director Katabuchi is a historical controller, so there are many historical details in the work. For example, the Yamato, the Aoki, and Hiroshima were dropped with new weapons. Because the ashes of those who died in battle could not find the corpses, they could only use stones instead of other plots, which were all facts that could be justified and could be queried.
Therefore, whether it is plot or emotion, what Katabuchi Sumito conveys is real, real situation, real life and real psychology.
Compared with Miyazaki's romantic narrative techniques and fairy tale-like love stories, Manga actually prefers this expression of Katabuchi Sushi nao, borrowing people's lives to "see the big in the small", highlighting the details with delicate emotions and many subconscious actions, and is worthy of being the top ten in the Ten Newspapers.