"The walker is diligent, the ninja is not sorry"
Japan is very good at shooting films of craftsmanship, glimpses extraordinary meanings in ordinary life, and no matter when you look back, these details can still tap the heart, throwing out questions that cannot be avoided, is it returned to the heart or goes with the flow? How is the meaning of life defined? There is no unified answer from beginning to end, just the process and understanding of their own continuous exploration, a thousand people think, or bury their heads, or look forward, hand over different answers, draw different colorful colors of life, just meet their own definitions. In today's fast-paced life, we are wrapped in desire, constantly grabbing outwards to get the recognized meaning of success. Yes, seeing other people's mansions, villas, fragrant cars, luxury goods, had to be moved, so panic to work hard for these, there is no mistake, life should be colorful, varied, in order to promote more development and progress, but not as a unified reference template. Each blooms, each wonderful, living out their own vast stars, the film "RailroadMan", who only sticks to one post in his life and loves only one person, for the protagonist of the story, but also for Ken Takakura himself, all contain their own definition of the meaning of life.
The movie "Railroad Man" tells the story of the hokuma dance that takes place at the train passing small station, which was once very lively and prosperous as a coal mine production area, and thus the train came into being, but now the population is decaying, and it is often three or four days before there is a passenger. As a result, the money-losing homai branch line decided to be abandoned and discontinued, and the only railroad officer/station master on this platform, Sato Ethamatsu (Ken Takakura), has devoted most of his time to this small platform. When he received the information that the station was about to be abandoned, his old colleague Sugiura Senji visited the homai station and tried to persuade Otomatsu to go to the resort with him after retirement, but was refused by Otomatsu, who convinced him to accompany the railway with his life, signaling, pulling rails, sweeping, inspecting, and waving the flag countless times: normal behind, normal signal, and then watching the train leave. Yi Song's lifelong love and hate are all related to Xiaozhan, stoic and persistent, with indelible memories and endless stories. Is it worth it for Otomatsu, like many Japanese, to work for a company in a position all his life, only to find a lack of family in the end?
Otomatsu and his wife Shizue live here, and when Shizue, who has not been pregnant for many years, finds out that she is pregnant, she is so excited that she tearfully tells Otomatsu that although Otomatsu behaves very calmly, she is still infected by Shizue's emotions and embraces the hope of the snow. Soon after giving birth to a baby girl, named Yukiko, cherished and cherished, but the fate is not good, when Yukiko was more than one year old, infected with wind and cold, Shizue alone held the child to the United States to see a doctor, Otomatsu because he wanted to do his job as a railway officer, stayed in the small station of the hoop dance, doing small and dutiful work, looking at the train that was gradually moving away, Otomatsu straightened his back and looked at it, seemingly calm and calm. When Shizue returned with the train again, she returned to the snow that was as cold as snow, and their only child died prematurely. Shizue got off the train and hurried home, leaving Otomatsu alone on the platform, dazed and depressed. The days still passed day by day, Shizue's increasingly weak body, Xiao Min, the son who wanted to adopt the miners who were killed, Xiao Min, who went to Italy to learn cooking, and finally Shizue, who died in the hospital, still did not look forward to Yi Song's last glance, and undoubtedly stuck to the small station.
The heart has thoughts, the eyes have seen. The story arranges a very warm scene, Yi Song "meets" a little girl on the platform, holding a rag doll, and sees him at three age stages. The first time he learned to gesture like Ototsu; the second time, when he was older, he secretly kissed him; the third time, he appeared in front of him in his middle school uniform and made him a table of food... And Otomatsu gradually understood that this was his daughter Yukiko, who had never grown up, who had visited him in a growing way, and the two talked happily, showing various limited edition train models over the years, as well as train-related accessories, and Yukiko was proud of her father. Yi Song also looked back on this life, saying that he was very happy, he could do whatever he wanted in this life, although his wife and children were dead, he felt very sorry for his wife and daughter, but they were so good to him, never resented him, the neighbors also respected him, he felt happy! Even if he let him die now, he has no regrets! The next day, when the train came, Senji and the others saw Otomatsu lying in the snow on the platform, and they all understood Otomatsu's state of mind and fate, and went with the honmatsu station, so his old friend Senji personally honked the horn to start the train and carried Otomatsu to the last journey of his life. Is seeing Yukiko too much miss or is it a sign? In the final conversation with Yukiko, Otomatsu also shed tears for the first time, which was also like a tribute before the curtain fell!
In fact, the story of "RailroadMan" and Takakura Ken himself is also incredibly similar, Takakura Ken has devoted his life to acting, giving many brilliant role interpretations, especially seeing Zhang Yimou's evaluation of him - "Soldier", dedicated and humble, many details are very thoughtful. Ken Takakura and his ex-wife Jiang Li Zhi Huimei, originally an enviable couple, but after pregnancy, Jiang Li Zhi Huimei had a strong pregnancy reaction, suffered from pregnancy poisoning after diagnosis, had to do abortion surgery, the doctor also suggested that after Jiang Li Zhi Huimei can no longer get pregnant, otherwise there will be life danger, can not have the child's life, this matter is like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, so that the two suffered a lot of blows, and therefore slowly parted ways on the emotional balance. Ken Takakura shifted his energy to movies, but Etoshi Tomoemi lost her singing career and collapsed, and after the two divorced, they died unexpectedly at the age of 45.
Many years later he said: "When we hurt the hearts of others, it is often the hearts of the most important people, no, it is better to say that it is the most important people, but it hurts more seriously." There is no one in the world who is more precious than her, knowing that, for some reason, will do something that deeply stabs her. "Takakura Ken, who blamed himself, did not marry for the rest of his life until his death, and in the years to come, he often came to sit in front of the tombstone of Jiang Lizhi Huimei, and did not want to leave for a long time." The story of "RailroadMan" is like a memorial, there are persistence, there are regrets, but also with a complete space, to mourn and miss! The persistence of one's duties, the guilt of one's lover, the stories overflowing with the heart, and the expectations and blessings for children who have not yet grown up.
Salvation or not, whether it is Otomatsu or Takakura Ken has become the past, comfort and waiting to solve the puzzle is the living, what kind of career, what kind of hand? Life always has regrets and inability to do anything of different sizes, what kind of state of mind to fill this deficiency? Waiting for their respective answers and searches.