Before we begin, I would like to ask you a question:
What is it that makes people bond with each other? Is it emotional or blood?
What I want to share today is this book of Kore-eda's "Like a Father Like a Son".
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01
The beginning of dog blood
"The lovely son who has been with him day and night for six years has no blood relationship with himself, and all this began with the mistaken embrace in the hospital." This story is very bloody no matter how you look at it.
Nonomiya, who works for a large construction company, is the backbone elite of the company, and his wife, Midori, is a housewife who takes care of the family single-mindedly, and the two jointly raise their well-behaved son, Keita.
Until one day, a phone call from the hospital broke the tranquility of this family of three.
It turns out that Keita is not the biological child of the two, but the child of Yudai Saiki and Yugali, and the children of the two families were reversed when they were born in the hospital.
What kind of feeling is it to suddenly find that the child you have worked so hard to raise for 6 years is not your own?
After the confirmation, the two sides agreed on a time to meet, during which often used work as an excuse to go home later and later, just because they did not know how to face Qingduo, who suddenly became someone else's child, while Green had an emotional breakdown and could not help himself when the meeting time was getting closer and closer.
Is it the emotions of getting along day and night that are precious, or is the blood relationship more difficult to give up? How should they choose between raised and biological children?
02
Is blood more important or companionship more important?
The delicate description of the psychology of the characters in the book makes each section as real as if it were facing a movie lens. On the one hand, there is a child who has been raised day and night, and on the other side is a child who has the same blood as himself but has never understood anything, what is the attitude of the two families towards this?
Rather than saying that the story of this child who dropped the bag revolves around two families, it is better to focus on the family of Nonomiya Ryota, and through the relationship between the Yudai Saiki family and the children, to set off the character of Ryodo.
Looking at the career and family happiness, I don't know how to be a good father.
Whether it is more lessons to Keita than companionship, or when her own child Ryu Qing is exchanged to her own home, facing a more favorable environment than her original family, Liu Liqing is not only undisciplined, but also always reveals her miss for her father. Although the "uncle" in front of him has a successful career and money, for Liu Qing, in a family where he is not even allowed to ask questions about "why", he is just an "uncle" without temperature.
In the process of "recognizing" his own child, Many finally shook hands with himself and made peace. The blame for the father, the escape from the stepmother's emotions... Yes, how can blood be the only sustenance of emotions, and what makes parents and children bond is the warmth of the long-term flow of water. How much does blood intimacy have to do with it? In this world, there are many beings who are not mothers and sons and fathers and daughters, but more like relatives.
03
Even though life is ridiculous, there is warmth
"When does a father really become a father nickname?" At what point can a father really hold up the title of "father"?" When Ryodo says to Yoshito at the end of the story, "Mission over", it is Ryota who understands the true meaning of his mother's words telling him that "people who are not related by blood can also become close relatives by time together".
If you've seen the award-winning film "Thief Family", then you will feel familiar when you watch "Like Father Like Son", both of which are written by the Japanese contemporary film master Kore-eda, and the film of the same name was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 66th Cannes International Film Festival, and it is Kore-eda who is best at showing the truth of ordinary events in life in a delicate way.
Life may be ridiculous, but there are lovely places.
It is Kore-eda who, in the film, relies on touching people to earn the tears of the audience is never what he pursues, but what he desperately wants to avoid. It is Kore-eda who wants to show everyone, the soft and delicate side of life.
After reading this book, you may have a new understanding of the definition of family affection.
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