A very quiet movie, light and shallow. Taking spring, summer, autumn and winter as the timeline, stories are strung together through one delicacy after another. There were no exaggerated special effects, no special soundtrack, and everything blended just right.
The mountains, the girls bending over in the emerald green rice fields, and the birds that occasionally fall on the distant treetops all bring beauty to the audience.
What is the unique charm of this douban rated 9.0 movie?
The location of the story is in Komori. Komori is a corner of a village in tohoku, Japan. There are no shops here, only a few small shops in the center of the village. From Komori, it takes 30 minutes to ride a bike all the way. If you choose to go to the large supermarket in the next city, it often takes a whole day.
The protagonist of the story, Ichiko, has lived in Komori since childhood. After experiencing the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, she chose to escape after struggling to adapt. Back to the peaceful little village of Komori. Following in her mother's footsteps, she cooked a dish of food.
On the one hand, through Ichiko's daily life, "Little Forest" connects a variety of unique foods.
In the damp Komori, clothes can't be dried for a long time, and the wooden spoon that stirs the jam is moldy. The smoke from the raw stove can drive away the water vapor and dry the inside of the house. But a hot and dry house can make people feel impatient. Ichiko began to make bread.
In the sweltering summer, mosquitoes constantly surround the weed-removing city, the humid and hot air and a lot of sweat stains, and the city's clothes and hair sticky to the body. Wanting a refreshing feeling, Ichiko decided to make a little sour wine.
The film presents the tranquility and beauty of rural life little by little through the feelings of the city and the change of seasons.
On the other hand, "Little Forest" chooses to string together dishes and Ichiko's childhood memories, which leads to Ichiko's miss for her mother. Making every dish, Ichiko can recall that when she was a child, her mother half-truths and half-truths coped with her words.
She thought it was her own unique Twutz soy sauce, but it was sold everywhere; her mother made a spread on bread, which turned out to be chocolate hazelnut sauce from the supermarket.
At night, Komori's life is also lively. Ichiko lives alone in a house surrounded by streams, forests, and fields.
Every evening, there are always insects visiting the house of the city. Water moths, unicorns, fireflies, many lives stay outside Ichiko's house, sharing the light of the night with her.
There is a character in the film, Yuta, Ichiko's best friend. Yuta, like Ichiko, went out to study under the pretext of leaving Komori but chose Komori in the end. When Ichiko asks yuta why she returned to Komori, Yuta replies like this:
The hustle and bustle of the city is always bustling with people, and when the bustle of the city fascinates the eyes, there are always some people who forget themselves. Perhaps only in the quiet of the night, without the hustle and bustle of traffic, can you really think about what you want to pursue.
After experiencing it, Yuta found what she really wanted to do. As Ichiko said, "I think, Yuta, I came back here to face his life." ”
We are not like this, like Ichiko and Yuta, it is always difficult to choose between the tranquility of their hometown and the prosperity of the city. Yuta found his way through the experience and chose to follow his heart.
We can also ask ourselves, what do we really like in our hearts?
Released in 2014, the "Little Forest" is based on the manga of the same name by manga artist Daisuke Igarashi, and has a Douban score of 9.0, which is the highest-rated Japanese film in Douban in 2015.
The film took a whole year to shoot in Oshi City, Iwate, Japan, for a whole year, exactly four seasons.
The film makes extensive use of long shots, switching back and forth between the empty mirror of the scene and the close-up of the person, using the empty mirror to show the beauty and tranquility of Komori, and clearly recording the food of the city with the close-up. Highlights the healing sensation that nature and rural life bring.
In addition to a large number of high-quality pictures, one of the reasons why the film has been widely acclaimed is that it has created a desirable paradise. Rustic and pure farmhouse life, lively insect visitors at night.
In the sweltering summer, the iced tomatoes in the well water are fished out and bitten hard; in the autumn after the harvest, the fragrant dried sweet potatoes are roasted next to a short aunt of a group of parents, and the aroma attracts the kittens hiding behind the curtains in a daze.
One film critic said it particularly well: "What we lack is waiting for the walnut to molt, waiting for the syrup to soak through the chestnut, and waiting for the bread to be crispy." It's insulting not to be shocked. It is a small joy of green vegetables to de-tendon and cabbage cake. It is a small blessing in the ordinary life. ”
"May Komori's water vapor not only soak Ichiko's white clothes, but also infiltrate your and my heart."
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