Origins of filmmaking
"There are more and more couples around who have become parents, and it is at this time that I see that after they become parents, especially mothers, they seem to be particularly cool and radiant. I thought, can I make a movie about parenting? This film I think is to make a movie of the vision I want to experience. --Hosoda Mori
Rain and Snow, Son of the Wolf, is a film directed by Mori Hosoda, which was released in Japan in July 2012. The film tells the story of a young girl who spends time
In college, I liked the wolf child "he" who often came to rub classes and fell in love with him. The girl grew up in a single-parent family and was raised by her father since childhood, but unfortunately Flower's father died in her high school years, and Flower has been alone ever since. It wasn't until she met the wolf child "he" that the flower slowly opened her heart, and the days spent with the wolf child made the flower very happy. Soon the two had children, the girl born on a snowy day was named Snow, and the boy born on a rainy day was named Rain. But one day the wolf child went out and encountered an accident, and the hit flower did not go down, but brought the two children to the countryside, where there is abundant nature, she wanted to wait for the children to grow up, and choose whether to live as a human or as a wolf.
The first time I came to the countryside, I reclaimed a piece of land by myself. Flowers with no agricultural experience soon encountered difficulties, and the crops they planted did not grow normally, looking sick. Distressed, Hua encounters the guidance of enthusiastic villagers. In this way, the mother and son three began a "stumbling" rural life. Like ordinary parents, Hua encountered the growth problems of the two children, and the part of the "wolf" instinct in the sisters and brothers began to stand out. In this regard, Hua often teaches the two not to turn into wolves in front of people...
In the blink of an eye, the two have reached the age of school, and Hua has encountered new challenges! In this way, The flower accompanies the two to grow up, and the flower in the movie can be said to be a suffering person, but she is not discouraged, but she is strong and takes on the responsibility of being a mother. This undoubtedly shows the greatness of maternal love!
The film has won awards such as the Tokyo Animation Award and the Japan Academy Film Award, and is a delicate and warm film, although it tells only ordinary parenting stories, but the sparse daily life can resonate with everyone.