Author: Qing Huan
In recent years, IP adaptation has become a boom, and the classic novel "Relief Grocery Store" by Japanese writer Keigo Higashino has been adapted into a movie by China and Japan, bringing the wonderful things of grocery stores to the big screen. Directed by Japanese director Ryuichi Hiroki and starring Toshiyuki Nishida and Ryosuke Yamada, the film "Nanaya Relief Grocery Store" has gained a good reputation since its release, and has topped the Weekly Champion of the Japanese Cinema Line Rankings.
Poster for the movie "Langya Relief Grocery Store"
"Langya Relief Grocery Store" tells the story of people who write down their troubles, throw them into the roller shutter door in front of the Langya grocery store, and get the answer in the milk carton outside the store the next day. The novel is composed of multiple short stories, and the film is subtracted, selecting the three most representative and emotionally impactful stories, namely "Fish Shop Musician", "Green River" and "Lost Puppy", focusing on orphanages and grocery stores.
In this work, Keigo Higashino does not continue the heavy and depressing writing style of the past, narrating the murder and reasoning process, but instead creates a world that can move and heal the reader with soft brushstrokes, which is the most common "healing system" in Japanese culture. On the basis of the adaptation, the film "Langya Relief Grocery Store" visually uses warm tones and a very old Japanese style to faithfully reproduce the theme of the original work, and continues to convey goodwill, love and spiritual redemption.
The owner of the grocery store, Yuji Nanaya (Toshiyuki Nishida), has spent his energy for many years to answer the doubts of the consultants, changing people's lives, and by chance, these people who get answers from the grocery store also convey their kindness. For example, Katsuro Matsuoka (Played by Hayashi Shudu) in the story of "Fish Shop Musician", with the encouragement of the owner of the grocery store, chose to stick to the musical path, and impressed the little girl Mizuhara Ken (Suzuki Iris) of the Marukoen Orphanage with an original music "Rebirth", and when the orphanage caught fire that night, Matsuoka Katsuro died to save Mizuhara's brother, and many years later, Mizuhara Kiryu, who became a singer, continued to complete Matsuoka Kazuro's dream on the stage. "Lost Puppy" Harumi Tamura (Masayoshi Ono) learns about Japan's economic situation from a reply letter from the grocery store, and successfully amasses wealth by following advice, she has long funded the Marukoen Orphanage, and resolutely bought it when the orphanage was facing closure. These people, who are connected by the grocery store, are redeemed while trying to help others.
Yuji Nanaya describes those who write to counsel as "a hole in their hearts, and important things are gradually draining from that hole", because the influence of unsmooth experiences, dark pasts, or the world of material desires, doubts about their own beliefs, and troubles and confusion will follow. No matter how time changes, people's troubles are mostly similar, so "listening" becomes particularly important.
In fact, the reply from the grocery store is not really "relieving worries", but in an enlightening way, helping people see clearly what they want in their hearts. "Although it is useless to ask for advice from an ordinary old man, I will still think hard in my own way and answer." This is the attitude that Yuji Nanaya treats every counselor, listening carefully to their stories and giving encouragement, and every answer carries a temperature. And he understands that the person who wrote to the counselor already has the answer in mind, and the reply only reinforces the counselor's belief from a positive or negative perspective. In a sense, Yuji Nanaya actually plays the role of a listener.
The only person who can relieve your worries is yourself, listen carefully to your inner voice, and gain the courage to change and work hard. As Yuji Nanaya said in his last letter to the three thieves, although the letter writer is likely to face confusion, his life is like this blank piece of paper, free to draw your own map. It's all up to you. You will unleash your infinite imagination and create infinite possibilities, because all the most attractive is the unknown world, and there is infinite hope in front of you.
In people's minds, the relief grocery store has surpassed the role of consultation itself, and is more inclined to a spiritual and ideal meaning. At the end of the film, the dawn comes, everything is still working normally, learning to listen, knowing how to examine their original intentions, is the path that everyone should take. (Qinghuan)
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