The Japanese short story "The Taste of Saury": It is the father's compassion to let a middle-aged daughter marry

Ozu's "Taste of Saury":

After the death of his wife for many years, the taciturn Yamadaira has become accustomed to the life of being cared for by his daughter Michiko.

On the surface, Daozi also seems to be willing to take care of his old father, and has never shown a desire to marry.

Yamahei often drank and talked with a few old friends in middle school, and whenever his friends talked about Michiko's marriage and said that they wanted to introduce her to her, Yamadaira would always vaguely refuse, but he was afraid of what he was facing, and he could not figure it out.

However, every time he drank alcohol, he would stop in moderation to avoid getting drunk and causing too much trouble to Daozi.

One day at the same window party, Yamadaira learns that the teacher's daughter has not yet married in order to take care of the teacher. When he sent the teacher home, he saw that the beautiful person was now old and haggard, and he was shocked and thought of Daozi.

Afterwards, he motioned for Daozi to consider the marriage...

This is probably one of the noblest qualities of men in Japanese culture.

For the sake of his daughter's happiness, he gave up his own life comfort.

To marry a middle-aged daughter is a form of compassion.

He could have kept her for the rest of his life, but he didn't...

I quickly remembered many Japanese film and television stories, many about old fathers and middle-aged daughters.

I was immediately filled with comfort for being born and growing up under the red flag.