Fast-paced, high-stress urban life often makes people yearn for the tranquility and beauty of the countryside. But in fact, can we give up the fast and convenient urban life, take over the hard work, learn farming skills, and truly integrate into the countryside? The real choice lies in seeing your own heart, so what does it matter if the road back to your hometown is longer. Let's take a look at the road back home in Japanese film and television works!
The troubles of youth
Find yourself in the countryside
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Director Yaguchi Shijing is a professional filmmaker of youth inspirational films who shoot waste firewood, and the protagonists in his films are originally confused teenagers, and for some reason, they have begun to engage in a profession that is out of touch with modern society. Then overcome the difficulties and eventually grow. This time, he brought the unpopular theme of "lumberjack" to the screen.
Standing at the crossroads of life, Hirano Courage, who was attracted by the beautiful girls on the recruitment materials of forestry trainees by chance, decided to go to Mie Prefecture for a one-year forestry training. The film does not hesitate to show the beauty of the mountains and forests of Mie Prefecture, the wild mountains, the rugged and winding mountain roads, the quiet flowing streams, and every shot reveals the aura of nature.
However, the forestry training was not as romantic as in the propaganda materials, and the cityboy, who was faint of blood, timid, and hanging, was assigned to the super remote village of Shinji in Mie Prefecture and could not receive mobile phone signals. He must face the rough and cruel side of life: harsh training courses, dangerous working environments that cannot be taken lightly, not to mention the wild, simple and rough predecessors who are even more fearful of terror.
Getting up, planting trees, eating, and cutting down trees, Hirano gradually became accustomed to life here and developed a faith and respect for nature. I also slowly learned the importance and dignity of forestry work, and I couldn't help but hum the song of the lumberjacks, and found that I seemed to have liked working with everyone. At the end of a year of training, how will he choose?
Performed by: Akira Inoue / Teruyuki Yoshida / Tojo Kajiwara / Takegoro Nishimura / Tomohiro Kuwano
Starring: Reina Noh / Ai Hashimoto / Tomoko Koizumi / Nobuko Miyamoto / Hiroko Yakuza Maru
Amano Akira, a daughter who was described by her mother Haruko Amano as "inconspicuous and dark", lived a gray and dull life in Tokyo, and was once accidentally taken back by her mother to her hometown in Kitasanriku, Iwate Prefecture. The grandmother lied about being seriously ill, but in fact, because she was about to retire, hoping that Haruko would come back to inherit her career and become a sea girl. Haenyeo, a female fisherman who engages in diving and fishing. They do not wear auxiliary breathing devices and sneak into the seabed to catch scallops, abalone, conch and other seafood. Therefore, long-term training is required, through elderly counselling.
Haenyeo is one of the tourist selling points of Kitaburo, but a group of elderly haenyeo are about to retire and face the dilemma of no successor. Haruko is persuaded to inherit her mother's business, but she refuses and wants to take Akira back to Tokyo. And Qiu Yin saw her grandmother, who was a sea girl, diving into the sea to fish seriously, and felt very handsome from the heart, and she loved her hometown and was willing to stay and become a sea girl.
As a result, Qiu began to receive a long training of "haenyeo", and everything began to learn from the basics. A short film introduced to local characteristics taken by the Northern Three Lands Travel Association was placed on the Internet for publicity. One of the interviewees, Aki's images quickly circulated online, unexpectedly making her a local idol, and then being discovered by the agency to return to Tokyo and enter the performing arts world.
A new world and a path, how will young girls choose in the face of the expectations of their families, the inheritance of ancient professions, and the glorious idol life of Tokyo? ...... The film's popularity not only made Reina Noh and Ai Hashimoto, two little girls, popular, but also brought up the sightseeing tourism industry in the Kita-Sanriku area.
Rural revival
Guard the land under your feet together!
Performed by Shingo Okamoto / Shunichi Hirano / Ayuko Tsukahara
Starring: Toshiaki Karama / Kumiko Aso / Koji Yamamoto
The play tells the story of a revival of a "confined colony". In Japanese, more than 50% of the residents are over 65 years old, and it is difficult to maintain the collective existence and subsequent development of villages through common ceremonies such as crown weddings and funerals. Since 2005, the problem of aging and low birthrate in Japan has intensified, and more than 10,000 "boundary settlements" are currently hovering on the verge of decline. The places have been greatly affected, so the government has explored a variety of methods, but most of them have not worked well.
After completing the tokyo Olympic games, Eiji Asai, an outstanding civil servant of the central government, resolutely went to Kagura Village, the most marginal "boundary settlement" in Tokyo, hoping to revitalize this marginal village. But his actions were secretly obstructed by the mayor, his colleagues also held a perfunctory attitude, and what was even more frustrating was that the villagers were also stubborn and did not want to change.
However, Asai did not lose his heart in the slightest, and actively mobilized the villagers to open a sky lantern festival, a waterfall restaurant and a theme park... Skillful use of local resources to develop the village economy, attract people to move in, and gradually revitalize seemingly lifeless marginal villages. But the mayor's plan to abolish the village has not been stopped, and conspiracies have poured in.
The "Napoleon" in the title comes from asai's favorite setting to quote Napoleon's quotations to encourage people's hearts when faced with doubts and difficulties. The bond between the neighbors and the efforts to protect the countryside together are full of blood and blood. The theme of "rural rejuvenation" is also expressed in depth, "No matter how much it costs and how beautiful the village is, I don't think it can solve the problem of marginal villages." Talent is the most important thing, and it is necessary to understand the ideas of the villagers and the hearts of the people who support their ideas. ”
《Marginal Village Co., Ltd. 》
导导: Okada Ken / Isshiki Takashi
Starring: Takashi Sorimachi / Maki Matsuma / Shosuke Tanihara / Kazuka Inoue
Due to the influx of young people into the cities, only a large number of elderly people in Japan's vast rural areas continue to engage in agricultural production. Miho Ouchi was born in The Village of Shimura, a village of about 50 people, located deep in the mountains in the Kanto region. Since the government implemented the "merger of municipalities and villages", the infrastructure such as public transportation and post offices in the villages has been gradually withdrawn.
Miho's mother died at an early age, and her father left his hometown to develop in a big city. Grandpa has always insisted on growing organic vegetables and is not afraid of hard work. However, the sudden death of her grandfather put the production of organic vegetables in The village into a dilemma, and also made Miho determined to inherit her grandfather's business. At the funeral, Miho meets her father, Masato, whom she has not seen for 13 years, and the middle-aged unemployed Masanoe also plans to return to her hometown to work as a farmer.
The bank elite duoqi Chuanyou, who did not work well, also returned to his hometown of Zhicun, who originally planned to take a short vacation, but became a key figure in the revitalization of the village, proposing a series of unexpected development plans... Young people who have apprenticed to organic farming have also joined in to develop organic farming in the village.
However, organic agriculture faces huge challenges in both production and marketing. Organic vegetables that do not spray pesticides, do not apply chemical fertilizers, and manually weed the organic vegetables are expensive and difficult to gain the understanding and trust of consumers. In the process, conflicts and twists and turns continued, and the crowd encountered a series of challenges. How can we work together to save the fate of the village on the verge of extinction?
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After graduating, Ichiko, unable to integrate into tokyo's urban life, chose to return to the village where she grew up, Komori Village in the Tohoku region of Japan. One person completes all the farm work, learns the skills of agriculture with experienced elders, prepares meals and meals by hand, and makes contact with nature and people with a sincere heart. The style of the film is quiet, and you can see beautiful countryside scenery everywhere.
Friends such as Hana and Ashi, who used to live in Tokyo, returned to the countryside to live together, but they were troubled by rat infestation, so they got a cat named Tom. Naughty Tom always likes to toss everyone, but invisibly injects a trickle of warmth into daily life. "After this life, I feel more and more that the land is really great, and when the seeds are sown, new life will be born."
"Late Blooming Sunflower"
Shotaro Kohira, who worked in Tokyo, was a sunny but unmotivated young man who was suddenly unemployed and was given the opportunity to volunteer in 40,000 cities in Kochi Prefecture. At the same time, the self-esteemed medical researcher Nijido Kahori was also ordered to return to his hometown of Forty Thousand City to support local medical construction. So the two of them had their own hearts in mind and set off again.
Gentle Moments
Takuro was stationed abroad for many years because of his father, Yongji Uei, and was often bullied and had a rebellious personality. During a driving trip, her mother died in a car accident due to an argument with her mother. Grief-stricken, Yokyoshi quit his job to open a forest café in his wife's hometown of Tomino, while Takuro enters a kiln factory to learn pottery. The two have a heart knot with each other, although they are not far apart, but there is no contact for 2 years. Until Takuro met by chance, the young girl who worked in her father's coffee shop was Azusa Kawakawa.
(Some of the graphics are from the network)
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Editor's Epilogue
Returning to your hometown should be a clear understanding of your inner choice
Those who leave the city by fleeing from life,
Even in the countryside, it is equally difficult to adapt.
It must be recognized and liked from the heart,
So in the end, it is not the environment but the people themselves.
exception Exception Kashiwagi (2 pieces)