In 2005, the mother of Japanese director Hirokazu Edue died. This year, Hirokazu Edema was 43 years old. He just entered the main competition unit of the 57th Cannes International Film Festival with the feature film "Nobody Knows". The mother's departure made all secular awards lose their appeal. It was Hirokazu Ke who felt that he must stop and tell the story of his mother, otherwise he would lose the courage to move on. In 2008, "Non-stop" was released, a film with a strong autobiographical color, in the director's own words, "just like my mother's mourning."
The story about the mother starts from that summer.
In a seaside town in Japan, the Yokoyama family lives. The father ran the clinic, and he always hoped that his son would inherit the mantle. When the eldest son, Junping Medical School, graduated from the School of Medicine, he began to practice in the hospital, but died because of saving the drowning children. His father's hope was placed on his second son, Liangping, who was different from Chunping. He disobeyed his father and chose art as his career. In the eyes of his father, this is not a livelihood at all. And this year, Ryohei is 40 years old, and his marriage is still okay. He just married Yukari, who was widowed with his son, and his career was just as his father expected, and he lost his job.
At this moment of difficulty, my brother's death day is approaching. Although 15 years have passed, my mother still takes care of my brother’s death every year. This day is also the day when Ryohei and his sister Chinami must go home.
Thinking of his father's frowning brow and elongated face, Liang Ping really didn't want to go back. He discussed with Yukari not to stay overnight in the car returning home, and left as soon as he went to worship his brother. I secretly hope that there will be temporary affairs in the stepson's school so that I can find a reason not to stay at home. The virtuous Yukari rejected his proposal. As a new wife, she can't be so rude. She packed up a change of clothes early, and planned to stay at her husband's house for one night.
On the other side, mother and sister are already busy in the kitchen. Mother was busy instructing her sister to cook, without any obvious expression on her face, she was a little serious, a little tired, and a little expectant. At noon, Liangping's family also arrived. The house became lively, and mother's mood rose a little. When frying corn tempura, I talked a lot about the past. It's a bit sentimental that this is Chunping's favorite food. When he heard the squeaky sound, he immediately ran down from the stairs and ran to his mother to eat freshly cooked tempura. The mother was always thinking of her elder son, and when she took the family portrait, she held the plain portrait in her arms. She said: "Because of this child, we can get together today." When eating, Liangping felt restrained. He was afraid that his father would find out that he was unemployed again, so he secretly picked up the phone to check if there was any news about his new job. The mother does not have the obsession of her father. Both of her sons are her own minds. If one is lost, how can she bear the heart to criticize the one left behind? Only when the brother-in-law recommended Liangping to buy a car, the mother seemed to become a child, and said excitedly: "I want to sit in the car driven by my son in my dreams." The face-to-face chat like
made Liangping feel like sitting on pins and needles. He didn't dare to confront his father. I can't bear to live up to my mother's expectations again and again. Just want to escape, but his mother is very interested, he is patient, sitting there, like an outsider.
After lunch, the family went to worship Chunping. On the way back, his mother tentatively asked Liangping, can he move back? The mother said that she was getting older, and if her daughter-in-law moved back, she would not be used to living with her son-in-law. How much she hopes that her son can move back, whether it is a doctor or art work, how happy if she can see her son in front of her every day.
Liangping is impossible to move back, he will not live with his father, and he winks at his father. Besides, Ryohei didn't like many of his mother's practices. Chunping has been away for so many years. Every year on the anniversary of his death, his mother invites Liangxiong, the child who was rescued back then. Liangxiong is 25 years old this year. He has a fat body and struggles to squat down. Every time I came here, I looked respectful and sweaty. This is the purpose of his mother. He wants Liangxiong to never forget that Chunping saved him. However, Liangping felt that after so long, would Liangxiong be released?
at dinnerWhen the time comes, my sister's family has already left. Only Liangping's family was left to eat with their parents. Liangping remained silent, hoping to end the embarrassment and fear of close contact with his father soon. The mother seemed to have opened the chatterbox. After a busy day, she wanted to listen to a record. The music played on this record is the dance music that my father danced with his lover when he cheated. At that time, the mother was standing outside the window with her child on her back and saw her husband dancing with other women. She didn't make a noise, didn't make a noise, and quietly left with the child on her back. The husband never knew, but the melody was imprinted in her mind. She bought this record and played it this evening. It seemed that the secret that had been held in her heart for a long time was finally released. Her mother hummed to the melody. She waved her hands and invested Proud again. Years of enduring humiliation, years of sadness, burst out in front of his son and daughter-in-law, making this chubby old woman suddenly appear light.
Liangping didn't care about his mother's abnormal behavior. What he saw more was the mother's meanness and the habit of saying bad things behind people. In the evening, only Liangping and his mother were left. He expressed his thoughts. Don't invite Liangxiong on his death day. Mother stopped the knitting work in her hands, her eyes were sharp, and she said firmly and resolutely: "No, you will understand when you become a father."
Liangping doesn't like his mother's mean appearance, because he has not really become Father, doesn't understand the affection of being a parent. Liangping knew that he couldn't change this stubborn little old lady, so he stopped talking about it. I talked to my mother about the wrestler on TV, but the two of them thought about it for a long time and couldn't think of his name. In summer evenings, the air is warm. The mother and son talked and laughed about trivial matters. The mother occasionally stopped her work and looked at this son who was taller than herself, a little shy by his side. This picture is really true. It's very warm.
Mother walked into the bathroom after arranging the whole family to take a bath. Liangping was brushing his teeth on the sink outside the bathroom. His mother didn't know that his son was outside. In the bathroom, I started to babble, complaining that the son-in-law just said to help repair the bathroom every time, and then left after eating, never acting. When Liangping heard his mother's mutter, he felt kind and cute, and seemed to realize that his parents were old. Many things are powerless. But Liangping's own work has not yet settled, and he has no thoughts about his mother's situation.
At last, the long day and night passed. Ryoping's family was about to leave, and his father and mother sent them on the return bus. Ryoping sighed in the car and told Yuka that he wouldn't have to come back for the New Year this year. On the other end, the mother was still looking around worriedly.
A few years later, his mother passed away, and Liangping followed his mother's habit to sweep Chunping's grave. Tell your daughter what the mother once said, but all of this, the mother can't see it.
"Non-stop" was later awarded the Best Director Award at the 3rd Asian Film Awards.
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