"Shoplifters" is the most unfamiliar and familiar family member under the lens of Hirokazu Ke

Known by "Our Little Sister", "The Third Murder" and other works, the Japanese topic leader: It is Hirokazu Ede's work "Shoplifters" which describes living in Shitamachi, Tokyo, Japan, living on the elderly pension, not enough to make ends meet. Grandma Hatsie’s family, a human drama at the bottom of the society, is performed by Japanese film and television actors such as Shu Xilin, Lily Franky, Ando Sakura, Cheng Hino, Matsuoka Moyou and other Japanese film and television actors.

"Shoplifters": Look at life with "It's Hirokazu Ee"

What is family? The director Hirokazu Ke has told us in many movies that the necessary conditions for forming a family do not necessarily have to be related by blood: the four children in "Nobody Knows" were born to different men by their mothers, and they are still fine. It is possible for them to become brothers and sisters, to play together and to support each other; Masaharu Fukuyama’s attitude towards adopting children in "My Unexpected Dad" has changed as he treats his adopted children as his own; the three sisters in "Our Little Sister" completely accept the "little sister", and It also shows that there are many ways to become family members, and Aihengchang is the largest collection.

When it comes to "Shoplifters", the director is still thinking about this problem: One winter, Lily Franky played Zhi brought a wounded young girl home to take care of him, but because of something, the originally harmonious family began to fall apart. , The secrets and wishes hidden by each other gradually become clear...

Blood? Fetters?

Shindai said in the play:

"People cannot choose their own family members, but we choose stronger ones because of fetters."

From the perspective of an outsider, what Xindai said is "stronger", is it one more "skill" that crosses the threshold of family members than others? Just like Xindai’s younger sister Ya Ji asked her brother-in-law:

"Is this bond a link of money?"

The annuity of the mother’s Hatsue, the food and daily necessities earned by Ji, Shanta, and Yuri, and the trust that they can live and eat in this family constitute their intimacy, allowing them to continue to call each other in the name of their family. Of. If only this fetter exists, once interests conflict and the safety of his family is threatened, this fetter will soon disappear. As we have seen, after Xiangtai was arrested, the family was planning to escape overnight. The situation.

However, what is so powerful about Zhi Yuhe is that he put a lot of police interrogation clips in the second half of the movie. The audience seemed to have participated in the "trial", but he could not criticize it from a moral point of view:

The female police asked the letter:

"How do you become a mother without children?"

The letter replied:

"Can I become a mother after giving birth?"

They neither imprisoned them nor demanded a ransom from their parents. Is this really what people call "child kidnappers"?

Definition of "family"

Moving forward, we see Xindai's acceptance of Yurimoto's desire to return to his native family, but the soft-hearted adoption stems from the same scars and similar childhood experiences. If the family function is out of balance, can we use our own way to build a country that will not be beaten in beautiful clothes?

The most tender moments of the movie came from the addition of this little girl, and the relationship changes it brought about, from Aki's bedwetting to Yuri, to being able to smile at each other with this younger sister, "Rin," who later had her short haircut, and once disliked it. Yuri’s troubled Xiangta, finally fearing that her sister would be arrested, chose her dear sister who was arrested, and Xindai hugged Yuri’s family declaration, and then showed that it was beyond the fetters of his family. Blood ties are not only benefits, but also a true emotion that only family members understand.

As grandma knows that Aki’s feet are in a good mood, Ruxiang gives Yuri a hot croquette, like a family looking at the fireworks that can’t be seen through the roof, like at the beach, etc. When the waves come, the happiness of the whole family flying in the air is manifested in the feelings of the other's feelings, the mutual sharing of food, and the shared sense of "what" have been experienced together.

A love is hard to find, but it really exists

Seeing that later, you almost forgot that this family makes a living by stealing. You don’t care if they are a real family. They don’t put their love on their lips, but choose to act directly, or show love in the most subtle way. : Grandma's "thank you", Xiangtai's "dad" proclaimed through the car window, whether the other party can hear it is not important, my sincere gratitude is the best farewell gift to the family.

Of course, at the end of the drama, Xindai hopes that Xiangta will find her biological parents, which makes people question how she does not want this "child"? I think the transfer of qualifications like this is not to give up the memories of the past, but to hope that Xiangta can have a better life, a kind of sincere and gentle wishes, just as she decided to make Yuri no longer hurt. . When the fire blushed through the faces of everyone, Yuri sang the "Gorilla Song" sung by Xindai, and Aki pushed away the familiar Men Lim, and Xiangta and Dad ate croquette and noodles together. I saw a home that I couldn't be more familiar with, and I saw the family that I was both unfamiliar and familiar with.