I appreciate your video and agree with the interpretation of the end of the movie, however, I think it is erroneous to attempt to place full blame on the outsiders, specially the two people sent to the village, for all the drama that ensued on Takumi’s life. Doing so goes against the message the movie is trying to convey. Takumi is already forgetful, not only about picking up his daughter but about other commitments (the meeting for example). Assuming that the newcomers have a romanticized view of country life, are ignorant and could never understand the effort that goes into that lifestyle ignores the whole speech made by the restaurant owner (who’s a newcomer from Tokyo) and the speech made by the same Takumi explaining that everyone there is pretty much a settler and the history of the place is not very long. There are no evil intentions in the two agents, and that agrees with the premise of the movie. Takumi’s final action, the one that is meant to cement the movie’s premise can be understood, but now it is up to the viewer to decide if it is justified, in other words, “right or wrong”. In my personal opinion, I think the metaphor between the wounded deer or parent of a wounded deer with Takumi’s situation is forced and challenges the premise to an extreme. As much as Takumi is in a dire situation while seeing his child on the ground, probably dead, he has a higher cognitive power than a wild animal and lashing out instinctively against someone who is not directly related to what happened to his daughter well, is simply not fair in my opinion. Yet, I think every person has to choose in which side of that debate they stand, and the movie creates the scenario that will encourage the viewer to think about it and choose a side
There is a brooding menace about Takumi and I found the log chopping scene full of implied violence, almost comically so. At the end Takumi explodes and his anger finds expression. I found the last scene very creepy - much more so than any horror movie for a long time - and very haunting.
I've just watched this and all that wtf? thing in the end, and I just kinda hated the movie. After this review some things makes sense, and I do believe she was dead went they found her and the rest was speculation about what happened there. I think it's wrong to blame the outsiders about her death, since the first half of the movie Takumi was already forgetting about the school and being late to pick up his daughter. At a certain moment his friend says something like "you've been in the clouds lately". Takumi does not have blame in it too, it seems that he wasn't forgetting to pick up his daughter, it was happening because his wife used to do it. As the outsiders broke the balance of the village, his wife's death has broken the balance of his family. Af the first glance the movie ends randomly, but Takumi was broken since the beginning, so the movie ended up as it ended.
Love the movie and the reminder that the knee-jerk reaction for self preservation is not evil. I also see the girls as future generations and how we are the parents that should embrace our animal instincts and say Stop when balance and righteous actions are not honored. We are One
How are you able to interpret her as already dead? I agree with most of what said but not so much that. And I’m not the hugest fan of capitalism but just tossing that on being main culprit seems misplaced- Takumi seems to eschew capitalism and it seems more simply about what is right and what is wrong, if people care or find ways to rationalize their actions, and ultimately about selfishness which isn’t inherently a capitalistic ideology (the Udon restaurant was a capitalist endeavor was it not? They made sure to charge them the extra 180).
The lack of movement hints at her death. The film is open-ended, and this is my interpretation of the final scene; it might as well believe that she was still alive. I agree that the film is largely about selfishness, but we cannot compare a small business with a full-fledged capitalistic endeavor. The restaurant did not disrupt the lives of the villagers, but we cannot say the same about the camping site.
@@filmfugitivesI thought she was standing up and that’s why he tried to run to her and save her. Also, was the blood on her nose dry? It looked still wet when he rubbed it. Unless you’re saying the whole scene was in his head, but the rest of the film isn’t in his head and we get whole parts of the film that are in depth with other characters, did he dream those up too?
Dreadful AI blabber review about a drab, dreamy film that basically says states how country folks are just as creepy as city folk. There's lots of the same schmaltzy sentimentality that the director's most famous film, Drive My Car, is full of as well. Ryusuke Hamaguchi is a pretentious and overrated director, like many of the critics trying to interpret this movie.
@@TheVid54 oh AI blabber. 🐥😂 Just because something exists in this world, doesn't mean everyone uses. But thank you for dropping by and sharing your valuable thoughts
Not the worst, but certainly among the bad. This movie is pretentious, uninteresting, trite and banal. Most (not all) Japanese movies are like this with the pretentious genre.
@@vijaymohan23Yeah, slow paced doesn't mean the worst... but this one is. NOT only does it have a slow pace, but it's also pretentious, trite, tasteless, overblown, and way too much hype by the Kool_Aid drinkers.
I appreciate your video and agree with the interpretation of the end of the movie, however, I think it is erroneous to attempt to place full blame on the outsiders, specially the two people sent to the village, for all the drama that ensued on Takumi’s life. Doing so goes against the message the movie is trying to convey. Takumi is already forgetful, not only about picking up his daughter but about other commitments (the meeting for example).
Assuming that the newcomers have a romanticized view of country life, are ignorant and could never understand the effort that goes into that lifestyle ignores the whole speech made by the restaurant owner (who’s a newcomer from Tokyo) and the speech made by the same Takumi explaining that everyone there is pretty much a settler and the history of the place is not very long. There are no evil intentions in the two agents, and that agrees with the premise of the movie.
Takumi’s final action, the one that is meant to cement the movie’s premise can be understood, but now it is up to the viewer to decide if it is justified, in other words, “right or wrong”. In my personal opinion, I think the metaphor between the wounded deer or parent of a wounded deer with Takumi’s situation is forced and challenges the premise to an extreme. As much as Takumi is in a dire situation while seeing his child on the ground, probably dead, he has a higher cognitive power than a wild animal and lashing out instinctively against someone who is not directly related to what happened to his daughter well, is simply not fair in my opinion. Yet, I think every person has to choose in which side of that debate they stand, and the movie creates the scenario that will encourage the viewer to think about it and choose a side
There is a brooding menace about Takumi and I found the log chopping scene full of implied violence, almost comically so. At the end Takumi explodes and his anger finds expression. I found the last scene very creepy - much more so than any horror movie for a long time - and very haunting.
Fantastic analysis
I've just watched this and all that wtf? thing in the end, and I just kinda hated the movie. After this review some things makes sense, and I do believe she was dead went they found her and the rest was speculation about what happened there. I think it's wrong to blame the outsiders about her death, since the first half of the movie Takumi was already forgetting about the school and being late to pick up his daughter. At a certain moment his friend says something like "you've been in the clouds lately". Takumi does not have blame in it too, it seems that he wasn't forgetting to pick up his daughter, it was happening because his wife used to do it. As the outsiders broke the balance of the village, his wife's death has broken the balance of his family. Af the first glance the movie ends randomly, but Takumi was broken since the beginning, so the movie ended up as it ended.
hmmm very well done. Thank you for this video
very good video
Great video
It was an EXCELLENT movie. Thank you for yr breakdown.
Good review
Thanks for you excelent review and analysis. ❤
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Great review! I loved this movie. Hamaguchi never misses.
Love the movie and the reminder that the knee-jerk reaction for self preservation is not evil.
I also see the girls as future generations and how we are the parents that should embrace our animal instincts and say Stop when balance and righteous actions are not honored. We are One
This movie tests your metacognitive level😅 but thanks to this video, I don't have to think a lot haha
How are you able to interpret her as already dead? I agree with most of what said but not so much that. And I’m not the hugest fan of capitalism but just tossing that on being main culprit seems misplaced- Takumi seems to eschew capitalism and it seems more simply about what is right and what is wrong, if people care or find ways to rationalize their actions, and ultimately about selfishness which isn’t inherently a capitalistic ideology (the Udon restaurant was a capitalist endeavor was it not? They made sure to charge them the extra 180).
The lack of movement hints at her death. The film is open-ended, and this is my interpretation of the final scene; it might as well believe that she was still alive. I agree that the film is largely about selfishness, but we cannot compare a small business with a full-fledged capitalistic endeavor. The restaurant did not disrupt the lives of the villagers, but we cannot say the same about the camping site.
@@filmfugitivesI thought she was standing up and that’s why he tried to run to her and save her. Also, was the blood on her nose dry? It looked still wet when he rubbed it. Unless you’re saying the whole scene was in his head, but the rest of the film isn’t in his head and we get whole parts of the film that are in depth with other characters, did he dream those up too?
Stupid and tasteless movie! Did I say stupid??? Yeah, Stupid, indeed!
This interpretation of the ending is banal.
Dreadful AI blabber review about a drab, dreamy film that basically says states how country folks are just as creepy as city folk. There's lots of the same schmaltzy sentimentality that the director's most famous film, Drive My Car, is full of as well. Ryusuke Hamaguchi is a pretentious and overrated director, like many of the critics trying to interpret this movie.
@@TheVid54 oh AI blabber. 🐥😂 Just because something exists in this world, doesn't mean everyone uses. But thank you for dropping by and sharing your valuable thoughts
unless AI has an Indian accent. lol
excellent movie
Worst movie ever.
Naw. It's just grounded.
If the movie is slow paced doesn't mean the worst.
Not the worst, but certainly among the bad. This movie is pretentious, uninteresting, trite and banal. Most (not all) Japanese movies are like this with the pretentious genre.
@@vijaymohan23Yeah, slow paced doesn't mean the worst... but this one is. NOT only does it have a slow pace, but it's also pretentious, trite, tasteless, overblown, and way too much hype by the Kool_Aid drinkers.