The Japanese version of "Little Forest" is divided into summer and autumn chapters and winter and spring chapters, which were released in Japan in August 2014 and February 2015 respectively.
"Little Forest" Korean version, released in 2018.
Both versions of "Little Forest" are adapted from the comic of the same name by Japanese cartoonist Daisuke Igarashi. They both tell the story of the heroine returning from the city to the countryside and living a self-sufficient life in the small forest.
The difference is that the Japanese version is more focused on making delicious food, while the Korean version is more humane.
The word "healing" is often used to describe works that warm people's hearts, purify the soul, heal wounds in the soul, and repair defects in the soul.
Healing movies contain many healing elements. The healing elements that appear in "Little Forest" are food, natural scenery and young playmates.
Food, when people are full, will relax their mood; and food can evoke certain reassuring memories or emotions in the mind, such as the smell of mother.
Beautiful natural scenery, such as green plants, fresh air, lush forests, and winding rivers, can always make people feel happy, suddenly enlightened, and restore inner peace.
The understanding and recognition given by our playmates is the force for us to move forward; and their similar experiences and handling methods can be used for our reference. Reference is actually very important. Only with the coordinates of reference can we know where we are and how to "move towards".
Where to go?"
"Little Forest" has a soothing plot and bright lines that warm people's hearts.
"Little Forest" adopts a documentary-like narration. The bright lines are warm scenes such as planting fruits and vegetables, cooking delicious food, enjoying the scenery and gifts of nature, tasting delicious food and chatting with companions. These scenes occupy most of the film;
The hidden thread is the trauma suffered by the protagonist, such as his mother leaving without saying goodbye, trouble at work, academic setbacks, love failure, etc. The narration of these contents in the movie is like a dragonfly touching water. It passes with just one click, leaving a lot of blanks that require readers.
Make your own guesses and supplements.
As the film progresses, these wounds are gradually healed, and finally, the protagonist moves towards the future in a sunny way.
"Little Forest" expresses the praise of solitary life in the countryside.
Although farm work is arduous, the countryside in "Little Forest" has simple folk customs, sincere partners, colorful (planting, raising, picking, cooking and tasting) life and a slow pace of life. The most important thing is that this
Living alone is about self-control. No one can order or force you to do things you don't like.
In fact, if you think about it, life is really magical.
Everyone respects stable or high-paying jobs such as civil servants, employees of public institutions, banks or state-owned enterprises, but there are hundreds of professions in society.
How does a person get into these jobs that are not respected, such as farming, driving screws on assembly lines, moving bricks on construction sites, haircuts, selling buns, selling clothes, opening supermarkets, cleaning services, tutoring knowledge, etc.
Why are they still there, what would they say if they were interviewed, are they happy.
Is there fierce competition in the process of career diversion?
The competition failed and how they recovered are hidden beneath the surface of a seemingly peaceful life.
"Little Forest" describes a life of autonomous control, in which we regain our subjective agency over life.
In fierce competition, people will become nervous and exhausted, as well as disgusted and numb.
After suffering failure, some people even begin to doubt whether they still have the ability to create a life.
And through self-sufficient rural life, we can regain our confidence.
If you think of returning to the countryside as one of the niche choices compared to the mainstream choices.
Then the meaning conveyed by the movie is not only a return to the countryside, but the courage to pursue a life that suits oneself.
What suits you is the best. Some people are lucky enough to have predecessors lead the way and find their life goals very early. Some people are not so lucky and need to explore on their own.
Some people are lucky and find a path that suits them very early; some people are still at a loss after searching for half their lives.
But these are life, we can only face it, make choices, and go on bravely.
In this process, the niche choices of predecessors have huge demonstration significance.
This is also one of the healing powers of healing movies.
Although there is no "Little Forest" in our country, there are still many healing works.
Moreover, my country has a long history of healing literary works. Tao Yuanming’s pastoral poems should be regarded as the earliest healing articles. Examples of famous works are as follows: The representative of contemporary Chinese healing works is Li Ziqi’s video.
Li Ziqi is a world-renowned pastoral life expert. According to statistics, her videos have been viewed more than 1.3 billion times and she has fans all over the world.
The pastoral life described in healing movies that is not obsessed with wealth is a care for the individual self.
In the era of involution, we are faced with the fast-paced, high-intensity work and life in the city, as well as complex interpersonal relationships, and we are in great need of healing works.
"Little Forest", "Fairy Tales of Time", "Wolf's Children, Rain and Snow", "Fruits of Life", these are my favorite healing movies and I would like to share them with friends in need.