The Fruit of Life is a warm and touching documentary, with a score of 9.6, which belongs to the TOP251 of the Douban film list. The film truly records the leisurely rural life of Jin Duan and his wife. The house where they live comes from the architect Jin Duan Xiuyi, who is the male owner of the film. The couple lived in their own house, away from the hustle and bustle of the city, enjoying a poetic life. The two lovely old people were immersed in their romantic life and enjoyed it.
Poetic life begins with delicious food.
All kinds of vegetables are planted in the courtyard outside the house. The hostess Eiko makes jam with cherries and cakes with strawberries. All vegetables become delicious in the hands of Eiko in a blink of an eye.
Because there are many kinds of fruits and vegetables planted, in order to facilitate Eiko's identification, Xiuyi made a small signboard, and each vegetable has its own exclusive territory. The meticulous pruning even marked the drinking place of the bird. Whenever fruits and vegetables are ripe, Xiu Yi is happy to show them to Eiko for the first time. The old couple live a very leisurely and comfortable life.
When having a meal, take a nap and deliberately change the orientation of the dining table, because Eiko wants to enjoy the flowers in the courtyard while having a meal, and Eiko will also take care of Xiuyi's preference when preparing breakfast, and prepare both western and Japanese breakfasts. Eiko ate the bread baked by herself, repaired and enjoyed the white rice and side dishes prepared by Eiko. The days were plain but simple, so the two men joined hands to accompany each other for life.
The meeting between them is the origin of a better life.
They met at a national sports meeting. At that time, members of the University of Tokyo Club had no place to live, so they stayed in the wine cellar of Eiko's house for a while. Eiko was attracted by Xiuyi's talent, and Xiuyi was moved by Eiko's cuteness. As soon as they met, they soon established their relationship and got married.
Because Eiko is the only child in the family, her family education has been strict since she was a child. Eiko said that she had never enjoyed freedom or been the master of her own affairs. However, after marrying Xiu Yi, she felt what it was like to live for herself and began to enjoy her happiness. Because she knows that no matter what she does, there is a repair behind her.
She said that whenever she wanted to do something, Shoichi always said encouragingly, "Sure, that sounds great!"
I used to work as a sailor when I was young, and my hobby of making sailing model has been maintained even when I am old. Kenichi was eager to own a sailboat, worth 71,111 yen. Eiko pawned all his kimonos just to fulfill Kenichi's wish.
every day when she receives her pension, Eiko will go shopping in the supermarket. She has been talking about making Xiujian eat better, and she carefully chooses the ingredients that Xiujian likes to eat. Although a purchase will cost more than half of the pension, Eiko is not stingy at all.
While buying the ingredients, Eiko will also bring a handwritten letter to the owners of various stalls, which is a warm gift prepared by her and Xiu Yi.
Kindness means heart-to-heart communication
In the letter, I expressed my gratitude to my boss for providing fresh ingredients, and I will also hand-draw homemade recipes intimately. This lovely habit, Jin Duan couple insisted on for 41 years, this warmth also lasted for 41 years, and the store also kept this warmth.
Jin Duan and his wife love their granddaughter Hanako very much. From time to time, they will take out the video of their granddaughter's fencing competition and review it. Every month, Eiko will make a big box of food that her granddaughter likes and mail it to her, hoping that she won't forget the taste of home.
When my granddaughter was young, she wanted a doll house very much. My grandfather forbade her to play with plastic toys, so he made a delicate wooden doll house for her by hand. My granddaughter's happy smile instantly melted her grandfather's heart. The exquisite degree of the doll house is staggering, and even the dolls on the bed, the ornaments on the wall and Xiuyi have been made one by one.
Grandpa Xiuyi performed fairy-tale magic for Hanako's childhood, while Grandma Yingzi made delicious food for Hanako. The two convinced Hanako: "Everyone has a fairy tale that can make their dreams come true."
Xiu Yi's delicate and rigorous attitude has also been affirmed and praised by others at work.
One day, Xiu Yi received a job commission and needed help from a mental hospital. They put forward that the design structure of the hospital needs to be changed. People in the hospital are all people who have experienced severe suffering and tempering, and their souls have lost their way in overwork. They need to change some structures of the hospital to alleviate patients' illness.
When Xiu Yi was entrusted, he agreed, but he refused to accept the reward. Xiu Yi said, "I am 91 years old. This is a great project in my later years. I refuse any reward or design fee. Please feel free to ask for details. As long as it helps you, something good will definitely happen."
At work, Shoichi said to Eiko, "People are more important than money if we want to leave something for future generations to enrich them."
The design drawings completed by Xiu Yi focus on healing people's hearts. He proposed planting fruits and vegetables in various seasons on the paths between hospitals, setting up a handicraft center, and setting up a coffee shop to use some beautiful things to soothe patients' wrinkled hearts.
Farewell in this life, agreement in the afterlife
At the age of 91, Eiko was 87 years old, which adds up to 177 years old. Xiu Yi once said, "She is my best girlfriend." One side of eiko shed a girlish smile.
Two people once joked about who would go first, and walked hand in hand with each other for half a life. They are no longer afraid of the coming of death, and everything will come naturally. Both of them know that no matter who leaves first, the other one will continue to walk the rest of the way, and the beauty of each other has long been deeply engraved in each other's blood, even time can't erase it.
On an ordinary afternoon, I took a nap after finishing my chores, but I never woke up this time.
On the day of farewell, Eiko was dressed in a black dress, and still held the hand of Xiuyi as usual. She looked at Xiuyi firmly and tenderly, sobbing and saying goodbye words to Xiuyi: "Xiuyi, I will arrange everything, so don't worry. When my time comes, I will turn to ashes, and we can take a boat to the South Pacific together and wait for me, ok?"
After taking a walk, Eiko will still habitually prepare two kinds of breakfasts, and will try it first when cooking fresh food.
The fruit of life is the value of life
A sudden storm blew the courtyard apart, all the fruits were blown to the ground, and the branches of trees were blown to pieces. Eiko patiently picked up the remaining fruits and vegetables, packed them one by one, and planned to share them with the neighbors. She smiled and said that Xiuyi would be very happy if she saw that everyone liked it.
In the decades that they have walked hand in hand, the life concept of Xiuyi has been influencing Eiko. Even after a walk, Eiko insisted on this concept of life and lived alone.
"Start from what you can, move forward slowly and firmly, and take your time. As long as you are alive, you will do your best."
despite the repair, Eiko is not lonely, because the things left over from the repair for more than a year are enough to warm Eiko's life.
After watching the film, people are not only moved by their love for holding hands and growing old together, but also moved by their love for life.
In the film, we can see the details of Jin Duan and his wife's love for life everywhere. They will decorate their rooms with lovely ornaments, paint warm replies on the courtyard signs, even raise a small flag when making rice cakes to celebrate the day of eating rice cakes, and specially affix the label belonging to Hanako to the rice cakes for their granddaughter, so as to live each day meticulously and beautifully.
Movies always convey a view that life is beautiful, so we should learn to take life seriously and move forward firmly in the direction we choose. There may be all kinds of things to stop you, but you should believe in yourself, move forward slowly and firmly, and do your best. The overall atmosphere of the film is simple and warm. By telling the daily life of Jin Duan and his wife, the audience will think about the value of life.
There is a passage at the beginning and end of the film: the wind blows off dead leaves, and the dead leaves nourish the soil, and the fertile soil helps the fruit to grow slowly and firmly.
Everything in the world goes to Qiu Lai in spring. We can't stop the pace of time. What we can do is to try our best to live as interestingly as Mr. and Mrs. Jin Duan, stay kind, stay warm and grow old slowly.
In the long river of life, we should not only pursue the length of life, but learn to pursue the depth of life and guard our inner persistence. When I am old, I also leave others a warmth of my own and reap the fruits of my own life.
The world calls me a fool, and I would like to
After feeling the attitude of Jin Duan and his wife towards life, I can't help but think of a poem by the Japanese poet Kenji Miyazawa:
I'm not afraid of the rapid rain and the high wind
I'm not afraid of the cold winter and the hot summer
I have a strong body
I'm not greedy and angry
I always sit still and enjoy myself
Half a liter of coarse rice during the solar eclipse
I'm assisted by bean paste and a little vegetables
I don't care about everything in the world
Listen carefully and keep it in mind. Wild people
live in huts
sick children in the east send medicine to cure diseases
tired old women in the west carry rice to help plow
dying people in the south comfort and soothe the nerves
quarrels and fights in the north calm people down
Leng Xia is worried when it comes to drought
The world calls me foolish
I won't be praised or suffer
Even so, I am willing to do it for you. Treating all people or things sincerely and helping others when they are in trouble will also make your life glow. Gentleness is the most powerful source. If you take life seriously, you can live a poetic life.
Ryunosuke Akutagawa once said, "Life is to spend a life suddenly dreaming day and night."
I hope that in the dream-like life, there is still a clear corner in our hearts, where we used to be beautiful, warm and shining.
Perhaps, as the ending says, "The more you live, the more beautiful your life becomes."
The more serious you live, the more beautiful your life will be.
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