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"during the taiyuan period of the jin dynasty, a man from wuling made his living by fishing. he walked along a stream, forgetting how far he had gone. suddenly, he came across a peach blossom forest that stretched for several hundred steps along the banks. there were no other trees in the forest, and the fallen petals were profuse..."

——"peach blossom spring"

if one day, computers, mobile phones, movies, tv series, music, etc. suddenly disappeared, and the whole society returned to the era of slash-and-burn agriculture, how would you face it?

survival family assumes this situation:

due to unknown reasons, the whole of japan experienced a history of being without electricity for two years and 126 days.

the power outage caused the entire social production order and organizational structure to collapse completely. countless people gradually "degenerated" due to the power outage, and social animals were transformed into farmers and fishermen.

however, this movie does not describe the infighting similar to the "end of the world". instead, it focuses on the experiences and spiritual transformation of an ordinary office worker family along the way from tokyo to kagoshima.

in general, the style of "survival family" is more of a comedy. i think it belongs to a road movie, and the "blackout" is just the background for intervention. the whole story has no climax or sensationalism, but the changes of all the characters are obvious.

husband and wife, children, family, work, love, family affection...

these life thoughts can be answered in "survival family".

of course, it also has many funny moments. the most impressive one is the male protagonist suzuki (played by fumiyo kohinata) who saved his face by drinking the water from the wild pond. in a rainstorm, he couldn't hold it back and rushed to the bushes, took off his pants, squatted down and burst into tears.

that white butt... is really an eye-catcher.

japanese film and television dramas are good at depicting subtle emotions in details. the changes in a family before and after the power outage in "survival family" are also very touching.

author: wang chongyang lp

editor | xiaobai

typesetting | die

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on the first day of the power outage, no one noticed anything unusual. the suzuki family was no exception.

the head of the family, suzuki, is a social animal outside, but acts like an elder at home. all the housework is done by his wife, mitsue (eri fukatsu), who is also a full-time housewife. the couple, kenji (yuki izumisawa) and yui (wakana aoi), are like all rebellious young people, and look down on their parents.

the family lived in this twisted way, just like all ordinary japanese families.

so on the first day of the blackout, his wife guanghui was able to take a break from her busy schedule and stand on the balcony to watch the milky way in the night sky. others came over to watch as well. this was just a pastime for them, as everyone thought the blackout would last only one or two days.

however, as time went on, everyone noticed something was wrong.

it seems... the call won't come.

society gradually fell into panic. suzuki's company "went on holiday" indefinitely. housewife guanghui found that water and food on the street were getting more and more expensive. the power outage made all public facilities unusable, followed by panic and panic buying.

but the bank's atm machines were also not working, so people who didn't have enough cash saved could only cry out in bad luck.

some people began to leave tokyo in groups to seek shelter with their relatives in other places.

one day after the power outage, the suzuki family finally couldn't sit still anymore, and they decided to leave the city and go to kagoshima to live with mitsue's father - their father-in-law and the children's grandfather.

but they overlooked the fact that power outages would also render airports unable to operate and planes unable to take off.

so the family returned home, suzuki pondered for a moment and made a decision:

cycling to kagoshima.

not far, just over a thousand kilometers.

please note that the suzuki family's ride from tokyo to kagoshima was not carried out under the condition of complete infrastructure. water, food, emergency medicines, supplies along the way, etc. were all problems.

in the city, with the help of his wife's years of shopping and bargaining skills, they obtained a large amount of water, bartered for a bag of rice, and also got bicycles. the family began to move forward towards the unknown future.

the story officially begins.

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two years and 126 days later, one morning, suzuki woke up in a wooden house in kagoshima. it took him a long time to realize that he was awakened by the alarm clock. he quickly got up and found the alarm clock, then walked out of the house and watched the street lights and electric lights in the village light up together with all the confused villagers...

at this time, the suzuki family became fishermen and farmers.

the family looked at the dreamlike world before them, but there was no joy on their faces. instead, they felt a little lost.

so let's look back at the journey this family took after leaving tokyo:

they encountered a heavy rain, and the rice was scattered all over the ground. this was their ration.

on the way, a man stole a bottle of water from them while they were sleeping. the son, xiansi, was furious and chased him with a stick. when he got closer, he found that the man stole the water to make milk powder for his newborn baby. xiansi was silent for a moment and left silently.

a middle-aged couple approached them and wanted to ask for some water, but they politely refused and covered the water bottle with their clothes.

i don’t know when my picky daughter yui stopped being picky about food. any food she eats is enough to make her happy for a long time.

kenji, who used to hold his cell phone all day, threw away the useless phone and cut a piece of rubber phone case to repair the bicycle tire. that was his tool for moving forward.

suzuki tried to make fire by rubbing two sticks together, but failed repeatedly. this office worker who was used to working in an automated office seemed to have gradually lost his parental authority during the blackout. however, the children gradually gained responsibility and courage.

suzuki said, "let me show you an example," and then he scooped up the pool water and drank it, exclaiming "it's so sweet" as he drank. then he couldn't help but jump into the bushes in the rain, took off his pants, squatted down and defecated.

at that moment, his self-esteem was shattered.

when they arrived in osaka, they found that the city was also deserted. the devastated daughter and son accused suzuki of being stubborn. suzuki acted like "is that how you talk to your father?" his wife mitsue seemed to be trying to persuade him but in fact she added "it's not the first day you've known him. he has always been like this!"

suzuki was stunned. he seemed to have never realized that he had a deep love for his wife and children. he was just a "parent" who talked to himself. this made him kneel down and beg for a bite of food, "i don't want to eat, please give it to my children and wife!"

his wife and children helped him up and forgave him.

then, the suzuki family met an old farmer with an ugly face but a kind heart. he gave the family a sumptuous meal. the daughter yui started crying while eating. these foods that she once disdained were now so delicious.

the farmer said that his son had lived in the united states for many years and had never returned, but his son's family's pajamas were always ready at home. this made guanghui feel ashamed, because her father, an old man they hardly remembered to contact, always sent vegetables and fruits grown by themselves to tokyo, which were thrown away as "unhygienic". but now the first thing she thought of was to go to him.

those who always thought they were ahead of everything because they lived in the city, found out during this power outage that their life was not as easy as that of a worm.

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so when the suzuki family returned to the city after the power was restored, we could see that the family's spirit had completely changed:

my son no longer holds his cell phone, my daughter no longer eats junk food, and they take their mother's lunch box to school every day. i communicate with suzuki and mitsue seriously and actively.

mitsue becomes more and more accepting of her husband, and suzuki is no longer the rigid or even harsh person he was at the beginning of the film.

he doesn't wear a wig. the wig he used to wear every day when he went out was thrown away long ago.

it was the moment when the family experienced separation and reunion, on the way to kagoshima.

suzuki, who was thought to have drowned while protecting his children, was found by his family. they were sitting on an old train slowly heading towards kagoshima.

suzuki said to his children, "when i was young, i pursued your mother, but i had no money, so i could only take this kind of train to kagoshima every time." his wife laughed, and the children laughed too. they never had the patience to listen to their parents talk about the past.

the beach in kagoshima carries the life experience of the past two years. the office worker suzuki has become an honest fisherman, taking his son kenji and his grandfather to go fishing every day. mitsue and her daughter yui have become farmers who grow vegetables and fruits. she picked a ripe tomato and took a bite, revealing a satisfied smile.

until one morning, suzuki was awakened by the sound of an alarm clock.

looking at the brightly lit world, they stood together, like a group of people from wuling who had strayed into the peach blossom spring. they knew that these days were coming to an end, but they were not happy about it.

even though they live in the city, the suzuki family always seem to miss the kind smiles of the villagers when they come back from fishing every day, and the cheers and celebrations when the crops and fruits are harvested.

i believe that it is not just the suzuki family, many people who have returned to tokyo from other places think so.

this feeling makes people who continue to live in the city helpless, and no one will ask why the power outage occurred. everyone can't forget the simple and honest return to the countryside. it is a rare opportunity in life, but also a strong sense of loss after returning to the city.

one day when suzuki returned to tokyo, he received a letter. after opening it, he found that it was a family photo taken by a family he met during his escape. the family faced the blackout in a leisurely manner, saying that it was a rare opportunity, so they might as well walk around and take a look.

when they took the photo of the suzuki family, suzuki was sulking, and he felt that his parental authority was challenged. now, this photo is the best time of his life as a family.

what’s more, the hostess of the family taking the photo is the childhood goddess of many viewers - norika fujiwara.

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"during the taiyuan period of the jin dynasty, a man from wuling made his living by fishing. he walked along a stream, forgetting how far he had gone. suddenly, he came across a peach blossom forest that stretched for several hundred steps along the banks. there were no other trees in the forest, and the fallen petals were profuse..."

"survival family" is a work directed by director shi yaguchi and released in 2017. it has a high domestic rating and the main theme is to use a fictional blackout to analyze the emotional topics of family and life in japanese society.

when the blackout ended in the early morning, i felt as lost as the suzuki family.

because of the great pressure in the city, despite the abundance of material goods and convenient information exchange, it seems that people can enjoy a lot of things, but the imbalance of social order caused by a power outage quickly makes these things meaningless.

when the suzuki family went to exchange food, a rich man took out his rolex and car keys and said he wanted to exchange his watch and sports car for rice. as a result, the store owner scolded him, "what's the use of these now?!"

then along the way they discovered that the survival philosophy of the older generation seemed to be more suitable for the society after the power outage, such as "treasure food" and "pay attention to family affection", which made them regretful as they were embarrassed and complained to each other along the way.

they also realized that they had previously neglected many things worth cherishing, such as communication between family members and interactions between relatives.

these themes are also reflected to a certain extent on domestic social platforms, such as the more popular discussions on topics such as "severing ties with relatives" and "staying in a deep house", which i will not go into here.

however, in "survival family", this family feels very happy living in kagoshima after going through untold hardships, especially when his wife mitsue, played by eri fukatsu, eats fruit, it also made me see the beauty of life.

the daughter yui was disheveled and eating the farmer's smoked pork. she cried while eating. the idea of ​​this scene was also great.

before leaving, my daughter brought a box of clothes and dressed herself up beautifully, but along the way, she realized that nothing could be better than a bowl of rice and a plate of meat to make herself full and happy. those clothes...she had thrown them away long ago.

when a family stands on the first day of civilization's return, the image is different when it corresponds to the first day of power outage:

the city dwellers who used to dress up in fancy clothes have become fishermen and farmers in plain clothes. but smiles have returned to their faces in the past two years.

the first sentence of "peach blossom spring" "there are no other trees in the middle, and the fallen petals are colorful", seems to be able to explain the living conditions of the suzuki family in kagoshima -

is it important to have electricity? here, “the han dynasty is unknown, let alone the wei and jin dynasties”, but the families are self-sufficient and reunited every day, living in an atmosphere of goodwill from their neighbors. in the city, the suzuki family lives in an apartment, and they don’t know the names of their neighbors, nor do they want to know.

but the days of “the old and the young, living happily together” are finally over.

they have to return to tokyo and reintegrate into city life.

fortunately, the whole family is together and everyone has a positive and optimistic attitude.

what is rare is that there are no bad guys in "survival family", and society has not collapsed to the point of "cannibalism". ordinary people treat each other with the greatest kindness. of course, what i remember most is the scene where hinata fumiyo ran wildly in the rain and took off his pants and had diarrhea in front of his family...

my family members are so unhappy that they can’t live anymore.

i sincerely recommend you to watch this good story which has both laughter and tears and can make people miss the "peach blossom spring".

"four poisonous uncles"

producer | editor-in-chief:tan fei

executive editor:luo xinzhu