``Harmonium'' The true face of a family revealed by strangers who enter the family *Note! Contains spoilers.

What those who looked into the abyss saw

Eight years have passed since then. Just the look on Akie's face as she takes care of her daughter, who now has a severe disability, is enough to convince you that it took eight years. Toshio continues to follow Yasaka's whereabouts by asking the Koshinsho, but there is no sign of good news. The newly hired Takashi (Taiga) starts working at the factory, and even Akie, who never lets down her guard against others, begins to tolerate the young man's naive kindness. However, Takashi tells him that he is Yasaka's son.

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Inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's ``If you look long into the abyss, the abyss will also look back at you.'' This work allows us to peer into two mirror-like worlds. In the world eight years ago and eight years from now, Yasaka and her son would appear in front of this family, but they would easily infiltrate the family and gain their trust. This repetition probably reaches its peak at the end, when the bird's-eye shot of Yasaka joining the family lying on the riverbank, which symbolized a happy time eight years ago, is repeated eight years later with Yasaka's son taking his place. . However, it was far from a happy moment. I lie down on the riverbank in the same way, but there is a desolate world with the abyss looking back at me. ``I thought (my daughter became like that) was a punishment for me'' and ``Eight years ago, we finally became husband and wife,'' Toshio says lightly, but the ordeal faced him is heavy. , even after the movie ends, the audience feels as if they are floating near that abyss forever.

Text: Guinea Pig Yoshida

Born in 1978. Movie critic. Another name is Ichiro Yoshida. He has written for ``Eiga Hiho'', ``Kinema Junpo'', ``Eiga Geijutsu'', ``Scenario'', etc. His books include ``Introduction to film criticism! ” (Yosensha), co-authored with “Film director Takeshi Kitano. ” (Film Art Company) and others

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``Harmonium''

Director/Screenplay: Koji Fukada

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Publisher: Vap

Ⓒ2016 Movie “Harmonium” Production Committee/COMME DES CINEMAS

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