There is such a village where only the eldest son can marry in the village.
The 70-year-old man in the village is sent to the mountains to die on his own.
The people in the village do nothing to survive, and are crazy
For reproduction, they lose ethics, which is extremely absurd.
Today, the movie that Movie Sister recommends to everyone, tells the story of this village.
"Qianshan Festival"
This remote place in Japan, there is a mountain called At the foot of the mountain, there is a small village. Because of the barrier of the mountain, the village of almost lives an isolated life from the world.
Because there is no contact with the outside world, the people in the village live a primitive society-like life.
There is no singing, dancing, programs, or even enjoyment here.
except working hard to live, there is only the instinct of reproduction.
There is no currency here, and everyone generally chooses to barter when trading.
There are shortage of supplies here, so everyone tightens their belts to live.
In order to save food, they don’t care about newborns, so often causes boys to be abandoned and girls to be sold.
There is a custom in the village:
No matter whether it is a man or a woman, as long as she reaches 70 years old, her son will carry her to Mount Bai and let her die.
They say this behavior is to worship the god of Mount Nao, and their descendants will be protected.
But in fact, the real purpose:
just don’t want to waste food and give these elderly people who have lost their ability to work.
A Lingpo , 69 years old this year, is about to go up the mountain.
But she is different from other elderly people. She has no loose teeth, her legs and feet are flexible, and her body is strong.
is still doing farm work at home, which can be said to be not a burden at all.
But in the village, is old but not dead, which is a sin for future generations, and the rules are not allowed to be changed.
Before, her husband couldn't bear to send his mother up the mountain, which made his family feel ridiculed and ridiculed by the villagers.
The eldest son Chen Ping, who could not bear the ridicule of the villagers, directly quarreled with his father and forced him to death.
But when his mother was about to be sent up the mountain, Chen Ping finally could feel his father's feelings.
He was extremely entangled inside.
A Lingpo knew her son’s difficulties, so she took the initiative to ask to go up the mountain.
But before going up the mountain, she had three things she couldn’t let go of
The first thing: Chen Ping, who is already forty-five years old, lost his wife and became a widower last year. she wanted to help him find someone to spend the rest of his life together.
The second thing: Twenty-year-old Changsun Kassaji made up a rumor: "Ghost mother-in-law, she has thirty-three teeth"
always laughed at her in front of the villagers for her strong teeth, and she was old but not dead. She couldn't let the villagers laugh at her.
The third thing: the thirty-five-year-old second son Li Zhuo, who has no other half yet, and has never experienced applauding for love. she has to help her second son realize her dream.
In order to solve the problem, A Lingpo was worried in the last time.
She found the matchmaker and asked her to marry Ayu, the widow from the next village.
Although she is ugly, Ayu can work, which makes Alingpo very satisfied.
And Ayu, because A Lingpo promised to let her have enough food, she stayed at home.
After solving the problem of his eldest son Chen Ping, A Lingpo secretly came to the stone mill at home,
gritted her teeth, and then hit her hard.
During the impact, both front teeth were knocked off.
Now she is not the grandmother-in-law in her grandson's mouth, and she doesn't have thirty-three teeth.
Sometimes, the difference is sin.
was bleeding from his mouth and ran to the square to show it to others.
She wants to tell others that like other elderly people, her teeth are no longer healthy, and
She will also go up the mountain, which makes the villagers laugh at her heart.
In the end, I asked my second son to help him become a man.
But this request was very difficult. A Lingpo asked for help everywhere, but no one agreed.
Just so happened that Zhizi's husband in the village was seriously ill and had just passed away.
Before my death, my husband told Zhizi: I was sick because I committed sins. After I die, you must let every man in the village become your husband in order to cleanse my sins.
has no choice but to agree to her husband's request.
But everyone looked for the branches, but they just didn't seek help.
A Lingpo came to the door to question him angrily, but she didn't expect Zhizi to say:
is too stinky to help, and she can't start at all.
There is no way, so A Lingpo had to ask for help from her best friend A Jinpo ,
Because A Jinpo is old, his sense of smell has failed.
After A Lingpo's begging, A Jinpo finally agreed to her request.
wish is fulfilled, A Lingpo is finally going up the mountain,
She put on white mourning clothes and washed and folded all her old clothes to leave them for the children to wear.
Then his son Chenping carried him to Mount Nao.
No one spoke on the way,
Because according to the rules: In order to prevent people from being soft-hearted, the mother and son cannot speak on the way.
Along the way, the corpses of the old man who had lost his life on Mount Wu were everywhere.
There are only crows crying from time to time on the way.
Looking at the corpse, Chen Ping felt extremely sad inside. He knew that his mother would also be one of them.
This is not a journey to get the blessing of the mountain god, it is clearly a journey to hell.
In an open space without corpses, Chen Ping put his mother down.
He hugged his mother tightly and cried bitterly. At this moment, he finally understood the pain of his father.
finally understood why he said when he asked his father:
"You don't understand"
Looking at his painful son, A Lingpo didn't say a word throughout the whole process. She was afraid that she would open her mouth and make her son soft-hearted.
She drove her son away and sat down silently.
It gradually snowed in the sky. According to custom, if it snows after goes up the mountain, it is a good thing. will be blessed by the mountain god and you can enjoy happiness after death.
, Chen Ping, who had just gone down the mountain, hurriedly ran to the mountain because he was worried about A Lingpo. However, he found that A Lingpo clasped her hands together, covered with snowflakes, and was quietly waiting for the arrival of death.
Mother has decided to leave the world in the deep mountains. Chen Ping has to go home, but finds that his wife Ayu has put on A Lingpo's clothes.
Looking at my mother's old clothes, Chen Ping was speechless,
All this is like a cycle, the old story is lonely, and a new story is about to begin.
But the results are the same, is both miserable.
This is "The Examination of the Mountain Festival", a movie full of blood that reveals human nature.
In this small village, we cannot see ethics and morals , we can only see a group of people who live for the sake of living.
They only have their original survival instincts and desires, which can be said to be no different from animals.
In order to save snacks, they gave up the old man and threw it into the mountains.
Some people may face death calmly like A Lingpo.
But more people will be afraid and want to escape,
So, on the way up the mountain there is a place called "Qiangu"
Facing the elderly who don't want to go up the mountain and want to escape back to the village, many children will throw the elderly from here and fall to death.
In order to save snacks, each family in the village can only get married, and other sons are not allowed to get married, they can only work.
Because there is one more person, there is one more chopstick.
Everything about them is for food, for survival.
Even though there are many standard pictures in the movie, it has no beauty at all. It just reproduces for the sake of reproduction, full of rudeness and ugliness.
The reason for all this is nothing more than poverty.
When a person is alive and tries his best to fill his stomach, any shame and etiquette can be discarded.
It can also be said that when food is scarce, all the beauty of human beings may be broken.
Under the director's lens, We not only feel the ruthlessness of human nature, but also see the friendship between humans and animals.
Even if the spirit and material abundance are, is the deepest existence engraved in life and death.
Only when people are truly facing desperate situations can they show the true brilliance of human nature.
Maybe this is what director Imamura wants to express.
As someone once asked the director Imamura: "Why do you always want to shoot these maggots like people?"
Imamura answered: "I will write maggots until I die."
