So I was surfing the internet for tattoos, then I was led to yakuza's body suit tattoos, and when I went to browse…
came back after reading the other comments. I might have misunderstood the title and the movie itself. ahahah. I was obsessed with the word "family." with that, I agree that this was a portrayal of rise and fall of yakuza. :)
yakuza family is a cycle of: fathering or being a parent figure to your colleague's child, and that child will grow up going around asking "tell me about my father."
Kenji taking care of Tsubasa, and Tsubasa, in return, told Aya about her father :)
then I realize that the weight of the word "family" in the title becomes heavier.
So I was surfing the internet for tattoos, then I was led to yakuza's body suit tattoos, and when I went to browse something to watch in netflix, the poster hooked me. I actually did not expect to finish this because I did not even know what I was in for (I skipped the synopsis and just jumped right through it). from the first secon until the last, my impression was that, This was a journey of one particular man.. I wanted it to have happy ending, but towards the end, I just wanted to see the end whether it be sad or happy.
It was definitely about yakuza (as the title indicates), but the family was subtle . Kenji called them family.. then later, we see that yakuzas create their own families (as what the bigger society do). we were introduced early to the Kimura family (Aiko, Tsubasa and the fallen lieutenant). and then hosono's who killed his "aniki," (supposed to be family) at the end because of his family leaving him. his yakuza family (background) made it impossible to live normally with his current life.
this was such a great watch. japanese movies does this often to me - they narrate an everyday life of somone, nothing trivial happens, you can somehow predict because I can relate to it somehow or have encountered real people who are capable to do the same decisions. their portrayal of realism draws me in, and slowly, I get trapped, leaving me wanting to finish it until the ending credits. and then finally, waves of feels, thoughts and emotion wallows me.
I came to realize and articulately understand this experience first, was when I finished "When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to be Dead" movie.
this was such a great watch with a very powerful message. I found myself rewinding a lot of scenes because I cannot catch up to the subtitles as I get engrossed too much on the acting.
I saw the trailer and got interested, I read the reviews and was ready to give it up, then in reading the comments, this just made me curious. I was hoping for some spoilers about why this should be a miss, but people were also confused and just accepted their fate. ahahah
Mystery to Iunakare
and
3 Nen A Gumi: Ima kara Mina-san wa, Hitojichi Desu
even with just the thought, makes me excited!!
fathering or being a parent figure to your colleague's child, and that child will grow up going around asking "tell me about my father."
Kenji taking care of Tsubasa, and Tsubasa, in return, told Aya about her father :)
then I realize that the weight of the word "family" in the title becomes heavier.
I wanted it to have happy ending, but towards the end, I just wanted to see the end whether it be sad or happy.
It was definitely about yakuza (as the title indicates), but the family was subtle . Kenji called them family.. then later, we see that yakuzas create their own families (as what the bigger society do). we were introduced early to the Kimura family (Aiko, Tsubasa and the fallen lieutenant). and then hosono's who killed his "aniki," (supposed to be family) at the end because of his family leaving him. his yakuza family (background) made it impossible to live normally with his current life.
this was such a great watch. japanese movies does this often to me - they narrate an everyday life of somone, nothing trivial happens, you can somehow predict because I can relate to it somehow or have encountered real people who are capable to do the same decisions. their portrayal of realism draws me in, and slowly, I get trapped, leaving me wanting to finish it until the ending credits. and then finally, waves of feels, thoughts and emotion wallows me.
I came to realize and articulately understand this experience first, was when I finished "When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to be Dead" movie.
I found myself rewinding a lot of scenes because I cannot catch up to the subtitles as I get engrossed too much on the acting.
Hands down to everyone involved in this drama.
hahahahha
I read the reviews and was ready to give it up,
then in reading the comments, this just made me curious. I was hoping for some spoilers about why this should be a miss, but people were also confused and just accepted their fate. ahahah
I saw him again in MIU404 but failed to recognize him. hehehe