Tag: IMAGE ANALYSIS

2. You are the commander in the war zone. Across the valley, the large troop of enemy awaits. You are waiting for the reinforcements, but there is no word from HQ. Then, a wounded messenger arrives with a COPY of the message from HQ. He says the original was destroyed by the fire, but insists that he copied MOST of it. The message reads you should start the frontal attack next morning. Don’t worry, the reinforcement will come and air strikes will assist you. But, the massage has lost many words in the course of duplication, smeared with blood, and …

When someone turns away, with his/her back to you, without a word, you might find it difficult to reconnect with that person. Even if it is not a hostile gesture, just an awkward lapse in conversation or meeting, you have to search for effective, proper words to recapture the person’s attention. Then, it is all the more difficult if the person is shutting down all the external interaction, retreating into the personal void. We have seen a couple of instances of Ryouhei turning his back to “us/camera/father” to express/suppress his painful disappointment. Sometimes, he just loses his gaze into nowhere, …

The climax of the film is staged at the father’s house. The separation of the father and the son, the loss of their own house and the long arc of their sojourn finally land on the domestic scene however temporary. Through most of their lives, privacy has been a luxury. Here, they have the space of their own where they can discuss their private matters in more joyous note. But, alas, it’s only for a brief moment. Among the indoor settings in this film, there are three instances of “upstairs”. Earlier instances are meetings of the father and the son, …