The Parades 2024 Netflix Review - A Journey of Love Beyond Death

"The Parades" directed by Michio Fujii is available on Netflix. The plot describes a mother Minako (Masami Nagasawa) who wants to find her missing son after a disaster, but finds that she has already died and is still trapped in Manchuria. It is the underworld of wronged souls.

The people here include the bar owner Kaori (Terajima Shinobu) who wants to see her granddaughter born , the director Mike (Nakagawa Masaya) who wants to finish the unfinished movie , and Akira (Sakaguchi Kentaro) who claims that he simply wants to record everything he lives here . And Seungri (Yokohama Meteor) , who died in a mafia vendetta but still couldn't forget his girlfriend .

Because they had unfinished business before their death, they couldn't go there. Minako went from being unable to accept her own death and building a wall against the people around her, to slowly entering their lives and becoming a part of everyone, helping each other complete unfinished business.

It has the flavor of a melodrama, touching but not sensational.

A theme like this may not be new, but Michio Fujii made "That Night We Walk to the Other Side" smooth, touching but not sensational. The stories of each character are evenly distributed and can be well concluded in the limited space. There is no need to use a large number of memory scenes to intensify the grief of their death, but to use their gentle eyes to look at the living people and learn to let go. And complete.

Although the movie does not say it clearly, it should be based on the 311 earthquake. It shows not only the Japanese spirit of walking hand in hand through the pain after the tsunami, but also the companionship and care of each other for this group of family members who are not related by blood. Caring, more like a popular drama.

 

Find things worth cherishing from the mutual references inside and outside the play

"The Parades" not only expresses the concern of the times, but also uses the movie within the movie as a mutual reference between the on-screen and off-screen. In the film, they work together to complete a movie, just like they help each other fulfill their wishes. The reason why dreams are precious is that they can be realized.

Outside the screen, Michio Fujii made "The Parades". In addition to using Mike as a director to express his ambitions and self-expression, he also hoped to convey to the audience through this film that this group of people trapped in the boundary of life and death are all We can still work hard to break free from the cocoon of life and pull out the thorns in our hearts in order to reach the other side. As people who still have the strength and time to fight for it, it seems that through this kind of observation from the other side, we can find something more worthy of cherishing in life and work hard. things to complete their own "purification ritual" in the human world.

Yokohama Ryusei showed off his acting skills and was the MVP of this film

"The Parades" creates a warm, sad but true world. The soothing narrative, appropriate art design and soundtrack make the story sad but not sad. At the end, you may even find a A healing power. The actors were all chosen at the moment, and the director placed everyone in the right position to give full play.

I especially admire Yokohama Ryusei's acting skills in "That Night We Walk to the Other Side". From the casual play at the beginning to the true reveal of his feelings later on, he can show clear layers. In a scene where Yokohama Ryusei goes from a flash of sadness in the corners of his eyes, to the joy of seeing his girlfriend being cared for, to the relief of choosing to let go, in a scene where he is still crying silently as he is packing her clothes. Calm, natural and delicate, the tears fell quietly until I turned around, making it even more unforgettable.

If the director's previous " Journalist " brought out the actor-level acting skills of Tori Matsuzaka , "The Story of the Yakuza" allows you to see the charming and affectionate Ayano Tsuyoshi , "The Parades" will create a more The evolved Yokohama Meteor became the real MVP of this film.