The Movie 'Fabricated City': What Is Important to Keep from Losing Yourself in an Uncertain Society | My Movie Review as an AC/HSP
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The movie 'Fabricated City' is a story of a miracle that occurred in a helpless society
The movie 'Fabricated City' (directed by Takashi Miike, starring Go Ayano, Ko Shibasaki, and others) is based on a reportage about an actual incident that occurred in Fukuoka City, and it is a story revolving around an accusation of corporal punishment by an elementary school teacher.
The accusation involved the media and even developed into a trial, but in this article, I wrote about how the horror lies in the fact that this story does not end with the truth being revealed by the judiciary and justice being restored.
Today, I would like to write about my thoughts on the movie that I couldn't include in that article.
⚠️Please be aware that this contains spoilers🙇♀️
This is really trivial, but something that bothered me...
Considering the weight of the themes handled, it is really something extremely trivial, but there was a directorial choice that bothered me, and since it was strange, please let me write about it here🙇♀️
It's towards the end of the movie, where the situation 10 years after the series of incidents has settled down to some extent is depicted.
At that time, Go Ayano's back is slightly hunched, his way of speaking has become slower, and he is portrayed as having aged significantly, looking like an old man.
However, I think his character was set to be in his late 30s or 40s 10 years ago, so he should probably be in his 50s, and I couldn't help but think that he wouldn't look like an old man yet💦
Since it is a scene where the traces created by the 'fabrication' and the administrative punishment were finally canceled after 10 years, and he was able to completely erase the traces, I wonder if it was a directorial choice to show how long the lost time was...🤔
Or perhaps it means that as a result of going through unimaginable hardships, his aging progressed at a faster speed than other people.
Or maybe Namihei is also in his 50s, and in the first place, is 50s an age that is depicted as an old man?
However, although the intention of that direction is not clear, I think it was a truly long battle that it took 10 years for all the effects of the 'fabrication' to disappear.
The Importance of Truth
Mr. Yabushita, who received the notification from his lawyer that the administrative punishment had been canceled, says a line like this.
For a long time, I kept a lid on it
and lived trying not to see it.
In my mind,
I lived trying to think of it as something in the past.
But...
it's such a happy thing, isn't it?
Hearing this line, I felt from the bottom of my heart, 'That's so true.'
The administrative punishment itself was a suspension due to corporal punishment, so it was already over, but the fact that this punishment remained meant that the truth continued to be distorted.
It is often said that 'there is not just one truth,' and since people perceive things differently, perhaps truth is not such a clear-cut thing. Even so, I think it is a testament to being oneself, or perhaps something truly important for not losing sight of who you are.
That is why, even though the punishment was over, the process of having it rescinded was likely essential for reclaiming oneself.
To keep from losing yourself in an uncertain society
This incident happened nearly 20 years ago.
Today, social media is more widespread than it was back then, and we live in a society where information spreads even faster and further.
Even if information is a complete fabrication, there are few safeguards to determine whether it is true or false, and there is a tendency for the truth or falsehood itself to not be valued much, making it an uncertain society where ripples spread endlessly.
In order not to lose yourself in such a society, I think that even if truth is ambiguous, it is something we must cherish.
In a stance of believing what you want to believe, whether it's a lie or the truth, common sense will not be born, and you will completely lose sight of yourself.
That is why I thought that in a society like today's, the value of fighting for the truth, like Mr. Yabushita did, is significant.
Conclusion
I also wrote this on my blog, but while the horror of the incident is immense, I was more moved by the fact that such an admirable teacher exists.
Watching the scene where he rejoices at returning to work as a teacher after this incident, and seeing his child, who must have known their father's hardships, grow up to become a teacher, I wondered if I would be able to make the same choices as Mr. Yabushita and his child.
However, through this film, by witnessing the fact that humans are capable of making such choices, I feel like I was given the courage that perhaps I might be able to do the same.
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The movie 'Fabricated' is a story of a miracle that happened in a hopeless society