Japanese musician Joe Hisaishi's "Summer of Kikujiro". Many people have heard this piano music. Many videos are accompanied by this music. The style of the music is clean, refreshing and rhythmic, just like the breeze blowing in summer. . This song is from the movie "Summer of Kikujiro". The plot of this movie is: relaxed, humorous, and warm.
School is out for summer vacation. Other children have plans to go to the beach with their parents, but Zhengnan does not. Because Xiao Zhengnan’s father passed away early and his mother worked in other places, he lived with his grandma, who had a job, so he could only play alone. He went to school to play football but was driven back by the teacher to find his classmates, who wanted to go on a trip. .
One day, Masao received a package from his mother from other places. He wrote down the address and decided to go to Toyohashi to find his mother. He took away all his pocket money and was about to go out when his neighbor Aunt Zhang saw him. She asked Masao why he was going out, so she asked her husband to accompany him and gave her husband 5,000 yen. Her husband is an idle, greasy man who collects "protection money" from little boys on the street. That day, Aunt Zhang told Grandma Zhengnan that Zhengnan and her husband were going to the beach for a few days. Grandma thanked Aunt Zhang profusely.
Zhengnan and his uncle set off. The uncle took Zhengnan directly to a casino and lost all their travel funds. The uncle went to have a barbecue by himself, while Zhengnan waited outside alone. After the uncle had eaten, he found that Zhengnan was missing. He found a bald man outside a toilet wall and was about to molest Zhengnan. The bald man was beaten and the money on his body was taken away by the uncle.
They didn’t take a taxi, they took a taxi directly. For taxis, they took the taxi first and paid later. While the taxi driver went to the toilet, my uncle drove the car away. He couldn't drive, the handbrake was not released, the car was driving with smoke billowing out, and they abandoned the taxi in a wilderness. The uncle took Zhengnan to a hotel. They were learning to swim and eating good food. Within a few days, all the money was spent. The uncle asked the front desk guy to drive them a ride. The guy had no choice but to send the two of them to the hotel after get off work. I got a ride in the direction of Toyohashi.
This is an abandoned parking lot. They want to hitchhike, but no one wants to give them a lift. In the end, the man pretends to be a pity, and a group of young lovers agree to give them a ride. Before leaving, the uncle smashed the windshield of a large truck. The driver caught up with them and had a fight with the uncle. The uncle beat the driver with a wooden stick.
The young couple had no choice but to continue walking with them, so they gave Zhengnan a backpack with wings when they parted. They were waiting for the bus at a bus stop. After a while, a person waiting for the bus came. The uncle cleverly stole three rice balls from the man. He gave two rice balls to Zhengnan, and he secretly ate one himself.
They waited all day and night, but still didn’t get a ride. The uncle thought of a way to pretend to be blind, but no one gave them a lift. They could only continue to move forward, but the uncle came up with a plan to scatter nails on the road, help the driver change the tire, and then offered to give them a ride. A car hit a nail, then took an S-shaped route and drove directly into a ditch on the side of the road. They quickly ran away.
Finally, a wandering poet was willing to take them to Toyohashi, and they finally reached their destination. They observed there, Zhengnan saw his mother, and her mother had formed a new family. Zhengnan cried, but Zhengnan did not disturb his mother.
My uncle took Zhengnan to the beach to play. Zhengnan was not interested, which made it even more difficult for his uncle. He saw two young people who were not mainstream. They had a motorcycle and a wind chime on the car. He told the two young men to give him the wind chime or he would steal their motorcycle.
He got the angel wind chime. He gave the wind chime to Zhengnan and told him that it was given to him by his mother. They were excited when they came and dejected when they returned. In fact, his mother also abandoned him when he was a child and married someone else. He took Xiao Zhengnan's hand and moved forward. They were really hungry. The uncle went into the cornfield to steal corn and saw the wandering poet stealing corn. Together they stole corn and sold it on the roadside, and then camped together.
Coincidentally, two motorcycle men also joined the camping team. Zhengnan goes fishing, and they dress up as an octopus and a giant fish. They stole the watermelon, ate it, and made the fat motorcycle man wear a watermelon rind on his head while playing games. One day, his uncle asked the motorcycle man to take him to a nursing home. It turned out that her mother was there. He just looked outside and didn't go in to say hello. Then he just sat in a daze on the bench or on the motorcycle, feeling very unhappy.
Back at the camp, someone suggested playing on the swing together, but the fat man fell into the smelly ditch. They played the savage game again, beating the drums, and danced in environmentally friendly clothes. The wandering poet played more enthusiastically, stripping off and dancing there. He also played 123 Wooden Man to increase the difficulty and wore 123 Wooden Man clothes. The poet took off his clothes again and played this game. Zhengnan laughed loudly and everyone was very happy.
They have to say goodbye. The two motorcycle men said goodbye to them, and the wandering poet sent them home. Masao and his uncle also wanted to say goodbye. When his uncle walked away, he asked loudly: "What is your name?"
He said: "My name is Kikujiro, get out!".
Only at this point in the story do we realize that the protagonist of the story is not Masao, but the rough middle-aged Kikujiro. Kikujiro gave Xiaomasao a happy summer vacation, and Xiaomasao also gave Kikujiro a wonderful summer.