Movie : いま, 會いにゆきます (Be with you)

Where is the true happiness? - いま, 會いにゆきます (Be with you)

Lately I'm very interested in Japanese culture. So I want to introduce my favorite Japanese movie here. The title is "いま, 會いにゆきます(Ima, ai ni yukimasu)", 'Be with you' in English. I like almost everything in the movie- a story, actors, pictures, and music. There are hundreds of family movies in the world, but I want to say that this is the most beautiful and the purest one.

The family in the movie consists of three persons-Dad(Takumi), Mom(Mio), and a son(Yuji). Mio died a year ago, so Takumi and Yuji live together. Mio promised to come back in 'the season of rain'(which means the rainy season). The movie starts when Mio really comes back to the family. Takumi and Yuji finds Mio when they visit a secret place of the family near the house.

However, Mio doesn't remember anything, even her name. Takumi and Yuji have sincerely wanted her back, so they lie to her that she is sick in bed and often loses the memory. They start to live together again. At fisrt, Mio is confused but get used to the family with time. This moment, the family is the happiest people in the world.

Takumi and Yuji pray and pray that 'the season of rain' would never end because they know she will leave when it clears up. Still, time never waits. Rain stops. Will the family lose her again?

Here comes my favorite scene of the movie!Takumi and Yuji finds out that it is clearing up at work and at school. They are just so scared if they cannot see her again. And they run and run only to catch her. No, just to see her once again. Their mother. Their wife. Their Mio. She is about to leave them again.

I was moved by how desperate they were. Takumi and Yuji never directly says "Mio is so precious to us. We need her so much.", but their faces tell me how sincerely they want Mio with them. Millions of money means nothing to the family right now.

There is a hidden secret story in the end which is very touching. I want you to check it out as well. Most of all, however, I want you to think and feel with the heart what we really need in our life. Millions of money is just hollow to Takumi's family, yet if you don't have someone like Mio that we heartily share love, how about you? Does money mean something in your life?

* いま, 會いにゆきます (Be with you, 2004)

* Director : Nobuhiro Doi

* Actor : Yuko Takeuchi(Mio), Shido Nakamura(Takumi), Akashi Takei(Yuji)

* Author of the original : Dakuji Ichikawa