Was the Good Money That Daigo Making the Reason That He Kept the Job?

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Was the good money that Daigo making the reason that he kept the job?

What is the importance of this line, "I was abroad when my Mom died and I missed her funera."l

The wife’s request that Daigo quit his job for the sake of his unborn child is quite reasonable. After all, she moved with him to his small home town, leaving her job and her friends. She doesn’t want the extra money that he makes working at a disfavored job. Aren’t spouses supposed to compromise?

The answer is that this is a work of fiction and to advance the plot to explore the themes of the play, he needs to keep working. Note that she comes to understand how important his work is when s

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Never ever apologize for crying; Crying is a sign of a strong and open heart especially in men.

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He doesn’t show missing W; marriage is not consummated until she understands him;

Geese motif – rock motif

Stone letter

Wife is the maiden

Mother kept it nice --

First threshold – selling the Cello =-

Fate brought you here

The place he goes to be alone, in a little box by himself, separateness, lack of trust –

I was abroad when my Mom died and I missed her funeral

The money is important, but is it just the money ==

Friend is yamashita

Daigo is like the Salmon – he needed to come home for the resolution --

Why can’t he just once listen to his W and do what she wants

The refusal – could it be when he goes talk to the boss to lose

Through the roof looking down into the space perspective of classic Japanese prints

The old man’s room – full o fplants

So fundamental that he let his wife go

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Starts two months after he moved back to his home town from Tokyo =-

The whole Tokyo and Yamagata at the beginning is a flashback– what do they call it -- then goes back to the orchestra – two months or so before

Incense

Yamagata

The Secret in their eyes

Death of the Octopus – intelligent and resourceful animals – he can’t do anything right – right after says he should quit

The shot after he tellsher that the cello cost 18 million yen – shows the gulf between them ==

Isn’t the ad the call to adventure?

Still can’t tell her about the job – still can’t be honest with her

Mika is the W

Was this a trial I was being put through for not taking care of my mother? Prob ably refers to her encoffinmdent –

Rock wrapped in paper with cello – given by father

And then the flashback within the flashback – with father finding rock and exchanging

Daigo – taking it all on himself – crying alone in the bath.

Rock symbol –

Dad liked the theme

Was Mika right? She had moved from Tokyo to the little town for him and smiled although she was broken up about it. Wasn’t it his turn to sacrifice something?

Don’t touch me you’re unclean

Is it good? I hate myself.

Ave Maria for a holy night

What is the meaning of the scenes where he is playing the Cello outdoors ==

What song is he playing

What is the mountain shown in the background at the end of the scenes and what is its significance for a Japanese audience?

Letter stone – know the way they were feeling by the weight and touch –

Changing role of the wife – from an ally, to almost an enemy, to a mentor

How many stories of love (1) pro and F; (2) pro and W; 3) secy going to see son; 4) boss and W; 5) mourners

Was this a trial that I was being put through for not taking care of my mother? Where was I going? I suddenly wanted to play the cello. I just wanted to play the cello and let the memory unwind. . . . It’s tiny.

– and then he starts to play the childhood Cello – the letter stone given to him by his father is with the cello

Going is going back into childhood to resovle the issues of his childhood -- stone is wrapped in music; plays the song his father loved; shifts to a scene of playing the cello for his parents – getting the rock from his dad –unable to see his Dad’s face – wife in bed after they made love –then goes to the salmon

It seems sad coming all this way to die. Old Man: They want to come home. Back to where they were born.

The Boss – You were born to do this. Daigo That’s easy for you to say.

He accepts it after Naomi --