村上隆さんのインスタグラム写真 - (村上隆Instagram)「No.5 3) The scene where the main character, Mahito, arrives in Utsunomiya for a number of reasons and become obsessed with the blue heron in the garden seemed to capture the zeitgeist and resonate with the way of life of another boy who lived during the war, Osamu Tezuka. ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Watching the scene of Mahito's obsession with the birds and small animals in the garden, I thought there was synchronicity with Osamu Tezuka’s experiences. I had thought Tezuka's episode of making an illustrated book of insects by himself in his childhood was just an indication of his love of insects. But during the war, smart and sensitive children understood the realities of the carnage that was unfolding according to adult logic, and if they took them all on, they would have a mental breakdown, so they focused on the realism of the small world in front of them as a way to protect themselves from such a state. As I watched Mahito's obsession with the egret and the wonders deep in the garden, that’s what occurred to me. Perhaps that’s why Tezuka used the character for "insect" in his pen name...and so forth. Come to think of it, Tezuka's contemporaries (or not-quite contemporaries), Hayao Miyazaki and Takeshi Yoro, are very close friends, and Takeshi Yoro's obsession with insects is also out of the ordinary. I wondered if this was the kind of self-preservation technique devised by sensitive children during the war.... I saw the film in IMAX and Dolby, both with extremely detailed and refined sound effects and a strong focus on the micro-world, such as realistic cawing of Japanese crows and the sounds of scenes in the bushes, etc. I was able to immerse myself in the soundscape and dream about Mahito's mental state. By the way, nowadays, I suppose children are escaping to the metaverse (online games, etc.). 4) Isn't the scene with a large number of Western-style sailing vessels in the netherworld a scenic depiction of Western powers' colonialism in Asia? ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※」9月11日 6時46分