This film starts with a scene where a young girl jumps in front of a vending machine and tries to buy cigarettes. This makes viewer not understand what is going on. The girl is scolded by her mother for buying it and told never to do so again. She understands how harmful the cigarette is because she says to a woman who a girl encountered at first that smoking will make father die. Even though she recognizes this, she tries to buy cigarette again when asked to do so by her father who seems to have a serious illness. This scene is interesting in illustrating conflicted feeling, change, and growth of her feeling. Moreover, when she throws a cigarette into the trash box, her decision makes her family get together. This scene is very touching and heartwarming. As a whole, within seventeen minutes, I was so absorbed by this film.
Review of Otousan no tabako
