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68 p.o.v. number 13 March 2002 This sheds light on another important aspect in the Japanese context. Normally, a viewer not familiar with Japanese circumstances might think that Tarô missed out on playing with the other children, but he had also been lucky enough to escape the duty of cleaning the school after classes. However, for him this was no reason to feel lucky. It was the ultimate expression of being excluded and ignored by teacher and classmates. Being excluded from the group to which one ought to belong is one of the worst emotional punishments that a Japanese can suffer. First the children laughed at Tarô, then they completely ignored him. He is made into an outsider before even having been given the chance to become a part of the group. It is at this point only that O-Yoshi's kindness and support helps him to overcome insecurity and loneliness during his first school day. The two spinning tops seem to symbolize the friendship that is going to unite them and that ultimately leads Tarô to give the correct answer when asked the crucial question a last time. In this way he makes his first step toward becoming an accepted classmate. With Ohagi David Greenspan manages to revive memories of times gone by. A sentiment of gratitude for having been offered this chance to remember among people who have had similar experiences in an atmosphere of common understanding spreads through the group of viewers. Each of them had been himself/ herself the little Tarô for twelve minutes, going through the whole range of feelings, thoughts, and fears he went through. To me it looks like the awakening of a common dear dream. The fact that this short film was made by a foreigner is completely forgotten. That might be the highest reward a foreigner can get from the Japanese.
A Danish Journal of Film Studies 69 For David Greenspan, too, ohagi has obviously marked a turning point in his work life! Bibliography: Fukaya, Masashi. Kodomo no seikatsu-shi. Meiji kara Heisei (Children's life history. From Meiji to Heisei). Tokyo: Reimei shobô, 1996. Hearn, Lafcadio. Out of East. Reveries and studies in new Japan. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1972 (1st ed. 1897). Honda, Masuko. Kodomo 100 nen no epokku. 'Jidô no seiki' kara 'kodomo kenri jôyaku' made (Children's 100-year epoch. From the 'children's century' to the 'children's rights convention'). Tokyo: Furêberukan, 2000. Okuyama, Masurô. Mikaku hyôgen jiten (Dictionary of expressions of taste). Tokyo: Tôkyôdô, 2001.
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