Author: ベルガーディア鯨山（英語版）

The executive committee of the 3rd “The Phone of the Wind Music Festival” was held on February 6th. Executive Committee (Itaru Sasaki, Masato Okubo, and Takaaki Dai). This year, the GW will be a stepping stone holidays, and the date will be delayed from the previous time. For details, we will make a leaflet at a later date and send it to you, but we will contact you as breaking news.

Date and time: Saturday, May 2, 2020, 10:00 am to 15:00 pm After that, a social gathering is scheduled as usual.

Place: Bergadia Kujirayama (Kikki no Mori) Namiban Exchange Center in case of rain

The music festival executive committee is looking for performers. We will make a short interview by phone. We are also looking for sponsors co-sponsored by the music festival.

Contact: Tadashi Sasaki (tel. 0193-44-2544)

In the evening edition of the Asahi Shimbun on January 7, 2020, the activities of Bell Gardia KUJIRAYAMA after the Great East Japan Earthquake were introduced as “The Phone of the Wind”, Library of the Woods”, and “The Forest of Kikki”. It has been 10 years since it was a place to heal and nurture children’s sensibilities, and many people have come to visit it.

In addition, it was reported that the movie “The Phone of the Wind” will be released nationwide from the 24th, and it is expected that more people will visit. However, my physical strength is weakening and maintenance is becoming difficult. Encouragement calls, letters, and fundraising have arrived from people all over the country for articles that require the help of others. I am very happy to support you, not just the amount of money.

I will join the ranks of the late-stage elderly on February 15, but I am renewing my desire to do my best while my body is moving. Some people were anonymous, so I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone. thank you.

On December 18th, a special pre-screening of the movie “The Phone of the Wind” was held at the Otsuchi Town Cultural Exchange Center (Oshacchi) Multipurpose Hall. Haru, who lost his family in the Great East Japan Earthquake and became alone, has to live with his aunt in Hiroshima, but her aunt also collapses due to illness. Why do I have to experience this kind of sorrow? .. Hull’s heart becomes “impressive,” “insensitive,” and “indifferent” so that he will not feel anything no matter what he sees or touches, so that his heart will not be crushed by any more sadness.

This role of her was only selected as the director being her only, and Motora Serina is so suitable that it seems that it is not her acting but the ground. After his aunt collapses, Hull impulsively leaves the house and embarks on a journey to his hometown of Otsuchi. Along the way, he meets people with various sorrows and sufferings, all of whom find that he is not the only one suffering from problems. In the movie, there is a line from Morio saying, “Who remembers my family when you die?” Yes, I think that even if you die, the soul will exist as long as there are people who know that person. I think that the soul is released when no one knows it, and it is a relative object to the living person. Hull finally arrives at the mallet while being pushed and hugged by the people he meets. I lived with my family before the earthquake, and now I’m standing in my house where only the foundation remains, and I call out “I’m home” and “I’m home” … but I don’t get a reply. It’s a difficult time for Hull, a high school student. A boy who happened to meet at the station goes to “The Phone of the Wind” to talk with his father who died in a traffic accident, so Hull decides to go with him and finally arrives at “The Phone of the Wind”.

However, the depiction around here feels a little unnatural. In general, the premise for us to do, see, hear, and take action is to know that the object is there. Isn’t it the first time you want to go and see it?

The return of autumn salmon also has the purpose of returning to the river where it was born and raised and spawning, so it can endure the difficulties on the way and return to its hometown. In the case of Hull, the necessity was not drawn. I felt that there was a lack of liveliness and momentum as a story because I followed the boy I met at Otsuchi station by chance.

The healing and charm of “The Phone of the Wind” lies in the enthusiasm to visit it. With a grief, a barrier in my heart, my thoughts confused, and I couldn’t take a step from there, I was enthusiastic to know that there was a “The Phone of the Wind” and to go there. “The Phone of the Wind” finally arrives at a place in the countryside that is not on the map, where there is no information board and it is difficult to understand. This is what the American Psychological Association calls mindfulness. It creates a state of meditation in Japanese Zen.

I want to go to “The Phone of the Wind”. And you will concentrate on the desire to convey your feelings. Therefore, after talking on the phone, you will be satisfied with the feeling of being healed and saved with a feeling of liberation.

Director Suwa looks back at himself on a trip. When a person experiences a loss, he or she seeks a place that can be trusted, a place that accepts it. He emphasizes that “travel is essential for human regeneration.” In recent years, it seems that young people and inbound tourists are visiting 88 places in Shikoku, but it is said that you can find something like a guidepost for your life by just walking in contact with nature and people. Haru-chan may have found something more important than dying on the journey. The 10 minutes in the box of The Phone of the Wind at the end was a masterpiece. Hull’s previously suppressed emotions are gradually and quietly spoken. The sounds of nature, the sounds of the wind, frogs and seagulls, and the barking of insects played an effective role in music for us. It was

I think this movie is not an entertainment movie to watch and enjoy, but a movie that encourages us to feel in our hearts and grasp our radical problems deep inside the movie.

I was invited to the premiere of the movie “The Phone of the Wind” and was able to see the finished work at the Broad Media Studio preview room in Tsukishima, Chuo-ku, Tokyo on September 25th.

The screening time is 2 hours and 19 minutes. In today’s world, where many people are saddened by the frequent occurrence of disasters at home and abroad and the loss of their loved ones, the work is finished with the motif of “The Phone of the Wind”, which gives hope through the connection between people.

In particular, the main character, Haru, lost her parents and younger brother in the Great East Japan Earthquake in Otsuchi, and was entrusted to her aunt in Hiroshima, but her aunt also collapsed. He wonders why only he has to face this. Then, on the way out of Hiroshima and aiming for the sledgehammer in his hometown, while touching the sadness of various people, he learned that everyone was suffering and suffering, and not only himself but everyone had some troubles. I know that. And you will learn that you have to live strong.

The climax is a scene where you call a family member who no longer visits “The Phone of the Wind”. The wind blowing outside the telephone box seemed to say that the sound shook the leaves and that Hull’s voice was delivered to the heavenly family in the wind. Even if you die, you can still convey your feelings. If you have sensibility and imagination! For details, please watch the movie released in theaters from January 24th next year.

Thank you very much.

From the photo, we took a commemorative photo with the director and actors before the preview, and with Mr. Nishida and Mr. Nishijima at the launch party. On this day, Ms. Motola, who played the role of Haru, was in attendance from the launch.

On August 31st, I received a red dial-type public telephone from Amami Oshima. This is a phone call made in the 1960s with a 10-yen coin. As young people today may not know, it is a nostalgic thing for us in our age.

Mr. Nobuo Yasushi, a former NTT employee of Amami Oshima, who watched TV for 24 hours, learned that “The Phone of the Wind” is a mental support for the victims, and he damaged the phone he kept at home. I have contacted you to help the area.

Even now, eight years after the earthquake, many people still visit “The Phone of the Wind” and continue to talk with people who cannot meet quietly in the telephone booth. It is known that there is one dial-type black telephone and a notebook in the telephone booth, and the telephone line is not connected anywhere. The image may be corrupted with a red phone. Therefore, if you decline there, you will end up saying “Is that so?” However, we learned the importance of “bonds and ties” in the disaster. I wanted to cherish the “connection” with Amami, which is far away. That’s why I replied, “I’ll have it.”

After that, Mr. Tamotsu contacted the newspaper company. The “Amami Shimbun” and “Nankai Nihon Shimbun” also contacted us and said, “Isn’t the real intention a nuisance?” And “I’m glad that Amami was involved in the reconstruction support for East Japan.”

The old telephone booth that was replaced last year is placed in the Kikki Forest as a garden object. A visitor from Kanagawa called, “I came to’The Phone of the Wind’, but I don’t have a phone.” “I’m sorry, the real thing is at the bottom. Please use that.” It’s rude to say that it was funny. Also, in the picture book “Kaze no Denwa”, a red phone is drawn. Because of these things, I think that it is an “edge” that includes everything. Thank you very much.