This is an amazing documentary film. Especially, I recommend this to teenagers.
The locale is a tiny elementary school in a small village in the mountains of Niigata prefecture, where the snow piles up to 3 meters in winter. In 1987, the school did not have any new children. Instead, the principal made three calves enter the school. Three children of the third degree were assigned to take care of each calf. But the calves are not the pets. The teachers constantly told the children that the calves would be sold at the weight of 400 kilo gram next year.
The children had great year with the calves. Playing with the carves was a great fun. They earnestly took care of the calves. But sometimes calves had a diarrhea. So, a girl made up her mind to 'become a doctor of cows when I grow up'.
Being a livestock doctor became her dream, and this dream had not changed as she grew up. After graduation of a junior high-school in the village, she entered a high-school in a city faraway, where she had to lodge, to head for college. The competition for the university she hoped to enter, the department of animal medicine, Iwate University, is very high. Only one in 13.5 applicants is admitted. At the high-school, she realized her study performance was far below the level required to pass the entrance exam. She decided never to watch TV for three years at high-school, and everyday devoted only to study.
After 3 years, she passed the exam. Then after 6 years studying animal medicine at the university, she won the national license of a livestock doctor. She returned to her home town to be a doctor at the only livestock clinic in the town. Now, she is recognized as a reliable doctor by the dairy farmers in the community.
This documentary film shows her life from 9 to 35 years old - from when the dream was born till when the dream became true. The still picture of a girl holding the calf's neck, closing her eyes, is very beautiful. So is the face of the girl singing with tears on the day they shipped out the cows. You can clearly see her shadow of the third grade girl on the face of the livestock doctor. Therefore you can tell that the woman had lived pursuing the same dream since she was a girl. It is no wonder because the girl and the doctor are exactly the same person. But, if it is a drama, the same person never acts both roles. As few documentary films can cover such a long years without knowing the ending. Therefore, this film is a wonder.
The locale is a tiny elementary school in a small village in the mountains of Niigata prefecture, where the snow piles up to 3 meters in winter. In 1987, the school did not have any new children. Instead, the principal made three calves enter the school. Three children of the third degree were assigned to take care of each calf. But the calves are not the pets. The teachers constantly told the children that the calves would be sold at the weight of 400 kilo gram next year.
The children had great year with the calves. Playing with the carves was a great fun. They earnestly took care of the calves. But sometimes calves had a diarrhea. So, a girl made up her mind to 'become a doctor of cows when I grow up'.
Being a livestock doctor became her dream, and this dream had not changed as she grew up. After graduation of a junior high-school in the village, she entered a high-school in a city faraway, where she had to lodge, to head for college. The competition for the university she hoped to enter, the department of animal medicine, Iwate University, is very high. Only one in 13.5 applicants is admitted. At the high-school, she realized her study performance was far below the level required to pass the entrance exam. She decided never to watch TV for three years at high-school, and everyday devoted only to study.
After 3 years, she passed the exam. Then after 6 years studying animal medicine at the university, she won the national license of a livestock doctor. She returned to her home town to be a doctor at the only livestock clinic in the town. Now, she is recognized as a reliable doctor by the dairy farmers in the community.
This documentary film shows her life from 9 to 35 years old - from when the dream was born till when the dream became true. The still picture of a girl holding the calf's neck, closing her eyes, is very beautiful. So is the face of the girl singing with tears on the day they shipped out the cows. You can clearly see her shadow of the third grade girl on the face of the livestock doctor. Therefore you can tell that the woman had lived pursuing the same dream since she was a girl. It is no wonder because the girl and the doctor are exactly the same person. But, if it is a drama, the same person never acts both roles. As few documentary films can cover such a long years without knowing the ending. Therefore, this film is a wonder.