Furiko

	Furiko
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Original Name	振り子
Translation Name	Furiko
Region	Japan
Original run	March 20, 2012
Directed by	Tekken
Written by	Tekken

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Furiko (Japanese: 振り子) is an animated short film produced by Iron Fist. It was aired on March 20, 2012.

Plot Summary

This animation tells the trajectory of a man's life in 3 minutes. It starts from meeting his partner until they never leave each other and support each other. The passage of time is expressed by the metaphor of a pendulum, which symbolizes the passage of time with each back and forth.

When the husband tries to stop the pendulum to keep his wife, will he be able to break free from the bondage of time and freeze the best moment forever ......

Plot

Encounter
The heroine encounters a delinquent boy and the hero comes forward to rescue the girl. The girl falls for the male lead because of this incident. The male lead is impatient at first, but the two later get involved anyway.

bad encounter
Lady in love
The heroine pursues
Starting a relationship

Get married
After they graduated, they rented a small house and both worked hard for the future. The female lead wanted a wedding dress, but it was too expensive and said 'no'. The two bought a wall clock, and after a long time the two decided to get married and start a family. A girl was born between them.
The male lead is often reprimanded by his boss and clients because of the pressure at work, so he loses his temper with his family (Kick the Cat Effect). Daughter becomes an adult and leaves home to study/work.

Male lead working
Female lead working
Wedding dress the main girl wants
Pendulum
Family of three

Midlife Crisis
After suffering a setback in society, the male lead often takes alcohol to kill his sorrow, and the woman wants to stop it for the sake of the male lead's health. The woman is disappointed to see, one day, a drunken male lead fooling around with a young beauty. When the male lead returned home, he saw the female lead passed out on the floor. After going to the hospital for treatment, his eyes are hollow, he seems to have lost his memory and can't walk, expressionless and unresponsive.
The leading man feels sorry for his wife and decides to start over, working hard to earn money just to buy the wedding dress his wife looked at long ago. Meanwhile, the male lead talks to the female lead to waking her up in the same way she used to pursue him. The main man raised all the money and bought the veil for that wedding dress. But in the process of running home, he had a heart attack and passed away before his wife.

reprimand
Kick the cat
Daughter coming of age
Borrowing wine to kill sorrow
Male protagonist fooling around
Women protagonist falls down

Loss
Time is passing little by little, and the heroine is gradually ageing. The male protagonist in his soul state is furious at the relentless time and uses all his strength to stop the pendulum from swinging. While stopping the pendulum swing, the male lead recalls his time with the female lead and looks back at the details of what the female lead gave to him back then. The heroine gently patted the hero's back, allowing him to let go of his attachments.
The male lead dries his tears and silently accompanies the female lead, who passes away in a dream. The man and the woman are in heaven, rejuvenated, and the woman is wearing that wedding dress as she wishes.