Rewrite:MR#6 (Whale Rider)

In the small beach village of New Zealand, there was a Maori village which hand down a legend that their ancestral hero, Paikea, was led to this place by a whale. And the head of family keeping protecting the village from generation to generation. One day, the elder son Porourangi, who is the head of family was given twin boy and girl. Only boys can be the head of family, girls can’t be the head of family. But a boy and mother lose their life at the time of birth. He got a shock. Then he leaves his only daughter and he left the village. So the girl was bestowed the name Paikea which is same name with the hero of legend, and she is brought up by her grandparents.
The grandfather who was the head of a family felt strong anger and sorrow that lost his grandchild who should have become his successor. So he couldn’t accept Pai. But he loves her as a grandchild. He took her the school on bicycle everyday.
When Pai became 12 years old, she and boys who boys of the same age are gathered in the village and the training of successor upbringing begins. But Pai is a girl so she was not permitted to participate in the training. She wants to take part in the training very much. So she learns the traditional song and dance in secret with the aid of her uncle and begins the special training of “taiaha” which can be done by only tribal boy from generation to generation.
One day, a lot of whales were tossed up onto the beach. Kolo(her grandfather) and village people try to sent back them to the sea. But it was very difficult so they was going to leave the beach. Then Pai rode on a back of whale to return them to the sea, and the whale which she rode on returns to the sea and the other whales came back to the sea with Pai. Her grandfather come to the realization that Pai is a real successor.
I saw this movie for the first time. The scenery of this movie is very beautiful!! I want to go there someday. I impressed by her speech scene. I can sense her steadfastness to become the head of the family. And I thought that this movie likes The Naushika of wind of valley. My favorite scene is when Pai ride on a whale. I think that this scene is really wonderful. I want to ride a whale once.

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