Earlier this year, 2019, a drama became a hot topic and the actor who played the lead role won the grand prize.
And once again, the acceptance speech, more beautiful than the grand prize, became a hot topic.


There will be happy moments and painful moments in our lives.
If you look up like the young 'me' in [Memory Balloon], there will be many people who hold on to both happy and painful memories.
Why can't I let go of the balloons I want to turn my eyes away from?
I think it's because each and every balloon is a precious memory that created our lives.
Losing those memories must be a scary and sad thing for both the person involved and the people around them.
But [Memory Balloons] tells us that even if we lose each balloon, our shining moments can be remembered again in someone's memory.
Those memories can sometimes live on for generations.


Looking back up, that's true.
The story of my maternal grandmother's wedding day, the scenery of my father's childhood home that I've never been to, the story of my foreign teacher from across the sea...
We will each have balloons of different colors.
And these balloons aren't just a reminder.
If someone who shared their balloons with us happens to lose theirs, we can tell them about the balloons they gave us.
Like the young 'me' in [Memory Balloon].

Finally, if I may, I would like to imitate the acceptance speech of a great actor and say this:
"So love.
And share shining moments together."