Always believe in people and in ourselves

Eliezer 2022-04-21 09:01:44

No one knows what the truth of the three people's affairs is, but everyone's speech is for self-interest - "People just forget the truth that is not good for themselves, and only take the falsehood that is good for themselves as true, because so Be comfortable." There are many sharp sentences in the play that reveal the dark side of real life.

At the end of the story, the glorious side of humanity is revealed again through an abandoned infant - the man who made up the story because he sold the short knife embedded with thin tin for money, but was willing to take the poor baby home Raising "There are a total of six children in my family, although they are very poor, but one more is the same." The last scene of the movie: the rain stopped, the poor man was carrying the baby, walking forward, while looking at himself with love The child inside, like his own child, finally smiled and strode forward...

I think the smile in the last scene has two meanings. One is pride in my kindness and affirmation of my behavior. I may have indeed exchanged that short knife for money, but my essence is still a kind person. , so as to have confidence in himself and his own life; the other is that after listening to this "different version" of the story that was fabricated by people, and witnessing the passerby who listened to the story in order to pass the rain shelter After abandoning the baby's clothes, I feel disappointed in human nature from the heart, and this is the most terrible and darkest thing. As said at the beginning of the movie, it is more horrific than the plague, fire, war, and famine - the selfishness of human nature itself and evil. But he saw that the monks took the trouble to coax the children, and his own kindness and love were also touched, and the other thing was that he believed that there were still people in this world who were selfless, empathetic and helpful to others, and he was rekindled with this world. There is hope, as the monk said: "I want to thank you for your loss, I can still trust people"

This film is a little short, only 90 minutes, but it is meaningful and meaningful. Most of the film is about darkness, but it can make people bring out a basket of flames from the bottom of their hearts and see the light.

Rashomon (1950)
8.8
1950 / Japan / Drama Crime Mystery / Akira Kurosawa / Toshiro Mifune Machiko

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Extended Reading
  • Lenna 2021-11-13 08:01:23

    I think of Shi Tiesheng’s words: "History was not discovered when it happened, and has been reorganized when it was discovered." There is no absolute truth that can be restored in the narrative. I agree with a saying that I have read, "The opposite of a lie is tolerance." The listener’s understanding and acceptance affects the narrator’s reservation of the truth reduction. If you can show tolerance for his cowardice, concession and sin, maybe it’s up to you. This trust can be closer to the truth.

  • Haskell 2022-03-22 09:01:34

    Lying is to cover up weakness, and where there is weakness there is a lie. And Akira Kurosawa still chose hope after insight into human nature, and the ending is a stroke of genius. The language of the lens can't be better~

Rashomon quotes

  • Commoner: Women use their tears to fool everyone. They even fool themselves.

  • Masako: Wherever. Take me wherever you want.