ESSAY still can't press it, so let's write a summary first.
From the monk's point of view, from the monk's confusion at the beginning to the end of the story when the rain stopped, the monk suddenly became enlightened and decided to continue to believe in human nature.
The monk found the three men's statements to be terrifying, and nothing could be more terrifying. More terrifying than famine, plague, these natural disasters, is the human heart.
As for the woodcutter, he always said that he couldn't figure it out for three reasons:
1. In order not to be involved.
2. In order to cover up the crime of stealing the knife.
3. Inability to understand why everyone else is lying. (In fact, he has secretly forgiven himself for lying.)
I don't understand what the scene in the bamboo forest is all about, it happened three times:
1. At the beginning, when the woodcutter went up the mountain, the bamboo shadow swayed, maybe it made people feel This kind of dizzy feeling is also the truth hidden or hidden on the mountain.
2. The woman in the middle was kissed by the thief, and slowly gained pleasure and began to enjoy the process of being slapped by the thief. The shaking of the bamboo shadow made the woman's eyes blurred.
3. Later, the samurai sat there alone, the bamboo shadow swayed, and he asked who it was? cry there? In fact, he was crying.
Life is as fragile as morning dew, fleeting. (Monk)
In the movie, the robber's laughter, the woman's cry, and the samurai's grief and anger are summarized.
When did the robber's laughter appear?
First giggles: When he was caught in court, his captor said he had fallen off his horse and said it must be the infamous thief's revenge. He laughed and said, "Only a fool like you can think of such a stupid thing!"
The second time laughing wildly: When leading the samurai to find the so-called good things, the thief suddenly drew his sword, and the samurai jumped back immediately when he saw it, and immediately drew his sword. The thief is actually just plucking branches with a sword. The big robber laughed at the fear and defense of the samurai.
Laughing 3rd time: The plot succeeded, and the samurai was bound.
Fourth Laugh: Successfully got a woman.
The fifth time laughing wildly: Showing off his swordsmanship, saying that no one can fight with him more than 20 times! That samurai is really good at fighting. (He actually counted such things!)
The sixth time he laughed wildly: Forgot to get that precious short knife, so he laughed at himself that I was really stupid, this is the biggest mistake I have ever made!
The seventh time laughing wildly: I looked at the woman who was lying on the ground crying by myself, and then looked at the desperate warrior, pointed at the couple and smiled.
When do women cry?
The first time I cried: When I was fighting with the thief, I couldn't stab the thief, so I sat down on the ground in despair and cried.
Crying for the second time: After being beaten by that, I am sad.
Crying for the third time: For his dead husband, I feel sorry for him. And thought his husband was in great pain, and the more he struggled, the tighter the rope became.
The fourth time I cried: when I was stared at by my husband. Say you don't look at me like that~
Crying for the fifth time: I wanted to jump into the river by the river, but no matter how many times I tried, I couldn't kill myself.
Crying for the sixth time: No one wants to, when the samurai says she is a slut, it is better to ask for a horse, the thief also does not accept it, because he is unbalanced. A dignified thief, the woman he pursued was called a slut by others.
There is also the psychological change process of the thief:
at the beginning, there was nothing in his heart, he just slept in the woods.
"If it wasn't for that gust of wind, I probably wouldn't have killed him."
Suddenly a gust of wind blew through, blowing up half of the woman's head curtain (not the skull)~ It also blew the desire in his heart. He just glanced at the woman and wanted to possess her. Even to kill a samurai he would possess a woman. But don't kill it, that's the best. (BTW, what's the point of saying that you can't kill people on the mountain?) Later, the woman's face turned pale when she heard that her husband was seriously ill. At this time, the jealousy of the thief finally rose, and he hated the samurai very much and wanted to embarrass the samurai. Then when it came time for him to have the woman, he looked at the samurai, showing off to him, and the samurai turned his head away speechlessly.
Speaking of women, in fact, from the perspective of women's statements, she has been acting like a typical woman in the eyes of the world. Fragile, pitiful, like water, crying. She kept saying it herself, what can a woman say? Calling himself pitiful, desperate, and having two men at the same time might as well die. (But why didn't she die? Instead, she provoked thieves and samurai to duel?)
But in the eyes of other presenters, she was very fierce and tough. Even at the end of the woodcutter's point of view, the woman stopped crying and laughed, saying that both of you men are not things, and it is you men who are weak! Ha ha!
(Actually, I think it is very strange that a woman's attitude has changed drastically, or the woman laughed to cover up her vulnerability. She told the thief that when she knew he was a thief, she wanted to get out of that boring life and be with you. Together, I didn't expect you to be so useless! This place is in conflict with the previous one. When the thief begged a woman to marry him, she still firmly disagreed. Which one is this now? Breaking the same? And what's more interesting is that the men were actually frightened by her, became frightened, and started a duel.)
Talk about the man who sheltered from the rain. As an outsider, he always thought it was funny, and satirized the monk's preaching. He was actually a more realistic person. Finally he went to get the baby's clothes, he said, if I don't take it, others will take it, so why don't I take it? When he was scolded by the woodcutter as a devil, the lowest, and other words, he in turn blamed the baby's parents, saying that they were the devil! Later, he talked about the woodcutter again, saying he was a hypocrite, "You stole that short knife~" The woodcutter was guilty, but the woodcutter did not defend himself. This is their difference. The man who took shelter from the rain kept covering up his own mistakes, blaming others with confidence, and then smiled contentedly.
The good people in the story I think are monks, woodcutters, and samurai. It's just that the samurai is trapped by his bushido, and finally ends up like this (suicide, and not forgiving his wife) but samurai is also greedy. I think it's a bit unconventional for him to sit alone in the woods in a daze. = =
The monk has been confused all the time, who is like this, more terrifying than ghosts, this Rashomon people scared the ghosts away. I have lost confidence in people, and I have always felt a bitter feeling when I refused to believe in people. Later, the faith in people was restored.
As for the woodcutter, although he stole the short knife, he did not confidently say that it was for the sake of survival (but this does not mean that he did not think so in his heart)~ The woodcutter later became better and tolerated what happened today. I walked out of Rashomon with the baby in my arms, and it was sunny at this time.
And my argument is that woodcutters, robbers, samurai, women, etc. each represented a class status in society. In Japan at that time, famines continued to make life difficult for the people, and machismo prevailed, which made people gradually forget the essence of human beings. People blame others for their faults, and silently forgive their own sins. That is, if you can do it yourself, others can't! And everyone's status is more important than human nature. People will see your identity more than your character.
And Akira Kurosawa himself said that he wanted to express the pretense, and he could clearly understand it. Vanity is not the same as vanity, but in terms of vanity, thieves are a typical example. And with vanity, everyone could possibly be a representative.
Finally, let's talk about what I find interesting: the face of the three people.
The first time they looked at each other was when the woman was pulled in front of his husband, and the three of them were silent for a while, and the three of them looked at each other, very subtle.
Another time, a woman was abandoned by two people at the same time. The woman raised her head in horror and looked at the two men, her eyes pleading.
The last time was when the samurai said no to the slut, the robber's eyes began to be filled with puzzlement and sadness, looking at the samurai and then at the woman.
The original work "In the Bamboo Forest" + "Rashomon", I personally think that the writing in Bamboo Forest is more imaginative. Compared with the movie, it is difficult for such an old movie to attract people today. It is difficult to keep up with the logic of some details. For example, after hearing the statement of the dead, the woodcutter stands up and paces back and forth, and that place shows his unease, which is the last point that he stole something.
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