I knew from the beginning that no one is telling the whole truth, but not all lies. It is so difficult to distinguish because of the fact that lies are mixed with the truth.
Tajomaru tells lies because he doesn't want others to think he is a coward. This is evident from his retort that he didn't fall off his horse but because he drank poisonous water.
A woman lies because she doesn't want others to find out that she is a woman with a scorpion's heart.
And the dead samurai lied because of the so-called samurai's self-esteem (vanity). He would rather say it was suicide than let others know that he was defeated by a notorious robber.
And when the woodcutter lies, because he stole the valuable dagger, he would rather the truth be buried than be involved.
Before the woodcutter told the true story, I always thought that I saw part of the truth in their lies: Tajomaru will definitely exaggerate his own abilities, people may not be killed by others, but it should not be instigated by women. will lie. It puzzles me that the woman said she killed herself, but what he said about the cold eyes of her samurai husband might be true. The samurai's words about the woman's viciousness coincided with Tajomaru's, so it can be concluded that the woman really asked Tajomaru to kill her husband, but he said that he committed suicide, which is not very convincing. But there is still no conclusion as to who killed the samurai in the end. The truth will never be known without the last words of the woodcutter.
The three outsiders are also different. The monk Yunyou is kind but cowardly, the woodcutter has a conscience but does inappropriate things, and the beggar can see and accept all these bad things, but unfortunately he is a complete villain.
Monk Yunyou hopes that the world is beautiful, but these events made him see the cruelty of the world, which made him question his beliefs. He holds a baby in his arms. He is kind but cowardly. A truly powerful person will accept the beauty and cruelty of this world, the real and the false, and will not give up his persistence.
The woodcutter confronts the beggar when he robs the baby of his clothes, seeing that he still has a conscience, but is ashamed to be seen for his guilt. In the end he took the baby and made a confession.
The beggar was very smart. He saw the falsehood and cruelty of the world, and even guessed that the woodcutter stole the dagger. It is enough to show that he has a deeper understanding of the world, but his reaction is selfish, in order to live better in this normal world, to be a real villain. In his opinion, to survive in this world, it can only be more despicable than this world.
They represent three different attitudes to life in the world. No matter where you go, there will be all kinds of injustices and sins. In such a world, how would you choose? To be a wandering monk, a woodcutter, or a beggar polluted by the world?
Although it is a movie from 1950, it is not inferior to the so-called high-tech movies now. There was no good equipment in that era, so it was more dependent on the brilliance of the script, the acting skills of the actors and the skills of the director, such a movie was called a classic!
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