9 stars, this is a complete satire of the hypocritical samurai spirit. Like the famous Rashomon, the Seven Samurai is written by the same excellent screenwriter Hashimoto Shinobu.
I have to marvel that Japanese films have reached such heights and depths in the 1960s. No matter the shooting, plot, actors, and soundtracks, they are all excellent, and they also reflect profound social problems.
The two stories told before and after make people think differently. When the Jingyi family always said that Qian Qianyan begged for a woman to cut her belly, the audience would also be brought into a vision of God, thinking that this person was greedy for life and feared death, and tarnished the name of the samurai. , it's hard to think of asking him why he delayed cutting the abdomen, thinking he died ugly and humiliating; (I feel ashamed after reading it, why I always look at others from a self-righteous angle, instead of listening to other people's opinions, or understanding first The real truth of the matter, but eager to use their own morality or experience to criticize others)
When Tsuyun Hanshiro finished the rest of the story, he thought it was another Rashomon, but it turned out not to be the case, which made people think, this so-called samurai spirit, is the romance insisted by samurai, or is it just vulnerable false facade. The three retainers who pretended to be sick were morally dignified when they forced others to cut their abdomens, and they looked like heroes adhering to the spirit of samurai, but when Hanshiro cut off the braids representing dignity, they survived, pretending to be sick, just to secretly grow their hair. To be found, how true and ironic. And the Ii family, who has always insisted on the so-called samurai spirit, finally could not defeat Hanshiro with a sword, and even wanted to kill him with a gun? ? Of course, I didn't forget to render all the deaths and injuries as just and radiant when I finally announced it to the outside world.
This can be seen as a revenge film by Tsuyun Banshiro. Although he said that the spirit of the samurai is just a facade, he respects the beggar who sold the most important sword of the samurai in order to save his wife and children, but he is the most samurai A man of spirit, his bravery, integrity, and uprightness are all the other hypocrites look up to. Finally, when he saw three muskets pointed at him, he immediately cut himself with his samurai sword. The dignity of a samurai cannot be lost in the end. , is very admirable.
In fact, the embarrassing position of ronin was a serious social phenomenon in ancient Japanese society, and several samurai movies from Akira Kurosawa also reflected the situation at that time. Reminds me of a sentence said by The Joker in The Dark Knight: When people need you, you are a hero. When people don't need you, they will abandon you and treat you as a monster. Then you will be just like me. Isn't that the situation of these ronin? In a peaceful and prosperous world, samurai is no longer needed, and countless samurai become ronin, even the most basic life has problems. Ronin extortion was prevalent at the time. On the one hand, it was not ruled out that someone did it on purpose, taking advantage of opportunities, and did not care about any dignity to do such a shameless thing. With no food to eat, the family has four walls, and after the war is over, it is useless, but he cannot do the so-called low-level work such as labor like other people, facing the fate of life, life and death, and desperate, can you still adhere to the so-called warrior spirit? I have learned not to judge someone lightly until I understand their pain.
The fate of others today may be your portrayal of tomorrow.
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