I never thought that Akira Kurosawa would have such a masterpiece. The black emperor of the world is well deserved.
What is a dream? He begins in reality and ends in fantasy. Akira Kurosawa uses dreams to extract some big ideas from all the facts: myths, environmental protection, anti-war, and returning to the basics. The timeline should be from the age of mythology (specifically unknown), to the shogunate, to Meiji, World War II, modern and postmodern. Different times, different stories, but the same idea. Reflection and hatred of war, awe and gratitude to nature.
The chapters from myth to Meiji are full of Japanese folklore, fox fairy, snow girl, peach fairy, which made me feel like entering the fantasy world of Kobayashi Masaki. I thought the story would end here, but what makes the Black Emperor higher than Kobayashi Masaki is to refine the common theme into a big idea from a higher source. These big cores are: awe.
Two chapters, World War II and Modern Times, are my favorite chapters.
In World War II, Akira Kurosawa skillfully avoided national hatred. From a humanistic perspective, he used the homesickness of ordinary soldiers to satirize the stupidity of the war, which further highlighted the ruthlessness and cruelty of militarism. Under the misery of Bai Huanghuang, he was once a living flesh and blood, and he also had a son and a mother. Under the brainwashing of militarism, he became a walking corpse.
And the modern Van Gogh seems to have brought me to Dr. Caligari's hut. The style of surrealism is rare in Kurosawa's works, which is why I was hooked. Watching the male protagonist running and chasing between Van Gogh's paintings, the reproduction of the German expressionist style is really precious.
The postmodern chapter focuses on nuclear worries, and uses the "Trolley Mania"-style color palette to portray the horror and horror of the last madness of mankind. Years later, Akira Kurosawa's concerns were finally fulfilled in Fukushima, which is extremely ironic.
In the last chapter, returning to the basics, man and nature coexist in harmony, this is his dream, and it is also my dream.
Tradition needs to be continued, the environment needs to be protected, nature needs to be revered, and development needs to be rational. Between art and humanities, Akira Kurosawa has made the right combination, so that the 90-min works interpret the great feelings of compassion and compassion.
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