Farmers’ inferiority is actually due to the bad system.

Stuart 2022-01-09 08:01:11

Kurosawa portrays the Japanese farmers too badly, greedy, selfish, timid, lustful, cunning and tough.

When Qiuyue Kingdom was destroyed, a general, Xia Bi, fleeing with his father, met two farmers on the road and forced them to help escape. Later, a woman who bought a woman from Qiuyue Kingdom, a group of subjugated people began to flee. Catch it, the princess saw the real world and realized that the people are the most important and the second is the emperor, which is a bit of primitive democratic thinking.

Finally, he finally impressed the generals of the enemy country and turned his back to help the princess escape successfully! The peasants were still empty-handed, and they had agreed to live in peace, but when they saw the gold, they would see benefits and forget the righteousness. The peasants had limited vision and were short-sighted.

But after seeing the general and the princess in the end, the two finally realized the principle of peaceful coexistence after receiving the reward, because they finally benefited from doing something to help others, and this spirit of altruism developed in their hearts. This is a rigorously structured movie. There is no waste scene, and it is worth learning many times.

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  • Randi 2022-04-21 09:02:54

    There would be no Star Wars without this movie!

  • Gregorio 2022-03-23 09:02:39

    [A-] I won't say much about the old-fashioned "Star Wars" past life, the film itself is already a very qualified commercial film under the blessing of Akira Kurosawa. The riot on the steps in the fourteenth minute was really terrifying, and the scene scheduling overflowing from the inside of the shot was already a kind of coercion on the audience. The same is true for the classic chase in the back. Real shooting, front and back shots, camera shake, and repeated editing emphasize the sense of speed. Coupled with the limitations of the shooting era, it naturally generates a feeling of worship for Akira Kurosawa. But my personal favorite is the dark castle in the mountains. The presentation and transformation of the continuous space inside the scene are quite delicate and extremely pleasant. However, there are also shortcomings. The spear duel is too long and boring, the choreography of the action scenes is not as good as "Seven Samurai", and the spear wielding is still too childish. As for the sense of preaching too much, it's an old problem. In this kind of "family fun" commercial film, I don't feel that it is separated. It is that the performance of the hero who carries the output of values ​​is really pulling the hips, which is unconvincing.

The Hidden Fortress quotes

  • Matashichi: Where is she? Who is she?

    General Rokurota Makabe: I don't know. She's really quick, though. She's already gone. Look. She's mine, okay? I'll kill you if you go near her.

  • Matashichi: Damn it! Gone again!

    Tahei: He's on his high horse watching us do all the work.

    Matashichi: Right. He's probably running around looking for that girl.

    Tahei: Maybe he already found a place and is sleeping with her.

    Matashichi: We agreed to split everything in three. The girl should be the same.