It's so exciting, so beautiful! Kurosawa is worthy of being one of the world's four major film directors! All types of movies can be perfectly controlled.
This crime reasoning film is great, the logic is meticulous and there is no flaw, and the criminal complaint at the end sublimates the idea of the film, giving people a lot of thought and sigh. Through the poor people looking up at the villas and mansions of the rich in the slums below the mountains, it is a metaphor for the reality of inequality in Japanese society, exposing the miserable life of the people at the bottom of Japanese society and the huge gap between rich and poor.
Especially the scene ending with the hysterical cry of the prisoner is very shocking. At first glance, it feels a bit strange. It feels that the movie ends too suddenly and hastily, because I think most of the audience is the same as me, and they want to see Gondo’s one. Happy ending. Quan Teng’s house was sold and the servants couldn’t pay the wages and resigned. His wife began to learn to do housework. Only the driver did not need to be paid but stayed with Quan Teng for a lifetime to serve him, although his living standards fell suddenly. Many, but fortunately, Quanto found a new job and moved into a new house, so his life will gradually improve. I believe everyone wants to see this face painting. And I also want to see all the policemen who participated in this case held a commendation meeting, and every policeman was very happy.
But I thought about it, and realized that the great thing about Kurosawa Akira is that he doesn't follow the same rules as ordinary directors. The master doesn't take the usual path. Only by ending with the prisoner's shout can the audience be shocked, and the Japanese audience who have accepted the reality of the gap between the rich and the poor can be awakened, and have been beaten to the numb by the reality. The shout was deafening, fascinating and mind-blowing, and it couldn't be calm for a long time. This shout sublimated the ideological realm of the entire movie. The shock brought by this shout is just like the plot of the male protagonist stabbing a rich man to death in the only Korean film "Parasite" in Asia that won the Oscar Figurines!
Some people may have different opinions. People who think that this kind of extreme thinking should not be blamed for being born out of a deformed society, even if the system is sound, the gap between the rich and the poor is small, the thoughts are democratic, and the developed countries in Europe with the highest happiness index also have abnormal killers. . But leaving aside this topic, just referring to the prisoner in the film, which caused him to be radical in his thoughts. In addition to family misfortune (father is not there-why not explain, he has been living with his mother, and the mother is nagging and complaining). The poor living environment is also an important reason. The society does not care about the living conditions of the people at the bottom. This kind of environment can easily breed crimes. For this, the government and the system cannot be exempted from responsibility. Of course, on a larger level, the director also criticized the selfish and ruthless side of human nature.
The police investigation process of this movie is very fascinating. Two passages impressed me:
One is that the various clue progress reports of the police seminar unreservedly showed the hard work of the police in solving the case, which is very close to reality, and made me respect the police and thank them very much for their dedication and protection.
The other is the police's various substitutions and dresses to track the prisoners. Even if there is no music, the tense atmosphere can be run through, so that the audience has been immersed in the plot and worried about the police.
This movie is also the weakest role of Mifune in Kurosawa's works. I watched a movie of more than 2 hours with relish and didn't dare to advance fast.
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