Akira Kurosawa's "Warring States Heroes" pays tribute to "Blood Sands"

Pete 2022-01-09 08:01:11

Halfway through the movie, I thought of John Huston's "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre". "T" is a film about greed destroying everything. It tells Mexico in the 1920s. Three penniless. The American gold rushers are searching for gold mines in the mountains where banditry is rampant. After scouring for gold, their energy slowly evolved into mutual suspicion and mutual prevention. The pursuit of gold turned them into sinisters. As a result, one of them was killed by bandits, and finally the gold was unknowingly scattered in the desert.
The "Warring States Heroes" directed by Akira Kurosawa pays tribute to "T". The film is an entertainment period drama set on the stage of the Warring States period. But the success of the film lies not only in the narration of the story, but also in the characterization of the characters. The film tells the greedy side of human nature through the two live treasure farmers, Matakishi and Tahei, how vulnerable and vulnerable it is to money. In the process of "escorting" the gold, when the danger passed, the two began to wonder how to divide the spoils, and they were jealous and guarded against each other. When in danger, they were so afraid of death and stupid.
But the film is still quite relaxed and pleasant, not as heavy and black as "T". In a word: This is a very good-looking movie, don't miss it easily~ The master will not let you down!

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The Hidden Fortress quotes

  • Princess Yuki: Kofuyu was 16. I am 16. What difference is there in our souls?

  • Old Lady-in-Waiting: I don't know what to do with her Highness. It's the lord's fault. Even if he was lacking an heir, it was cruel to raise her Highness like a boy. Say right and she'll go left, say left and she'll go right. And though she is a girl, she has never shown me a tear. The same with her present behavior. Insensitive to your pain of having sacrificed your sister, she herself doesn't shed a tear, but she still criticizes you. It's too much.

    General Rokurota Makabe: Her Highness is the real sacrifice. Her suffering is having to rebuild the Akizuki clan.