At the end of the film, Bao Bendeng and Red Beard walked back to the clinic where the film began. This three-hour film is about to end. Here, we want to say goodbye to our heroes. In fact, we want to say goodbye to all the heroes made by Akira Kurosawa.
They are the last heroes in the screen image of Akira Kurosawa. When they walked back to the clinic, the director put an end to his filmmaking era. These creations are his great poems, and they are also an exciting period in the world of cinema. Since then, Kurosawa has started to shoot movies of completely different styles and genres, but we will never see Bobenden and Red Beard anymore.
"Red Beard" marks the end of Kurosawa's prolific career as a director, and is also his last black and white film. "Red Beard" in 1965 was his 24th film from 1943 to the present, and he made only 7 works in the next 28 years.
In Japan in the 1960s, black and white films were still the mainstream. Kurosawa was very slow to accept color films. He didn't start shooting color films until after meeting with a certain photographer, and repeatedly mentioned that the photographer taught him how to use color.
Hehe, thanks to the pirate dealer "Jiuding" for translating the subtitles of Stephen Prince (Steven Prince) for the exclusive comment. This person teaches film history at the University of Virginia, specializing in Japanese film. In 1991, he wrote "Samurai Image: Kurosawa Akira's Movie", which explained in detail Akira Kurosawa's film career and his status in film and television. He has recorded and commented on many CC editions of Kurosawa's works, and his explanation is quite authoritative.
In addition, Stephen Prince mentioned that in the scene where Bobenden was sutured on the surgical wound for the first time and passed out by the operating table, Akira Kurosawa expressed his point of view through this film: as an artist, one should never move. Open your eyes. Ordinary people will choose to escape tragedy, and artists should face all the unsightly and good pictures, and should not shrink back.
I think this should also become a standard and requirement for a person who likes to watch movies.
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