The plot of "Seven Samurai" is roughly like this: In the Warring States Period of Japan, robbers disturbed the people. In order to protect the fruits of their labor, the villagers and the Seven Samurai worked together to defeat the robbers.
Speaking of movies, I always like those wonderful things that constantly give you suspense during the watching process. In my understanding, the word suspense is no longer limited to the unexpected in the plot of Hitchcock, and It has a broader and comprehensive meaning. This may explain some of my meaning: as a movie itself, the breadth of information it has, as an author, the intensity of thinking about film art, as an audience, and the film I can't help but sink into the depth... and this is exactly what I want to try after watching this film, which lasts more than 200 minutes, to make some kind of non-industry views. .
The process of watching this film is a process of being gradually attracted. Kurosawa used the most straightforward method to make a general summary of the story of the whole film at the beginning. That is to be the oppressed party. The inconsistent contradiction between the peasant and the bandit who is the oppressor. From the very beginning of seeing the camera, we know that this is a fuse that has already begun, and the next one is this fuse. How to burn little by little until the final explosion. Kurosawa Akira’s use of this most direct technique, because of his superb skills in the subsequent spreading of us little by little, if you cite suspense The hobby of the master Hitchcock---that is, in his film, the mystery that takes the audience into suspense continues to completely conquer the audience in depth--this is Hitchcock's most satisfied and obsessed life The pride of this. With this, there is a certain similarity to the same effect. The film is used as a narrative language to convey the author's understanding of the world to the audience. So the technique has become an inevitable tool, and the film was born in 1845. Since the beginning, those who have made contributions to film art have more or less constantly added color to its charm, enriching its expressive power.
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The other is that Kurosawa Akira has shown extraordinary advancing ability in the seemingly flat and straightforward plot display. This extraordinary ability is concentrated in his scheduling and interspersed with many plots that can show the personality of each character little by little. Kikuchiyo's drunkenness, wins Shiro's desire to become a true samurai's growth mentality, as well as Katsushiro and Shino's short-term helpless love, and in the performance of this seemingly irrelevant theme (struggle), every actor who appeared on the stage showed it. One point: that is, each character can be regarded as the protagonist of this plot and has completed the fullest expression of the character's personality for the final duel of the entire event. These plots are intertwined, there is no priority, but it gives me the feeling However, there is no fragmentation and procrastination, but a completeness-this completeness in turn reflects the spiritual outlook of the people of that era. When the author finished all the presentations, he deliberately put down the movie, and The five-minute "rest" on the screen seems to be intended to allow the audience to have some recollection of the previous set of film art and to provide a pre-battle rest for the duel underneath. This peculiar technique I saw it for the first time in a movie, and its meaning is so profound, and in this background, Kurosawa has calmly expressed the charm of the film's soundtrack, from the soothing rhythm to the movement of the drums, for The connection of one after the other has played a peculiar role. And it was during this resting period that I carefully recollected its exciting film expression art. Many because I was completely attracted by the plot, I had no time to take care of the meaning. It will surface again at this time and be further fully affirmed. This five-minute time is just right-after a systematic aftertaste, I began to look forward to the final duel below, and at this time, the movie once again Start. I was attracted again.
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In the final shot of the film, the three surviving samurai stood on the ridge, looking up at the graves of the four dead samurai, who accounted for four-fifths of the shot. Each grave had a knife representing their identity inserted diagonally across it. The sky. By the side of the three samurai. Passing through a row of hurried female villagers carrying straws. This picture embodies the tragic and vigorousness of the seven samurai, and at the same time expresses the indifference of the whole public. In this regard,
There are many characters in the whole film, the dialogue in the language is plain and touching, the scheduling of the film shots is freely used, and the sky that Kurosawa likes, the sea of chrysanthemums that represents sincere love, the crops swaying in the wind, the thrilling thrills of the heavy rain battle , The distinctive character of the seven samurai, and the waterwheel that represents the price, the peasants’ distrust of the samurai, and the later integration and the final approach. The information content of the entire film is rich enough to fully show the two classes of the Warring States Period. Panoramic drawing. It shows Kurosawa Akira's comprehensive and superb ability to control the rhythm of the film. And for such a simple story, it is a broad picture. The resonance for me is that The naturalness and excitement of the film have become a feeling of continuous affirmation and support along with the film.
If you are more demanding to pick out the shortcomings of Kurosawa Akira's movie, then I think the only thing is that the lower part of the back (the part after the rest) is slightly procrastinated, which can only be said that Akira Kurosawa is in the first half. The incisive and comprehensive display is so good that there is a kind of repetition in the latter part. If the first part is scored 100 points, the latter part can only give 80. The latter part gives me no impression of the previous part. Profound and long-term are certain.
Akira Kurosawa was once known as the Asian actor. In my opinion, he can be called one of the few legends in movie history. His "Seven Samurai" was named the ten best movies in movie history. One. Completely clear conscience. In the course of appreciating film art, this long and easy lesson should never be missed.
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