Akira Kurosawa and Color

Rachael 2022-12-11 19:49:57

Akira Kurosawa's first color film. As expected of a person who once wanted to be a painter, his control of color is also very good. It's just that he focuses on marginal characters, the theme deviates from the taste of mainstream audiences, and he is destined to suffer a fiasco at the box office.

Some colors that impress:

1. Tram-crazy boy: As a mentally retarded, he may be the only happy person in the film, driving away every day in the tram of his imagination. His colors are colorful, the room is covered with his colorful crayon drawings, the theme is the tram.

2. The father and son of the beggar: The old beggar should have been a master. He built a house step by step in his fantasy, and kept scrutinizing the details, such as whether the door should be English or Italian. The abandoned car they live in is often shrouded in the setting sun, with various paints, a magical color. However, after the food poisoning, the faces of both father and son turned iron blue.

3. The girl who tied the flower: She fell into a flower that she made by herself, and the flower was bright in color. However, the light was blocked by her uncle, and she also fell into the darkness. Then, I didn't quite understand her behavior of assassinating the delivery boy.

4. Blind Man A Bing: His face was as pale as death, and his eyes were empty. th.

Despite all kinds of depravity and sins, Akira Kurosawa left people with some hope.

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Dodes'ka-den quotes

  • Suicidal Old Man: [Haltingly, opening up to Mr. Tanba, who patiently listens to him] I'm fed up with everything now... Life is nothing but pain to me. When I get up in the morning and get ready for breakfast... thinking I have to do everything all over again, I just lose my strength. Food doesn't taste good. I lose my appetite.

    Suicidal Old Man: [continues, as Mr. Tanba listens silently] When I go to the public bath, I'm disgusted to see myself in the mirror. Naked, I look really disgusting and filthy. I can't stand myself. At this point... the only thing I want... is to die quickly. I want to disappear from this world.

    Mr. Tanba: [Mr. Tanba gets up and starts rummaging for some items, and prepares a powder which he gives to the man] This powder is used in engraving. It's a very strong poison, not sold to the public. You'll die without pain an hour after taking it. If you really want to die, take it.

    Suicidal Old Man: [the suicidal man eagerly takes the powder and pours all of it in his mouth, then drinks it down with water] Thank you. It's very kind of you. Goodbye.

  • Yukichi Shima: [speaking to his three guests] Let me ask you a question. Have you ever found a way to get rice from a rice store? I don't mean borrowing, I mean taking it right in front of their eyes.

    Yukichi Shima: [continues] You take a big pot and get it all wet on the inside, and have it filled at the rice store. Try to get it on credit and they'll refuse. You throw the rice out, but the pot is wet. So some rice remains stuck to the sides. If you repeat that three times, you'll get enough for a meal. Eh? Great, isn't it?