Look at the last shot of the begging girl who is thinking of his wife and children, but has to use a bamboo knife to cut the belly; look at the last shot of Hanshiro who lost everything and bet his life. This shot gives people a kind of torture and makes us want to ask a question. Why.
The age in the movie is an age where status is higher than life. The humble to the untouchables, the nobles and the lords are all born to live with their identities. Losing their identity means death, just like the three samurai who committed suicide at the end of the film.
This kind of hierarchical society is of course not free and of course unfair. But, looking back at our society today, how many people feel free?
They are not free because they place too much emphasis on identity; while we are not free because they cannot find identity. China today is a country without faith. If there is one faith, it is money. For money, we want freedom. This freedom is actually the desire
fight club. Taylor uttered the slogan. Putting everything aside, you can have freedom. Then, a group of white-collar workers who were originally confused and weak, tore off their ties, indulged their desires, and turned into beasts, gaining happiness from destruction.
Facing such a group of brainwashed beasts, what light and hope can you see?
So things seem to have become like this. The era that puts identity above life is absurd and miserable; the era that cannot locate one's own identity is confused and miserable.
Then we will ask where is the way out?
Is there really a time and space full of light and beauty?
I still can't think of an answer.
Perhaps it is better to believe in Schopenhauer. Life is like a pendulum, swinging between pain and boredom. Pain and boredom are always the most important elements of life.
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In addition, the quiet life part of the story is like this.
Qian Qianyan and Meihui grew up as childhood sweethearts, and grew up under the same roof. Although their lives are poor, there are rivers to fish, the mountain villages have fresh air, free space to play, and books to read. Meihui is gentle and beautiful, and asks her to be kind and considerate. They admire each other and grow up slowly. Then at the most beautiful age, get married and have children.
The story is so beautiful.
If life can experience such a good time, what can be extravagant? I envy that kind of life, I like that kind of quiet and simple life. Of course, I know that life like that also includes being unable to eat, and three or two can kill you. However, none of these disasters can erase those good times. Simple happiness is enough, even if you die from starvation and disease.
Compared with today's reality, can you say who is better? Compared with your life to this day, can you say who is happier? So, even though the story became so tragic later on, I still think that it is enough, it is enough.
Since death is inevitable, separation is also the norm in life, whether it is birth or death. But people are always greedy. When you are impoverished, you want to start from scratch and become famous. When you want love and family happiness, you want to be healthy. When you hug your heads, you want to never be separated... When is this kind of luxury?
Think about it carefully, there is no such endless happiness in the world. Happiness is just a simple flash of life at a certain period or moment. To know how to cherish and taste is happiness. If you want to keep that glare, you can only watch it slip away, then complain and feel depressed.
Once you have it, let it go.
Wonderful, to be able to end happily.
Once we have met, we must say goodbye frankly.
No matter how beautiful yesterday, we must be able to step towards tomorrow.
Therefore, this family is happy and unfortunate, but to me, they are happy.
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