In retrospect, in addition to a little lengthy characterization plot, there is only one sentence left to think of repeatedly. Kikuchiyo's summary on farmers, what is a farmer? Cunning, deceiving, cowardly and cruel. Jiang Wen's "The Devil Is Coming" also has the same theme: What is a farmer? It is impossible that Jiang Wen hasn't watched "Seven Samurai", the two are actually the same.
At the beginning, I would sympathize with the peasants. To survive, they gave the samurai a hundred meters to eat, and they ate the husks themselves. The face of every farmer was full of a strong tragic color, his wife was arrested, food was robbed, and so on. And at the end of the story? The peasants were celebrating, and the samurai left only four graves. Who will sympathize with the samurai? If you want to sympathize, watch "The Last Samurai".
Combined with the recent Lucifer phenomenon, the power of anonymity creates evil. The same applies here. When a group of farmers use bamboo spears to assassinate the enemy, is it eradicating the enemy, or killing a desolate soldier? At this time, the peasants don't have to bear the consequences, and they lack moral power. Any organization that is sympathetic to, after gaining this power, is terrible. This fact can be confirmed by reminiscences of the modern Chinese history that I have heard. How did the miserable, oppressed class gain power, and how? Crazy counterattack, almost distorted trampling ethics? Have you ever sympathized with them?
Back to the end of the movie, the four tombs and the inverted katana exist quietly. The space in which the samurai exists is social disorder, and harmony is only a delicate balance.
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