seen Rashomon, and was shocked by this black and white Japanese film in the 1950s. To be honest, I was a little confused after watching it. Although the overall structure is clear and clear, I feel a little strange in the haze, and the logical relationship in the story is complicated. , the truth and the lie coexist, seamless and ingenious. I read film reviews on the Internet with doubts and curiosity. Most of the discussions focused on the film's portrayal of human nature, the relevant character traits and fate of each character, and the director's outstanding talent, Kurosawa Akira, and so on. As for the truth, as the woodcutter said at the end of the film, it seems that everything has been solved, and the fog is removed to see the sky again, just like the last few rays of sunshine after the rain in the film, giving people extremely warm and confident. But is this really the case? Let me share with you some of my different views.
* Tracing the source
Rashomon is director Akira Kurosawa based on the two short stories "Rashomon" and "In the Bamboo Forest" by Akutagawa Ryunosuke, cleverly reflecting the strange storyline in the bamboo forest and Rashomon's society at that time. , the political environment and the living conditions of the people at the bottom are combined into one, and one static and one dynamic complement each other. One is eerie and terrifying, the other is quiet and gentle, through the novel and eerie storyline, and finally under the foil and rendering of the film, at the end of the film, a wonderful viewing experience and a deep interrogation of human nature are achieved. This is the greatness of the film. place. The original book "In the Bamboo Forest" just listed the testimonies of the woodcutter, the monk, the catcher, the old woman, the robber, the woman, and the samurai, and it ends, leaving the reader with a big mystery. The novelty of the novel is that the truth obtained from different people is very different from the same event, which is unbelievable to people today. "Rashomon" is Mr. Akutagawa's early short story, which was later translated by Master Lu Xun. The story is very simple: the unemployed family will be homeless, sheltering from the rain under the Rashomon where the dead bodies of the plague are usually placed, and encounters an old woman picking up the dead body of a woman For profit, he grabbed his clothes and fled, the old woman looked naked, and there was no trace of her family. Through this absurd story, we can see many shadows in Lu Xun's works, such as the True Story of Ah Q, Xianglin's Wife, etc., especially the human blood steamed buns in "Medicine", which are similar in purpose. Rashomon is actually the author's naked exposure and criticism of the dark social system and human nature at that time. Akira Kurosawa combined this stage with a specific historical meaning and the strange and novel story of the bamboo forest, which is extremely ingenious. Closer to home, the following is my reasoning and analysis of the truth. I am completely based on novels, because the film is adapted from novels. Although Akira Kurosawa has tried his best to be faithful to the original, there is still no novel to cover everything. So if there is any discrepancy with the movie, please don't be surprised. In order to make it easier for officials to understand, I will use concise language to
outline the testimony that I personally think is the key plot in the original book as follows * Outline the testimony
Woodcutter: This morning, I went out to chop wood, and found it in a remote woods more than a mile away on Shanke Road. deceased. Wearing a blue jacket and gauze hat, lying on his back, a knife in his heart, the blood is dry, he sees a rope under a tree, a comb beside him, no murder weapon, the bamboo leaves beside the body are stained red, and there are signs of fierce fighting around. Horses are not allowed to enter the site.
Monk: Yesterday, at noon, from Guanshan to Shanke Road, I met a couple on the way. The woman wears purple clothes, with a veil, and crosses the peach blossom horse. The male supporting sword carries a pitch-black bow and arrow.
Quick capture: At the beginning of last night, the thief Tajomaru fell off his horse, equipped with a carved knife, the same as when he was arrested last time. Another black lacquer tube and arrow were lost, the dead man's sword was not seen, and the horses were grazing by the side. Then there is no doubt that the deceased was killed by Tajomaru. Daxiangmaru, a famous lecher in the capital area, is said to have killed two female pilgrims last autumn.
Old woman: The youngest son-in-law is Wuhong Kanazawa, a warrior of the narrow state. The little girl, Zhensha, is only in love with her husband. She is nineteen years old, strong and competitive, no less than a man.
Robber: I happened to meet a couple at noon yesterday. The breeze was blowing on the veil, and I got a glimpse of the beauty, so I became malicious. Deceived by the samurai's greed, he was seduced and tied under the cedar tree. He lied that his husband was seriously ill, and he ran to see him with his wife's hand in his hands. The wife was in a hurry to attack him with a dagger, and because he hit the ground, he raped him. When the matter was over, he wanted to escape, but was stopped by the woman and said, "Now that we have suffered this great humiliation, the two of them can fight for life and death and follow them." The beautiful woman's eyes are affectionate and fascinated, and I swear to marry her. Then I cut the rope and released him, the samurai drew his sword, and the two fought for twenty-three rounds, and I stabbed him in the chest. It is said that it is a precedent to be able to fight up to 20 rounds in the martial arts, woohoo! Not wanting the woman to escape, she picked up her sword and arrows, and then sold her sword. Unfortunately, she was arrested and left at her disposal.
Woman: I was insulted by the thief. Because the thief insulted the husband, he wished he could not move. When he wanted to release him, the thief kicked him to the ground. Unexpectedly, the husband's eyes were like knives. The thieves of the awakening have dispersed, and I know that the crime is serious, and I said: I will take your life and follow me. Husband raving: Of course. Then I held the dagger and stabbed him in the chest. I fainted for a long time, and my husband died. I loosened the rope to take the dagger, and threw the dagger into the lake to kill myself.
Samurai: Since the robber insulted my wife, he said it flatly and comforted him in every possible way: Since you have lost your body, it is better to follow me, and you cannot do this unless you love you so much. The woman actually followed her heart, and the robber wanted to flee, but the woman said to the robber: You have to kill him and hide his shame! The thief was startled, kicked the woman to the ground, and said to me: This thief woman, according to your disposal, will you kill her? I forgive it! At the moment of hesitation, the woman screamed and fled, but the thief couldn't pursue her, so she took a knife and arrow, cut my rope, and fled. I was disheartened, and for a long time, I saw my wife's dagger on the ground, and because I took it, I stabbed it straight in the chest. When I was dying, I saw the top of the cedar tree, and there was a silent sunset. At this time, a person crept up and approached quietly, wanting to see it, but the dark colors were four-fold, and he couldn't. This man drew the sword in my chest and died!
* About testimony
Two points: the old woman's testimony is ignored in the film, because the old woman is too far away from the case and does not help the plot very much. But the testimony of the old woman is not unimportant, on the contrary, it is an important corroboration to unlock the truth. The old woman's testimony is extremely important in two places: the son-in-law is gentle and does not cause trouble; the daughter is loyal, strong and competitive, no less than a man. The former implies that the samurai is weak and timid and does not live up to their name, while the latter implies that the woman is loyal to her husband, undisturbed in the face of danger, unwilling to give in, and brave to fight back, all of which lay the groundwork for the subsequent plot. The samurai speaks from the sorcerer's mouth, which is a novel way of writing by the author, and it is just an excuse, so it can be regarded as the same as other people's testimony.
In the death of the samurai, the testimony of the three parties actually believed that they were killed by themselves. This is the most dramatic part of this case. So what kind of weapon did the samurai die from? By whom? What is the motive for the murder? We are about to unravel this mystery.
* About the murder weapon
The robber said that he stabbed the chest with a knife in a duel, and the weapon was a long knife; the woman said that he stabbed himself in the chest with a dagger, and the weapon was a dagger; the samurai said that he stabbed the chest with a dagger, and the weapon was a dagger; the woodcutter said that there was no weapon, only the edge of the knife . In the testimony of the four, only the robber used a long knife, the woodcutter was not seen, the husband and wife were both daggers, and the stabbing parts were undoubtedly the same. There is a very important plot in the samurai testimony. Shortly after the samurai stabbed himself, before he completely lost consciousness, he felt someone approaching quietly and drew his sword to leave. This action directly accelerated the samurai's death. For the same thing, different parties have so different testimonies, and there is only one truth, then someone must be lying. In order to achieve a certain purpose, people often distort, fabricate, and hide some key plots in their testimony, which we can call the truth of interest, and the plot of non-interest will be truthfully described. In the samurai testimony, someone approached quietly after the stabbing, and he even wanted to see who it was, but because it was too dark (dusk) to see, he was finally drawn. No matter how the samurai's testimony distorts the truth, the plot after his assassination must be reliable, because this description is unlikely to be relevant, and the feeling is real and delicate, and it is vivid on the paper. This is the crux of the case. This description can conclude that the murder weapon must be a dagger. The robber's claim that he was assassinated by a duel must be a lie, and the long knife was still on the robber when he was arrested. So maybe the robber killed it with a dagger? Because the robber and the samurai were in a scuffle, and both sides lost their weapons, the robber found a dagger in a panic and stabbed it. The reason why you lied and used a long knife was because you didn't want others to know the chaos and embarrassment of the fight? This explanation seems to be barely feasible, but in fact, there is only one knife on the body, so the wounds of the dagger and the big knife can be completely distinguished from the body, but unfortunately the novel does not explain it. We can infer from another angle, if the robber really killed the samurai, how could the woman take the initiative to take the blame for the robber? Could it be that the woman fell in love with the thief who raped her in front of her husband, and stood up without hesitation and willingly took this super black cauldron for him? Similarly, a samurai cannot take the blame for a robber. If the two of them fight in an upright duel, and the samurai loses all their strength and is killed, from the spiritual point of view of Bushido, it is not a great humiliation, and there is no need to convict others. It is conceivable that the murderer must not be a robber, the murder weapon must be a dagger, and it was quietly pulled out soon after the samurai was hit.
* About the case
Through the testimony, it can be found that the rape of the woman is a watershed in the differences of the case. The testimony after the rape is very different. Even the testimony of the woman and the samurai begins directly after the rape. It is worth mentioning that the robber's testimony gives a large amount of detail before the rape, and vividly gives the rape from the robber's perspective. Motivation: A gust of wind, beautiful appearance, and beautiful color. Most of the plots before the rape are unrelated to interests, so it can be roughly judged that the robber told the truth. The case between the rape and the death of the victim is the key, so the case analysis will start after the rape. After the woman's testimony was raped, the robber left after she was kicked to save her husband. If you leave this point, you can deny it first, because in the woodcutter's testimony, the fighting was fierce, so is the woodcutter's testimony credible? The answer is yes. On the one hand, it is irrelevant, and the woodcutter does not need to cover it up. On the other hand, it is because the judge can explore the scene and cannot lie. So in truth, a robber and a samurai would fight, and the samurai would be killed by someone who was not a robber: either his wife or himself. For robbers, killing the bound samurai is easy, and the samurai is bound so that they can participate in the fight. What is the reason for the two to have the opportunity to duel? The robber gave us a reason: women provoked, but is what the robber says credible? Let's put this clue aside for now and think about another question: When the two fight, whose side is the woman on? According to conventional thinking, a woman should have the same hatred as her husband. If so, when the two attack each other, there are only two possible endings. If the robber wins, the samurai will surely be killed; if the samurai wins, then in the circumstances and the identity of the samurai, the robber will surely die, and if the woman and the samurai are of the same mind, the robber may not have the upper hand. Even if a woman and a samurai cannot prevail together, there is no reason for a samurai to commit suicide, and a woman is more fortunate than a woman. Even if the robber has the heart to protect the flowers and let the woman go, the woman will never take the blame for the robber in the testimony. Combined with the previous corollary, no matter what the outcome of the fight, it was impossible for a samurai to commit suicide. Then the conclusion is clear, the woman killed the samurai! Note that when the samurai died, he was stabbed in the chest and turned on his back. This knife could only have been plunged into by this strong and competitive woman: in the fight, the two scuffled in one place, the samurai suppressed the robber, and in the stalemate, the woman picked up the dagger angrily and killed her husband. The woman was overwhelmed and cried and left the scene in panic. The robber was completely stunned by this sudden fright. He wanted to chase the woman and gave up because of his lack of physical strength and sudden shock. He really didn't have the courage to take the dagger from the samurai's chest. Because the samurai was staring at himself with his eyes wide open and blood coming out of his mouth. In the panic, the robber picked up his long sword and the sword and arrow of the samurai, and hurriedly attacked the samurai. horse hobbled away. At this moment, a dark shadow flashed by, he shivered, and the terrified scene just kept flashing in his mind. He tiptoed to the warrior's side, and saw that the poor man in front of him was still alive. He looked around and listened with bated breath. The dagger inlaid with gemstones shone in the dim sunlight, the shadow tremblingly stretched out his hands and pulled it out forcefully, before wiping away the blood, he quickly disappeared into the endless bamboo forest like a soulless soul.
* About women
After a woman was humiliated, why would she turn her back on her husband and kill him with her own hands? We can start with psychological analysis. This weak woman who is "strong and competitive, no less than a man" was raped in front of her husband. She must be ashamed, painful, helpless, afraid and angry. She would like to immediately kill the robber. Wan cut. Although she fought back with a dagger, she was defeated by Qiangliang. At this moment, she thought of her husband, a Jedi Knight! She was unwilling to let the robber succeed. She rushed to her husband to untie the rope, but the robber kicked her to the ground. At this moment, saving the samurai was the only hope, and the witty woman at this difficult time looked at the robber with love and told the savage method that a duel must be followed. The testimony of both the samurai and the robber mentioned that the woman "seduced" the robber, and the robber admitted that he had completely fallen under the pomegranate skirt of the woman, and he saw the god of love beckoning to him; the samurai even looked at him full of electricity Extremely dissatisfied and full of jealousy. So far, the woman has endured humiliation, tenacious and witty to turn the situation around. In the woman's conception, the rest is her stalwart warrior husband to kill this stupid robber with his own hands! It is very likely that at this time, because of the infinite power of the call of love, the robber cut the rope with a long knife and waited for a fair duel only for his beloved woman. At this moment, these are two male beasts emitting strong hormones. A life-and-death struggle between! I don't know why the samurai backed away at this critical moment. He contemptuously mocked this disobedient woman, as if she was too unfamiliar to know him, and thought that this woman was not worth fighting for, and that a woman was not as important as his own peach horse in his heart, so he could give her directly to the robber. The robber didn't want to kill at all, and his adrenaline dropped instantly. Happiness seemed to come too suddenly, and he suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Everyone can imagine how desperate and angry the woman is at this moment! The woman was like a thunderbolt, her shame and anger index rose, and she saw her fate ended with her husband turning his hand to a robber. This poor and strong woman was unwilling to be tricked by fate. Dare to take revenge for the humiliated wife; scold timid robbers, and dare not stab the beloved woman. In short, under the angry ridicule and incitement of the woman, the robber first made up his mind and raised the sword in his hand, and the samurai was forced to pick up the sword for a duel. It's a pity that the fighting process was quite embarrassing. Two cowards who had no intention of confrontation met at this moment. They lost their weapons in the end and wrestled together with bare hands. The robber angry woman suddenly picked up the dagger frantically and stabbed the samurai in the chest
The above inferences are not wild and unfounded. First of all, a woman is loyal to her husband. Regardless, the testimony of the woman's mother has been corroborated. After we seduced the samurai from the robber, the robber told the woman that the samurai was seriously ill, and only then did the woman let the robber go hand in hand. When she saw her husband being tied up, the first reaction of this beautiful and weak woman was to take out a dagger to kill the robber. These two short descriptions fully express the woman's love for her husband, so the samurai's testimony about the woman's betrayal of him is obviously unbearable to scrutinize. The weak women with low social status are obviously endowed with more sympathy in Akutagawa's writings, which is in stark contrast to the cowardice and timidity and misnomer of the dominant male class in society. This is the author's metaphor for the strong irony of the social system and the current reality of feminism. deep sympathy and helpless accusation.
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The testimonies about samurai samurai lied except for "send the autumn wave", "kicked down", "pulled the sword". What was the samurai's motive for lying? Why would a samurai disdain the safety of his wife and choose to abandon it ruthlessly at a critical moment? Is it revenge after being jealous because of seeing the "electric eye"? It's definitely not that simple! In Japan, samurai is a very special and important occupation, and it is an important cultural phenomenon unique to Japanese history. The core of the Bushido spirit of samurai is based on some virtues such as righteousness, courage, benevolence, propriety, sincerity, reputation, loyalty, and self-denial. Only by fulfilling these virtues could a samurai retain his honor, and the samurai who had lost it had to commit suicide by incision. Let's take a look at the specific meaning of each of these Bushido requirements:
Righteousness: The strictest teachings in the samurai code, which require samurai to observe righteousness and morality.
Bravery: A samurai has the spirit of daring, perseverance, and high martial arts.
Ren: A samurai should have the virtues of tolerance, love, sympathy, and compassion.
Courtesy: not only grace, but also an external manifestation of emotion and concern for others.
Makoto: The samurai is required to be honest, while avoiding temptations such as from the merchant class.
Name: The samurai is required to be willing to give everything for the sake of fame, and to have the character of distinguishing right from wrong and maintaining patience and perseverance.
Loyalty: Loyalty to one's master is a creed that samurai must abide by.
It can be seen from the above that if it is a true samurai, the development and ending of the story must be the death of the robber. Even if the samurai is inferior to others, it is not shameful to die from exhaustion, and there is no need to take the blame for the robber. Therefore, the author's intention is very obvious, ruthlessly exposing and criticizing the spirit of Bushido, there are many hypocrites, cowards, cowards, and incompetence. In the novel, as a samurai, in order to cover up his cowardice and incompetence and the truth that he was killed by his wife, he fabricated suicide testimony, intending to maintain and preserve his perfect image and personality as a samurai. The timid warrior with a nameless name chose to live on the sidelines at a critical moment, unwilling to seek justice for his wife, exposing his selfishness, hypocrisy, and cold-blooded nature. Of course, he also paid a painful price in the end, because his The wife is not an ordinary woman at the bottom of the society, but a smart, strong and great woman who is "strong and competitive, no less than a man".
* About robbers
How credible is the plot description of the robber testimony after the rape of the woman? The robber obviously didn't kill the samurai, so why take the initiative to take the blame? Most people think that robbers do many evils, kill more goods, and know that there is a dead end, so they show people the image of fearless toughness, loyalty, and power. I personally think that the truth is not the case. There are several key points in the testimony of Chau Kuai: 1. The robber is famous and lecherous. 2. The robber was arrested last time. 3. It is said that he killed two female pilgrims. Going humming, thinking it was the retribution for falling off the horse. Through testimony, it is found that the criminal record of robber homicide cannot be established: 1. Killing a female pilgrim is only a rumor, not a certain evidence. 2. Before Ju Kuai had already arrested Duo Xiang Maru, from what happened later, the robber was no big deal, so he was able to continue committing crimes later, proving that he was not a villain who was responsible for many murders. 3. Although there is no evidence to show that it was not the robber, it can be inferred from the later testimony that the robber must be the unquestionable murderer who killed the samurai. 4. It can also be known from the following plots that the robber is not a cold-blooded, ruthless, tough and quick killer, but at most an ordinary robber who loves beauty. Therefore, the robber is not the one who has to die to support the hero, but there must be other ulterior motives. It is very rare to think that when the robber was caught, he fell on the stone bridge and was caught quickly and easily. If the robber is really a murderer, how could it fall into the hands of the government so easily (updated at the beginning of the night of the crime)? So my conclusion is: the robber fell in love with the woman, he witnessed the whole process of the woman killing the samurai, and after searching for a woman, he fell into deep unrequited love, and he sold samurai swords for wine to get drunk. Drunk on the stone bridge, after being arrested, he bravely stood up to take all the guilt for his beloved woman. This bold inference of mine is not without foundation. The robber's testimony has a long and vivid description: "Listen to me, you must see me as crueler than you. That's because you didn't see her face, YouQi didn't see her burning eyes at that moment. I stared at her eyes and thought to myself, even if the sky is struck by lightning, I will marry her as a wife. This is the only thought in my mind. I am definitely not your grown-up. What the husband was thinking of was shameless and lewd, lustful and lustful. If it was only lust and no yearning, I would have kicked her away and escaped. My knife would not be stained with her man's blood. But , In the dark bamboo forest, I stared at her face, and in an instant, my decision was made: I won't kill her man, and I will never leave this place." This description can be described as thrilling and penetrating, and vividly reproduces the robber's heart and soul at that time. The psychological process of a woman's captivity. Combining the samurai's testimony and the above analysis, the robber is indeed in love with this charming and charming woman, and it is completely hopeless. Because a gust of wind allowed the robber to see the face of the most beautiful woman in his life, it was very likely that the fire of love had ignited at that moment. So he seduced the warrior, insulted the beauty in front of the warrior, and after the rape, he spoke sweetly and tried to persuade him in every possible way, hoping that through this extreme method, the woman would succumb to her humiliation. But this is just an idea, and it is possible that the robbers just coveted beauty, and later it is impossible to completely bow down to the pomegranate skirt when the woman takes the initiative to seduce. In short, after the woman performed the fascination, the robber still fell deeply in love with the woman, at the wrong time, at the wrong place, and in love with the wrong woman. Because a woman's show of love is only her helpless choice in a desperate situation, a fatal temptation waiting for a fatal blow, a woman will never fall in love with this rude, ugly, raped man, and a woman has only endless hatred and anger towards the robber. Place The robber is simply unrequited love. During the fight, the woman angrily kills the samurai. In the confusion, the woman leaves in a state of despair. He picked up the sword and arrow, rode a peach blossom horse, and looked around anxiously for the trace of the beloved beauty. It was late at night, and the cold wind in the forest was blowing like a knife, but the robber didn't feel the cold. Instead, his head was sweating, and the charming face of a woman kept flashing in his mind. My beloved beauty, where are you? I would like to turn into a bright moon in the dark night, to illuminate you in the dark night, not to let you be afraid of sadness, and to accompany you forever! He didn't feel hungry, and he was bored, overwhelmed, and anxious when he was suffering from lovesickness. He happened to pass by a restaurant where he sold knives to buy wine and rested after getting drunk. Drunk in mud, he wandered around like a ghost, and unknowingly fell heavily under the Kurita stone bridge. Because of hunger and thirst, the exhausted peach-blossom horse took off the reins and ran to the side to chew on fresh grass.
* Regarding the ending,
it is natural to think that the woodcutter took the dagger from the samurai's heart, hastening the death of the samurai, and the woodcutter should be an important witness to the whole event. We can imagine that the woodcutter goes out to collect firewood every morning, and the crime scene is an extremely remote place, near the area where he works every day. From the time the robber lured the samurai to the end of the samurai being killed, there must have been a lot of movement. The woodcutter said frankly that the crime scene was a mile away from Shankeda Road, so the woodcutter must have noticed such a big movement in a familiar area. And from being kidnapped to being killed, after a fierce fight, the woodcutter had enough time to rush to the scene of the crime. Although it is not certain when he intervened, it is certain that at a certain time, the woodcutter quietly approached the scene of the crime, and He has been spying on the development of the case thrillingly, and he is an important witness to the development of the entire case. The woodcutter witnessed the sudden death of the samurai, the women and the robbers fled, and only the samurai was left struggling on the ground. He could have stepped forward to rescue the dying samurai, but driven by his self-interest, he saw the samurai's chest. The dagger inlaid with gems, the woodcutter who tiptoed close to it, finally pulled out the dagger tremblingly and fled in a panic, leaving the blood-soaked warrior behind him twitching weakly. It is also well-founded to say that daggers are valuable. Because it is not common for women to carry daggers with them, most of them are beautifully decorated objects, which happen to be owned by this "strong and aggressive, no less than men" warrior woman. It just so happened that the woodcutter also belonged to the poverty-stricken category. Driven by human selfish desires, the woodcutter took away the valuable dagger, which was also in line with common sense.
So far, the whole incident has been completely connected, and it is reasonable, which can explain why woodcutters, women, samurai and robbers distort and hide the truth. As the first witness of the case, the woodcutter was unwilling to reveal the truth of the samurai's death because of the cruel facts such as indirect murder and hand in hand, and in his testimony, he insisted that no murder weapon was left at the scene; the robber who fell in love only wanted to leave. A woman, so the testimony naturally concealed the truth of kicking a woman and killing her husband, exaggerating the scene of a righteous and dignified duel, and finally willing to take the responsibility of murder for the beloved woman. This is what this smart, timid and brave man did The only thing a beloved woman can do. Although this is just his wishful thinking, compared with the woman's real husband, the cowardly warrior, the robber actually showed his uprightness, clear love and hatred, and courageous dedication, which is admirable and lamentable! As the most vulnerable party, the woman was ruthlessly abandoned and ridiculed by her husband after being insulted by the robber. She finally killed her husband in anger with a psychological breakdown. She concealed the details and motives of being abandoned and killed by her husband, but she knew that she was guilty and admitted the fact of murdering her husband. It is hateful to be raped, but the person you love does not do justice for you at the critical moment, chooses cowardly escape or even mocks and insults yourself. The latter is the most difficult to accept. This kind of trauma is many times worse than rape by others. . In the early 1990s, we can think of the humble and weak status of women in Japanese society. Even in today's sexually open modern city, when faced with such a situation of being humiliated and disgusted by others, any modern woman may find it difficult to control herself and fall into collapse. Therefore, I personally think that killing a cowardly warrior is justifiable from a moral point of view, full of deep sympathy, and I am in awe of this brave, strong, loyal, and fearless weak woman who is unwilling to fate. The samurai was killed by his wife because of his hypocrisy, cowardice, selfishness, cowardice, and cold-blooded accident. No matter from which point of view the samurai has the samurai profession and the spirit of Bushido, the testimony of the samurai is a lie from beginning to end, not only that, In his testimony, he also framed the woman's spontaneity and viciousness in an attempt to cover up his evil deeds in order to preserve the noble, righteous, noble and sacred profession of the samurai.
At the end of the film, Akira Kurosawa skillfully used the appearance of an abandoned baby to sharply collide the selfish, greedy, cold-blooded passer-by and the woodcutter, inspiring a strong dramatic conflict. It seems that the director used this dramatic plot for Akutagawa. Ryunosuke's powerful interrogation of the current social reality expresses his strong criticism and sharp irony. But the film doesn't stop there. When the monk is almost desperate for the goodness of human nature, Akira Kurosawa uses the woodcutter to resolutely adopt the abandoned baby. , In an instant, between the gaps covered with dark clouds, a few rays of warm sunlight warmly wrapped the woodcutter. At this moment, the woodcutter completed the self-redemption of the evil of human nature. This is also the answer that Kurosawa Akira left to Mr. Akutagawa. Often when we do evil, we are complacent because we can escape temporary punishment. We must know that we will never be forgiven and kindly treated by our conscience deep in our hearts, but some people would rather carry a lifetime of guilt to the grave. This can't help but remind me of the words of Uncle Liu: Do not do evil for small things, and do not do good for small things.
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