Although it is a relatively early work of Emperor Kurosawa, I personally feel that it is not inferior to many later masterpieces. In terms of richness, this film has post-war thinking, the opposition between good and evil, the opposition between kindness and depression, the opposition between responsibility and evasion, the contradiction between violence and sympathy for criminals, and a very high level of suspense. As far as the suspense part is concerned, I don't think it loses to Xifa at all. Let's talk about some of the highlights here. Let’s talk about the background of the film first. After the war, Japan is in a state of waiting. The material damage caused by the war can be reconstructed to bring economic development to the bright spot, but some people’s hearts will also be related to economic development. Formed against the trend toward depravity. From the weather background of the film, there are basically two states. When looking for a gun, it has been in a very hot state, which greatly aggravated the sense of anxiety and unease. The heavy rain in the second half of the approaching the capture part also just intensified a heavy, chaotic and bursting mood. From the perspective of the storyline, it is basically very complete. Taking the loss and grabbing as a clue, it triggers a series of character contradictions and social contradictions, and finally has a positive ending. From the perspective of shooting methods, the following scenes are more impressive. One is the shot of the male protagonist guarding the female thief outside the bar: a harmonica player plays the background music in the low and dark part of the foreground, while the protagonist sits in the bright place in the back. The scene here is great! The second is that the protagonist is looking for a gun dealer. His eyes overlap with the street scene, expressing a dazed and determined mood. Although it is repetitive and time-consuming, it makes people feel very important, because the protagonist is very passive here. The third is the scene where the protagonist and the criminal are lying on the grass together at the end, showing that although they are all retired soldiers, they all had their luggage stolen on the return journey, they were all users of the gun, and they were all exhausted from the pursuit. At this moment Lying on the same grass, but they are opposites in this event. From the description of the characters, here is an example. The criminal knew he didn't officially appear until a moment before his arrest, but we seemed to know the man very well before: left-handed, suit-loving, gloomy, sensitive, supposed to be thin, and disregarded human life because of death. The moment the image of the final criminal appears on the camera, we will shout, it's him! This is the most successful example of depicting a character. As for the central idea and various ideas of the film, I will not repeat them here. In short, it is a classic that Emperor Kurosawa cannot miss, super five-star!
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