go home and drink porridge

Anabel 2022-04-20 09:01:41

At the beginning of the movie, the high-spirited young man put aside the restraints of his elders and shouted, "I don't want to drink porridge for the rest of my life, just run away."
At the end of the movie, the young man who was forced to stumble into a desperate situation instinctively shouted "Mom", and the ronin incarnated as Thirteenth Lang shouted: It is better to have porridge than to die. Young people run away.

When I go home for the New Year, my hometown seems to be in such a predicament. Whether young or middle-aged, everyone sees the sweetness of drinking blood with a knife and begins to abandon the inherent rhythm of life. Since the loan usury collapsed, all kinds of rumors from classmates, friends, and acquaintances have spread, that someone in the past has been hanged, so-and-so has been killed, and there are so many people who escaped and disappeared. The mystery endows this festival with a rare cool color, the sound of firecrackers and the snow has hidden too many desires and conspiracies that no one wants to see.

The ronin at the end said that everything in the town will be fine, although I don't believe it, but I hope so, even if it gives those defeated people a chance to go home and drink porridge.

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Yojimbo quotes

  • Hansuke: Samurai, wanna make some dough as a bodyguard? The going rate has hit the roof. My commission's one ryo. Which side will you take? Seibei Manome runs a brothel. All the women you want. But he's going downhill. I'd bet on Ushitora Shinden. The inn at the corner. That's his place. Tell him Constable Hansuke sent you. I'd take you myself, but I'm the law around here. Don't forget, now. I get one ryo.

  • Gonji - Tavern Keeper: There he goes again! The casket maker. Only guy in town making any money. Can't make coffins fast enough. It's best not to have any gamblers at all. One boss to a town we can tolerate, but two is a disaster. Only the casket maker profits from that. Knock it off, you bastard!