I haven't cried for a long time, and I finally cried when I saw it. Akira Kurosawa really deserves to be the emperor of the movie, which is really admirable. Let me talk about my thoughts first. My grandfather and grandmother are also doctors. Sometimes my grandfather can’t come home for dinner at noon, and my grandmother will be very nervous when she hears the patient’s shouting. The so-called doctor’s benevolence is just like that. Furthermore, it is the simplicity of the common people. On the one hand, they can scold people to the point of being bloody, and on the other hand, they can turn their guns immediately after knowing the truth. What I have to admire is Akira Kurosawa's control of people, and he is actually a person who can't see people suffering.
The main line is the male protagonist, who slowly changes from resistance at the beginning to staying at the end. The red-bearded doctor is that kind of great figure. There are three stories interspersed in the middle. The first one is an old goldsmith whose daughter came to look for him. He was already dead, his daughter was not doing well, and he stabbed her husband to death. The second is a person who works hard for everyone. It turned out that his wife had a secret relationship, left him, and finally committed suicide. The third is the adopted daughter of a sex worker. It's really good to pass on love.
This kind of narrative is actually not uncommon today, but this black and white film really brought me to tears.
"Stop and let me take another look at you. You are beautiful, really beautiful."
Another point is the Japanese mentality. Isn't it a tragedy that a woman betrays her and asks her sister to marry her? A child steals something, and a family commits suicide. This kind of mentality shows that the Japanese have the highest suicide rate in the world, which may also be caused by stress. However, the sentence that the poor father finally slept soundly was really touching.
I also wonder, what can we do for the world? Not pity, not cheap tears, but true love for the people.
Ps: For the first time, I felt the beauty of the kimono, and the last scene of the drinker and fiancee was really nice.
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