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The film shows the story of a primitive mountain village a hundred years ago. The elderly over the age of 70 will be carried on the back of Nara Mountain, and then they will fend for themselves, and no one will pay attention.
Here, everything is primitive, primitive tools, clothes, customs, way of life, even beliefs are primitive, and what people do is only to survive, reproduce, and finally prepare to die. There are many pictures of wild animal activities in the movie, which also implies that the people living here are in a state of uncivilized just like them, and they live in harmony with nature in a true sense. Language is only one of the necessary tools for survival. A function of the "civilization" part. In this extremely backward situation, there is no "human nature" at all, let alone morality. Just like the plot of Assong stealing food to the Yuwu family: Although Assong sent food to the starving Yuwu family out of ignorant sympathy, she is just an ordinary person who pursues her own pleasure; Although the Yuwu family is impoverished, they continue to reproduce and steal from generation to generation. This complex animal nature cannot be called "human nature."
Due to the lack of resources, poverty and backwardness, the elderly in the village who reach a certain age must be sent by the eldest son to Narayama to die. Children other than the eldest son cannot marry and bear children, in order to reduce family pressure. It seems that it is not only the elderly who are miserable, but it is not uncommon for babies under one year old to be abandoned by the water. This is undoubtedly incomprehensible in today's well-fed society, but it was the reality at the time. Because of this, apart from sex and survival at the foot of the mountain, death is just a leisurely talk after a meal. No one thinks about what it is like to leave a loved one, how they lose their lives bit by bit, and death does not even belong to their scope of cognition. , was kicked out of the normal continuation conditions of human beings; but in fact, when he went to the mountain, the son, who was sending his relatives to death, saw the bones and vultures all over the mountains and plains, which really aroused a trace of consideration in his human mind, and thus gave birth to the "human nature". Starting point, I think this can make people have the desire for development and progress beyond basic survival. However, due to the extremely poor living conditions, not many people can take this consideration seriously, and when they return to the village, they are still dilapidated houses - full of mess. At the same time, there are very few people who can have this consideration, at least in the film, only the protagonist is like this. The man he met on his return journey pushed his legless father down the valley, and after arousing thousands of birds, he made a hasty pilgrimage. Fleeing in a hurry. So the closed mountain village is forever closed, and it is difficult for human beings to escape. There is no humanity to speak of, and there is only one group of survival games displayed in front of the audience.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that I saw someone mentioned on the Internet that this is "the inferiority of the Japanese nation", and I do not agree with this view. In such a backward social situation, there is no need to distinguish between countries or nations in human behavior. It must be said that the root is also the root of all human beings. It is fair and just, and there is no distinction. It is meaningless to establish such extreme nationalism in today's society.
In this sense, the film is a complete tragedy. Under the condition that they can only barely live in the world, people live for no reason, without thinking, and only know how to mechanically use the basic functions given to them by the Creator again and again to maintain a precious life.
I think it is very, very difficult for human beings to achieve such great achievements today, to take the initiative to have brains and skills other than animals, so that we can have enough food and clothing, and take care of our illnesses. And even 100 years after the movie's storyline, there are still many people in the world who are still unable to guarantee food and clothing. Therefore, after watching the movie, my final thought is that we cannot stop the pace of progress, we must continue to develop productivity, and protect the moral foundation of human civilization, because there is no humanity in the wild.
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