First of all I want to say, that is bullshit.
I think the person who said that is just using the topic to play, that is the expression of inferiority to the extreme.
When was the movie made? It was a special period of the Anti-Japanese War, between 1945 and 1946. And the story takes place in an enemy-occupied area. I think Jiang Wen does a good job of showing what a person in that state should be like. Of course, we can only use "should", because we don't live in that era, and neither does Uncle Jiang. But Mr. Jiang Wen has skillfully portrayed what those farmers "should" look like, so that it seems more in line with human nature. Not everyone "cuts off the heads with big swords like devils", which is in line with common sense and gives the times a chance for a reasonable explanation.
Why "should" be like that? If you think about it, the bottom-tier peasants in China had very few educational opportunities and a very low level of education, so people should be ignorant. And the people who survive in the enemy-occupied areas, the people who can survive, what can you ask of them? I just feel like they are trying their best to survive. Before the arrival of Hanaya Kosaburo, they did a good job, they could really live, and they got along well with the Japanese officers in the local gun turret. Do you blame them for not charging those heavy machine guns with hoes when the Japanese came?
Although that group of people has various shortcomings, they are not lacking in basic morality as human beings. Let's talk about keeping promises, they do a better job than the Japanese when it comes to keeping promises. Although their trustworthiness may seem life-threatening, they have done the best they can when conditions allow. As for the Japanese at that time, they scolded China for being treacherous, cunning, and dishonest. So what did they do? They fulfilled the contract with Kaojiatai, and the result was indeed "I'm done, you can die", and when the Tucun incident happened, the Japanese emperor had already surrendered.
How can I say it, I can only blame the villagers for their lack of understanding of the Japanese army. And I think it's not that they are stupid, it's that their conditions are limited, they have no source of information, they can only see a little bit of the situation in front of them. They think that as a human being, the most basic things should be there, right? For example, I have a life-saving grace with you, you can't be ungrateful, can you? Where did they know that the Japanese at that time were basically brainwashed by the "Bushido spirit of the Great Japanese Empire".
And such a group of Chinese peasants living in the cracks, what do we use to criticize their actions as modern people? They embody "the inferiority of Chinese people"? I'm hehe. I personally think that's just human nature, or "biological" as well, because anything that lives doesn't want to die.
In my personal opinion, the only Chinese person who deserves criticism is the "Chinese soldier" on stage. They did not do their duty, they did not hold the country, they did not defend the people.
So, never use a handful of people to irradiate everyone.
The Chinese are not as bad as you think, nor as good as some people try to preach. Therefore, the Chinese are moderate, impartial, and have a righteous heart. This is the Chinese.
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