Respect---A great work by Akira Kurosawa in 1954.
The narrative of this film is not very complicated. It tells the story of how a village is about to be robbed by bandits, and 7 warriors are recruited, how to protect their homes and how to resist bandits. But it is often such a true and simple story, the more touching the heart, the more human nature can be shown. The plot is coherent and tense, and I didn't expect 3 and a half hours to feel long at all.
In fact, this film is Master Kurosawa's awe of the samurai, the samurai spirit and the grief and anger that is about to disappear. Among the seven samurai, each has a prominent character. The four characters are impressive. The first is Kanbingwei, who is smart and brave. After gathering the seven warriors of Qi with his charisma, he leads the villagers and warriors to defeat the bandits. He can be regarded as a general. But he knew that the age of samurai was over, and his heart had long since become enlightened. The second is Kuzang, the samurai I admire the most. Martial arts are unfathomable. He insisted on practicing and kept the spirit of the warrior, but he died under the gun in the end. I think the scar on his head should have an intense story. The third is Kikuchiyo. Although he is not a samurai, he has the spirit of a samurai. Brave, resourceful and persistent. In addition, in the arrangement of the whole drama, he is the hero who embodies humor, and I think he is the hero of this drama. Fourth, the future of the samurai, Katsushiro, has a reverence for martial arts, but without actual action, it may be fruitless in the end.
The samurai and the villagers can be clearly distinguished in the movie, from the posture of sitting, from the heart of facing the bandit, from the martial arts movements, and from all aspects of the gap. But a warrior is a warrior after all, a product of the times, a result of cultivation, not just what a person needs, or a person's original intention.
In terms of photography, Master Kurosawa's complex and changeable shots clearly and directly show the wisdom and courage of the samurai, and the timidity of the villagers.
Water can carry a boat and capsize it. When the villagers need a samurai, the samurai is the master, and when they don't need a samurai, you are the four tombs on the hillside, lying there quietly, neither coming nor going.
---MADYL
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