Really know human nature. - via "Seven Samurai"

Zechariah 2022-04-20 09:01:11

The film is well done, both in terms of acting skills and story content, as well as the film's portrayal of the characteristics of various characters, especially the understanding of the people at the bottom.

Farmers, like people of other identities, have a hypocritical and ugly side. Although farmers are the bottom of society, their wealth or desires are not necessarily the bottom. Farmers have no beliefs or stable values. They only have one belief, that is, to live, the better they can live, and they can no longer suffer from poverty, endure hardship or even face the dilemma of starvation. It can be said that they are the most "loose" type of people. They are hypocritical, timid, afraid of things, ignorant, uneducated, take advantage, cowardly, pitiful, ruthless, despicable, and cunning. Of course, they also have the advantages of being diligent, down-to-earth, honest, hard-working, and hard-working. Farmers have experienced life and death, poverty and suffering for a period of time. So they know how to store food, money and other beneficial materials. They are not subject to high culture, and they do not have moral, legal and other self-discipline to restrain their behavior. Therefore, when someone robs farmers of their interests, farmers may kill the robbers because they are afraid of "returning to poverty". The personality of the peasants is missing and imperfect. If the society or family is in economic collapse, the ugliest side of the peasants can best be seen.

It is not just farmers in society, but people living at the bottom are like this. No values, low culture, weak moral sense. Without legal awareness, farmers will show the primitive side of human beings, and farmers will snatch or fight desperately when their interests are damaged or they may gain themselves. Peasants are the bottom class. If they want to upgrade their level, they can only improve through wealth or status.

A concept needs to be changed, that is, farmers and all the people at the bottom. Although they live in hardships, the side they see is definitely not the real side. In society, everyone has a mask. Don't be misled by the appearance of anyone or anything, solve problems through analysis, not through identity.

Another biggest problem for farmers is that he thinks other people in the society should help them. Hatred of officials and riches exists all over the world, not just in ancient times. This TV series has given me a new understanding of people at the bottom.

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Seven Samurai quotes

  • Kambei Shimada: Train yourself, distinguish yourself in war... But time flies. Before your dream materializes, you get gray hair. By that time your parents and friends are dead and gone.

  • Woman Farmer: Is there no god to protect us? Land tax, forced labor, war, drought and now bandits! The gods want us farmers dead!