The respective fates of the seven people form a set of samurai fatalism

Trudie 2022-04-20 09:01:11

First of all, let's talk about the fat and funny martial artist. He played a role in the organization to adjust the atmosphere and make people live together, and it can be said that he acted as a bridge for the coordination of the relationship between the samurai and the peasants.

But it was the first to win the lottery before the actual war, and died at the hands of the peasants. This symbolizes that it is fundamentally impossible for the samurai and the peasants to truly become one. The two factions have an insurmountable estrangement, and this stubborn estrangement cannot be resolved by a harmonious relationship on the surface. And his death also means that the samurai will eventually pay a heavy price in the peasant defense battle, which is not only casualties, but also the destruction of the spiritual fortress (his death is not worth it).

Then there's the reckless and wild fake samurai. His identity is between a samurai and a peasant. He also acts as a bridge between the peasant class and the samurai group. The difference from the fat man's funny samurai is that the fat man is only on the surface. Acting as a harmony agent, the fake samurai communicated and communicated with samurai on behalf of the peasant class on a spiritual level. From the time when he indignantly and passionately recounted the peasants' involuntary and ideological struggles, he made these samurai, who were arrogant and condescending, feel the desolation of the peasants more empathetically. And under his impulsive complaints, it is difficult to conceal his contempt for the poor roots of the farmers themselves.
It can be said that he is a typical peasant, but he is able to recognize the source of his own tragedy. If he insists on joining the team, it can be seen), and judging from his unrestrained, rough and reckless personality and his appearance that emphasizes his identity as a samurai, he is actually a crappy image. It can never be separated from the defective products of the wild dog's nature.
The samurai and the peasant are inseparable, not only in the character's own lame style, but also in his behavior. It was because of his jealousy at the ruthless martial artist who killed two people and seized firearms, and wanted to replicate his exploits to prove that he was a real samurai, that caused a heavy casualty accident. fighting.
His existence symbolizes the unavoidable huge hidden danger in the cooperation between the warriors and the peasants, the two groups that were impossible to integrate in the first place. And his death at the end of the film proves its own doomed tragedy.

The ruthless skinny warrior is one of the seven with the highest swordsmanship, the strongest combat power, and the most samurai style. It can be said to be the ideal typical warrior model in the eyes of everyone. He is self-controlled, lonely, and detached, and he pursues the realm of martial arts to improve his self-standard. He is also the soul of the seven people. If he does not make a move, he is taciturn and calm, but when he makes a move, he is firm and decisive. He was the last of the four dead, and was inadvertently hit by a cold bullet at the end of the fight. His death meant that this pure and noble warrior soul could not escape the mundane and merciless obliteration.
After his death, the young warrior who most admired him lost his messy anger and wanted to vent his anger at the enemy, but was told that the battle was over and the enemy was dead. The demise of the noble soul is not even given the opportunity to worship, but it is silently reduced to a silent decline and depression, as if it has never happened in the world. Makes people sad.
It is worth mentioning that although young warriors yearn for masters, from the very beginning, they always worship the old warriors as their teachers. And when he expressed his admiration in front of the lonely warrior, it is not difficult to see that he admired him more than the old man, but he did not worship the lonely warrior as his teacher, presumably because of his psychological self-consciousness. High climb, not worthy.

Three survived. One is an old man who has worn out his samurai spirit and perseverance through vicissitudes of life. He chose to compromise with reality and abandon his stubborn beliefs to save himself from death. One is the nearest middle-aged warrior standing with the old man. He is easy-going and mellow. He never goes against the trend.
The last one is a fledgling little warrior. He is the weakest among the seven in terms of strength and spirit. He can't be called a true warrior. In the current situation of crisis, his position is swaying. Does not have the soul and character of a samurai. And he was also distracted by his seniors in battle (the old seniors didn't want him to become a real samurai to a certain extent and take the same desolate path as himself), so he was also self-accommodating and compromised with his seniors. He survived under the care of him, he was neither a samurai nor a peasant, but an outsider all along.

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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!