Effortlessly and sincerely kill people and get killed

Clemens 2022-04-22 07:01:03

When the leader crosses the circles that represent the enemy. I sincerely admire the professionalism of the samurai when dealing with murder.
They can completely ignore the possibility of the enemy's "submission" after considering all the methods of defending the enemy.
He was also able to kill a bandit in his sleep without feeling ashamed, but he was proud of it.
Perhaps this is the Japanese standard: to kill the other side is victory. The process is not important, and the reconciliation is not considered. As long as you are not obedient, you will all die.
Although the movie is very long and very "textbook", I saw such a "anti-violence" teaching material that uses violence to control violence. I still feel genuinely uncomfortable. Perhaps, it is the reason of the times; perhaps the peasants who kill and the bandits feel the joy of slaughter.
I dare not say that this film is anti-violence, but I seem to have experienced a hint of Kurosawa Akira: the peasants are victorious, but they are not more benevolent than the bandits in a way, on the contrary, they are stimulating their " After "Little Universe", they will be more cruel and selfish.
Originally: check the hukou——the bandit is also a farmer.

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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!