Akira Kurosawa, also known as "Emperor Kurosawa". Japan's national treasure is also one of the representative directors and screenwriters.
He has made countless classic films, and having said that, there are also some unsatisfactory works. In general, whether it is his outlook on life or the interpretation of the movie, he has his own unique views, and he is not afraid of the eyes of others, and it is not easy to be unique in Japanese society.
There is no doubt that Akira Kurosawa is a Japanese bigwig-level director, and even the current Wen En, Takashi Miike and Takeshi Kitano are incomparable to Akira Kurosawa.
In the following 3 movies, Akira Kurosawa uses strength to tell you what is the real "strength first"!
Rashomon
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writers: Akira Kurosawa / Shinobu Hashimoto / Ryunosuke Wasagawa
Starring: Toshiro Mifune / Akira Chiaki / Machiko Kyo / Masayuki Mori / Akira Shimura
Referral Index: ★★★★★
The literary status of Rashomon in Japan does not need much explanation, and its author Ryunosuke Wasagawa is a generation of literary heroes.
To be honest, it is not easy to restore the novel, especially if it is such a masterpiece. But Akira Kurosawa dared to challenge and did his best to maximize the restoration of this masterpiece.
Just like more and more of Keigo Higashino's novels have been filmed, but I personally feel that Keigo Higashino's works are commercial and the degree of reduction is not very high, especially in recent years, of course, there is also a certain relationship with the director.
After all, there is still an insurmountable difference in strength between Akira Kurosawa and Su Youpeng.
The film is based on Ryunosuke Wasagawa's short story "The Jungle of Shinobu".
Rashomon Gate, the main south gate of Kyoto, Japan. Monks, wood cutters, and beggars sheltered from the rain under the city gates, and the story began as the three men chatted.
The samurai and his wife passed through the barren mountains and suffered an accident, the wife was insulted, and the samurai was killed. Puzzlingly, the murderer, his wife, and the witch who testified through the ghosts of the samurai expressed their opinions about the tragedy.
However, there is only one truth, and the witnesses who provide testimony narrate one by one to beautify their own versions of the story for their own purposes, and the tragedy on the barren mountain has become a fog that cannot be lifted.
After the three of them chatted, the rain passed and the sky was clear, at this time, the woodcutter found a weeping abandoned baby next to the Rashomon Gate, and he carried the baby king to the depths of the sunset.
Are lies destined to be part of human nature? No matter how many laps you walk, Rashomon is there, people going back and forth, going in and out.
《Stray Dog》
Writers: Akira Kurosawa / Ryuzo Kikushima
Starring: Toshiro Mifune / Joe Shimura / Keiko Awaji / Eiko Miyoshi / Noriko Chiishi
In the hot summer, the young criminal policeman Murakami was on the bus returning home from shooting practice when he suddenly found that his gun had been stolen.
Despite his efforts to catch up, he lost his target.
Frustrated, Murakami approached Chief Sato and demanded his dismissal, but the section chief instructed him to ask Ichikawa, a senior criminal police officer in the pickpocket class, for help.
Reminded by Ichikawa, Murakami recalls that there is a woman standing next to him on the bus, who is the habitual offender Ah Yin.
Murakami finds Ah Yin and learns about the pistol dealer from Ah Yin, after which he goes deep into the darkest corners of the city to find clues about pistols.
At the same time, someone committed a crime with his pistol! The crime case caused by the loss of the gun began.
In the end, will Murakami be able to retrieve the pistol and arrest the criminals?
Through Murakami's wild dog-like eyes, the film shows the cities of Japan after World War II.
Good directors often play a crucial role in the film, and Akira Kurosawa proves this with strength and experience.
Most people who have seen this movie will think of Lu Chuan's "Looking for a Gun", Lu Chuan has also said that he admires Akira Kurosawa, but comparing the two films, high and low, who is playing technology, who is playing routines, everyone has a number in mind.
The Seven Samurai
Writers: Akira Kurosawa / Hero Kokoku / Shinobu Hashimoto
Starring: Toshiro Mifune / Joe Shimura / Yoshio Inaba / Seiji Miyaguchi / Shigeru Chiaki
Friends who are familiar with Akira Kurosawa must also understand his fascination with the samurai spirit.
This film is one of his many samurai-themed classics.
During Japan's Sengoku period, a poor mountain village was attacked by bandits every year during the wheat harvest.
That year, the villagers decided to hire seven samurai to defend the village and harvest, namely Kanbei, Kuzo, Katsushiro, Goro, Shichirō, Heihachi, and Kikuchiyo, a farmer posing as a samurai.
Throughout the defense preparation, there was a lot of friction between samurai and peasants, and many jokes were made. In a sneak attack, a samurai was killed by a musket to save the peasants, and soon the mountain thief's counterattack followed, and a fierce battle was about to begin.
On the day of the decisive battle, 13 robbers rushed into the village on horseback, and when the robbers were annihilated, the villagers paid a huge price.
After the great battle, the samurai left the village, and the guards sighed: This is also a defeat, and the victory is not the samurai, but the peasants.
I personally feel that this is a full "climactic" movie, and after watching it, I was breathtaking. Whether it is the details or the switching of the camera, it shows Akira Kurosawa's strong control of the film, a veritable masterpiece.
Author: Zaiya Taichu