Japan believed how they were invincible and somewhat impossible to defeat something that is showed through Kyuzo however these are traditional beliefs so they must be abolished. Kyuzo's death and the scene as a whole is very symbolic, getting shot with ease from a far distance shows how weak and useless Kyuzo was to his death, somewhat reflecting how weak Japan were to America's attack. The whole concept of Kyuzo's death tries to empathise how the military are no longer powerful and required, this is especially shown as the main objective of the film is still achieved despite and without Kyuzo. More so the character of Kikuchiyo is equally as important, a samurai who is actually a farmer's son, he allows a bridge to be formed between the poor farmers of the village and the hired samurai. When finding out that the farmers have been hiding old samurai armour presumably taken from dead and weak soldiers, there comes an iconic and powerful scene where an angry Kikuchiyo lectures everyone about their actions. In his speech he shouts abuse at his fellow samurai stating that the farmers are only "murderous" and "cunning" due to the military shaping them that way, "And each time you fight you burn villages, you destroy the fields, you take away the food, you rape the women and enslave the men. And you kill them when they resist. You hear me – you damned samurai?!" Although he is not saying society and Japanese civilians are completely blameless, he does shift blame onto the military slightly, aiming his speech directly down the face of the camera it portrays the idea of the military not being welcome within Japan, also showing that if they are to stay there needs to be change.
Throughout Seven Samurai there is a constant battle between modernists and traditionalists, we see this shown through certain characters within the film. As an audience we are meant to and are encouraged to side with the modernists, embracing their views and beliefs.
They followed the seven principles of the Bushido code. ... Samurai wore interesting clothing. ... What principles did the samurai follow? ... There are seven virtues of the Bushido code of conduct: Gi - Rectitude, Yu - Courage, Jin – Benevolence, Rei - Respect, Makoto - Honesty, Meiyo - Honour, and Chugi - Loyalty. ... How did the samurai change society? ...
"The Last Samurai" was one of the most accurate films depicting the ancient traditions of Japanese Samurai. ... Through his title, he finds work in Japan teaching non-Samurai how to fight effectively in war against their Samurai counterparts. Algren is then captured by Katsumoto, a Samurai, played by Ken Watanabe and learns about their many traditions and beliefs. ... What's miraculous about this film is that it precisely portrays the lifestyle of his captors, the Samurai more so than any other film. ... Zwick has just made up for the seven dollars I spent to see "Shakespeare in Love" and...
The story was made of seven different accounts from seven different individuals. ... Instead of showing seven accounts of the incident, Kurosawa chose to only show four. ... The samurai that I saw in the movie was not the typical kind of samurai that I know. ...
After their origins in Japan, Rinzai and Soto developed independently for about seven hundred years. ... Rinzai Zen became popular with the samurai - the warrior class and that influenced the development of Zen throughout the medieval Japanese society. ...
After their origins in Japan, Rinzai and Soto developed independently for about seven hundred years. ... Rinzai Zen became popular with the samurai - the warrior class and that influenced the development of Zen throughout the medieval Japanese society. ...
You often sit down to make a car that is cheap, or a piece of furniture that will only last for a couple years, but nobody ever sits down and says Hey let's make a bad movie!' (McCallum 10) George Lucas and special effects are synonymous. A movie without special effects would not be a movie. Special effects are meant to grab people's attention and keep them at the edge of their seats the whole time, making them feel that they are in the middle of the movie, an active part. The Academy Awards were never and incentive; the salary was an incentive. ...
In seven BC Augustus divided Rome into fourteen wards, each divided into precincts, responsible for fire protection, among other administrative and religious duties. After a bad fire in six BC, Augustus had expanded the city's fire brigade into vilgiles, consisting of seven squads, a thousand freedmen in each squad. ... In Japan in the seventeenth century the ruler had devised an police system in which each castle town had a military samurai warrior who served as town magistrate, judge, and chief of police. He appointed other samurai to serve as a patrolling police. ...
