"Star Wars" is a classic series of movies in the United States, with a huge number of fans in the United States, and its position in the hearts of Americans is almost equivalent to the "Journey to the West" in our Chinese hearts.
However, the inspiration movie of "Star Wars" is an old Japanese movie, and it is an old movie with Japanese peasants as the protagonist, which is the film master Akira Kurosawa's "Warring States Heroes".
The younger generation of netizens may not know much about Akira Kurosawa's films, which is normal, because Akira Kurosawa is not a director of our time!
But in the history of world cinema, Akira Kurosawa is a master director, because he influenced the development of film and many famous filmmakers.
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George Lucas, the director of "Star Wars", the big director Spielberg, and the director of China's Zhang Yimou are all fans of Akira Kurosawa.
Zhang Yimou's "Full of Golden Armor" and "Shadow" may be tributes to Akira Kurosawa's "Chaos" and "Shadow Warrior" respectively.
Sengoku Heroes is a 1958 work by Akira Kurosawa, for which he won the Silver Bear For Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival.
If netizens have seen a certain number of Kurosawa films, they will find that Akira Kurosawa is very fond of using the same group of actors and behind-the-scenes creative teams, and this "Warring States Heroes" is also like this.
A considerable number of the actors in his other famous work, "Seven Samurai", starred in "Warring States Heroes".
For example, the crazy samurai in "Seven Samurai" played a serious general in "Warring States Heroes".
The era of "Warring States Heroes" is set in the ancient Warring States period of Japan, telling the story of a small country called Akizuki who was defeated, and the general of the country managed to lead the princess to escape, while transporting a large amount of gold to the Allies to prepare for a comeback, on the way two poor peasants were forced by him to flee together.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the style of "Warring States Heroes" is very similar to "Star Wars"</h1>
The reason why "Warring States Heroes" can inspire George Lucas to shoot "Star Wars" may be that the style of "Warring States Heroes" is very american.
Similar to Star Wars, the tone of Sengoku Heroes is also humorous and relaxed.
Star Wars will fairytale the world, give the protagonist a "protagonist aura", and then simplify many terrible things and tell them in a humorous and relaxed way.
The army of the Star Wars villain is actually a very cute white soldier, which will not make the audience feel that they are terrible, which is the tone of lightness.
"Warring States Heroes" is also like this, unlike other solemn Kurosawa films, "Warring States Heroes" is not too serious, more with a humorous, funny perspective to explain the story. The bloody and cruel side of the war was deliberately hidden, and the director portrayed the chaotic world as a series of unfortunate events of two Japanese peasants.
In the opening scene of "Warring States Heroes", there is a scene about a soldier being brutally killed by the enemy in front of two peasants, which is actually a bit cruel, but the director deliberately shoots it from a relaxed perspective, which is not funny.
In addition to the similar tone and the use of background music, "Warring States Heroes" is also similar to "Star Wars".
"Star Wars" often uses some magnificent background music, very emotional, "Black Samurai" appears, there is exclusive background music, which may also be "Star Wars" imitating "Warring States Heroes",
Because "Warring States Heroes" will also use a very emotional background music to set off the scene.
In addition, "Star Wars" has many places to pay tribute to "Warring States Heroes", and the scene where the princess sleeps in "Warring States Heroes" is paid tribute to "Star Wars".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > unusual style, "Sengoku Heroes" is still an authentic Kurosawa film</h1>
The reason why Kurosawa's films can attract a large number of famous filmmakers later is mainly because of his first-class film skills.
This "Warring States Hero", the composition, scene scheduling, editing, etc. are all first-class, the treatment is very delicate, very smooth, completely different from other directors' films.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > this "Warring States Hero" is special because it features two Japanese peasants</h1>
Compared to Akira Kurosawa's other films, the tone of Sengoku Heroes is very unconventional, but the most unconventional part of this movie is that it features two Japanese peasants as the protagonists.
Through this film, Akira Kurosawa perfectly portrays the image of two poor peasants in ancient Japan.
These two fictional peasants, they are called Taiping and Youqi.
They are timid. In a very safe environment, they would yell at each other and highlight their timidity, in fact, they were very timid, and every time there was a big deal, they panicked.
They are greedy and a little selfish. When they pick up the gold, they always think that they want to share more. In the absence of the general, they encountered danger and immediately ran away with gold themselves.
They are unlucky and weak at the same time. They are not like the general, they are powerful, they can easily solve any big thing on the stall, and in the movie they always encounter a lot of trouble, each time it is enough to make them panic, fortunately they can't die in the end.
They are also very cunning and have a changeable personality. Taiping and Youqi are from the same place, they are fellow countrymen, they have experienced a lot of suffering together, they are friends of tribulations, but they are always very cunning, changeable personalities, and often change their faces.
Every time they don't die, they will always say to each other, "We will get along well in the future", but the next second when it comes to the issue of interests, they will quarrel again and forget what they said before.
They also have an evil side in their hearts. Usually timid and afraid of things, does not mean that there will be no crooked thoughts in the heart. That's how they are. In the movie, when the princess is asleep, there are only two of them next to them, and at that time they have crooked thoughts in their hearts and want to take turns to violate the princess, but fortunately, the princess's servants come back in time to stop them.
However, they also have a good side in their hearts. At the end of the film, after many tribulations, when it comes to the distribution of benefits, they finally stop arguing with each other, but give in to each other.
Rather than "Warring States Heroes" depicting two Japanese peasants, it is rather a portrayal of the humanity of many ordinary people.
If you are an ordinary person, thinking about your past experiences, looking at yourself from the perspective of a third party, you may be surprised to develop that the shortcomings and changeable personalities that these two Japanese farmers have, you will have more or less some.
The question of human nature is a question that many people constantly think about and discuss, and each has its own answer, which is difficult to say clearly.
But one thing is certain: the humanity of ordinary people is actually the same as the two Japanese farmers in the movie, complex and changeable.
Akira Kurosawa's film is more likely to reflect the complex and changeable humanity of ordinary people through these two small characters!
The more unique thing about this movie is that through these two small characters, it looks at the changeable human nature in a funny way.
"Rashomon" is about human nature, but it is very depressing; "Seven Samurai" is also about human nature, but the end of the story is very frustrating;
And "Warring States Heroes" uses a light and humorous way to talk about human nature, and the audience may feel more comfortable.
Through two small characters, to reflect the changeable humanity of ordinary people, this is the inspiration for the "Star Wars" movie "Warring States Heroes"
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