![]() ![]() Personally, I find the timid old man Yohei to be the most compelling of all the film’s characters, samurai or no, because his attitude towards life and Bokuzen Hidari’s moving performance provide the clearest expression of how these villagers suffer. The pain of these people’s lives is the palpable constant that ties every scene together, lying in the sad, mournful eyes of the village elder, or the fierce fighting spirit of grieving husband Rikichi, or in farmer Manzō’s desperation to shelter his daughter’s pride.
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