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JunZi's avatar

I'll have to check out Kurosawa's first work! There's an academic article floating around the internet about how Sanshiro's satori changed from the book to the movie as the Japanese view of self, state, and war changed (his realization initially had something to do with purpose in serving others, although I never actually watched the film so I'm not sure).

You can find it here: https://www.academia.edu/3617301/Sugata_Sanshiro_s_Satori

Thought it was relevant to your post as it was a shift in hindsight.

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Mo.'s avatar

thanks for the find 🙏

deffo checking it out

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