I decided to watch “The Weeping Demon,” and I thought that is was very interested. It started out with a man that was walking in a wasteland, he ran into a creepy man that claimed to be a demon. The land had been destroyed by nuclear attacks and has killed everything, now the only thing growing are huge dandelions. The demon showed the man all of the other demons that are suffering and wanting to die because they are immortals and have to live with what they have done.
I relate this to Shinto in the act of sin, because humans have destroyed all sacred objects when they decided to drop bombs and kill everything. Also with the demons being cannibals, and committing murder is also against Shinto ethics. The large dandelions were also against nature’s true way, and Shinto says that everything is spiritual and therefore there is continuity between humanity, nature, and the spirits/gods, But in this clip by Kurosawa, there is obviously no continuity.
I didn't watch this film but from your summary this film seems rather creepy but interesting at the same time. Great summary.
ReplyDeleteI too haven't watched this video but your summary gave me a rough idea of what it was about. Your connection to "nature's true way" was a good approach to take because I feel like that is one of the main concepts of Western religions. I have noticed a common theme throughout the movies about how when honor is lost, people want to suffer and try to prove themselves and their respect towards nature after realizing what they had done to hurt the morals in a society.
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