An odd thing


The woodcutter treks a long way into the mountains to get wood. He brings with him an axe, but no backpack or anything to carry the wood back with.

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Definitely lazy writing/directing.

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That Kurosawa was a hack!

It's that man again!!

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That Kurosawa was a hack!


Yes but only before "Ran"...
;-P

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Which is why his story is also in doubt. It fits right in with unreliable narrator theme of the movie.

Let's be bad guys.

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All he would need is a length of thin rope to tie together a bundle. That's how poor people accomplish this task. A pack would just make the load heavier.

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