I never knew what Dreams was about but it beckoned me everytime i saw the cover and finally today i took time out of my life to watch dreams and I have to say that this is the most impressive film i have seen. So much story, messages, thought, and emotion. Personally it made me think of all the dreams i have had and wondered what do they mean, etc. Great fim, i would recommend it to anyone who is and isnt a fan of Akira Kurosawa.
All this the stupidity of war ha; war is good war is grand and war helps keep the fools of your countrys back. War has done wounders like Japan here; you see after the A bomd they hadn't thought about attacking anybody else in after that time. Some people in different countries don't listen to peace talk all they know is put bomd in your car and blow up your mall or market place; and bust your head for your own stuff.
Do you also consider your own nations soldiers to be "animals" in a derogatory sense?
If anyone who's death served no purpose is an "animal" then wouldn't that include the 99% of us who die ordinary deaths?
And considering how many conflicts the US has initiated, should you and your family be nuked in order for your government to consider becoming more peaceful?
Or did you really mean "Do what we the U.S want, or else"
And why are you bible thumpers always so pro war/nukes?
@Gabao23 Fucking fool. The Japanese didn't start the pacific war. They attacked China, so the U.S. put an oil embargo on them. They finally got what they wanted and the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, thus kicking off the Pacific War.
Research Operation Northwoods. Your government is capable of this treachery many times over.
@Duskworker What ever idiot the Japanese indeed started the pacific war they first attacked Korea then China and then the some parts of the Philippines all this happend before the Americans were involved in the war. So I don't know where you got your info from; but the Japanese did pretty much start that war; you can tell me anything you want but I say otherwise. It's like saying Germans didn't start ww2 but they did along with Japan and Italy. Thank God Japan & Germany changed.
@Gabao23 How is Japan attacking China/Korea considered the pacific war? That's not in the pacific. The pacific war started when Japan declared war on America and attacked Pearl Harbour because of the oil embargo.
The Pacific war did NOT start when Japan declared war on China/Korea. Get your shit straight.
i wouldn't call that Japanese bunch heroes; I would call them animals because they died for nothing. All the mess they did and fought for their country when they indeed started the pacific war; in a way I do feel sorry for those soldiers because their country used them and threw them away like yesterdays trash and that's a bad thing.
@Gabao23 Yeah, I see your point. That would mean that the Americans who died in Iraq were animals too because they died for nothing when the fought for their country when the US indeed started the Iraq war. In a way, I feel sorry for our soldiers because our country used them and threw into yesterdays trash with the Viet Nam veterans -- another pointless war -- and that's a bad thing.
The beauty of this films' message will never be realized until the banksters and those that promote war for profit can be made to feel what the commander has felt. Really, the commander had only tried to do what he was trained to do as well. This is a very moving piece and should be shown at every Memorial Day service around. Do you think Obama, the Congress, the Pentagon and especially WALL STREET have the guts or courage to even see or comprehend this movie?
When I saw this years ago it shattered me.The message is so loud and clear but also the truth that we all have in our own lives. Refusing to move forward when it is time. Vast subject there ,but truly what this is about in a historical sense. So chilling and beautifully done.Thanks for posting this.
Militarism is a monstor. We need send it to tomb forever. However, as the movie implies, it is haunting and can come alive again. Be cautious, people. Without searching their national soul and truly getting ride of militarism in Japanese's traditional culture, history may repeat again. And it could be a disaster human being has never experienced.
I remember soldiers weird tales at some infantory regiment of old imperial japan.
In 1905 of Russo-Japanese war, guard post of regimental gate in japan accepted a battalion returning from Manchuria field at midnight. The battalion was dismissed, and all of them went to barracks. Commanding officer of barracks was reported next morning, but he had to know later that the returning battalion was already all killed in action some days ago. Only dead soldiers souls came back in marching column.
Could it be that the dog is supposed to be Death or rather guilt of all the deaths the commander has supposedly caused? In the beginning he's easily hurded by the dog but at the end he could possibly be standing up to it and enduring?
My Japanese teacher showed us like the two first stories yesterday, but everyone were philistines and they didn't get it. Frankly, most people are too stupid too get these things.
the dog must represent something. . . I am wondering what it represents. . . at the begining of the short and at the end. . . also he is illuminated by a red light. . . what does it mean??
I think maybe they all loved and respected their commanding officer so much that they refused to rest in peace until dismissed formally by him in proper military fashion.
I'd rather say that even as dead men they are under the spell that once made fighting machines in a military formation out of them, having lost forever the ability to behave in a human way. They still obey orders like zombies, but accusingly, deaf to their officer's apologies and refusing to give him any relief from his feelings of guilt. They pay him out in his own coin, that's their kind of revenge. No chance of redemption - it's hell.
I never knew what Dreams was about but it beckoned me everytime i saw the cover and finally today i took time out of my life to watch dreams and I have to say that this is the most impressive film i have seen. So much story, messages, thought, and emotion. Personally it made me think of all the dreams i have had and wondered what do they mean, etc. Great fim, i would recommend it to anyone who is and isnt a fan of Akira Kurosawa.
23Revan84 8 months ago
I'm happy to know that many foreign people live this part of the film.
Yes,it doesn't matter which side is good or bad.
his men went back, but his anguish never go.
'the dog ' will always haunt with him.
TypicalJapanese 8 months ago
All this the stupidity of war ha; war is good war is grand and war helps keep the fools of your countrys back. War has done wounders like Japan here; you see after the A bomd they hadn't thought about attacking anybody else in after that time. Some people in different countries don't listen to peace talk all they know is put bomd in your car and blow up your mall or market place; and bust your head for your own stuff.
Gabao23 9 months ago
@Gabao23
Do you also consider your own nations soldiers to be "animals" in a derogatory sense?
If anyone who's death served no purpose is an "animal" then wouldn't that include the 99% of us who die ordinary deaths?
And considering how many conflicts the US has initiated, should you and your family be nuked in order for your government to consider becoming more peaceful?
Or did you really mean "Do what we the U.S want, or else"
And why are you bible thumpers always so pro war/nukes?
Cha4k 8 months ago
@Cha4k Because you dumb liberals like to make peace with enimes that like to cut your throats.
Gabao23 8 months ago
@Gabao23 Fucking fool. The Japanese didn't start the pacific war. They attacked China, so the U.S. put an oil embargo on them. They finally got what they wanted and the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, thus kicking off the Pacific War.
Research Operation Northwoods. Your government is capable of this treachery many times over.
Duskworker 7 months ago
@Duskworker What ever idiot the Japanese indeed started the pacific war they first attacked Korea then China and then the some parts of the Philippines all this happend before the Americans were involved in the war. So I don't know where you got your info from; but the Japanese did pretty much start that war; you can tell me anything you want but I say otherwise. It's like saying Germans didn't start ww2 but they did along with Japan and Italy. Thank God Japan & Germany changed.
Gabao23 7 months ago
@Gabao23 How is Japan attacking China/Korea considered the pacific war? That's not in the pacific. The pacific war started when Japan declared war on America and attacked Pearl Harbour because of the oil embargo.
The Pacific war did NOT start when Japan declared war on China/Korea. Get your shit straight.
Duskworker 7 months ago
i wouldn't call that Japanese bunch heroes; I would call them animals because they died for nothing. All the mess they did and fought for their country when they indeed started the pacific war; in a way I do feel sorry for those soldiers because their country used them and threw them away like yesterdays trash and that's a bad thing.
Gabao23 9 months ago
@Gabao23 Yeah, I see your point. That would mean that the Americans who died in Iraq were animals too because they died for nothing when the fought for their country when the US indeed started the Iraq war. In a way, I feel sorry for our soldiers because our country used them and threw into yesterdays trash with the Viet Nam veterans -- another pointless war -- and that's a bad thing.
blazecal 6 months ago
The beauty of this films' message will never be realized until the banksters and those that promote war for profit can be made to feel what the commander has felt. Really, the commander had only tried to do what he was trained to do as well. This is a very moving piece and should be shown at every Memorial Day service around. Do you think Obama, the Congress, the Pentagon and especially WALL STREET have the guts or courage to even see or comprehend this movie?
blukatzen 11 months ago
Mind blowing!
When I saw this years ago it shattered me.The message is so loud and clear but also the truth that we all have in our own lives. Refusing to move forward when it is time. Vast subject there ,but truly what this is about in a historical sense. So chilling and beautifully done.Thanks for posting this.
sisterdiggins 11 months ago
the dog's bark always scared me so much. it sounds like machine gun shots sometimes.
meogxevax 11 months ago
The soldiers had honor and understood the chain of command...but the dog was like "Why did I have to die!? Screw you!"
sherbournesubwaymess 1 year ago
is that dog means he's still going to hell, but must coming home first?
Prissi20 1 year ago
Simply moving
DeuceMP2 1 year ago
Militarism can make humans into demons.
Militarism is a monstor. We need send it to tomb forever. However, as the movie implies, it is haunting and can come alive again. Be cautious, people. Without searching their national soul and truly getting ride of militarism in Japanese's traditional culture, history may repeat again. And it could be a disaster human being has never experienced.
I warn you.
wheresbeef 1 year ago
The dog is symbol of his guilty conscience.
hoo555hoo 1 year ago
The company dog is an animal not a human, and not so easily fooled by his excuses and explanations
christomacin 1 year ago 2
que gana de romperos la cara,japoneneses racistas maleducados
rurmundo 1 year ago
好一只会招来亡灵的狗。
这一段寓意好深啊。
sisizhe 2 years ago
Thank you so much for posting it with the original sound. Thanks to Kurosawa too.
Kitia
kitiamuriel 2 years ago 2
Beautiful.
Emdizzle100 2 years ago
Such a great lesson from Maestro Kurosawa
My gratefullness to Him
myriel54 2 years ago 6
I want from that LSD, too.
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I remember soldiers weird tales at some infantory regiment of old imperial japan.
In 1905 of Russo-Japanese war, guard post of regimental gate in japan accepted a battalion returning from Manchuria field at midnight. The battalion was dismissed, and all of them went to barracks. Commanding officer of barracks was reported next morning, but he had to know later that the returning battalion was already all killed in action some days ago. Only dead soldiers souls came back in marching column.
viafazero 2 years ago
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viafazero 2 years ago
Could it be that the dog is supposed to be Death or rather guilt of all the deaths the commander has supposedly caused? In the beginning he's easily hurded by the dog but at the end he could possibly be standing up to it and enduring?
Irrelevant402 3 years ago
you mean Cerberus?
thuthmosis 3 years ago
My Japanese teacher showed us like the two first stories yesterday, but everyone were philistines and they didn't get it. Frankly, most people are too stupid too get these things.
shim02 3 years ago 23
The dog represents the Devil's keeper...the Commander is not dead...but he at that point of return feels guilty for being alive...
edlespaul 3 years ago
actually, they showed this in my high school
yesterday
yodeltime 3 years ago 3
the dog must represent something. . . I am wondering what it represents. . . at the begining of the short and at the end. . . also he is illuminated by a red light. . . what does it mean??
rubendrakkar 3 years ago
The dog appears to have what looks like grenades on it's sides.
SomeMightEvenDie 3 years ago
The dog is a anti tank dog.
He also died in action
the commander also died in action
that is why he could see not only a dead dog and solider but a whole platoon
FlowerExterminator 3 years ago
I think maybe they all loved and respected their commanding officer so much that they refused to rest in peace until dismissed formally by him in proper military fashion.
craigdamage 3 years ago 20
@craigdamage
I'd rather say that even as dead men they are under the spell that once made fighting machines in a military formation out of them, having lost forever the ability to behave in a human way. They still obey orders like zombies, but accusingly, deaf to their officer's apologies and refusing to give him any relief from his feelings of guilt. They pay him out in his own coin, that's their kind of revenge. No chance of redemption - it's hell.
SiggiNebel 11 months ago
oh man..the platoon still respect him
hopiasahabambuhay 3 years ago 4
kurosawa is a unique kind of artist
kikofcabral 3 years ago 4
-That is about to be the sadest scene i ever seen,Kurosawa is a genius...
peter455sd 4 years ago 4
Una che dovrebbe insegnare...
mercuryila87 4 years ago