Evil Does Not Exist: the Ambiguity of "Evilness"
How does one define the meaning of “evil”? It is not in the category of verb or noun. As an adjective word it is ambiguous to use, and forever subjective. Based on various experiences, the definition of “evil” is different and unique for every human being. Let’s pretend a person is robbing a bank because he has no money to aid his family. Some might say that this robber is “evil” because his act disrupts the balance of fair competition in the economy, and is rather violent. But some may say that the robber has a reason for his actions, therefore he is not necessarily evil, but neither is he kind. Evil Does Not Exist is a wave that pushes and encourages us to think relatively to the question of “evilness,” considering the world is not just black and white, but shades of gray. The director Ryusuke Hamaguchi does a perfect job at veiling the deep waters of Evil Does Not Exist. The atmosphere of the film can almost trick you into thinking that it is merely a simple story happening in a rural Japanese village. When the quiet, yet slightly unsettling, opening credit begins playing, it’s already difficult to escape the illusioned tenderness, and the ending is unexpected as if testing the depth of water with two human feet.
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