i first saw this movie a a pre teen and about the age when kid start to think through their identity . i be greatly affect by the scene of the man and the child who he raise a his own . the eldest boy have be taunt that his mother be a prostitute and none of his sibling have the same biological father ( which kurosawa make obvious by have child who look nothing like each other ) . the man still persuade tho boy that he be their father by the only definition that count . the man be acclaim to be father by all of the child but one and who still prefer her brother . each of the vignette be likewise compel for their own story and conclusion . it a great film and even if it be not the great kurosawa film .