The hero, Tristan, was born in the troubled times after the collapse of the Roman Kingdom in the Middle Ages. He was the prince of Aragon, Britain. Northeastern Spain. King Mark of another kingdom saves Tristan from the enemy's knife, but his hand is cut off. Mark brings Tristan back to his city-state and raises him as a son. Tristan fought bravely from a young age, and fought with Mark's nephew, Marot. , but he was stabbed, poisoned and coma. Marlot thought Tristan was killed and buried him adrift in a small boat.
The boat drifted off the coast of Cornwall and was discovered by Isolde, Princess of Cornwall. Isolde has just been forced by his father to marry the general Mohor, and he will get married only after triumph. Under Isolde's careful care, Tristan recovered day by day, and the two got along very closely. Isolde did not tell Tristan his real name, let alone let him know that he was the Princess of Cornwall. In the face of fiery love, the two are deeply involved and inseparable. When the defeated Cornwall army returned, Isolde sent Tristan on a boat and returned to Britain on the other side. Tristan wanted to take her away, but Isolde could not break free.
The King of Cornwall, who was determined to seize the leadership of Britain, saw the failure of military means and held a tournament instead. Nobles from all over Britain can participate in the competition, and the winner can marry the princess Isolde. At this time, Isolde was already discouraged, but was pleasantly surprised to find that Tristan was also among the contestants. It turned out that after Tristan returned to Britain, he persuaded King Mark to send him to Cornwall to participate in the competition to win the princess of Cornwall, thereby establishing King Mark's prestige in the loose British Confederation and helping him to be crowned Britain as soon as possible. king.
Tristan came out victorious, beating King Vixess who had been tricky all the way to the final. When Isolde took off his veil excitedly, the King of Cornwall said: "You will be the wife of King Mark, and Tristan is representing King Mark." Isolde slipped into the abyss of grief instantly, Tristan Seeing that Isolde was actually the Princess of Cornwall, he was dumbfounded, with too much hesitation in his eyes. The victorious hero cannot have the woman she loves, and love is destined to become a tragedy.
Tristan has been gloomy ever since King Mark married Isolde. King Mark treats Isolde with sincerity, but she always has tears in her eyes during sex. Finally, the two began to have an affair. Tristan used many opportunities to give Isolde tokens and hints. Isolde often sneaked out of Dole Castle by night to meet Tristan under a bridge. They are intertwined with each other and cherish those poetically precious moments together. King Mark noticed that his wife was having an affair with Tristan. He talked to Tristan and used a man-specific way to convince Tristan. The latter promised not to continue his relationship with the queen, and set fire to the tryst bridge to show his break. Isolde ran out of the castle happily as usual, only to see the burned bridge, and tears welled up in his eyes.
After King Mark was crowned King of Britain and made Tristan his heir to the throne, a group of disaffected, rebels, and careerists gathered. Marlot believed the slander, joined the rebel team of several city-state leaders, and got the promise of Fletcher, the leader, to make him King of New Britain as soon as it happened. The people of the rebel team had the backing of the King of Cornwall. They found out that Tristan and the queen were having an affair. Using this as a pretext, they wanted to choose an opportunity to disclose it in public to weaken the authority of King Mark. On the day of the British city-state gathering ceremony, the King of Cornwall led his army quietly approaching the coast, and several rebel armies also made an ambush. After all, Tristan and Isolde couldn't bear the estrangement from each other. They left the party castle in depression, met near the ruins of the tryst bridge, and kissed uncontrollably. The rebels disclosed the fact of the affair in public, and led King Mark and the leaders of the city-states to the tryst bridge, where they met them together. The city-state alliance fell apart, and the rebels and the Cornish army began to lay siege to Dole Castle, and King Mark angrily imprisoned Tristan in the dungeon while commanding the defensive battle.
Before the enemy, King Mark learned from Isolde of her acquaintance and love story with Tristan, relieved for the two, and sent samurai to escort them to the seaside to let them escape by boat. This time it was Tristan who chose to walk away, determined to be loyal to King Mark's forgiveness. The rebels entered Dole Castle from the tunnel under the guidance of Marlot, and Fletcher led the samurai into the castle, trying to lower the drawbridge to lead the Cornish army into the city. Marlot was injured in the fight, and was confronted by Tristan, who sneaked in from the tunnel and told him his regrets. Tristan struggled to kill the rebel warriors who had scattered into the castle, and finally was pierced by a sharp sword in the fight with Fletcher. He still killed the traitor Fletcher, cut off his head, walked out of the castle, and ordered the rebel The army was taken aback. King Mark calmly called upon the British tribes of the rebels, who then turned back and fought with the Cornish army. Dole Castle made a clearance, but Tristan collapsed due to blood loss.
King Mark protects the seriously wounded Tristan under the bridge by the river, and the samurai escorts Isolde there. Isolde washed his face in tears, and Tristan slowly closed his eyes in her arms, in her poems, in reminiscences with her. A heroic story of a young hero, and a poignant love comes to an end.
This film presents the lingering sorrow between a hero who is brave but helpless and a princess who is persistent but powerless. The beauty is innocent and the pain is heart-wrenching. They deeply love and trust each other, but they cannot be together because of political and military struggles and their delicate roles. Tristan died heroically, but Isolde died.
The greatness of love is no match for the cruelty of the political environment. The countries where Tristan and Isolde are located are rivals with each other, and it is already doomed that their little love will be ruthlessly swallowed up by the overall situation of confrontation. Despite this, love is still tenacious and sincere, persistent and fanatical. The two met passionately again and again, and their eyes were already occupied by each other's body and soul. The Middle Ages were cruel times, and the well-educated Isolde would realize life in hymns and strive for his own liberation. Tristan's life as a samurai is full of adventures, where wisdom and courage meet. The meeting between the two was wonderful, and the pure stone bracelet represented the holy Isolde in Tristan's heart.
After Isolde is forced to marry King Mark, Tristan is in untold pain. With the woman he loves, with the master he regards as his father, how could Tristan not be contradictory, and how could he not be filled with fierce struggles. Tristan is rational, but rationality is no match for madness, and cheating is the climax of their love. King Mark tries to be kind to Isolde, only to find that he can't win his heart at all. When he found out that the cheating lover was Tristan, who he regarded as his parent and son, he could treat him with a magnanimous attitude, persuading him to focus on the overall situation and understand his position. When King Mark fully understood the reason why his wife had an affair with Tristan, he chose to fulfill them. Therefore, Tristan's repayment to King Mark is the expression of a hero's respect for love. He can't abandon King Mark, who loves him and Isolde, and he must fight to the death. The climax was followed by a magnificent curtain call, and in Isolde's tear-filled arms, Tristan cherished the last ounce of warmth.
Tristan has the heart of a king, and he has been invincible since he was a child. King Mark also has the heart of a king, and behind his majesty is tenderness and love. Isolde brings the hero the truth that melts everything, her bravery is equally moving, and love becomes beautiful because of her. In front of a true hero, there must be a true princess in order to perform the eternal song.
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