The Fall of the Strong

Vincenzo 2022-04-19 09:02:12

The films of Akira Kurosawa that I have seen before are all stories about ordinary little people who have experienced many twists and turns and finally succeeded. They have a strong personal heroism, which makes the viewer have a deep sense of substitution, and fluctuates with the development of the plot. However, this time it is a story. The protagonist has already climbed to the peak of power, but because of suspicion, greed, misunderstanding of slander, and ultimately self-destruction, it is more about the complexity of human nature. It is even more difficult to live in the high hall of the ancestral temple. .

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  • Lady Asaji Washizu: I did not stain my hands with blood to forward Yoshiteru, Miki's son.

  • Old Samurai Entertainer: [singing] All of you wicked, listen while I tell of a man, vain, Guileful, vile, Who through ambitious, insolent, Could not escape his punishment.

    Taketori Washizu: Stop the dance!