The martial arts films made by the Japanese are actually not interesting, there are no moves, and there is no pretence. It comes and goes with a knife. At most, there is a pose before and after killing people. The process is very short, there is nothing that should be killed and should not be killed. Unsheathed, even with or without lethal weapons, the one who meets the protagonist's eyes will die anyway. "Zatoichi" is even more ruthless, and you don't have to meet your eyes to die, because the protagonist Zatoichi is blind and has no eyes, but it doesn't prevent him from killing people in a whim. The advantage of this kind of film is that you can watch it crisply and refreshingly. In our martial arts movies, there are dozens of rounds of fighting. When we encounter a boss, we have to fight hundreds of rounds before we can decide the winner. Sometimes I get tired of watching it. Punching into the meat, the knife and the knife are jumping and jumping like a bone man, alas, it's strange that it's not annoying. It's also a good choice to watch Japanese martial arts films for a different taste. "Zatoichi" can satisfy your desire to watch alternative martial arts films if you are tired of watching domestic martial arts films in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The martial arts in this film are absolutely crisp and neat. You don't have as many tricks as you want to see. Even the battle between the two strongest samurai, Zatoichi and the bodyguard, is a decisive battle. It seems that too many tricks will leak to Japan. The secret of martial arts. In fact, after reading "Zatoichi", I already know the secrets of Japanese martial arts, that is, to be fast, to draw swords quickly, to cut people quickly, and to die quickly. Sometimes people don't even draw a knife, he has already hacked people, no matter if they are a threat to him, he will cut them again. Cool! Anyway, the dead are all Japanese, it's none of my business, I'm just here to make soy sauce.
Worthy of praise is the music and dance of "Zatoichi". I think music and dance are the soul of the film. The farmers hoe and level the fields according to the rhythm of the music. The sound of hammers and wood planers when the workers build houses has also become a beautiful symphony. The most spectacular is the tap dance at the end, the rhythm Strong, lively, and touching, people forget the bloody cruelty of this film for a while. The director of this scene is obviously to declare to the world that the Japanese nation is a nation that is modest on the outside and wild on the inside.
"Zatoichi" is a relatively good-looking Japanese martial arts and dance film.
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