I sorted out the main characters in the script: the city, the Naruto siblings, the Hattori couple, the bully group, and the typical villagers with Amei.
Shi is very rich in the plot, except that his emotional state is not described. The martial arts are brilliant, and the chivalrous heart and people are also very graceful. Although it is a historical drama, it has not been made into a stereotypical historical drama like a Dahe drama. In my opinion, a good work will definitely lose both good and bad people, and it is not enough to just take advantage of others. In fact, Kitano Takeshi may have taken this into account. After the whole play, if the strongest enemy is Hattori, generally speaking, it is very likely to fall. But in this case, the plot cannot be completed to eradicate the root of the evil forces; another point is that from the perspective of moral propaganda, the failure of the city's duel means that justice has lost to evil, because the classification of this drama is written as "Comedy", in addition to the middle and upper end is a given, considering the large audience, it is reasonable to keep the positive things, the so-called positive energy, to the end.
So, Kitano Takeshi also considers the depth of the plot, and the indomitable victory is boring. Therefore, he set a thriller for the plot. This thriller is reflected in Hattori's fake duel plan, allowing the audience to see that the city is not an absolute technical boss, and it also makes the subsequent changes in the market look particularly exciting. If it is said that it is a victory as always, it will not be written and praised. Like Tuohai in "Initial D", Shi also had failures and misses. Although this miss is expressed in artistic conception, I think it is just right. It is both real, longing, and worrying. Even more joyful, fortunately, the real duel was not defeated. The same battle is also reflected in the battle in Shi's memories. Shi was just pulling his knife from the enemy in the heavy rain and slipping his hand. This thrill was just right and even more surprising.
The battle in the city is hearty, and I have to say that the martial arts scenes in this drama are excellent, as well as the music in this drama. The battle can basically be summed up as fast, ruthless and accurate. As a blind man (I always treat him as a blind man), this is how much higher than the ordinary samurai's ability to be in an invincible position. Including the cutting bamboo sticks and fingers in the memory battle; the arm slices of the casino; and the scene where the Naruto brothers and sisters were rescued in the fan house through the door to kill, and then provoked to open the door. , on the basis of making the audience hooked, the action skills are exquisite.
The inner distinction between good and evil. In the clip of gambling with Xinji, including looking for a geisha and a flower wine later, the city did not stop Xinji from making a fool of himself, or rejecting Xinji's opinion according to his own preferences. I think this is his kind side, at least Among ordinary people, the city is kind and gentle. It is also reflected in the beginning of the little gangster smashing the vegetable market. Although the camera did not say that the city is chivalrous, but helping Amei to carry the bamboo basket home from the back shows that he helped her escape and massaged Amei. , which reflects his ordinary side. And in the face of Naruto sisters and brothers, they did not immediately use violence to suppress violence, but asked the other party to tell the background reasons. It shows that from the heart, he is kind and trusts others, which highlights his chivalrous style. Although the scarecrow scene is a plot designed to bypass the enemy, if there is a conflict, according to the trend in the script, there will only be five more corpses. So it's not deliberately detouring. I personally feel that it is actually highlighting his ordinary human nature. It's not good to throw things around. The city didn't just put it aside, but put it back in. Another point of view is that this scarecrow, like his crutches, is a symbol of loneliness. I think this can also be regarded as an explanation. Well, the master's work is to find its function and meaning in every detail. At this point, I seem to see the feeling of groping for the meaning of every shot in Kurosawa Akira's play.
Naruto sisters and brothers, these two miserable children are the same as the city, and they have a main character who recalls the plot. The meaning of their existence is nothing more than a showdown involving the exit of the city and the underworld forces, and there are not many others in my opinion. That memory plot is the highlight of my opinion, and I think the meaning of the performance is that. All difficulties and tortures have come through in the past ten years. Now they are touching, and they are also positive examples of the tenacious survival of weak lives, which is worthy of encouragement. Similarly, I speculate that the grandfather of the izakaya would rather make a share of the income of his own labor than go to the ordinary spirit of a small person who is begging for food. I didn't expect that there would be such a reason behind it, suddenly, suddenly, haha.
In addition, Naruto's little brother's collision with Xinji's scenes is basically a joke, haha, just like the two gangsters who pulled a knife and hurt themselves and the big eyes of the city, they are all smiles that make people smile. The same also appears on the villagers, and the villagers part will be introduced in detail later.
Hattori, he also has a character who recalls the plot. I think that although he is similar to Ichi and Naruto in terms of the structure of the scenes, the reason why he has a much lower status in my mind is that. He turned from evil, though he was compelled by life. In order to heal his wife, as a samurai, he condescends to use a stick to a bully. This is the contradiction of the samurai standard. Although it is said that being able to bend and stretch is a necessary condition for being a human being, if it is said that it is a tiger, it will not end well after all. Although for him, he did not take the initiative to do evil. But when he does things for the evil forces, it must be a key node that intensifies the power of the evil forces. For example, beheading Ginzo Group's business rivals and casino rivals, and the showdown with Shi (of course he loses this time, if he wins, the evil forces will cover the entire city. As long as someone dares to step forward like Shi, he will end up in the game. Inevitably justice will be besieged by darkness and annihilated). So, even though he was a brilliant samurai with benevolence and righteousness (as seen in the anticipation of revenge on the seriously ill samurai), he had to pay for his stance. Similarly, as Hattori's wife, she can only drift with fate, and she can only control her inner chastity. When she realized her husband faced the biggest challenge, she died without hesitation. It was also the sad and cruel fate of samurai and samurai families. Life and death are up to the sky, what you can control is only your own little heart.
The bully group, the organization relationship is not clear at the beginning, until the end is clear. Under the big boss is the second master, and below it are the leaders of the two major teams, Yinzang and Fanwu. To be precise, Fanwu and Yinzang are not in a parallel relationship, mainly reflected in Yinzang's use of force to help Fanwu eliminate commercial competitors. However, the upper-lower relationship between them has no influence on the fact that they are all minions of the big boss. In the final battle, Fanya was definitely killed in the shot, but Ginzo escaped, and the floating corpse appeared in the shot the next day. I analyzed two situations. One was killed by the city, but because of the fierceness of the city, it was impossible to have no scars; the second was killed by the villagers working together. In addition, the villagers celebrated in a big way, which is in line with cause and effect. Otherwise, it is unclear, these cowards would not dare to show happy feelings so wanton. However, I myself tend to run away from a boss on purpose like in "Seven Samurai". Such words imply the social fact that evil forces cannot be eliminated, so I think this is not a good way to deal with it. His death, although it played a positive role in the plot, was too straightforward without a metaphor.
In addition, when facing the second master, the five ninjas, in everyone's opinion, should be cleaned up. But in my opinion, I can see another scene, that is, after the prosperity of everyone's joyful dance, the city has to face the endless conspiracies and struggles of various evil forces that want to eliminate him. At that time, I thought that after the Hattori, Ogiya, and Ginzo were finalized to defeat the evil forces, this time it was the city's turn to suffer. However, the development of the plot shows that the evil forces in this city have not been completely eradicated, so it is necessary for the city to continue to exist. Let's assume a situation where the world is truly peaceful, and the underworld forces dare not commit crimes in broad daylight. At this time, their goal is to kill the city, so as to blatantly cover the city again. Therefore, for the city, there will always be a downhill after the peak, just like the ninja battle, it will eventually be obliterated by endless conspiracy when he can't swing his knife. This is the same with Hattori. As a samurai (although he is a zatou masseuse, he is obviously a samurai in his bones, otherwise how could there be such a powerful masseuse), you have to accept the fate that both glory and destruction may come at any time.
The big boss's rotten rope is a bit funny, no one knows that this would-be beggar is the biggest black hand behind the scenes, including the news that the Naruto sisters and brothers returned to the izakaya and were tricked out of the city by the boss. Compared with the calm boss, the details of this grandfather's miss and breaking a bowl made me think that he was worried about the knight's actions out of good intentions. It's really shocking haha. Originally, I thought it was another typical example of a small person. From his hard work to earn his own living expenses, to the closure of the izakaya after Taiping, the inspirational story of a small person who has been living on the streets and has no support.
Among the villagers, the two passersby who left the country the most were Amei and Xinji. I will not introduce too much about the whole of their scenes. I think the reconstruction after the burning of the thatched hut is a sign, which means a new start for them and all the villagers, including the Naruto brothers and sisters. Four dancing men, and the mentally handicapped children in the neighborhood. The main manifestation is the funny part, and then the tap dance and heavy samba music performed at the end of the plot and the beginning of the celebration, as well as the funny earth drum set. Full of laughter, but the plot seems to be similar, yes, when there were only three samurai left in "Seven Samurai" (or four I don't remember clearly), their loneliness and the cheerful celebration of the villagers were strong form a contrast. I also felt the same atmosphere here, no matter how brave and powerful Shi was, his destiny was destined to be lonely like a blind man, and the responsibility of punishing evil and promoting good only belonged to him alone. It has nothing to do with these superficial villagers who belong to the earth, just like the savior, who came because he was needed. When there are no sharp contradictions in society, the savior is no longer the savior, but an ordinary passerby who was defeated and stumbled by stones.
To sum up the last ending, when Shi opened his eyes, I still felt unbelievable. Although it was said that it gave the enemy a greater shock, I still believe that he just opened his eyes and couldn't see what was in front of him. Although there is a saying that what he can see, including the comedy scene and the lines when he trips over a stone, in addition to the superficial meaning, it is also a metaphor that although the human eyes are clear, the world cannot be seen through. But I am still willing to understand that he is a blind man, because his words moved me: "Compared to the eyes, what the heart feels is the real" (the original line is that the blind can better penetrate the heart)!
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