Shadow Warrior tells the stories of doubles that are often mentioned in history, especially in romance novels. Takeda Shingen was a famous statesman and military strategist of the Jiafei Kingdom during the Warring States Period in Japan . Takeda Shingen exiled his father to Suruga Kingdom in the tenth year of Tenten (1541) , and seized the power of the post of the head of the house. From the 22nd year of Tiantian (1553) to the seventh year of Yonglu (1564). Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin fought five Kawanakajima battles . In February of the eleventh year of Yonglu (1568), the territory of Imagawa was divided equally with Tokugawa Ieyasu of Mikawa . In the second year of Yuangu (1571), the whole territory of Suruga was suppressed, and he began to attack the three rivers of the Yuanjiang River, and entered a state of hostility with Oda Nobunaga . In the third year of Yuangui (1572), at the request of the general Ashikaga Yoshiaki , who was hostile to Oda Nobunaga , he led more than 30,000 troops from Kofu to Beijing, attacked Oda Nobunaga, and defeated Tokugawa Oda in the three-way war . coalition. On the 12th day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar in the fourth year of Yuangui (1573), he died in Komaba in Shinano at the age of 53.
Takeda Shingen's military strategy and governance have left a very influential stroke in the history of Japan's Warring States Period. The flag of the "Fenglin Volcano" (as fast as the wind, as quiet as a forest, invaded as fire, and motionless as a mountain) (also known as the flag of Sun Tzu's Four Ru Mantras ) was once a shock. Takeda Shingen was especially good at commanding Koshu's elite cavalry in the use of troops, and achieved victory with flexible tactics. In his lifetime, Takeda Shingen, who created the "Koshu-style", developed a territory ranging from 850,000 to more than 900,000 stones. In addition to Oda Nobunaga, only Motori Motori can rival him. However, Takeda Shingen has been groping for the best way to govern Jiafei and Shinano. He cannot grasp the changes of the times like Oda Nobunaga, nor can he rapidly expand his power in line with the times.
Takeda Shingen has fought about 80 major battles since he entered the battlefield at the age of 16. Of these wars, Takeda Shingen was forced to defend only three times, and the rest were offensive. (This belongs to the "Terrorist" level among the Warring States generals). In the remaining wars, siege battles accounted for forty-eight times. And Takeda Shingen's siege method is mainly to attack and besiege the city. Sometimes it takes more than a few months for a city. If it is not captured, it will never retreat. This is similar to "The Art of War". The claims are quite different.
In the third year of Tensho (1575), Oda Nobunaga defeated Takeda Katsurai in the Battle of Nagashino , and in the tenth year of Tensho (1582), under the attack of Oda and Tokugawa, Takeda Katsurai and Takeda Nobunaga committed suicide in Tianmu Mountain , the Takeda family perished. Takeda Shingen is known as the "Tiger of Jiafei" because of his extraordinary military ability. He is known as "the first general of the Warring States period", and also known as "the first warlord of the Warring States period".
According to Takeda Shingen's last words, there will be no mourning for three years. The story of the shadow warrior mainly revolves around the three years in which the secret is not mourned.
The Shadow Samurai is a thief sentenced to death who was chosen as Takeda's stand-in because of his resemblance to Takeda Shingen. After Takeda's death, several important retainers and Takeda's younger brother obeyed Takeda's will and kept his mourning secret. They replaced Takeda with shadow warriors, continued to perform the functions of Takeda Shingen, and maintained the operation of the Takeda family.
The appearance is almost the same, and with the help of the important ministers, the shadow warriors have almost deceived everyone. Even the wives and concubines have been healed by the lord, and the excuse of not being able to ride a horse has been fooled, but there are still some flaws. One is Takeda's underage grandson, A war horse that understands humanity, only they see through the shadow samurai is a stand-in instead of Takeda. Maybe it's because they feel with their hearts instead of seeing with their eyes.
Perhaps there is another reason, that is, the absolute power brought by absolute leadership. Takeda is aloof and has absolute power. Others have been under such leadership for a long time and have become accustomed to receiving any orders, and they dare not question them at all. , let alone doubt the true identity of the leader. It is said that after the death of a certain leader of the former Soviet Union, the leadership wanted to make a film to commemorate him, but the actor who played him was so similar that when the actor first appeared in the office At that time, the leader's former subordinates all stood up in fright and dared not speak. They also know that he is just an actor, but the long-term habit is difficult to change. Zhao Gao, who has enormous power, can refer to a deer as a horse, not to mention the shadow samurai who is exactly like Takeda.
But what is interesting is that although it can deter the high-ranking ministers, because the personal guards in charge of Takeda's safety and the servants who take care of his daily life know his true identity, they are not afraid at all, and even ask him to be there When no one is around, don't forget your identity. The huge power formed by the fear brought by ignorance can deter the ministers, but it cannot deter the servants and guards who know the truth. How ironic
The huge power system of the Takeda family is maintained by a false image, not only to satirize the extreme power system, but also to show the end of the power system: when this false puppet image is exposed, it is also the Takeda (power) system. moment of total collapse
Even if the servants and guards knew the identity of the shadow warriors, they were unwilling or dared not to reveal it, because they also depended on this system to survive. They also know how important it is to maintain the stability of this power system. Externally, they can avoid the harassment of the enemy, and internally, they can maintain internal stability. They will mock the shadow warriors, but they absolutely dare not mock the system maintained by the shadow warriors. The stability of this system is the content of their lives and the meaning of their existence. How much influence does this power system have on the people in it, not to mention the Takeda forces who have lived in it for a long time, even the shadow warriors are deeply involved in it
Shadow Warrior, a thief who was sentenced to death, was very disdainful of the identity of the substitute at first. He yearned for the free life he had in the past, and even dared to lie on the ground and say that he would kill if he wanted to. Later, he agreed because he wanted to steal some treasure. As a result, over time, he found great satisfaction in this false identity. The awe of the ministers, the good life, the warmth of his family, the price he needs to pay for this is to try his best to be like a completely different person from the inside out, it is best to forget himself and become another person completely . Don't have your own thoughts, don't have your own behavior, think and act like another person, and use your own life to continue another person's life. Although he himself knew that even if he did it, he could only last for 3 years. Although it was time to give him money to go back to his hometown, it might be possible for him to kill him at that time. Three years later, Takeda said It is also appropriate for him to end his life. Even the traces of his existence will be erased, but he still perseveres. Like the servant and the guard, he knows that he is fake, but he still cannot leave this power system and forgets his original identity. , even after being finally driven out, he will still have great hatred for the enemies of this system, and even the shadow warrior will finally take up arms and rush to the enemy who had nothing to do with him. No hesitation. However, from the dense gunshots of the enemy and the corpses of the falling Takeda Army, the director is showing the audience a cruel truth: the centralized system that the shadow warriors desperately maintain, the whole meaning of their lives, in fact, is just a long ago The backward system abandoned by the times, in the face of more advanced mechanisms, will collapse at a touch, and there is no way to do it (the once invincible Takeda cavalry was defeated with a gun, and Takeda was also injured and killed by a gun)
Japan has always emphasized collectiveness, and also respects individuals who sacrifice for the collective. When facing a disadvantage, it likes to encourage individuals to make sacrifices to make up for the gap, and the often used means is to emphasize the importance and justice of the collective. Such as the kamikaze during the militaristic period. And director Akira Kurosawa seems to want to say that the so-called invincible cavalry, the so-called secret and mourning can maintain Takeda's ruling system, all this is just wishful thinking, in the face of more advanced mechanisms, all this is the same as the shadow samurai , are all illusory. No matter how strong the cavalry is, it cannot break through the musket.
"Shadow Warrior" is not only Akira Kurosawa's first color film, but also a project with the assistance of Akira Kurosawa's fans Coppola and George Lucas. Director Akira Kurosawa also uses a very rich color language (Especially in the dream of the shadow warrior, the colors are both beautiful and strange) I have deeply thought about the "collectivism" culture that Japan and even East Asia have liked to emphasize for a long time, and then put this thinking into famous Japanese historical figures. In the event, the depth of power is evident
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