"Shadow Warrior" and Ants

Gracie 2022-04-22 07:01:42

The few Japanese movies I've seen, including "Rashomon", "Seven Samurai", and "Shadow Warrior", all gave me the impression of gray backgrounds, dull storylines, exaggerated actors' movements and expressions , without much plot ups and downs. Their contradictions don't seem to be very high-profile expressions, and their expressions don't always give me too much nervousness. Maybe it's just that I don't get it. I have a little understanding of the historical background of the movie "Shadow Warrior". In my opinion, the fantasy of Japan's Warring States period is similar to the battle of the Qin Dynasty in Chinese history. Takeda Shingen's shadow warrior, I'm not sure if there is any in history, but his "Feng Lin Huo" is indeed the one he used skillfully in "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and is famous all over the world. "As fast as the wind, as gentle as a forest, invaded as fire, and immobile as a mountain." The plot that touched me the most was the part where the shadow warrior rescued Takeda Katsurai. The army marched forward at night, and in the seemingly chaotic scene, the army behind Takeda was absolutely motionless! Although Shadow Warrior looked around and was scared at first, when he was reminded by the people around him and remembered the military order of Takeda Shingen, he felt as if Shingen possessed him, "moving like a mountain"! When the gunshots rang out around him, the Shadow Warrior remained calm, sitting in the formation with a serious expression. And his subordinates immediately opened around him and surrounded him tightly. Although a few people were shot and fell down, the people behind continued to make up for it quickly without hesitation! What kind of spirit supports them! ? When the war was over, people started picking up the bodies of their comrades, dragging them away one by one, as if they were doing the slow, daily work of tidying up a room. When I was a kid, I was alone at home in the summer, and one of my favorite things to do was slaughter the busy ants in the yard. I don't know why I like to kill those ants, probably because I was bitten a lot by them when I was a kid, and they like to build their nests on my stovetop. After many years of slaughter, some kind of larger and darker ants in my yard are rarely seen, and now they are basically light-colored and small ants. Because the bigger ants don't crawl as fast as the smaller ones. And my killing method, in addition to pouring hot water and burning fire, sometimes I deliberately throw something to attract them, and use a thin offering of incense to burn them one by one. Survival of the fittest, my cruelty coupled with their slow crawling speed determined their fate. When slaughtering ants, I also took a close look at the ants. I can clearly see their hair and teeth. The slightly larger and curved tentacles at the front swayed and swung during the crawling process, which was also quite interesting. A habit of ants that I don't quite understand is that they always drag the corpses of their companions. Even if they have food in their mouths and encounter the corpses of their companions, they will sometimes drop the food, pick up the corpses, and quickly run back to their lair. I don't know what they are for, where their bodies are hidden. I have also encountered a rare battle between ants. In that life-and-death fight, the ants each tried their best to bite each other's head, chest, and abdomen, and their extremely thin legs slammed on the ground, like those bulls slashing fiercely with their horns in the Spanish bullring. Some ants also deal with two or three together, and once the extremely thin antennae or legs are bitten by the opponent, they will never let go! Very easy to break. When the war is over, I can't tell who wins and who loses. I have no idea what each of them gained or lost. In the end, they each picked up the corpse of their companion and rushed to their own lair. I am a person who is many times taller than ants, looking down at them, I just laugh in my heart and don't understand their behavior. At this time, I usually think of when people are fighting on earth, the great god in the sky may also be looking at us with a smile. "Poor people, why do you torture your own kind?" The Ant Army and the Takeda Army may have something in common in some respects. And ants and people may be the same to a certain extent. I have also encountered a rare battle between ants. In that life-and-death fight, the ants each tried their best to bite each other's head, chest, and abdomen, and their extremely thin legs slammed on the ground, like those bulls slashing fiercely with their horns in the Spanish bullring. Some ants also deal with two or three together, and once the extremely thin antennae or legs are bitten by the opponent, they will never let go! Very easy to break. When the war is over, I can't tell who wins and who loses. I have no idea what each of them gained or lost. In the end, they each picked up the corpse of their companion and rushed to their own lair. I am a person who is many times taller than ants, looking down at them, I just laugh in my heart and don't understand their behavior. At this time, I usually think of when people are fighting on earth, the great god in the sky may also be looking at us with a smile. "Poor people, why do you torture your own kind?" The Ant Army and the Takeda Army may have something in common in some respects. And ants and people may be the same to a certain extent. I have also encountered a rare battle between ants. In that life-and-death fight, the ants each tried their best to bite each other's head, chest, and abdomen, and their extremely thin legs slammed on the ground, like those bulls slashing fiercely with their horns in the Spanish bullring. Some ants also deal with two or three together, and once the extremely thin antennae or legs are bitten by the opponent, they will never let go! Very easy to break. When the war is over, I can't tell who wins and who loses. I have no idea what each of them gained or lost. In the end, they each picked up the corpse of their companion and rushed to their own lair. I am a person who is many times taller than ants, looking down at them, I just laugh in my heart and don't understand their behavior. At this time, I usually think of when people are fighting on earth, the great god in the sky may also be looking at us with a smile. "Poor people, why do you torture your own kind?" The Ant Army and the Takeda Army may have something in common in some respects. And ants and people may be the same to a certain extent.

——2012.3.16

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  • Masakage Yamagata: [Rainbow appears, causing the advancing Takeda army to halt] My lord, what do you think that light is that is barring your path?

    Katsuyori Takeda: [Gives it a quick glance] A rainbow.

    Masakage Yamagata: You're wrong! It is your late father's instructions not to proceed. He's telling you to stay in your domain and guard it. Those were your father's last words. If you do that, nothing can harm us.

    Katsuyori Takeda: Harm? An ominous word. Since the time of our ancestors, the Takeda have never run from a fight.

    Katsuyori Takeda: [Addressing his army] Forward!... Forward!

  • Nobunaga Oda: [Giving battle instructions to his messengers on horseback] Tell the gunners to shoot the horses first. The Takeda cavalry cannot fight without horses.