Behind the peak is often destruction

Devyn 2022-04-23 07:03:27

The Jiji Gua in the Book of Changes says,

On the sixth: Moisten his head, Li. The "Elephant" says, "How long can it take to moisten its head?"


Climbing to the top is difficult; maintaining the top is even more difficult; behind the top is often destruction.

This is a theme of the color work "Shadow Warrior" by Akira Kurosawa in his later years.


The lord Takeda Shingen, a Japanese military strategist in the Warring States Period, had won several victories before, and he could wipe out Tokugawa Ieyasu, move into Kyoto, and complete the reunification. sniper.

Takeda Shingen's stand-in (Shadow Samurai) - a poor thief, after finally getting familiar with the role, he fell and was exposed when he tried to ride the original owner's horse.

Even Oda Nobunaga, who won the battle, saw that he was about to unify the whole country, but was killed in Honnoji by the people around him.


Of course, when you are at the peak, you will be vigorous, otherwise how can you mark the peak?

In "Sun Tzu: Military War"

Therefore, it is as swift as the wind, as soft as a forest, invaded as a fire, motionless as a mountain, difficult to know as the shadow, and moved as a thunderstorm.

Rather than a strategy, it is more evidence and advertising slogans of the peak of the Takeda family.

This colorful scene of the big army, compared with the rapid collapse of the Takeda family later, highlights the inadvertent and rapid collapse after the peak.


Shadow Wu, in the end, is still shadow, phantom, the so-called success and fame are all fleeting.

What really remains is the long-term cycle of wins and losses.


In the film, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger, has a long life and finally unified Japan and founded the Tokugawa Shogunate for two hundred years. However, in the end, the Tokugawa shogunate quickly disappeared after the black ship arrived. How long can it be.

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Extended Reading
  • Ignatius 2022-03-24 09:02:51

    4.5. After thinking about it for a long time, I deleted all the writing. After three years between the two Kurosawa Akira, there is no unified and confident understanding of him. At first, I felt that it was a misstep to downplay the high degree of the history of the shadow warriors, resulting in the lack of the necessary empathy for the entire story that originally relied on concepts, but after thinking about it, does empathy have to be towards people? I empathize with the light of flying dust and scattered figures, and because of Ma Ming and the trumpet outside the picture, others need characters to be driven, and Grandpa Hei's aura is driven by a top ten line? The so-called Fenglin Volcano can be described as no problem with scheduling. Revisiting "Chaos" should also be put on the agenda.

  • Alexzander 2022-03-17 09:01:05

    The subject matter that can be consumed by Hollywood in one or two hours is pulled into three hours by the Japanese sense of ritual.

Kagemusha quotes

  • [the double's aides are worried that others will find out he is an impostor]

    Masakage Yamagata: Little Takemaru was a problem, but the horse is worse. It can tell. Only the late lord could ride it.

    Nobufusa Baba: If the double falls off, everyone will suspect.

    Nobukado Takeda: Lord Shingen has been ill. He must refrain from riding.

    Masakage Yamagata: Good idea.

    Masatane Hara: There are many other problems. We must be careful to keep the late lord's intentions.

    Katsusuke Atobe: Tonight he will have to meet the late lord's mistresses. How will he be with them?

    Masakage Yamagata: Our master has been ill. He must refrain from riding.

  • Nobukado Takeda: The shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.