Finally got a Japanese samurai movie with good action scenes.

"Rurouni Kenshin" can be regarded as my entry into Japanese animation. I clearly remember that the first pirated animation movie vcd I bought was "Rurouni Kenshin-Song of Soul", when I was still in high school, The high school I was in at that time basically did not allow any romantic behavior, so the male classmates in the class were basically keen on animation and games, and at that time, many magazines, such as "Science Fiction World", would always publish mail purchases of pirated animation or Japanese drama vcd At that time, I basically had no contact with the newer Japanese animation works, and the way I obtained animation comics was mainly broadcast by TV stations, such as "Slam Dunk" and "Baseball Hero" at that time. And works such as "Rurouni Kenshin" are not as fast and free as they are now able to enter the sight of teenagers through the Internet. So, at that time, I specially went to a video game store not far from our school, and I bought the two animation vcds of "Rurouni Kenshin-Song of Soul" for some reason. The money I spent almost required me to save up. a month. Then I used the vcd player at home, and when my family was not at home, I watched it several times on the small TV at home. The picture quality was very high, and the subtitle translation was fine. I didn't know the movie at all. I can understand the film without the main characters, which is also thanks to my knowledge of the general history between the Shogunate and Meiji in Japan. The pictures and music in the film made me fall in love with this work, and then I looked for comics everywhere to read, I am a comic book party, and animation is slow after all. Fortunately, there were also some comic websites at that time, and finally completed the whole work. Later, I purchased 4 vcds of "Rurouni Kenshin - Remembrance", which is also one of the most beautiful animations I have ever watched. The music is more beautiful than "Song of the Soul". I have kept the theme song in it to this day. I don't know why at that time I could understand the sad mood of Kenshin expressed by the author, hehe.

Although "Rurouni Kenshin" is a work serialized on "Shounen Weekly Jump", its main mood is very sad, after all, it is a story about a killer who has experienced war. After so many years, Japan began to shoot his live-action works, which is relatively slow. You must know that some live-action versions of his works that are not as popular as it have been released one after another, such as "Koga Ninja Post". Interestingly, when many non-romance animes are adapted into live-action movies, they are the same as the superhero movies made in the United States. , looks rather odd. Of course, some animations that were originally about the lives of ordinary people, their live-action adaptations are better than animations, such as "Tokyo Love Story" and "Symphonic Lover's Dream".

Fortunately, Director Nolan told everyone through the "Batman" series that some anime works can also be made into real stories. The trick is, if the events or characters in the anime happened in the real world, how would the characters think? How to act. And this film has grasped some key points in this regard. Although this film is still as close as possible to the original version of "Rurouni Kenshin" in terms of characters, it has slightly modified a lot in terms of reality, such as Kenshin's hairstyle, Yahiko The costumes, etc., make these characters not look like cosplay. Indeed, how to make the characters balance between cosplay and realistic costumes is not small, and it can be done well to show the level of film and television personnel, right?

In terms of action in this film, you basically can't see the inexplicable dislocations and fake Dakong movements in Japanese martial arts films. If these are done well, they will be very beautiful, otherwise it will become a ridiculous action picture. The people who are killed are completely A wooden stake, and then the other party only needs to put a beautiful kendo stand to chop. The film's martial arts instructor, Tan Gai, has followed Donnie Yen, which probably explains why the katana in this film is more like the Chinese swordsmanship. swordsmanship.

Here, by the way, two words "Flying Swordsman", a word created by the comic author and Yue Shenhong, who have played "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" or have seen works based on Shushan Swordsman, do you think that Does this word sound familiar? That's right, "Flying" means flying to the sky, and "Yujian" is the "Flying Sword and Flying Immortal Technique" in Shushan swordsmanship, and the comics also mention that this genre has been handed down from ancient martial arts, then, this "Flying Royal Sword" "Is it a variant of the Shushan swordsmanship that was introduced to Japan, just like the Shaolin martial arts introduced to Japan? Maybe Li Xiaoyao is still the uncle of Kenshin, hehe.

One of the things that makes me uncomfortable about this film is that there is basically no good music in the whole film, not even the famous music in those animations, which is a pity. The plot is quite satisfactory, and the characters are well behaved. Eguchi has a lot of appearances, but not many opportunities to shine. Although he finally showed the classic shape of the character in the comics, what happened to the fake Weiya effect? There is neither a sense of speed nor a sense of boldness. In this film, Kenshin only uses the scabbard instead of the sword to finish the opponent, which is a little less dramatic. The performance of the two beauties in this film can be regarded as outstanding.

The weak point of this film is that Kenshin's moves are too few. Originally, Kenshin's moves can take a lot of beautiful pictures. Unfortunately, there is basically no one in this film. The only beautiful move that appears is actually Saito's. Tooth protruding, and the double dragon flash in the film did not make a very good competitive close-up. This move was originally a move that used the sword to block the opponent's attack, and then used the scabbard to attack unexpectedly. Unfortunately, it was filmed in the film. The effect ignores the part that blocks the opponent's attack. Kenshin's most famous Flying Dragon Flash, Long Xiang Flash (I was shocked when I saw the name...), Tornado Flash, Dragon Hammer Flash, Nine-headed Dragon Flash and Divine Speed ​​Swordsmanship did not appear, and may be reserved for Part two. The Japanese box office reputation of this film is double harvest, it is estimated that there will be a second film, right? expect.

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