The means are the seeds and the ends are the trees

Kylee 2022-04-20 09:02:53

It's been a long time since I watched this kind of action movie similar to a martial arts movie, and I was still very excited after watching "Rurouni Kenshin". I haven't read the comics, so I don't know if my feelings can really touch the core of this work. I have watched all three "Rurouni Kenshin", and the first is my favorite, because the second and third continue the same theme of the first, and the story framework is roughly the same, so I didn't feel that fresh when I watched it. , but the second and third volumes also have their advantages, and the discussion on the concept of justice can be said to have been deepened in the second and third volumes. In general, the plot and theme of the story of "Rurouni Kenshin" is not particularly novel. It is regarded as a swordsman incarnated by killing, and finally gave up killing and decided to create a new era by not killing, during which the program was discussed. Justice versus outcome justice. Stories like "Death Note" are also exploring this issue from another angle, but how the movie "Rurouni Kenshin" is fascinating, I think it lies in the shaping of the characters and the wonderful fighting scenes. I have to say that after watching the movie, I really liked Ken Sato very much. In the first part, we first saw the ruthless swordsmanship of drawing a knife, and he seemed to have lost his soul when he slashed quickly in the dark. With a smile like Kenshin, it can be said that they are two different people. Sato Takeru has mastered this contrast in characters very well, making people curious about Hiimura Kenshin from the very beginning. The thin, soft-spoken Kenshin suddenly becomes full of a sense of strength once he really draws a knife to fight. This is definitely due to the design of the fight. The smooth pace, movements and rapid speed make the fight very enjoyable to watch. Strong, is simply a pleasure. The iconic knife-drawing action and sweeping legs are also very beautiful. Kenshin's character contrast has a lot to do with the light of the environment and the actors' performances. When Kenshin was not discovered to be a swordsman, all bright and high-profile light sources were used, including the words of Ken Sato when he was acting. The tone is also higher, the hair looks more like washed (because in the decisive battle, it feels like the hair is very decadent), giving a cheerful and clean feeling. But when it comes to the fight scene with the villain, the light is dim, and Kenshin's voice is obviously lowered, and his head is often lowered to cover his eyes (probably because this is how a man is depicted in the comics when he is ruthless.) The differences in these details have created the contrast of Kenshin. Finally, there is the issue of the concept of justice. I think that the several works have been combined to gradually deepen the discussion. Kenshin yearns for a just society, and the Meiji government attempted to create a just government by means of assassination. Kenshin accepted the request for this promise and became the government. The killing knife finally won. Kenshin, who stopped at this point, thought that he could be an ordinary person in this way, but he didn't expect to suffer from "sequelae". His past was a stain on his life, and it was also a stain on the Meiji government, but one could not be hidden, and the other was tainted. Deeply concealed. In the first part, it is about the test of the oath not to kill and the faith of the samurai, the provocation of the society and force of gold worship, torturing Zuo Nosuke and Kenshin, but in the end they solved the problem with their own strength and rescued friend. It was a lot of fun to watch this part of the fight, but looking back it feels like something was missing. The main reason is probably that the protagonist's halo is too powerful, so this part of the struggle gives more a feeling of reflecting the protagonist's power, but the thinking about the theme seems to be a little insufficient. The Tokyo fire incident in the second and third volumes was an in-depth discussion of justice. The Meiji government established by means of assassination was indeed caught. Zhi Zhixiong threatened the government to submit to the ground by exposing the old story. Obviously, if it is not because Kenshin is strong enough, it must be It was also sold by the Meiji government. My first feeling after watching a few "Rurouni Kenshin" is also, yearning to be as strong and righteous as Kenshin, yearning to become stronger, yearning for one's own justice, of course, is a very good thing, but a righteous person Obviously, society cannot rely solely on the fact that everyone is a decent chivalrous person. After all, human nature is unreliable, otherwise there will be no Zhizhixiong and Guanliu. Therefore, urging the formation of a just government may be the answer to creating a new era. . Kenshin's oath of not killing itself is also a hope for the new era. He respects the government's procedures and hopes to set an example through his own law-abiding, and he has confidence in the government's procedures, so he will eventually defeat the enemy. handed over to the police station. After defeating Zhi Zhixiong, the government cleaned up Kenshin and erased the past of drawing the sword, but can the dark past of the Meiji government really be buried here? Maybe the Meiji government should have an open and fair war in the first place, but who knows how many shadows lie behind our peaceful world, but in the end, we must firmly look up to justice and advance towards it. After all, "Procedures represent justice that is being formed and ideals that are being formed, and people cannot achieve good ends through evil means, because the means are seeds and the ends are trees." Ahhh, Udo Kanae and Shizuo finally came to mind. Nai Mori Cangzi, this pursuit of the first person in the world reminds me of Yue Buqun, Ren Woxing and Jiu Mozhi, and I can't help but start to wonder what Jin Yong's novels will look like under the Japanese lens. Troubled by the "sequelae", his past is a stain on his life, as well as a stain on the Meiji government, but one cannot be hidden, and the other is deeply concealed. In the first part, it is about the test of the oath not to kill and the faith of the samurai, the provocation of the society and force of gold worship, torturing Zuo Nosuke and Kenshin, but in the end they solved the problem with their own strength and rescued friend. It was a lot of fun to watch this part of the fight, but looking back it feels like something was missing. The main reason is probably that the protagonist's halo is too powerful, so this part of the struggle gives more a feeling of reflecting the protagonist's power, but the thinking about the theme seems to be a little insufficient. The Tokyo fire incident in the second and third volumes was an in-depth discussion of justice. The Meiji government established by means of assassination was indeed caught. Zhi Zhixiong threatened the government to submit to the ground by exposing the old story. Obviously, if it is not because Kenshin is strong enough, it must be It was also sold by the Meiji government. My first feeling after watching a few "Rurouni Kenshin" is also, yearning to be as strong and righteous as Kenshin, yearning to become stronger, yearning for one's own justice, of course, is a very good thing, but a righteous person Obviously, society cannot rely solely on the fact that everyone is a decent chivalrous person. After all, human nature is unreliable, otherwise there will be no Zhizhixiong and Guanliu. Therefore, urging the formation of a just government may be the answer to creating a new era. . Kenshin's oath of not killing itself is also a hope for the new era. He respects the government's procedures and hopes to set an example through his own law-abiding, and he has confidence in the government's procedures, so he will eventually defeat the enemy. handed over to the police station. After defeating Zhi Zhixiong, the government cleaned up Kenshin and erased the past of drawing the sword, but can the dark past of the Meiji government really be buried here? Maybe the Meiji government should have an open and fair war in the first place, but who knows how many shadows lie behind our peaceful world, but in the end, we must firmly look up to justice and advance towards it. After all, "Procedures represent justice that is being formed and ideals that are being formed, and people cannot achieve good ends through evil means, because the means are seeds and the ends are trees." Ahhh, Udo Kanae and Shizuo finally came to mind. Nai Mori Cangzi, this pursuit of the first person in the world reminds me of Yue Buqun, Ren Woxing and Jiu Mozhi, and I can't help but start to wonder what Jin Yong's novels will look like under the Japanese lens. Troubled by the "sequelae", his past is a stain on his life, as well as a stain on the Meiji government, but one cannot be hidden, and the other is deeply concealed. In the first part, it is about the test of the oath not to kill and the faith of the samurai, the provocation of the society and force of gold worship, torturing Zuo Nosuke and Kenshin, but in the end they solved the problem with their own strength and rescued friend. It was a lot of fun to watch this part of the fight, but looking back it feels like something was missing. The main reason is probably that the protagonist's halo is too powerful, so this part of the struggle gives more a feeling of reflecting the protagonist's power, but the thinking about the theme seems to be a little insufficient. The Tokyo fire incident in the second and third volumes was an in-depth discussion of justice. The Meiji government established by means of assassination was indeed caught. Zhi Zhixiong threatened the government to submit to the ground by exposing the old story. Obviously, if it is not because Kenshin is strong enough, it must be It was also sold by the Meiji government. My first feeling after watching a few "Rurouni Kenshin" is also, yearning to be as strong and righteous as Kenshin, yearning to become stronger, yearning for one's own justice, of course, is a very good thing, but a righteous person Obviously, society cannot rely solely on the fact that everyone is a decent chivalrous person. After all, human nature is unreliable, otherwise there will be no Zhizhixiong and Guanliu. Therefore, urging the formation of a just government may be the answer to creating a new era. . Kenshin's oath of not killing itself is also a hope for the new era. He respects the government's procedures and hopes to set an example through his own law-abiding, and he has confidence in the government's procedures, so he will eventually defeat the enemy. handed over to the police station. After defeating Zhi Zhixiong, the government cleaned up Kenshin and erased the past of drawing the sword, but can the dark past of the Meiji government really be buried here? Maybe the Meiji government should have an open and fair war in the first place, but who knows how many shadows lie behind our peaceful world, but in the end, we must firmly look up to justice and advance towards it. After all, "Procedures represent justice that is being formed and ideals that are being formed, and people cannot achieve good ends through evil means, because the means are seeds and the ends are trees." Ahhh, Udo Kanae and Shizuo finally came to mind. Nai Mori Cangzi, this pursuit of the first person in the world reminds me of Yue Buqun, Ren Woxing and Jiu Mozhi, and I can't help but start to wonder what Jin Yong's novels will look like under the Japanese lens. I asked Saanosuke and Kenshin, but in the end they resolved the problem with their own strength and rescued their friend. It was a lot of fun to watch this part of the fight, but looking back it feels like something was missing. The main reason is probably that the protagonist's halo is too powerful, so this part of the struggle gives more a feeling of reflecting the protagonist's power, but the thinking about the theme seems to be a little insufficient. The Tokyo fire incident in the second and third volumes was an in-depth discussion of justice. The Meiji government established by means of assassination was indeed caught. Zhi Zhixiong threatened the government to submit to the ground by exposing the old story. Obviously, if it is not because Kenshin is strong enough, it must be It was also sold by the Meiji government. My first feeling after watching a few "Rurouni Kenshin" is also, yearning to be as strong and righteous as Kenshin, yearning to become stronger, yearning for one's own justice, of course, is a very good thing, but a righteous person Obviously, society cannot rely solely on the fact that everyone is a decent chivalrous person. After all, human nature is unreliable, otherwise there will be no Zhizhixiong and Guanliu. Therefore, urging the formation of a just government may be the answer to creating a new era. . Kenshin's oath of not killing itself is also a hope for the new era. He respects the government's procedures and hopes to set an example through his own law-abiding, and he has confidence in the government's procedures, so he will eventually defeat the enemy. handed over to the police station. After defeating Zhi Zhixiong, the government cleaned up Kenshin and erased the past of drawing the sword, but can the dark past of the Meiji government really be buried here? Maybe the Meiji government should have an open and fair war in the first place, but who knows how many shadows lie behind our peaceful world, but in the end, we must firmly look up to justice and advance towards it. After all, "Procedures represent justice that is being formed and ideals that are being formed, and people cannot achieve good ends through evil means, because the means are seeds and the ends are trees." Ahhh, Udo Kanae and Shizuo finally came to mind. Nai Mori Cangzi, this pursuit of the first person in the world reminds me of Yue Buqun, Ren Woxing and Jiu Mozhi, and I can't help but start to wonder what Jin Yong's novels will look like under the Japanese lens. I asked Saanosuke and Kenshin, but in the end they resolved the problem with their own strength and rescued their friend. It was a lot of fun to watch this part of the fight, but looking back it feels like something was missing. The main reason is probably that the protagonist's halo is too powerful, so this part of the struggle gives more a feeling of reflecting the protagonist's power, but the thinking about the theme seems to be a little insufficient. The Tokyo fire incident in the second and third volumes was an in-depth discussion of justice. The Meiji government established by means of assassination was indeed caught. Zhi Zhixiong threatened the government to submit to the ground by exposing the old story. Obviously, if it is not because Kenshin is strong enough, it must be It was also sold by the Meiji government. My first feeling after watching a few "Rurouni Kenshin" is also, yearning to be as strong and righteous as Kenshin, yearning to become stronger, yearning for one's own justice, of course, is a very good thing, but a righteous person Obviously, society cannot rely solely on the fact that everyone is a decent chivalrous person. After all, human nature is unreliable, otherwise there will be no Zhizhixiong and Guanliu. Therefore, urging the formation of a just government may be the answer to creating a new era. . Kenshin's oath of not killing itself is also a hope for the new era. He respects the government's procedures and hopes to set an example through his own law-abiding, and he has confidence in the government's procedures, so he will eventually defeat the enemy. handed over to the police station. After defeating Zhi Zhixiong, the government cleaned up Kenshin and erased the past of drawing the sword, but can the dark past of the Meiji government really be buried here? Maybe the Meiji government should have an open and fair war in the first place, but who knows how many shadows lie behind our peaceful world, but in the end, we must firmly look up to justice and advance towards it. After all, "Procedures represent justice that is being formed and ideals that are being formed, and people cannot achieve good ends through evil means, because the means are seeds and the ends are trees." Ahhh, Udo Kanae and Shizuo finally came to mind. Nai Mori Cangzi, this pursuit of the first person in the world reminds me of Yue Buqun, Ren Woxing and Jiu Mozhi, and I can't help but start to wonder what Jin Yong's novels will look like under the Japanese lens. To threaten the government to submit, obviously if it is not because Kenshin is strong enough, it must be sold by the Meiji government. My first feeling after watching a few "Rurouni Kenshin" is also, yearning to be as strong and righteous as Kenshin, yearning to become stronger, yearning for one's own justice, of course, is a very good thing, but a righteous person Obviously, society cannot rely solely on the fact that everyone is a decent chivalrous person. After all, human nature is unreliable, otherwise there will be no Zhizhixiong and Guanliu. Therefore, urging the formation of a just government may be the answer to creating a new era. . Kenshin's oath of not killing itself is also a hope for the new era. He respects the government's procedures and hopes to set an example through his own law-abiding, and he has confidence in the government's procedures, so he will eventually defeat the enemy. handed over to the police station. After defeating Zhi Zhixiong, the government cleaned up Kenshin and erased the past of drawing the sword, but can the dark past of the Meiji government really be buried here? Maybe the Meiji government should have an open and fair war in the first place, but who knows how many shadows lie behind our peaceful world, but in the end, we must firmly look up to justice and advance towards it. After all, "Procedures represent justice that is being formed and ideals that are being formed, and people cannot achieve good ends through evil means, because the means are seeds and the ends are trees." Ahhh, Udo Kanae and Shizuo finally came to mind. Nai Mori Cangzi, this pursuit of the first person in the world reminds me of Yue Buqun, Ren Woxing and Jiu Mozhi, and I can't help but start to wonder what Jin Yong's novels will look like under the Japanese lens. To threaten the government to submit, obviously if it is not because Kenshin is strong enough, it must be sold by the Meiji government. My first feeling after watching a few "Rurouni Kenshin" is also, yearning to be as strong and righteous as Kenshin, yearning to become stronger, yearning for one's own justice, of course, is a very good thing, but a righteous person Obviously, society cannot rely solely on the fact that everyone is a decent chivalrous person. After all, human nature is unreliable, otherwise there will be no Zhizhixiong and Guanliu. Therefore, urging the formation of a just government may be the answer to creating a new era. . Kenshin's oath of not killing itself is also a hope for the new era. He respects the government's procedures and hopes to set an example through his own law-abiding, and he has confidence in the government's procedures, so he will eventually defeat the enemy. handed over to the police station. After defeating Zhi Zhixiong, the government cleaned up Kenshin and erased the past of drawing the sword, but can the dark past of the Meiji government really be buried here? Maybe the Meiji government should have an open and fair war in the first place, but who knows how many shadows lie behind our peaceful world, but in the end, we must firmly look up to justice and advance towards it. After all, "Procedures represent justice that is being formed and ideals that are being formed, and people cannot achieve good ends through evil means, because the means are seeds and the ends are trees." Ahhh, Udo Kanae and Shizuo finally came to mind. Nai Mori Cangzi, this pursuit of the first person in the world reminds me of Yue Buqun, Ren Woxing and Jiu Mozhi, and I can't help but start to wonder what Jin Yong's novels will look like under the Japanese lens. How many shadows there are, but in the end it is to look firmly to justice and march towards it. After all, "Procedures represent justice that is being formed and ideals that are being formed, and people cannot achieve good ends through evil means, because the means are seeds and the ends are trees." Ahhh, Udo Kanae and Shizuo finally came to mind. Nai Mori Cangzi, this pursuit of the first person in the world reminds me of Yue Buqun, Ren Woxing and Jiu Mozhi, and I can't help but start to wonder what Jin Yong's novels will look like under the Japanese lens. How many shadows there are, but in the end it is to look firmly to justice and march towards it. After all, "Procedures represent justice that is being formed and ideals that are being formed, and people cannot achieve good ends through evil means, because the means are seeds and the ends are trees." Ahhh, Udo Kanae and Shizuo finally came to mind. Nai Mori Cangzi, this pursuit of the first person in the world reminds me of Yue Buqun, Ren Woxing and Jiu Mozhi, and I can't help but start to wonder what Jin Yong's novels will look like under the Japanese lens.

Rurouni Kenshin (2012)
8.1
2012 / Japan / Drama Action Costume / Otomo Keishi / Sato Ken Takei Saki
Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Fire of Kyoto (2014)
8.0
2014 / Japan / Action Costume / Otomo Keishi / Sato Ken Takei Saki
Rurouni Kenshin: The End of the Legend (2014)
8.1
2014 / Japan / Action / Otomo Keishi / Sato Ken Takei Saki

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Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins quotes

  • [Kenshin is going to kill Jin-E]

    Kaoru Kamiya: KENSHIN, DON'T! Don't become a manslayer again... Please don't kill him... Kenshin... For those who died by your blade... And for everyone whose life you have saved... Please don't kill him... A sword that doesn't kill... A sword that can protect... For this new age of peace... Isn't that what you fought for?

  • [Kaoru thinks Kenshin has left, then he appears with groceries]

    Kaoru Kamiya: Welcome home, Kenshin.

    Kenshin Himura: ...I'm home. That I am.