"The Qing Guards at Dusk" is both traditional and avant-garde

Aliza 2022-04-19 09:03:12

What moved me was that the girls in the shogunate era had already started to learn the Analects; my brother knew that his sister (Miss Pengjiang) was often subjected to domestic violence after marrying a local tyrant, and advocated for their divorce; he applied to the lord (superior) to lead them to divorce, the superior agreed, also left. The samurai went to a duel, and the drunk samurai told him about his own experience: his wife died of liver disease, and his daughter was infected, and later disappeared. He was only 16 years old. He picked up the small urn, full of grief. So after the Qing guard killed the drunken warrior, the first thing he did when he got home was to pick up his daughter with his uninjured right arm and tell her, "Dad is back." Three years later, the shogunate era came to an end, and Qing guards were killed in the artillery fire of the Meiji Restoration. In the old days, most of the colleagues were successful and successful, and they felt sorry for the Qing guards. The daughter understands that her father is not someone who desires fame and fame. He loves his daughter deeply, and has received the love of an important woman (Miss Pengjiang) in his short life. He is very happy and his daughter is proud of him. Seeing this, I can't help but tear up. The film has a cool and refreshing temperament. The surging of love is like the leaves in the midsummer wind, densely layered, but indescribable. The moves of the samurai competition were frozen in the gaps of time, flowing out from the dust and wrinkles of the indifferent tone, as if they would never meet again. Director: Yoji Yamada, Starring: Tian Zhenhiroyuki, Miyazawa Rie. "The Qing Guards at Dusk" 2002

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  • Muhammad 2022-03-29 09:01:09

    #addendum# is amazing and unexpectedly good. I really didn't like watching sword and halberd movies, but maybe I still don't like the mythical temperament. This is a life movie from the samurai era. It's interesting, humane, and legendary. It's exactly the kind I like. And the sense of rhythm is very good, the front is laid out very calmly, the image is well-shaped, and the supporting roles can be well remembered. Emotions are completely driven. The story is also vivid and full of twists and turns, not tacky at all, and the rich details make the characters more human. You can get a glimpse of the life at that time through the video (it was hard). The last battle was very tense, and the small space scheduling was also in place, really Boutique. It completely broke my stereotype of samurai (I didn't see it very much at first). It turns out that they are also friendly people.

  • Anissa 2022-03-23 09:03:33

    Twilight Samurai, Twilight Samurai Age, Twilight Audiovisual Style. It has truly transformed this traditional film type, and its subversive significance is no less than "Unforgivable". 【Film Archive】

The Twilight Samurai quotes

  • Seibei Iguchi: I am ashamed to say that over many years of hardship with two daughters, a sick wife and an aged mother, I have lost the desire to wield a sword. A serious fight, the killing of a man, requires animal ferocity and calm disregard for one's own life. I have neither of those within me now. Perhaps in a month... alone with the beasts in the hills I could get them back. But tomorrow, I am afraid, is completely impossible.

  • Zenemon Yogo: So they sent you...

    Seibei Iguchi: Zenemon Yogo, by order of the clan, I come for your life. Draw your sword, please.

    Zenemon Yogo: [Intoxicated] Have a drink? I know you're all keyed up, but I'm going to run.

    Seibei Iguchi: Run?

    Zenemon Yogo: Yep. I want you to let me get away. If you please.

    Seibei Iguchi: I didn't expect that fromt he clan's best one-sword man. My orders are to kill you. I can't let you escape.

    Zenemon Yogo: Don't be so impatient, you can kill me at anytime. I'd like to talk to you. Have a seat. It's a nice day.