our destiny

Sincere 2022-04-23 07:05:31

In fact, Yoji Yamada is not telling the story of a samurai in the early Meiji period, he is telling the story of himself, a story of himself who experienced the death of Japan's post-war economic revival and cultural death, a legend that he can draw a sword and injure the enemy but die in the secular world.

The former Japanese film masters have passed away one by one, and the rest are all lingering. In the reality driven by financial interests, what can you do? When a corpse floats across an icy river, what is right? what is wrong? When people ignore justice, morality, benevolence and righteousness and desperately pursue interests, what else can you ask for?

Draw your sword!

Maybe it can only be a dead end in the end!

We all have our own destiny,

may not be changed,

But you can choose how to deal with...

you or me

but

drop in the ocean

so-called politics

conspiracy

intrigue

normal life

under the wheel of history

crushed

trample

I can't save the world

You can't conquer that universe

where to go

follow the heart

Who the fuck doesn't want to be a samurai

Who is willing to be a farmer

life and death

contradiction

The blade pierces the throat

blood on the ground

Warmth wraps blood

Reality shatters dreams

everyone

have oneself

insurmountable destiny

The only thing we can do

is crying

still laugh

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Extended Reading
  • Carey 2022-03-30 09:01:11

    It is not as good as imagined, but it does represent the breakthrough of Japanese swords and halberds since the 21st century. Samurai or ronin will no longer be as free as Zatoichi or Tsubaki Juro, and the pressure of their lives will appear so heavy and familiar in the context of the times. Bushido and the katana sword have become a drag on the wheel of history, but this is really just an innocent rebuke to the men who carry the sword.

  • Elton 2022-03-30 09:01:11

    Although it doesn't have an exciting ending like "Hidden Sword and Ghost Claw", there is a touch of warmth behind the plain story. Yoji Yamada is too powerful. I watched three movies adapted from Fujisawa Shuhei's works. This is the best.

The Twilight Samurai quotes

  • Kayano Iguchi: Father, If I learn to do needlework someday I can make kimonos. But what good will book learning ever do me?

    Seibei Iguchi: Well, it probably won't ever be as useful as needlework. But you know, book learning gives you the power to think. However the world might change, if you have the power to think you'll always survive somehow. That's true for boys and for girls. All right?

    Kayano Iguchi: Yes.

  • 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.