Why the hero is tragic comes from the call of the new era. Ostrovsky once said that "what we build is nothing like what we strive for", which can be seen as the comfort of each other between heroes.
"The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard", this is the beginning and conclusion of the live-action trilogy story, which is more realistic than other versions. Below, "Rurouni Kenshin: Live-Action Edition", "Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Fire of Kyoto" and "Rurouni Kenshin: The End of the Legend" will be put together to write a review.
It is like the attitude of the revolutionary party led by Mr. Sun Wen towards Hongmen. On the beach at the end of the film, Ito Hirobumi saluted everyone and paid tribute to the heroes. The scene here is either sad or happy. Like the actor's own father, Seiji Ozawa, the Restoration Government, under the leadership of Ito Hirobumi, commanded a grand plan. 's movement. Later, we all knew about Japan's history and national fortunes. In contrast, this movement is just a preface.
Hicun Kenshin, a legendary swordsman of the Restoration faction at the end of the Tokugawa period, a man known as "The Executioner Draws the Sword", formerly known as Hicun Shinta. After the success of the Meiji Restoration, he kept his name incognito and vowed not to kill again, so he became a ronin with a reverse-edged sword.
Drawing a sword is a legend, the executioner who kills without blinking an eye, the terminator of the shogunate era, and the hero who created a new era. Kenshin is a ronin, the deity of the legendary swordsman Totosai, a thorn in the eyes of the new Meiji era, and a victim of stunts.
Whether it's a legend or a ronin, Kenshin is essentially a tragic character. As for where the tragedy comes from, let's first look at what the original author and Nobuhiro Yue said, the prototype of the character.
The original creative motivation originated from the real person Qianren Zhan "Kawagami Hikizai", but it has been completely transformed into another brand new character. Kawagami Yansai was one of the four thousand-person beheadings at the end of the Shogunate. He was small and thin, and at first glance he was mistaken for a gentle woman. But his personality is neat and calm, and he is the most frightening of the four thousand swordsmen. He was famous in the world for his unique swordsmanship, which subdued the great thinker Zuojiuma Xiangshan with one knife. In addition, many assassination cases, rumors are also his masterpiece. After the Meiji Restoration, because he insisted on advocating the idea of repelling foreigners, which was inconsistent with the government, in the fourth year of Meiji, he was sentenced on trumped-up charges. After research, it was learned that the reason why He Shang insisted on the idea of repelling foreigners was to insist on taking due justice to those comrades who had fought side by side with him and those opponents who died under his sword.
The person closest to danger · Salvation
For many people, the charm and mystery of Kenshin comes from a reverse-edged sword. In the martial arts world, Japanese culture is obviously more explicit and important to the description of weapons. No matter the Hattori Hanzo in "Kill Bill" or the reverse-blade sword in "Rurouni Kenshin", they all have a unique description of the craftsman of the knife, making the weapon possess the soul of the person.
For the same knife, a knife-forger will forge two, one is called Shadow Strike, and the other is called True Strike. Shadow fights can be understood as experimental items, while real fights are the refined ones. Kenshin vowed not to kill again, and the swordsmith Arai Chikong gave him a reverse-blade knife, the blade pointed towards himself, and he became the closest person to danger. During the duel with Soujiro Suda, this reverse-blade sword, Shadow Strike, was cut off. Later, in the duel with the ten swords, the son of Arai Chikong gave Kenshin the reverse-blade sword, Shinda.
The last words of Arai Chikong are engraved on the handle of the real sword: I cast the sword with a few stars of frost, and my son does not realize it, especially the grandson of thousands of generations. Obviously, this knife hides his spirit. The knife he forged has caused countless murders, and the reverse blade is a symbol of redemption. It reminds me of the guilt of Oppenheimer, who said at the UN General Assembly when the two atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki went off, "Mr. President, my hands are covered in blood."
Guilt has not become the wealth of human beings, it has become the self-discipline before redemption, such as the current fanatical obsession with AI. Knowing that there will be endless troubles, why do you still do it? Ridley Scott tries to give the answer in Prometheus: Create because you can create.
Pull away. The reverse-blade sword in Kenshin's hand is like the incarnation of Arai Chikong. The spirit of redemption of the two also coincides.
Kenshin's struggles and weapons are integrated into one, forming a unique personality charm, as if his tragedy was already doomed. The personification setting is very clever in the play. From this point of view, Jin Yong's "If you want to practice this skill, you must first go to the palace", which is more like a playful and profound.
The meaning of the legend's existence
After the advent of the new era, the legendary executioner was abandoned and lost the meaning of existence. Udo Blade Guard is a typical example of this wave of legends. He was swallowed by blood and driven by the will to kill, proving his existence in the most extreme way. In the world of martial arts, it is the lifelong pursuit of people. When he meets Kenshin again, he will try his best to win this honor. And Kenshin's oath not to kill again has been greatly challenged.
Thinking of "Batman: The Dark Knight", Batman also vowed not to kill, but the Joker seizes this weakness and does various sociological experiments about human nature. The method of Udo Blade Guard is exactly the same as that of the clown, using "the one of the heart" to control Kaoru Kamiya, forcing Kenshin to become an executioner. If the Blade Guard will not die within five minutes, Kaoru Kamiya will suffocate to death. This confrontation and challenge is undoubtedly tragic. Like the Joker, Blade is an experimenter and fearless.
When he came to the desperate situation, he thought of killing again and turned into an executioner. In this section of the movie, regardless of the actor's performance, the scheduling of the shots, the action design and the soundtrack, it is unprecedentedly shocking and can be called an audio-visual feast. It is said that the martial arts have won the essence of Hong Kong martial arts films, but the style is still very Japanese. In particular, the actor's display of "Rapid Swordsmanship" was a blockbuster if he didn't make a sound.
Udo Hamae is a tragic figure, and the good times that belonged to him are long gone. He is both fearless and ecstatic when he fights, and when he loses, he kills himself, which makes people feel a little pity. Maybe he doesn't exist at all, just the incarnation of Jianxin's killing intent.
Heroes bear suffering and resentment
Another clown-like character, Zhi Zhixiong, is the heir to the quest of Kenshin's Shadow Killer, and also honors Kenshin as his predecessor. If Udo Blade Guard was swallowed by the killing intent, Zhi Zhixiong was swallowed by resentment. Like the fate of all heroes after the reform, the cunning rabbit died and the dog cooked, and Zhi Zhixiong failed to gain the trust of the reforming government, and was shot and burned. History is always strikingly similar, Bai Qi, Han Xin and Wu Zixu are all like this; in modern times, many revolutionary martyrs have lived in the haze because of their identity as double agents.
Luckily than Han Xin, Zhi Zhixiong actually survived like a zombie. As a result of suffering and full of resentment, he established a social theory of "the law of the weak" and enforced it with the help of ten swords. The Nazi-like group of Zhizhixiong deliberately seized the country as the new era marched forward, so he became Kenshin's worst enemy.
Kenshin has a characteristic. Before a duel, he must first fight his opponent with his tongue and give some lectures. When he faced Zhi Zhixiong, preaching was as powerless as his own spear attacking his own shield, and he could not refute Zhi Zhixiong's extremely correct theory. They are heroes who use killing to create a new era. How can a person who is full of resentment never think in a different position? How can he be persuaded?
Although he survived, Zhi Zhixiong was burned all over his body, unable to perspire through his skin and unable to balance his body temperature. He could only fight for fifteen minutes, and died of spontaneous combustion in the ultimate duel. He died so unbelievably, maybe he never existed, just the incarnation of Jianxin's resentment.
Redemption and mercy due to inheritance
Seeing the cherry blossoms at night in spring, the stars in summer, the full moon in autumn, and the first snow in winter, these are the famous sayings of Kiyojuro Bigu, which is recounted by Kenshin in the film, which is especially moving. He is the thirteenth generation descendant of Feitian Yujianliu, and he is also the master of Jianxin, and he is also a peerless master of escapism. His theory is very simple and full of romanticism: Although Yujianliu is a swordsmanship that eliminates the strong and helps the weak, if he devotes himself to troubled times, it can only be used as a murder tool by politicians.
There seems to be a paradox in Kiyojuro Bigu. On the one hand, he is the best in the world in martial arts, and on the other hand, he doesn't ask about world affairs, so the question arises, why does he seem to be the best in the world? What's the use of being number one in the world? You can say that his apprentice, Jian Xin, is only 158 cm tall. Compared to his master's height of 189, he is simply a cripple, but he is also unique in the world, creating a new era. But this is clearly a typical remark of a gangster. In a sense, Bigu Kiyojuro is an ideal character. He is addicted to alcohol and not lecherous, and Qingping has no ambition. He uses his own pottery to drink his own wine.
Since he is so principled, why does he want to help Jianxin cultivate the profound meaning? This starts from the first time they met. Kenshin buried the body of the thief and the people who were killed one by one. Bigu asked him why, and he said, "A person who dies is nothing but a corpse." Jian Xin's heart is spotless, and his great kindness is exactly the ideal of Fei Tian Yu Jian Liu's family, so Bigu thought to himself, you have a strange skeleton...
Bigu Kiyojuro is the name of the founder of Feitian Yujian flow, and every generation of descendants must accept this name. In the original work, Jian Xin did not accept it. Perhaps the inheritance allowed him to be redeemed, which is far more meaningful than the form.
Redemption, killing intent, resentment, and kindness are like the four shadows of Kenshin, fighting against each other. The cross stab wound on his face came from Shedaba and her fiancé, but both of them died at the hands of Jian Xin. Under the giant wheel of the times, such tragedies continue to occur. We all fantasize about being a trendsetter, but no one has thought about what the price will be.
Saito is holding a cigarette (handsome dregs), wielding a long sword and fighting side by side with Kenshin. If it is not for the fact that they are different, they may be confidants who are pushing for a cup. Four is Mori Cangzi who values love and righteousness, but incarnates Shura because of personal grievances. Kamiya Kaoru is as pure in heart as Kenshin, and she shouted "Ken-shin, don't kill" countless times regardless of safety. People who pursued a sound vision think she is a long-winded woman, but only she is the rein of Kenshin's horse.
Why the hero is tragic comes from the call of the new era. Ostrovsky once said that "what we build is nothing like what we strive for", which can be seen as the comfort of each other between heroes. "The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard", this is the beginning and conclusion of the live-action trilogy, which is more realistic than other versions.
On the beach at the end of the film, Ito Bowen saluted with everyone and paid tribute to the heroes. The scene here is either sad or happy. Like the actor's own father, Seiji Ozawa, the Restoration Government, under the leadership of Ito Bowen, directed this grand movement. 's movement. Later, we all knew about Japan's history and national fortunes. In contrast, this movement is just a preface.
In the comic version, Kenshin lived in China due to amnesia during the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War. Saanosuke found and brought him back to Japan, where he lay in Kamiya Kaoru's arms and died peacefully. The cross stab wound on his face disappeared as if his soul was out of his body, and the hero was released at the last moment.
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