Whether it is fighting visual action, or audio-visual sound effects and soundtrack, "Tan of No Emperor" is a very good work. It's worth seeing.
Some people say that Chinese martial arts and Japanese swordsmanship are involved in this film, and that it slanders Chinese culture. I think this is too much of "patriotism". If even the movie fights have to be related to Sino-Japanese issues, then don’t watch it. good. On the other hand, Luo Lang, who fought last with the male owner, used Japanese swordsmanship in the beginning and at the end. Japanese swords have nothing to do with Japanese swords at all.
Some people think that the Chinese language in this film is very lame. At first I didn’t understand what those few Chinese words were saying, but later I discovered that the voice actors of Chinese characters are still very good, and Luo Lang’s voice actors seem to be not Chinese. Originally, Luo Lang was set to be mixed, and he was I have come to Japan from China for many years in search of elixir. It is not too strange to speak Chinese in a foreign accent... It should be more reasonable, theoretically.
The plot
film is relatively simple in terms of plot, but the line is a bit messy. I can only understand it when I get to the middle part: the
child Taro is an important medicinal material for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty (China's Ming Dynasty?), and he has a very powerful dog. It's called Himaru. The emperor used Zitarang's blood for the elixir, so the child fled to the city of Red Lake with the dog. Mingguo sent a team to catch up with the children. The leader of the team, Luo Lang, was a mixed race with yellow hair and blue eyes. The city lord of Red Lake City also wanted to intervene, so the two sides cooperated on the surface, in fact, they were fighting for children. On the way, the child encountered Ronin Mingwu. Mingwu helped Taro fight off the enemy and finally sent him to the monastery, only to find that he was betrayed by the monastery host to Ming Guoren. Ming Wu finally arrived when Zaitaro was about to be bloodletted, and the rebellion of Hongchi City and the people of Ming Dynasty were both hurt. In the end, Mingwu defeated Luo Lang and the child and left.
In fact, it's not a new plot, but because bones portrays the images of various characters and factions very well, it makes people think that the best part of this film really lies in the details and conflicts.
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There is not much to say about Mingwu and Zaitarou. These two are the main characters and the main line for the development of the story. However, there is one detail that I am most impressed with in this film, which is the plot of Zaitarou washing his hands.
Zaitaro is an awkward child with a very bad personality. Although he has always had a bad attitude towards Mingwu, he is very gentle towards Himaru. After Hiwano was poisoned and injured, Zitaro was very anxious and couldn't care about his muddy body, but when feeding Hiwano, he carefully washed his hands and held the water over. He used his mouth if he couldn't drink it. Hey. You must know that Tobimaru is a dog. At that time, I really felt that as long as there is true affection, species crossing is not difficult...
In fact, there is nothing to say about the main characters. Just look at the outstanding character and you will understand it naturally. But some of the characters attached to the line are particularly interesting.
The grandfather of the mountain boarding house: Selling vegetables for a living is not a bad guy. But the income was not good, so I "by the way" sold the news about the child and the dog to the lord, but when they arrived, Ming Wu and his party had already left and left a "Thank you" sign. Unfortunately, the grandfather did not Literate.
Emperor Mingguo: There seems to be a scene. I always felt that the emperor was stupidly letting the team go to find the elixir, but later discovered that the existence of "medicine" gave this kind of indulgence a good answer. It turned out to be premeditated. Regardless of whether the red team can find the elixir, they have long been constrained by medicine (but they don’t have this consciousness. Only the person who was arrested by the city lord for interrogation revealed this, but it is a pity that he never again Can't speak), can't escape or betrayal, waiting for them is either death or endless search. (If Emperor Qin could get 500 children to go to Fairy Island like here, he should have thought of doing this
too .) Jurota: I've always been inexplicable what the scenes of a few women mean, and finally found out the woman. Is the daughter of the city lord. Juro Tai is the most talented archery man in the city under General Polygonum cuspidatum. A young and promising young princess has a crush on the princess. Unfortunately, the disparity in status is just a dream. Later, he followed the knotweed to kill the city lord to rebel, and he also thought of being able to be with the princess. But the first second was full of joy, and the next second was killed by the red team. (Unfortunately, Polygonum cuspidatum also said that his swordsmanship was too bad, so he died immediately when he was shot down.)
The old man in the Ming State Army: He was a dead slave who was loyal to the emperor, but he also thought about swallowing the elixir for immortality when he grew older. Unlike Luo Lang who only thought about himself, as the leader of Ming Guo's team, his words were bigger than Luo Lang, but it was a pity that he was killed by Luo Lang because he lived too long, and he kept chattering about himself before he died.
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fact, I did not understand why "no Sword of the Stranger" to that name. Now it seems that another name, "The Foreigner" is more suitable for it.
The film made me easily think of three powers: the United States, China, and Japan. But at the beginning, I also said that it has nothing to do with politics and only talks about culture, so there is no meaning to comment.
Obviously, the Ming Dynasty team is China. If we regard Red Lake City as Japan and Luo Lang as an American individual, we will find a very interesting phenomenon: this film is simply about the clash of cultures of the three countries.
For example, Luo Lang didn't take the emperor's unreasonable demands seriously, he didn't care about money or power, he just wanted to find an opponent he found interesting. So the little resentful woman in his family is more miserable, because he only cares about making himself "feel" Mingwu し, not about everything else. So when the old man got in the way, he thanked him for "bringing him here" and cut him mercilessly.
Mingguo’s team is divided into two factions. One faction is the old man who is selfish but still loyal to the emperor. This is the "dog" in Mingwu's mouth. He is scheming to win over the city lord of Hongchi and want to invade the city after the incident is completed. . The other faction is other masters in red who obey orders. They have the ability and martial arts, longing and yearning (such as the little bitter woman of Luo Lang’s family, it’s really rot), but they won’t follow Luo Lang, and in the end they still don’t know. Why was he at the mercy of the old man, and he didn't know that he was a tool under the control of the emperor's "medicine".
Hongchi City is even more interesting. While cooperating with the Scarlet Army, the city lord secretly captures the children and wants to take the first prize to Mingguo. It's a pity that his subordinate (General Tiger Warrior) is not a pawn at the mercy of others. With martial arts, taking advantage of the chaos of the war, he directly let Jurota shoot an arrow through the hostage of the red team-the head of the city lord. The city, the princess, the wealth, the people of the red city are looking for what they need. For the delusions that are usually insurmountable, turmoil is the best time to achieve their goals. Even Luo Lang said: "Unlike our country (Mingguo), for those guys (insurgents), Wang is just a leader, and it seems not suitable to be taken hostage." (So Japan changed prime minister. In exchange for special diligence...Ah,
let ’s not talk about politics...) When the three parties met together, they found out that Hongchi City was fighting for their own interests, and Ming Guo’s team was fighting for the emperor’s interests. The two parties clashed, so they had a fight. , And Luo Lang, the yellow-haired foreigner, stood by and watched the scenery, until he was almost dead, another foreigner named Wu し appeared.
Mingwu has no name, so it is called Mingwu by Zitarou. The head is red when it comes out, so it is not Japanese (of course, it is not Mingguo, let alone a country with Luolang). As for his life experience, he himself doesn't know.
He became a samurai, but the battlefield was not suitable for him. After retiring, he dyed black hair in order to integrate into society, but he still could not escape all kinds of troubles. Whether he is soft-hearted or because of many events, he is neither ambitious nor demanding, and he is a foreigner from beginning to end. And it was this foreigner who helped Zitaro, who had nothing to do with him, again and again in order to get rid of his nightmare on the battlefield, until finally he completely rescued this life that was indirectly related to various interests from the knife.
The ending of
bones has always been very sad.
"Shambhala" rounded out the shortcomings of "Steel Refining", but Al and his brother went to another world together, but left a man and a dog named Wen Li.
At the end of "Non-Emperor Blade Tan", although Ming Wu し used jade (it should be jade...) to block Luo Lang's final blow (how could Luo Lang be so strong that he could use jade to block it...), but Zitaro took it with him When Mingwu was riding away on horseback, the snow was thin and there were blood stains. Their dialogue also felt like a beautiful fairy tale that could never be realized...
In short, I thoroughly think that the production of bones has a dog-loving plot. In the end, all the male protagonists have gone to another world. People who should have been the female protagonists can only live with dogs...
In short, in the end, I I can only work hard to pray for them, hoping that Mingwu can survive, whether he is a robber or a pirate, I hope he can survive with Zaitaro. Then live happily.
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