To Nakadai Tatsuya: So you are Ashura

Mattie 2022-11-29 10:00:57

Asura, translated as "unjustified", is called the god of fierceness or the god of war, a kind of monster between gods and ghosts. With hatred in the heart, although there are blessings but no virtues, so the name is not heaven.
The samurai fights for love, morality, hatred, or money status while holding the sword, but Nakadai Tatsuya's battle in this film contains the seven emotions and six desires of humans, the evil of ghosts, and the might of gods.
The poster of Da Bo Sa Ling is taken from a scene in the film: Nakadai Tatsuya killed a group of warriors seeking revenge, and stood alone in the woods above a group of corpses. This scene became a silhouette. The killing is over, the hustle and bustle of the battle sinks into the silent sea, and at this moment the breath of solemnity seems to be slowly officially debuting, engulfing death and rising up, you can almost smell the wet blood mixed with the mist of the mountain forest The light is sweet.
The effect of this silhouette has been used many times in the Great Bodhisattva Ridge. Tatsuya Nakadai wears a hat on his head, stands alone, with weapons on his waist full of killing intent.
Another shot used many times in the film is a close-up of Nakadai Tatsuya’s eyes. Although his eyes remain in the shape of human beings, they reveal the look of beasts. His eyes become eagles, jackals, and all murderous beasts. , Staring at the prey coldly and intently, his sword is no longer a weapon, but turned into a part of his body, turned into his minions, connected by flesh and blood.
At the end of the film, Tatsuya Nakadai was trapped by the inner demon and went mad at the sight of the illusion. Even at that time, his madness was not out of human fear, but rather released Asura's hatred even more.
He was besieged by the warriors. He was seriously injured and stumbled, but he was not depressed. He was more like a drunken fierce god. He turned around and brandished a knife, his face was bloody, and his eyes were hostile. The film is now subtitled "The End".
Whether it was the sword-killing he played or the subsequent martial arts or battle, his posture was always different from other samurai. What we saw was always an asura who broke into the humane.

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The Sword of Doom quotes

  • Toranosuke Shimada: Study the sword to study the soul, you fool... an evil mind makes an evil sword.

  • Ryunosuke Tsukue: I, Ryunosuke Tsukue, trust only my sword in this world. When I fight, I have no family.