First of all, I don't agree with the interpretation of this film in Buddhism. It feels too far-fetched. The whole film has a Buddhist cultural background, but at least the theme is not Buddhism.
The male protagonist is the descendant of the samurai. The young master of the gymnasium, the master of kendo (Dragon's help is not only about returning skills, he has also practiced in Yuan Jiayuan, and is the strongest among his peers). But because of the peculiar sword road he studied, he was not recognized by the old dojo and his father. Ryunosuke's personal desire is to become a pure samurai, pursuing swordsmanship and Bushido. This is the background of the protagonist. The social environment at that time was the end of the shogunate period, and the age of the samurai was slowly fading, so Ryunosuke's personal tragedy was doomed. He encountered many contradictions in the pursuit of the samurai, which eventually led to his fall.
In the first act, a fair duel of competitive strength had become a field of fame at the time, and Ryuujisuke was deliberately defeated by all parties. But in the end, because the opponent was fighting with the heart to kill him, he could only kill him. In fact, all he wanted was an ordinary fair duel. After the victory of the fair duel, he was ambushed and hunted down by his opponents, and was forced to leave the gymnasium at home. It can be seen that there was not much samurai spirit left in the world at that time.
In the second act, Ryunosuke came and went to kick the gym where he met by chance. But the teacher (Shimada) refused with "Actually I am not good at kendo". Shimada is very strong as the master of the gymnasium, but he cannot guarantee a victory against the wild road's Ryanosuke. For fear of losing face (or other reasons) Ryanosuke can only leave in disappointment. It can be seen that many gymnasiums at that time were also covered by the reputation of interest, and the major genres stood still and didn't want to go one step further, and Ryūnosuke's desire to pursue the ultimate in swordsmanship did not receive a response. Only when you kill the sword master in the mission can you get a little satisfaction. Then came a battle in Xuetian, Shimada slaughtered the Quartet, while the Xinsengumi accomplices at that time were unreasonable and weak, appearing very "lowly". Ryunosuke found that he was too poor in swordsmanship, and associating with these people, his heart was greatly impacted. So that he finally escaped the challenge of Longma. Completely violated the samurai spirit.
In the third act, Ryoma chases to Kyoto to prepare for revenge. At this time, the former thief is now a businessman. He draws a gun from his waist to "support". A lowly but clever person who has no relationship with Bushido has never practiced. Any swordsmanship, just because of a gun, has the power comparable to (or even higher) than that of a kendo master. This is the reason why the samurai has fallen. Ryoma verbally refused as a samurai, but because his purpose of finding Ryūnosuke for the showdown was for revenge, he could not truly refuse before such benefits.
Ryunosuke met Asong’s geisha in a geisha shop. When talking about Dabosatana, Ryunosuke realized that the old man he killed was the only relative of Asong, and he believed that the right way (completed) The old man's wish to the Buddha statue, by the way, try to cut it?), in fact, he has already committed a lot of sins. Although the audience may think that Ryunosuke is a villain, he didn't realize it before. At this moment, he realized that he was only pursuing kendo, but he failed repeatedly in this era of losing the samurai spirit. Looking back, he found that he had already He is a lowly, humble and sinful person, far away from a samurai. His ideal disillusionment and the erosion of a sense of guilt made him go crazy and become a demon. The film ends in his final fight. The movie does not explain the life and death of Ryunosuke, but Ryunosuke's samurai road is completely dead.
The film started with a fair duel, but in the end Ryu nosuke did not get a fair duel, and some only struggled with interests, reputation, and politics. The fair showdown he was looking forward to with Ryoma will never come.
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