Not everyone dares to do it

Robb 2022-01-22 08:03:26

At the beginning of the film under the historical background of the late Tokugawa shogunate, the friends of Kata Tongzura and the group of friends have revealed their concerns in the dialogue that sent Yaichiro to Edo. The scene when he left was in contrast with the scene when he was escorted back.
However, the rhythm of this film may make you forget everyone's expectations and concerns when you left before and then immerse yourself in Katagiri and Nozomi's insufferable love Bowley because of class love.
A description of Hee Hye's time at home makes the characters of the main characters feel very strong. Xihui not only brings joy to the family, but also the seeds of happiness in Katagiri's heart.
The encounter three years later made Katagiri obsessed with her. I also feel powerless in learning Western weapons. The first-person narration with music and the ongoing life makes people feel helpless. The director can simultaneously express the various frustrations of life and at the same time express the fun of life, so that the atmosphere of the film flows to form a real and full world.
For example: the exercises in class and the poems sung by the samurai after Xihui came back to help catch the chicken and recovered. The details of life are orderly filling the movie, grasping the rhythm in different contradictions.
The conflict between the samurai and the teachers in the classroom reflects the impact of the old samurai spirit and Western knowledge that has remained unchanged for the past few hundred years.
Katagiri remembers that his father obeys his master’s "loyalty"; "Samurai will never betray his companions" is "righteousness"; "I will never draw my sword unless forced by circumstances" is "benevolence"; "But as a samurai there is The thing that must not stand idly by" is "brave". Katagiri’s choice of loyalty and judgment on justice is different from the previous Bushido spirit. This new change symbolizes a future, the emergence of a more humane society and the emergence of a freer society.
The return of Yaichiro undoubtedly became a turning point. The samurai of Edo Kaisaka conspired to overthrow the shogunate for fear of the Higashisho incident. Kaisaka secretly executed them. Yaichiro was detained in solitary and escaped. Yaichiro's wife pleaded with Katagiri and turned away. The elder betrayed his body but was not rewarded. In the decisive battle, Yaichiro was not killed by Katagiri but was shot by a Western weapon. When Katagiri learned of their deal, the fire of justice ignited. The next day, he was successfully assassinated with "Ghost Claw".
With the development of things becoming more and more compact, the fate of Yaichiro and his wife promoted the development of the plot and forced Katagiri to take the road of assassination, leading to the theme of the movie "Ghost Claw".
The metaphor of the hidden sword and the ghost claw, the tricks of the ghost claw itself are extremely concealed, and this concealment is inevitable. In the film, Xihui and sister said that it was because class could not be with Katagiri, but when her sister asked what class is, Xihui couldn’t answer it. This is a satire of the suffering that class brings to people in society and the character’s own destiny. Compromise and indifference. In fact, in the film, the clumsy learning of the samurai, the untrustworthiness and hegemony of the family elders, and the weakness are all ironic to the upper ruling class, and the love between Xihui and Katagiri is the emotional representative of the aggrieved mood under the rule of the upper class and the lower class. This murderous sword is a sharp weapon that cuts through all the injustices brought about by the so-called class, even if it is not permanent.
Aggrieved love: I started to take care of her when I was 16; my mother spent 3 years teaching her various etiquette, knowledge and poetry; I wanted to help her but I didn’t know how to help; the home without her seemed to be lost Glory; in the spring of Northland, petals fly, seem to be waiting for the ice and snow to melt. I spend this spring in this emptiness; follow me; if necessary, I will use a knife to protect her; make a
decisive decision to help Hufu, such a A man has a serious expression or even no expression willing to live alone. But when he knows that she is not doing well, he will drew his sword at each other in anger, and his heart will be thumping when he faces the woman he likes. A man who does not care about the consequences for a woman but does not talk about love, so much silent contribution will definitely touch millions of girls. I even think that the reason for ditching the family elder Xihui in the end is not small or even great. A person is driven by desire The anger of birth. Longing for a flat and happy life, longing for glory.

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The Hidden Blade quotes

  • [repeated line]

    Kie: Is that what you command... sir?

    Munezo Katagiri: Yes. That is my command.

    Kie: If it's your command, then I have no choice but to obey.