I have never watched the previous "Cutting the Abdomen", so we can't compare this so-called remake of the previous one. But as far as this movie is concerned, the one belief that keeps me going is human nature. The most intuitive impression the director gave me through the film is that in front of human nature, everything has become insignificant.
The beginning of the film is very simple, that is, through Banshiro's actions, the whole plot is drawn, and the whole plot is presented to the audience through narrative methods. In fact, what impressed me a lot was that in the early and late stages of the film, Banshiro had a sentence similar to the lifeless "oh" dialogue. As soon as that tone came out, it instantly made you feel terrified. When it first appeared, it made you feel like you were already on the edge of the underworld. When it appeared for the second time, it was already thrown out. belief.
The director always tells us a story and a belief with a lens that is more tender than killing. In front of human nature, we can let go of everything. The dignity of a samurai, the self-esteem of a man, the dignity of a father, the courage of a husband, etc. There are no fighting scenes in the film. On the contrary, the inner character of the characters and the psychological aspects shown when facing life choices make the connotation of the film vivid and vivid.
A warrior who has experienced the baptism of war, living in despair due to the decline of the lord, is in stark contrast with the retainers who have not experienced war but who preach the glory of the samurai in the later film. Especially after Banshiro used a bamboo sword to frighten them in the later stage, when facing a single person, none of the so-called samurai retainers with sophisticated knives dared to attack. From this it is not difficult to see a truth, there is always such a group of ignorant people, relying on the resounding name to hide their incompetence.
In fact, there are several places in the film that impressed me a lot:
1. When begging a girl to ask for a tummy cut, the director used nearly a minute of plot to portray the scene of the pastry that the old man rewarded him. For a 120-minute movie, the appearance rate of this pastry is still far Higher than those extravagant actors such as passerby A and retainer B, at the beginning, I really didn’t understand why a person who was about to cut his belly would show joy when seeing a piece of cake and why the director should put so much ink on this piece of cake. Then the following plot gives a good answer. The emergence of pastries is one of the entry points of the front, middle and back of the plot. Especially the sentence "I think it’s better for two people to eat together", let us realize that, as a samurai, Hanshiro does not have the superiority of a samurai alone, but it also contains his deep love for his children. This kind of love makes the begging daughter grow up with kindness. This is why when there is a Koshuya shopkeeper who wants to marry the heroine, Banshiro refuses to agree and runs to ask the begging daughter if he wants to marry his daughter in the middle of the night. He is kind and loving. People can bring happiness to his daughter. In the latter part of the film, the scene where the heroine choked and swallowed the cake that was rewarded for begging her to die is extremely sad and desolate. Why is there such a segment? In fact, maybe the director wants to borrow the cake to give us a message, then eat. Those who go in are full of love. Although the pastry has the blood and tears of the husband, in the final analysis, this pastry actually shows one thing. For her and the children, the husband can give everything, including life. , So every bite eaten is full of love from the husband for himself.
2. A knife for women; as we all know, the samurai sword is life for the samurai. A samurai without a sword is no different from a dead man. Although this part is not emphasized in the film, the attentive audience will definitely notice that Banshiro once visited the begging daughter's father at the beginning of the film. At that time, Banshiro saw the begging daughter's father wiping the knife and said, "Oh... "It’s totally incomparable with the next" to express the envy of the "Jending" knife that the daughter's father has won the Lord’s reward. This "Jianding" is not only a famous weapon, but also a status symbol. Although the film does not explain it, it can be seen from the first time that the pawn boss refused the pawn boss’s request for a pawn saber. It was handed down by the father, and one of the shots showed the woman holding his saber tightly with her left hand. It can be seen from this that in addition to being a weapon, it is also a family honor. In the early days, we knew that Qiu Nu was not like a traditional samurai, but more like a scholar, so we must be sure that the meaning of the knife is not as supreme as a traditional samurai. However, he was a scholar who regarded himself as a samurai. The biggest reason was that it belonged to the family. glory. But when the heroine was seriously ill, the girl pawned the knife without hesitation. It can be proved that in the face of life and human nature, whether it is the dignity of the samurai, the self-esteem of a man, or the glory of the family, everything has become unimportant.
Three, cats. There are two cats in the plot. One is the stray cat in the ruined temple where the girl is staying. It also implies that the life of the girl is desolate, just like a stray cat. It leaks when it rains, the only one. The high seats are full of books, and people only sleep on the floor. This shows that the girl is eager to change her life through her own knowledge but is powerless. The death of the stray cat seems to herald the hardship that the disaster will bring to this family. The heroine feels her as if seeing the cat, so she is very sad. And the second cat appeared in the battle of Banshiro and the last time the elder asked his subordinates to handle the incident. No matter how fierce the fighting outside, the cat always lay on the blanket gracefully, just like the big name or the man in power. , No matter how tragic and arduous the below is, for them, there is no impact at all, and it also reflects the society as well. With a good background, even if you have no skills, you can live a comfortable life like those retainers, and even if you have a bad background, With your stunts, you can only live in poverty. It is also a bit like the gap between the second generation of the rich, the second generation of officials and the second generation of farmers.
4. Armor and wooden knife. Armor represents power, honor, and status in the play. It also represents the inviolable rights and interests of the daimyo, and why Banshiro used wooden swords instead of real swords in his later period. In fact, the more significant thing is that he wanted to recover their dignity for his dead daughter, son-in-law, and grandson, because in fact Even if you take a real sword, it is impossible to push it to the entire daimyo palace alone, and it is impossible to push it to the shortcomings of the Japanese class rule, so the wooden sword and armor represent self-esteem and glory. Using a wooden knife to make the enemy timid and damage the armor is actually to ironic that those retainers who have no real talents are just because they have a good name and pretend to be noble. In fact, they don’t have the magnanimousness of a true samurai at all, so even With the real sword in hand, they were also afraid of Hanshiro holding the wooden sword.
Afterword: In fact, the director does not have to be authentic to remake this film, because in this way, the remake becomes meaningless. Moreover, remakes of classics are not easy to surpass. The only thing that can be tried, of course, is how the weak links in the original work can be strengthened and effective in the new work. From this point of view, "Yi Ming" has achieved what the director wanted. What is expressed, as for whether the audience understands it, it depends on how everyone thinks of the movie.
A knife is not good or bad. In the hands of good people, it is a sharp weapon to save people. It is a murder weapon in the hands of bad people. Therefore, we also know from Kenshin Himura that Kenshin, who once killed people like hemp, did not let go even in the later stages. Knife, the only difference is that his later belief becomes "If behind this blood-stained knife and the life of the victim, there is a new era in which anyone can live with peace of mind, I will-walk the way for the sky and kill people with justice. ".
"Yi Ming" has no bloody scenes, no exciting fighting scenes, and no reminder of the noble character of Bushido. Yes, it is just a narrative of the most tender side of human nature. Having a family and having love are more worthy of our possession than the so-called dignity. Compared with love, everything is not so important.
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