The ultimate beauty of Rurouni Kenshin

Alexzander 2022-02-04 08:16:12

The movie "Rurouni Kenshin" was watched when I was in college. I was addicted to lol at the time, and I learned about this movie in a video about Yasuo. After watching the trilogy in a few nights, it was very enjoyable. Later, I revisited it many times, and I can always sigh at the extremely beautiful scenery and the delicate and non-procrastinating movements. After that, I looked for the anime to watch. Due to the quality of the picture and the plot, I couldn't finish it. However, "Memories" is still very good, and I can understand the important past of Kenshin. But what I know about, or like, Kenshin Hiimura is limited to Kenshin by Kenshin Sato, that is, these three movies.

The prototype of Hiimura Kenshin is Saiyan Kawagami, who was the head of the four thousand people at the end of the Japanese shogunate. After the Meiji Restoration, he still adhered to the idea of ​​​​repelling the barbarians, and in order to take due justice to the comrades who fought side by side and the opponents who died under the sword, he was not in harmony with the government and was executed in secret. Kenshin was created out of this spirit. After overthrowing the shogunate, he was determined not to kill people, but to protect those around him with a reverse-blade sword. The character itself has a strong sense of redemption, and the cross scar on his face is the brand of heavy memories (see the reminiscence chapter for details). Such a tragic hero makes the audience feel sorry for him. His oath not to kill, his way, is a unique existence.

The movie has a very high degree of reduction to animation, including the description of important characters, Kenshin's past, and what the original author wants to express. Of course, the most attractive are those clean and handsome action scenes. I wonder if readers and friends feel the same as me when watching them. When I saw Kenshin at the dojo 1vN, there was a kind of Ye Wen-like feeling. visual sense. After checking, the martial arts instructor was a member of the Zhen family class in Hong Kong. (Tanigaki Kenji, the only Japanese member of the Hong Kong Action Stunt Actors Association, one of Donnie Yen's regular team, has this person in Sha Polang and Guan Yunchangli, and is responsible for contacting the stuntman.) It is no wonder that I will see the shadow of Ye Wen. ?The understanding of sword drawing is also very good. Many friends who play 300 and animation parties should also be able to read it out, such as Feitian Yujianliuzhilongshan, Shuanglongshan and even the mystery after that, etc., one move and one style All worth considering.

Another thing that attracts me in the movie is the beautiful set, with the cleanness and freshness of Japanese culture, which makes people feel comfortable and enjoy. The dojo where Kamiya is active is exactly the kind of indifference I long for. It seems that in a place like this, everything that is accumulated in daily life will dissipate without a trace.

Of course, my favorite scene in the first part is the fight with the masked man in a European-style building, with neat bookshelves, still vases, and bright colors, making the whole process mesmerizing. Especially after the battle is over in an instant, the handsome closing of the knife is simply maddening.

After the duel with the blade guard, there is also a scene of closing the knife before the knife drawing. The freeze frame of the picture is pleasing to the eye.

I have to say that Sato Takeru (Santang) has a deep understanding of the character, and has a good control of movements and emotions, and his own high standards for acting (such as no substitutes, challenges of various difficult movements, and repeated repetitions— —The second part is especially obvious, no spoilers here), and also makes the character more alive because of his performance. Kenshin's innocence and complexity, dullness and swiftness, cuteness and maturity, all with a frown and a smile, every move is perfectly interpreted. This is the extremely beautiful Rurouni Kenshin, the sugar Rurouni Kenshin, and the Rurouni Kenshin in my last martial arts dream.

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Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins quotes

  • [Kenshin is going to kill Jin-E]

    Kaoru Kamiya: KENSHIN, DON'T! Don't become a manslayer again... Please don't kill him... Kenshin... For those who died by your blade... And for everyone whose life you have saved... Please don't kill him... A sword that doesn't kill... A sword that can protect... For this new age of peace... Isn't that what you fought for?

  • [Kaoru thinks Kenshin has left, then he appears with groceries]

    Kaoru Kamiya: Welcome home, Kenshin.

    Kenshin Himura: ...I'm home. That I am.