The story of a stray dog ​​turned into a dragon

Frances 2022-11-05 11:50:48

There are two katana swords, big and small, one for the enemy, and one for yourself. Ten years after the end of World War II, Japan has entered a world where the underworld is rampant, and the police are like half of the underworld, no matter whether they beat people or set fire. The male protagonist, an American officer, hid in prison because he was a deserter. He met a big brother in the underworld and became friends. The male protagonist who was released from prison immediately followed his brother and joined the underworld. The military temperament in his bones gave him decisiveness and fierceness. Slowly, he moved towards the inner circle of power. Become a foreign-born underworld leader.

In the eyes of the traitor, the male protagonist is a stray dog, but in the eyes of his girlfriend, he is indeed a dragon. He gradually integrates into the core of the loyal underworld, takes on the responsibility of the family, and sometimes drinks American wine, but when he points out his apology, he compares The Japanese are still simple.

When the good brother entrusted his sister and the family's two swords to the male protagonist, the male protagonist accepted it happily, but he was the first to pick up the sword. Perhaps, in his eyes, the only way out was to rush to survive. The way, this may be the core of the extreme way

When the male protagonist walked into the enemy's base camp and killed the traitor, this kind of loyalty and determination shocked everyone present. In the end, the surviving brothers bowed deeply to the male protagonist, giving trust and respect to the alien. .

The whole film is very restrained, and the Japanese elements are also a good foil for the development of the plot and the inner activities of the characters, without any sloppiness.

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The Outsider quotes

  • Nick Lowell: I want you to allow me to kill him. Give this warrior a weapon and let him show us how strong and brave he really is.

    [to Orochi]

    Nick Lowell: What do you have to fear?

    [in Japanese]

    Nick Lowell: Brother?

    Orochi: You walk into my home, you take my brother, you poison my father's mind. Poison him against me. Someone has to put out the fire.

    [takes Nick's sword]

    Orochi: You think you are a Yakuza with this? You aren't a Yakuza. You are a gaijin. Outsider. You are just the way my brother found you.

    [yells]

    Orochi: Get up! No, I won't fight you.

  • Anthony Panetti: Look, I'm sure you got respect for these people because they wear silk pajamas and they bow like you're the fucking sun god when they pour the coffee. Frankly, I don't give a shit about their rules or their traditions or whatever the fuck it is that you're here to try to explain to me. We won! What's the point of winning a war if now you gotta worry about stepping on Japs' toes?

    Nick Lowell: I wouldn't call them Japs.

    Anthony Panetti: [scoffs] Okay. So you're one of those?

    Nick Lowell: One of what?

    Anthony Panetti: I got a deal with the United States Army. Your fucking country gives me metal at two cents a cubic yard. Do you know where they get this metal from? Any idea? They get it from breaking down war machines that these fucking Nips built to sneak attack us! So excuse me if they gotta buy it back from me cheap. Now, I don't know if you're banging some slanty-eyed broad and you're getting all gooked-out and sympathetic, but that's the way it is.

    Nick Lowell: That's the way it is?

    Anthony Panetti: That's the way it is. And now, you can get the fuck out of my office.