To commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, three "Macbeth" films were selected during the 40th Hong Kong Film Festival. "Macbeth," a short, but widely circulated script, depicts a life driven by ambition and desire, with endless cycles of betrayal and violence.
Akira Kurosawa is probably the Japanese director most keen to adapt a Western drama, and this film has been hailed as the most successful film version of Macbeth. Time and space moved to Japan's Warring States Period in the 15th and 16th centuries. Macbeth was Toshiro Mifune, the defender of Spider Nest City, who was instigated by his wife to kill the master and usurp the throne. A string of sad songs tells the historical prophecy of Spider City:
don't see you
The delusional city is still alive today
The soul is still in it
Obsessed with Asura
always the same
However, after Toshiro Mifune, who was prophesied by the mountain demon, gained power, it was painful. The conscience condemnation of killing the protagonist is only a small part, and more of it is the pain of facing fate. Riddles are a test of human cognitive ability, and prophecy is a test of human courage and ability. A man's struggle against prophecy is a struggle against fate.
There was a passage in the movie "Promise" that paid tribute to Akira Kurosawa. General Guangming met Manshen, which is consistent with the plot of Toshiro Mifune encountering a mountain demon in "Spider Nest City". Toshiro Mifune was lost in the woods, and Guangming was Lost in a banana forest.
It is based on Japanese Noh drama (mainly based on traditional Japanese literary works, supplemented by masks, costumes, props and dances in the form of performance), and the setting is simple and open. theatrical mask. The camera movement followed step by step, kimonos swirling, horses galloping arrows, and reference to ink painting, black volcanic ashes of Mount Fuji, contrasting with mountains and forests, emptiness and mystery, constitute a majestic tragedy of desire.
Akira Kurosawa is daring, using films to control oriental performances, interpreting western texts, and accomplishing a complete East-West transformation in terms of history, culture, and drama.
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