Akira Kurosawa Medal Project—The Dramatic Conflict of "Tsubaki Juro" is the Propeller of the Movement

Scotty 2022-03-21 09:02:38

"Tsubaki Sanjiro" is a companion piece to Akira Kurosawa's film "The Stick with Your Heart". The two works are similar in style, both are samurai movies with Akira Kurosawa's style. The film has a clear standpoint of good and evil, and both art and entertainment are of far-reaching significance.

Movement is what keeps the film alive. Without movement, the film will die. In the film, why did Akira Kurosawa firmly grasp the audience's attention and make the audience eagerly look forward to the following plot? It is the use of conflict.

Conflict in space, in this film, in order to save the general manager, Tsubaki Sanjiro and the nine samurai set the revolutionary base next to the lieutenant Kuroto's house, and there is only a wall between them and the enemy. The setting in space makes this film have a deeper conflict. Sex, through the contradiction of space, let the audience imagine a series of stories, will it reveal the location, will the plan go bankrupt, and the conflict of space makes the film full of compactness.

The conflict of the plot, this film has always been a duel between the two sides, there is a feeling of Wolong vs Sima, and the duel in terms of strategy is very addicting. Secondly, it is one of Kurosawa Akira's favorite methods to generate dramatic conflicts from within the group. Like yin and yang, the yin has the same origin, and the yin has the yang and the yin. Because of the uncertain factors, there are those who trust him and those who doubt him. In this film, Tsubaki Sanjirou alone enters the enemy line to spy on the military situation, but the fire breaks out in the rear. The two camps of suspicion and trust change the plan. Let the film reach its climax.

The final dramatic betrayal is also ingenious. After learning that there is no plan negligence on the second floor of Guangming Temple, the uncertainty of the plan may be the most imaginative.

In the end, the duel between Nakadai and Mifune is also blood-sucking. The samurai is full of cult style, and the naked eye can't catch it at all. It may be the result of a lot of hard work. wishes.

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Sanjuro quotes

  • Sanjûrô Tsubaki: He was just like me. A drawn sword that wouldn't stay in its sheath. But, you know, the lady was right. The best sword is kept in its sheath. You'd better stay in yours.

  • Sanjûrô Tsubaki: You tired of being stupid yet?