Poetry in "Shadow Warrior"

Michelle 2022-03-21 09:02:39

The four major families of Fenglin and Volcano are represented by four colors respectively. The magnificent war scenes are matched with the use of colors, which makes the picture very epic. The colorful phalanxes in "The Great Wall" are obviously used in the east. There is a difference between borrowing and imitating. "The Great Wall" and "Shadow" have no bottom line to some extent.

The colorful and depressing scenes in the avatar's dream show the sense of detachment and the complexity of the mind. The reflection on the water surface even hints at the illusory in the avatar. The avatar stepped into the water but was entangled in the mud.

Akira Kurosawa's extreme use of color sets off a strong and powerful sense of ritual, and he has to show reverence for the grand epic, and also lays the base color of the film's tragic in the bright red and black atmosphere. For audiences who are not familiar with Japan's Warring States period, with Akira Kurosawa's excellent expression through the characters, a historical picture was rolled out for the audience in a short time, and then a three-hour performance was performed. In the middle of the story, the ups and downs and the humanistic feelings highlighted by fate, when learning the news of Shingen's death, Oda Nobunaga also expressed his regret for the deceased who had a glorious life. The whole article stands in the perspective of the torrent of human history, and "Shadow" gives the opposite relationship between black and white, but it seems that the pattern is not enough.

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Kagemusha quotes

  • Nobukado Takeda: I know it is difficult. I was for a long time the lord's double. It was torture. It is not easy to suppress yourself to become another. Often I wanted to be myself and free. But now I think this was selfish of me. The shadow of a man can never desert that man. I was my brother's shadow. Now that I have lost him, it is as though I am nothing.

  • [the double's aides are worried that others will find out he is an impostor]

    Masakage Yamagata: Little Takemaru was a problem, but the horse is worse. It can tell. Only the late lord could ride it.

    Nobufusa Baba: If the double falls off, everyone will suspect.

    Nobukado Takeda: Lord Shingen has been ill. He must refrain from riding.

    Masakage Yamagata: Good idea.

    Masatane Hara: There are many other problems. We must be careful to keep the late lord's intentions.

    Katsusuke Atobe: Tonight he will have to meet the late lord's mistresses. How will he be with them?

    Masakage Yamagata: Our master has been ill. He must refrain from riding.