Prophecy and the misfortune of the women around you

Fletcher 2022-03-21 09:02:10

In the works of the master's practice in the early years, the theme of the story is also relatively direct - those who are greedy for profit and idealists violate the common sense of heaven and will eventually be abandoned by humans and gods. The key lies in the prophecy given by the male protagonist, Washizu, who met the monster in the jungle outside the Spider City. Whether it was manpower forced the prophecy to come true, or the prophecy did point out the future, which is like fortune-telling, how many people are Taking the facts to explain the hexagram, or the storyline of the hexagram really verifies the previous organization, anyway, as long as it is believed, then there is. In addition, Washatsu's wife is really ruthless, and there is a shadow of the elder sister-in-law in "Ran" in the later period. Akira Kurosawa doesn't seem to like women's suggestions and tricks for war, and the people's backs are evil and vicious. Although it's a black and white film, I think with Akira Kurosawa's usual generosity, he may have really built a city for this drama.

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  • Clementine 2022-03-25 09:01:10

    Akira Kurosawa split the complex and ambiguous image of Macbeth, and Washatsu was only the skeleton of it—the blurred struggle was erased and a pure and simple traction was left, while Asakusa and Youkai served as the other two aspects of image construction— Both Asakusa and youkai are the driving forces behind Washatsu's actions: the early performance of Mrs. Macbeth in Shakespeare's play is just a whitewashing of Macbeth's evil (of course, the image of Mrs. Macbeth is far more complicated than Asakusa, and Akira Kurosawa simplifies it again); It cannot be compared with the witch with the blessing of Hecate, so the destiny of the prophecy is weakened. But Washatsu-Asakusa-yokai is not simply the same as Macbeth, Washatsu is pulled out by itself for Kurosawa Akira's reconstruction of the fable: the duality of the human heart and evil. Washatsu was thrown into the Shura field of inner trials many times to fight against "evil", but he was always tempted to slip into depravity, and the last ten thousand arrows pierced the heart is also a sad song of human destiny. At the beginning, I always thought that Shakespeare's drama would be difficult to play, but it didn't take long for it to be immersed, and my heartbeat accelerated to the last second. "Don't you see, the city of delusion is still there, and the soul is still in it, obsessed with the way of Asura, the same from ancient times to the present."

  • Brook 2021-12-22 08:01:06

    Mifune's acting likes to blow his beard and stare, which is really unique! 2019.4.20 North Film Festival film.

Throne of Blood quotes

  • Lady Asaji Washizu: I did not stain my hands with blood to forward Yoshiteru, Miki's son.

  • Old Samurai Entertainer: [singing] All of you wicked, listen while I tell of a man, vain, Guileful, vile, Who through ambitious, insolent, Could not escape his punishment.

    Taketori Washizu: Stop the dance!