I don't agree with some people who say that Ryunosuke is a bloodthirsty murderer who wants to take people's lives.
The old man begged for death a moment ago, and Ryunosuke appeared a moment later to kill him.
Said Ryunosuke killed indiscriminately, yes. But I feel more like an apparition.
It's okay to say that Ryunosuke is trying a knife. But he didn't move.
It is said that Ryunosuke is bloodthirsty, but he did not kill innocent people indiscriminately. No one has been killed since then.
And to say that he is so cruel, his swordsmanship is extremely insidious. However, as the "East meets West" film reviewer said, I only saw quietness and humility in his swordsmanship.
What's more, the sword is a weapon, and swordsmanship is a killing technique.
Toranosuke's rhetoric that the sword is tied to the good and evil of human nature only made me think that it was an old monk preaching, but Ryunosuke was shaken and felt that his evil was born from his heart, and he used an evil sword.
In some Japanese films and literary works, the samurai sword is always associated with the samurai itself, and it is believed that what kind of person can use what kind of sword, is it wrong from the beginning of the cause and effect.
From the moment you define the sword, it has lost its meaning.
The last part of the film is really wonderful, as the thief said, he looks like he came from hell, like a demon, beheading gods, beheading ghosts, beheading people.
The swordsmanship danced to the extreme.
It is said that Ryunosuke was finally trapped by his inner demon, and he has fallen into the devil's way, and he looks like a madman. He was influenced by Toranosuke's words to "Dao Xin", which I agree with.
But I think this is what his sword really looks like. His "ken heart" is still there.
Not moved by good, not moved by evil, not influenced or dominated by anything. He does whatever the sword is used for.
I think this is what a real samurai looks like.
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