7.9
It is an almost perfect film in form, a collection of statues, paintings, architecture and poetry, dance, and music. In particular, I don't think there is any problem with oral history of uncontroversial personal history. After all, one of the key points in the script is Jingyi's family letter, that is, the difference between the history narrated by the princes and personal memory; it is just that the same stage and the same ceremony are different in different seasons. The return of the characters shows the difference in narrative perspective, which is very successful. When Qian Qianyan begged for a daughter to come, she was narrated and represented as a group of people working together to fight against the liar. When Tsugumo Hanshiro came, he was alone against the entire machine. The difference between fact and illusion comes from "Rashomon", and the difference between life and death comes from "Seven Samurai". Hashimoto Shinobu said that he is only interested in the action of cutting the abdomen. The samurai felt that the soul of a person resided in the belly. When they felt it was necessary to show their soul, they cut the belly and cut it longitudinally or transversely. The transverse cut could not directly open the mouth from left to right, and the intestines would fall out and twist in the middle. The blade goes up again, this technique. During the first slashing process, the center of gravity is stretched forward and downward, and the neck will stick out. A friend or trusted retainer will immediately make a slash and cut off the head of the abdominal slicing. Jiecuo people need to be masters of swordsmanship, because the head and neck cannot be completely cut off when beheading, and there is still a trace of involvement. After a long time, he turned the action into a picture, a samurai sitting alone.
Is the so-called bravery our imagination of bravery? Even when Jinyun Hanshiro was at his poorest, he never thought of selling his saber, but Qian Qianyan thought of it when he begged for a daughter. After that, he could take a step back and use the "cut belly", which symbolizes the reputation of the samurai, as an excuse to cheat money, and toss out the part about obeying the order "loyalty". In terms of "righteousness" alone, this story even shows the internal paradox of the samurai spirit. In fact, in extreme cases, you have to give up your samurai identity in order to achieve samurai spirit. Same as listening to 2PAC not long ago, he said I never kill, but don't "Push me to the limit".
But in any case, Qian Qianyan's imagination of begging for a daughter has not gone further. He still only gave up his status as a samurai with his own knowledge, and he was still unwilling to give up the form of dying as a samurai. What if he told everything, "I'm here to cheat money. The baby and wife at home are seriously ill and have no money for medical treatment. Please give me some money. I am willing to give up my status as a samurai, because I gave up long ago"? After all, this is what he was supposed to do under his lie, and this is his truth.
It's still a matter of dignity. Even though his so-called samurai reputation has been eroded as early as the bamboo sword, he still has to carry out what a samurai should do with the thick skin. Never admit that you lied, just like never admit that you farted when you go out. At the moment of thinking about myself like this, I probably don't have time to take care of my family. Can't I imagine that if I don't go back this trip, I'll be disobedient to my family -- that father-in-law who will never lie can't raise money, orphans, widows and mothers are in bed, To die because of him.
The Jingyi family already had a premonition that he was here to cheat money. After the news of his death, his father-in-law would also know that he was here to cheat money. What was the secret he kept at the scene and the reputation he maintained? Holding his own bamboo knife and hoping that Jiecuo would behead him quickly, is this the only way to go? At this time, if you don't speak up, the Jingyi family will definitely not give you money. If you speak up at this time, whether to give you money or not to force you to die, the original countermeasure problem for the werewolves to spread their family wealth has become Regarding the human nature and conscience of the Jingyi family, even if he still doesn't give you money, you have done your best.
Of course this is a stupid question, not a bad one. Qian Qianyan's daughter is of course a kind person, Jinyun Hanshiro is also a kind person, and even the old Ii family may be, but kindness does not mean unselfish. In the end, Qian Qianyan asked for her daughter to die for herself as a samurai, refusing to confess her lies; and Jinyun Hanshiro also came to the Ii family to kill and kill in order to express the anger and anger in his chest. Is the Ii family really that bad? It is necessary to maintain the reputation of the family and prevent the family's wealth from being wiped out. The biggest sin is ignorance, and this ignorance is precisely the credit of Qian Qianyan's daughter.
It is a good thing that the statue of the ancestors of the Ii family was thrown, and the appearance of the musket may also be a good thing. The occurrence of this tragedy seems to be that the current new era cannot accommodate the people of the old era, but in fact the people of the old era are trapped in their own illusory symbolic rules. You must have dignity, you must not admit to lying, you must abide by the ritual regulations of the belly cut, and you must abide by the social expectations of this old era. It's not the musket that kills, but the ancestors he threw away, the feudal ethics. Therefore, the biggest difference between this story and those swords and halberd films is that it is not sighing "how come there are no people with the spirit of samurai in this era?", but sighing "the one who really killed a samurai is you The so-called samurai spirit that we hold fast." That's probably one of the reasons why "Kiryu" is unique and great in the history of samurai movies.
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