When false is true, true is false.

Katrine 2022-03-22 09:02:22

Takeda Shingen, a famous military strategist, strategist and statesman of the Jiafei Kingdom during the Warring States Period in Japan. Familiar with the art of war, he is known as the first warlord of the Warring States Period in Japan, and some people call him "Japanese Cao Cao". Xinxuan is familiar with China's "Sun Tzu's Art of War", and has a unique opinion on the "Feng Lin Huo" in "Army War Chapter". Fenglin Volcano means: Therefore, it is as swift as the wind, as gentle as a forest, invaded as a fire, motionless as a mountain, difficult to know as Yin, and moved as a thunderstorm. Shingen's insights into Furin Volcano led him to enter the capital of Kyoto. Just when Shingen was one step away from Kyoto, he accidentally killed Shinano Komaba. The 53-year-old Shingen said that he would not be mourned for three years. Starting from this incident, Akira Kurosawa created the classic "Shadow Warrior". A thief who looks exactly like Shingen became Shingen's shadow warrior. After Shingen's death, he pretended to be Shingen, thereby confusing his opponents Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Who would have thought that the three years of secrecy and mourning are coming to an end. Under the circumstance that everyone is confused, only Xinxuan's former mount can distinguish the true from the false. After the exposure, the shadow warrior was expelled, and Xinxuan's son Shenglai succeeded and immediately sent troops to attack Nobunaga with home health. The unmoving mountain moved, and the generals of the three armies, Feng Lin Huo, all had a hunch that the Takeda family was exhausted, and they would also lose their lives on the battlefield. In the battle of Nagashino, the Nobunaga family's allied forces were defeated by Shenglai, and the vitality of the Takeda family was greatly damaged, which accelerated the demise of the family. The film creates a strong sense of atmosphere, there is no large-scale fighting scene, and the characters and scene changes are used to express the tragic battle of Changxiao. The sense of music and the lens complement each other, and the framing and light and shadow are too comfortable. Facing the bloody Changxiao battlefield, the expelled Shadow Warrior was extremely sad. At that moment, it seemed that Xinxuan possessed a body. He raised his spear and faced the corpses everywhere and the strong enemy in front. He dedicated his last efforts to Xinxuan, In the end, it passed by the riverside with the Fenglin Volcano Flag. "Shadow Warrior" perfectly interprets the concept of shadow, a doomed tragedy, just using shadow to delay time. Gradually, the shadow is no longer like a shadow. He forgets his own thoughts, no longer understands who he is, and even thinks that he is the real body. In the long shot of the prologue, the three of them could hardly see you and me, Takeda Nobuyuki (Xinxuan's younger brother, who once also worked as a shadow warrior of Shingen), Takeda Shingen, and shadow warrior sat in order. The place is impressed, and it can be seen that Xinxuan is full of charm, domineering and stable. In the later battle of Gaotian Divine City, the shadow warriors sat in the middle army, first from being in a panic, and then sitting firmly in the middle army, and gradually had a few Xinxuan temperament. However, a shadow is a shadow after all, and it can never be separated from people and exist independently, but I don't know how many years this shadow has wandered in the world after people left.

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  • Jessyca 2022-03-21 09:02:39

    Slightly inferior to "Chaos", but still shocking. The shadow warrior, who was originally a poor civilian, was forced to steal for his livelihood. He did not belong to the war at all, just like the impact of the war itself on the world, and this was vividly interpreted by the great Tatsuya Nakadai. Akira Kurosawa's multi-layered war scenes are extremely powerful, full of supreme ritual and artistic sense, and the ending is majestic and chilling.

  • Luther 2022-03-24 09:02:51

    There is a passage in the movie that I like very much: grandson asks grandpa why are you called a mountain? The attendant responded to the lord's banner, which read "Fast as the wind, gentle as the forest, plundering like fire, immovable like a mountain. The lord is the mountain. In war, he is in command. In Taiping, he will stand like a mountain in the house." Kurosawa is very Love the use of contrasting bright colors in movies. Zhang Yimou's film style is deeply influenced by Akira Kurosawa. The new film "Shadow" is said to have a deep connection with this one. Long Keiichiro wrote "Shadow Warrior", which opened a big brain hole, saying that Tokugawa Ieyasu was assassinated as early as the Battle of Sekigahara, and later about his history, it was just a stand-in who imitated him according to his character. Just act. Although it is only a novelist's words, it is a good thinking angle. If everything that happens in the future will be summed up in the name of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Tokugawa Ieyasu is not just a person, but has become the general bearer of history.

Kagemusha quotes

  • [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.

  • Nobukado Takeda: The shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.