In fact, the film has a bit of metaphysical color from the beginning, mainly because the old man's words are relatively mysterious. In the end, the film is wrapping a less brutal Japanese samurai with a low-level story. I feel that the fate of this samurai is not good, and it is aggressive. It is not disappointing, but it still has a cruel heart. It's a pity that the film did not use more shots and details to support the kind of weirdness and cruelty that it should have. In addition, the story happened in a distant ancient times, and it seems very strange to modern people.
The theme of the film also seems vague, and it ends with the samurai seeing the granddaughter of the old man he killed and, for some reason, going mad, to the end. The subtext seems to say that this samurai's life ended like this.
If it is a psychological film or a biopic about a personal journey, it is still a bit shallow. The only bright spot seems to be the depressing Japanese ballads and those samurai fighting scenes like those in a fighting game.
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