"Spider's Nest City" is not his best movie. As far as I am concerned, it is my favorite. His films are "Rashomon" and "Shadow Warrior", but the director can adapt Shakespeare's "Macbeth" like this, which also shows the depth of his skill. The story tells that two generals of the Spider Nest City, Washizu and Miki, encounter a witch in the mist of the Spider's Hand Forest. The latter tells some of their future fates, including that Washu will become the city lord of Spider's Nest, and Miki's The son will become the next master, and the witch first said what would happen immediately after they returned to the city as a bait to build their trust. Sure enough, as the witch said, the two returned to the city and immediately received an increase of officials and nobility. , So the small ambition began to expand. At first, Washizu was still very cautious and did not dare to do any rebellious act of murdering the master, but his wife Asakusa kept warming up this ambition by the side, and encouraged him to continue to the prophecy Going forward in the direction pointed to, finally, under the pressure of "prophecy", Washatsu killed his master and successfully ascended the position of the castle lord, but the problem immediately appeared in front of him, Miki's son will be the next one. The city lord, Washuzu originally wanted to pass the throne to the son of Miki, but his wife Asakusa still dissuaded him and killed them to avoid future troubles. Sure enough, a few years later, Mikiko led the army to crusade the spider nest city, and the helpless Washu had to go to the forest to find the witch again, hoping to get a revelation about the fate. Knowing that the prophecy changed, in the end, Washatsu was shot and killed by the betrayed soldiers, and the spider nest city eventually fell into the hands of others.
In fact, knowing the prophecy of the future does not know whether it is a good thing or the opposite. The prophecy and the future are the unsolved puzzle of "which came first, the chicken or the egg". Of course, we believe that women also play a big role in it, Washatsu Even if he has ambitions, he will not believe that the prophecy is so deep, and the act of killing the Lord, the woman's incitement makes this tragedy happen faster. Miki's role is a little lighter in it, and the story still revolves around the step-by-step development of Washatsu, played by Toshiro Mifune, into the abyss of tragedy.
Imagine if you heard a fortune teller about the future one day, would you believe it?
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