Does anyone remember this

Novella 2022-03-22 09:02:22

The 1993 theatrical version, Kawajiri Yoshiaki's most outstanding film, is even worse than the famous "Vampire Hunter D".
After reading it, I suddenly felt that Kawajiri Yoshiaki was actually a fan of Yamada Futaro from the bottom of his heart, just like himself. The protagonist of the beast soldier, "じゅうべえ (Juubei)", maybe in Kawajiri Yoshiaki's mind, he wants to read him as "Ten soldier guards".
The reason why I am so keen on this type of film is that if I go back to the source, it was the "Saomi Hachiken Biography" that was broadcast on cable TV in junior high school. At that time, such films were extremely rare. Among them, the heroine Jing Ji is played by Yakushi Maru Hiroko (薬SHI Maru ひろ子, Gemini on June 9, 1964), which is still fresh in my memory. I was really fascinated by her at that time. I remember the "W の Tragedy" on TV was repeated Look again. Now that I'm older, I don't come out and act often, and I've only seen it in "One Litre of Tears" recently. In addition to Asano Atsuko, I liked Japanese actresses the most when I was a child. I was also very impressed by Natsuki Mauri, another female warrior who played "Li" - my sister-in-law tendencies may have started at that time.
I didn't pay much attention to the male protagonist Hiroyuki Sanada (Libra on October 12, 1960), but now, because of the well-known "blood case caused by a steamed bun", everyone knows about the "Squad Leader Sanada". , his and Miyazawa Rie's "The Qinghei of Dusk" is really a classic.
Chiba Shinichi (January 23, 1939, Aquarius) played the loyal dog in "The Legend of the Eight Dogs", and the familiarity with him in China is still from the hero in "The Wind and Clouds Dominate the World". Chiba established the JAC Production Company in 1970, and both Pharmacist Maru Hiroko and Sanada Hiroyuki are popular under its banner. At the age of 70 this year, he announced his retirement from the film industry on July 16, 2007. The NHK big river drama "Fenglin Volcano" is his last work. In my mind, he is forever "Yagyu Jubei". (The representative works are "Devil Reincarnation" and "The Conspiracy of the Yagyu Family" directed by Fukasaku Shinji)

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Ninja Scroll quotes

  • Jubei: Gemma! Did you miss the flames of hell? Is that why you came here?

    Lord Himuro Gemma: So it's you, Jubei. I should've finished you off myself when I had the opportunity.

    Jubei: I thought rats usually leave a sinking ship.

    Lord Himuro Gemma: Heh! I suppose you want to avenge that ninja girl, Kagero. She's nothing compared to what I'm going to lose with this ship.

    Jubei: Prepare to lose your life as well!

  • Jubei: [awakens] Uh! Gemma...!

    [winces and nurses his injured arm]

    Kagero: I'm sorry.

    Jubei: Forget about it. Haven't the retainers of the castle taken some action yet?

    Kagero: They've had two hours.

    Jubei: Hmm. I see.

    Kagero: You knew it was a trap, and yet you still came to rescue me. Why did you do that? Why risk your life to save me?

    Jubei: Because we're comrades.

    Kagero: Comrades?

    Jubei: Why not? We've helped each other out many times since we met yesterday. You're my comrade.

    [Jubei gets up to leave. Kagero follows him]

    Jubei: Stay here. The Mochizuki clan has already backed out of this. You mission here is completed.

    Kagero: I'm not done yet. I still have a debt that I owe to you.

    Jubei: You can pay it back later.

    Jubei: Not if you're dead, ninja Jubei! I'll take care of this right now!

    [takes off her clothes]

    Jubei: What are you doing?

    Kagero: The old man told me how to do it - counteract the poison. "Kill poison with poison", he said. He said, if you make love to me, you'll be free from poison. Mine will destroy it... so you must take me now.

    [Jubei embraces Kagero, but leaves when he hears the Shogun of the Dark's ship nearby]

    Kagero: What are you doing? You'll die unless you take me! Why not? Wait, Jubei!

    [cries]