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The calm Takashi Miike, the same blood
Wallace 2022-03-23 09:02:27
Most of the Japanese action movies I watched in the past were made for visual stimulation, but this film does show the theme of justice clearly and successfully. It is basically the plot of a righteous man killing a tyrant, but the way the director speaks the story is more extreme. He uses a cruel but calm narrative to describe the tyrant's crimes, and then asks the protagonist to justly and lovingly express that he wants to kill the people. This process slows the audience down. Slowly understand the spirit of Bushido, to put it bluntly, the warrior goes all the way to the black. In the end, a 50-minute duel was used to strengthen the audience's understanding of Bushido with 13 people against 300 people. The real samurai is righteous and brave, and uses their lives to defend their beliefs. Director Takashi Miike has also lowered his mood. Unlike previous movies that were full of blood and madness from beginning to end, the tone of the whole movie was controlled very calmly. Even in the final decisive battle, the samurai were in a brutal fight. Plan your actions. The protagonist of the movie, Koji Yakusuo, has the calmness of a middle-aged man. It can be said that his aura infects the whole movie. His firm, wise and righteous eyes, and the tears of pity for the common people, always affect the tone of the whole movie. , It can be said that in this film, Koji Yakusho is to Takashi Miike, just like Toshiro Mifune was to Akira Kurosawa, the film will be changed if any one of the two is missing.
Extended Reading
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Shinzaemon Shimada: He who values his life dies a dog's death.
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Saheita Kuranaga: I presume you are the Akashi entourage of Lord Naritsugu. By the order of His Shogun's subject Shinzaemon, we commemorate your passage with arrows!