"Belly Cut"

Marcellus 2021-12-22 08:01:08

The shogunate dramas of the 1960s were like Hollywood black films of the 1940s and 50s. They created a complete set of general styles with extremely high aesthetics, ranging from black and white photography buildings with costume modeling performances to Takemitsu's drawing of dragons. Although the director can inject his own thought and style into it, it is really difficult to force the program to stand out. This is also one of the reasons why Schizophrenia is highly praised, and its bean score is even 0.1% higher than that of the Seven Samurai, but Kobayashi Masaki cannot stand shoulder to shoulder with Kurosawa Akira. I personally appreciate the structure and suspense of the film: the two stories of Weng-in-law are cross-stacked, making the three top buns and two bamboo swords play a strong narrative! The former criticized hypocrisy and led to a decisive battle, while the latter was not out of cowardice. But the "Miemen" segment is weak. Arguing the wisdom of the elders with tongues, taking the martial arts of the masters and topping the buns, how could it be possible for the weak son-in-law to handle the big event of the female vomiting blood and the grandson with a high fever? After all, starvation is a matter of life and death, not more than a feudal lord forced to marry. Tsumoun’s modeling is a bit out of touch here, a bit in order to sell miserables, slightly inferior to Kobayashi's other samurai rebellion against the life-threatening sword Sasahara Issaburo.

Maudie 2022-04-24 07:01:14

9/10. The opening commentary of the film: a pair of samurai armor decorated with white beards appears in the smoke. The opening gong music faintly implies that Bushido, like the armor on the ancestral altar, has long lost its original meaning. The sacred object was held high above the head and fell down with great effort, and the vanity of the samurai of an era officially ended; even more ironically, in another space where Jinyun and the retainers of the Ii family were fighting, the old man ordered the beheaded retainers to be treated as sick and dead. The value is only to maintain the hypocrisy of the ruling class; the classical narrative and audio-visual rhythm adopted by Kobayashi Masaki are extremely painful and penetrating, and the camera slowly advances from behind Jin Yun, who is sitting in the courtyard, and there is a sense of tension in seeking the truth. For the solo duel, I chose the narrow and deep streets, the close-up of the statues in the temple, and the wilderness passing by the cemetery, especially the scene in the wilderness. The action omits the process of fighting and cutting off the opponent's bun, and the camera is aimed at the messy people in the strong wind. Weeds, the breath of death rushed towards the face, which sublimated the excitement of the emotions, both of them raised their swords high after a move, Jin Yun also clenched his fists and crossed his chest, the sadness of the times!