The screenwriter added the role of "mixed blood" played by Keanu Reeves in the original "Genlu Ako Incident", and throughout the story, unabashedly used the wretched, Insidious and cowardly to set off the "white men" tall, just, brave, other male images are generally castrated, become flat, symbolic.
As an important representative of oriental world culture, there are many excellent works of Japanese literature and art that shape male beauty, and the unique aesthetic experience of neutrality, loneliness, morbidity and incompleteness highlights the characteristics of oriental men that distinguish them from western men. This kind of orientation can be experienced in "Forbidden Colors" and "Offerings for Nothingness", and it can also be experienced in "4.6 Billion Years of Love" and "The Imperial Law", but in this 47 Ronin, it is completely different. Can't feel it.
With the shift in the focus of characterization, the story has also evolved from a traditional Japanese historical legend to a Hollywood-style grassroots hero counterattack. "Kay" was not even a samurai in the original team, and belonged to the least popular member. But in the end he was the centerpiece of the turnaround. In the film, Mika, played by Yuki Shibasaki, favors the mixed-race child, which also becomes a comment on the strength of white males.
All of the above have finally resulted in the film's background and scenery being drawn from traditional Japanese culture, but it doesn't feel any Japanese flavor at all.
There is a historical concept that Japan's ultimate rise as a modern country was to learn Western technology and culture after the Meiji Restoration. Regardless of whether this statement is one-sided or not, this film interprets this historical view in the form of art.
BTW: Actually, the one I want to complain about the most is Rinko Kikuchi, the eldest sister. Although the appearance of an actor is one aspect, temperament and acting skills are equally important, but for characters such as "Fox spirits" that have specific meanings in oriental culture, the image is still very important. The big face of this sister is still playing a fox spirit? It's almost like playing a pig demon. The strangest thing is that she always gets some less competent roles in major films, even in the Norwegian woods. I really want to know which big shot she was submerged by and can ruin two blockbusters in a row.
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