The first is the dialogue between Yuno (sorry I think Yuno is more in line with the original) and Lawrence about his own experience, mentioning that his companions all died in the 226 mutiny, and he narrowly escaped because he was sent to Manchuria 3 months before the mutiny. I've watched a lot of German and European WWII movies, and generally only the ones who make mistakes are expelled from the non-commissioned school or the local army alone. By analogy, Yono's experience of being excluded from the collective before 226 is very meaningful. My feeling is that Yono has always been a g, and has already had an admiration in the non-commissioned officer school (and possibly the imperial army). I checked the content of the 226 mutiny in 1936 in the Japanese wiki. About 20 people who were sentenced to death were the masterminds and main personnel of the mutiny. pregnancy. The age of the captain is about 30 years old, the age of the lieutenant is about 28 years old, and the age of the second lieutenant is about 24 years old. According to Yono, if all his companions were strangled, they should be the lieutenants of these military academies, the real elites of the Japanese army. There is no superfluous sentence in Yono's words in the movie. He said that he wanted to invite Lawrence and everyone to go under the cherry tree. Before saying the word "everyone", he wanted to say Jack, but he changed his mind, so in fact, he just wanted to invite Jack; for the same reason, he said His companions were all strangled, and he was currently in a state of waiting to die. It was likely that the death of a certain person had caused his heart to stagnate.
Look at his dispatch map again, the imperial capital - Manchuria - Java, the rank is still lieutenant, but the body is getting farther and farther away from the center of the empire, this is not the path of the imperial army elite. As a young army elite from aristocratic background, he has been demoted all the way since he entered the military academy, which is not normal. If the passage from Manchuria to Java can still be said to be implicated in the 226 Incident, then there is no reason for the relegation from the imperial capital to Manchuria. An officer like him who is both disciplined and excellent in business, there is little reason to be relegated. Yono is very calm and rational, only emotionally difficult to control (his feelings for the enemy can't overflow, let alone his own companions), so his only weakness is feelings. My brain hole is that his love for someone was discovered and he was secretly banished to Manchuria. It is also possible that someone sent him to Manchuria in the name of relegation in order to protect him from participating in the high-risk 226 mutiny. As a result, his life was saved, but the man himself died. (In the original book, he was finally relegated from the male prisoner camp to the female prisoner camp, indicating that the military has insight into his sexual orientation. In the movie, he was transferred on the day of the accident, which also has this meaning.)
However, no matter how attractive Yono's childhood sweetheart is . He, who is nothing but a soul imprisoner like Yono, can rival Jack, who is full of human brilliance. Therefore, as soon as Jack appeared, the stagnant water in Yono, which had been standing still for 6 years, was like encountering a typhoon of magnitude 12, and it was suddenly turned upside down.
The plot added by the movie deepened Yono's feelings and made his feelings more tragic. On his way to visit Jack, he encounters Jack taking Lawrence out of prison, trembling and saying "defeat me, you will be free" almost like a last word. Jack was all too familiar with his Apollo-like charm. This kind of person was not only accustomed to the constant attention of others, but also used this advantage to his own advantage. Before Yono said this sentence, he may only regard Yono as an ordinary member of his millions of fans, but after this sentence, plus Yono blocking the gun for him in front of his subordinates, he understands that Yono is right One's own feelings can sacrifice everything, whether it is life or honor. That night, Lawrence also relayed a word of Yono to Jack, which made Jack fully understand and accept Yono. The phrase is "he let me down". Disappointment comes only when there is hope. What can Yono expect from him? He would rather offend his superiors, trade death for his freedom, and disregard the honor of a samurai in front of his subordinates to block Jake, who escaped from prison, all to keep him alive. A day of freedom, and for this, Yono doesn't care about what he loses. After listening to this sentence, Jack began to dream, dreaming of the experience of betraying his younger brother when he was young, and the expression and back of his younger brother's disappointment and grievance (compared to Yono's almost crying expression and the back of blocking the gun).
In the final climax, the director changed the environment of Yono's collapse. Yono received an order from the superior to requisition the prisoners to repair the airport. At this time, if Yuno killed the prisoners on a large scale, it was equivalent to directly disobeying the superior's order. The Japanese military discipline was strict, and his behavior was tantamount to suicide. In the film, his spirit collapses under various stimuli, and his heart is completely occupied by the beast, but he also understands what he will face afterward - cutting himself to death - just like his companion 6 years ago. Before walking towards all the prisoners of war, there is a detail. Yuno opened the royal cigarette case, and none of the royal cigarettes inside had been touched. When he shivered and smoked one of them, he was ready to die (the 226 mutiny was to return the Initiated by the emperor, his companions revolted because of the emperor, and died because of the emperor. There is not a redundant scene in the movie, here is a close-up of the emperor's coat of arms). Yono's grief was sublimated by the director and screenwriter, which also reflected the significance of Jack's kiss in the back. Jack's kiss saved everyone's life, also saved Yono's life, and most importantly, prevented him from following the footsteps of his companions. Jack used his own sun god-like light to completely rescue Yono from the shadow of childhood sweethearts. In this sense, Yono was completely cut off from the past, and he was emotionally reborn. Jack has a supreme love, if not love, for him, just as the Lord has for mankind (the original title of the seed and the sower is what it means).
Yono didn't cut his belly because of this kiss, he was as smart as him, and his mind was completely connected with Jack's. He put on the hair that symbolized the soul of his lover, and respected his will to live on. So the movie omits the details of his abuse of female prisoners in the women's prison (really redundant, except to make him act more like a g).
In the movie, Yono was executed as a war criminal after the war, and their stories both ended after the war. This arrangement is more in line with the oriental plot. The original author, as a Westerner, let Yono grow old with longing for his lover, which is not in line with us. The habitual thinking of the East, not to mention that Jack has a nephew who looks very similar, this kind of potential age difference encounter is also difficult for us to accept.
As the film itself, the director strangely used two equally talented and beautiful young people of unknown sexuality to interpret this relationship. Do you want us to think that they have met in another time and space? Oriental romanticism is ubiquitous in this film. Although it backfired, the music master who swept the Oscars and Grammys just after his 30th year did not fall in love with the glamorous rock king but fell in love with his best friend, you can also use this life I am not me, nor are you you explain.
All in all, a very typical oriental film.
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