Since the 1950s and 1960s, Japanese samurai movies can be described as brilliant, with countless masterpieces. The film master Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" is still a recognized classic, and even American directors have filmed "The Last Samurai" to Japan. samurai spirit salute. "The Thirteen Assassins", released in 1963, is a period drama masterpiece in Japanese film history. The film was directed by Eiichi Kudo, the famous director of the golden age of period dramas. The plot of the film is not complicated, it is nothing more than the main theme of the righteous man who killed the tyrant. After nearly half a century, two gold-medal producers Ze Minming and Jeremy Thomas of "The Last Emperor" in "The Undertaker" teamed up to remake the classic old film and launched a new version of "Thirteen Assassins", while The director is Takashi Miike, a master of Japanese CULT films. Miike is a famous cult director in Japan. "Killer Aichi" is one of our well-known representative works. He inherited the mantle of "inhuman violence". , so ruthless that he often regards human flesh and blood as metal or no different from pigs and dogs. Miike was deeply touched by the enthusiasm of the old version of Thirteen Assassins. He declared that he would revive the Japanese movies of the golden age, contrary to the current trend of Japanese film industry that only seeks the box office. Miike, who has always played cards unreasonably, said that he will try his best to reduce the involvement of CG, and use old-fashioned methods to create an orthodox period drama entertainment masterpiece. The cast of this film brings together many powerful stars in the Japanese entertainment industry, and it is absolutely gorgeous for fans who like serious dramas. The leader of the Thirteen Assassins is played by Koji Yakusho, a representative figure in the Japanese film industry. With delicate acting skills and a wide range of dramas, he has been nominated for the best actor in the Japanese Academy of Sciences for seven consecutive times, among which he won twice for his masterpieces "Talking About Love, Dancing" and "Eel". In recent years, the yakusuo has starred in international blockbusters such as "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Babel Tower", and has also won a lot of popularity overseas. With him leading the assassins, it is absolutely unstoppable. In addition, the villain in the film is also quite interesting. The leader of the guards of the Akashi clan is played by Masaaki Ichimura, an old drama who has won a purple ribbon, and he has a tense confrontation with Koji Yakusho. In the film, the role of the feudal lord of Ming Canishi is SMAP's Goro Inagaki. Inagaki confessed that he was taken aback when he received the film appointment. This was his first time playing a terribly bad tyrant. The evil version of Inagaki Goro is also a major attraction of this film. Compared with the old version, the new version of the final climactic melee has a large-scale upgrade. The comparison of the numbers of the two sides has become thirteen to three hundred. The entire battle scene lasted for fifty minutes, and the climaxes were repeated and magnificent, which was absolutely enjoyable. The entire film is 126 minutes long, with 76 minutes of foreshadowing before the climax. The film is controlled by the director like a slow fire. Although the pace is slow, the cause, recruitment and preparation process before the assassination are described in detail. It seems a little procrastinated, but this just reflects the director's strong control and conception, for the arrival of the final climax. It has created a good foundation for the mood and atmosphere of the film, which also enables the final martial arts drama to have more explosive effects, triggering the best experience and shock for the audience. In the new version, although the director tried his best to return to traditional methods, it is said that a large number of explosion scenes used original methods without using CG effects. At the same time, he also added some of Miike's own characteristics and understanding, such as the abnormal state of existence of the evil lord, as a samurai. The core spirit, the immortal and highly sexual man Kiga, etc., but from the perspective of ideological height and human nature analysis, this work by Miike still cannot be compared with the classic work "Seven Samurai". However, for a long time, Miike has been a director who dared to return to traditional films. The pure Japanese samurai spirit reflected in the film through rigorous props, costumes, and dialogue makes people feel passionate and bloody. This also seems to be a provocation by Japanese directors to Hollywood's big-budget movies that use high-lifting, gunpowder flying, big muscles, machine gun bombs such as toys, and CG. Compared with the hustle and bustle and chaos that are rife now, such a movie that is completely expressed with cold weapons and simple plots is equally heartwarming and even more awe-inspiring. The provocation of making a movie. Compared with the hustle and bustle and chaos that are rife now, such a movie that is completely expressed with cold weapons and simple plots is equally heartwarming and even more awe-inspiring. The provocation of making a movie. Compared with the hustle and bustle and chaos that are rife now, such a movie that is completely expressed with cold weapons and simple plots is equally heartwarming and even more awe-inspiring.
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