Today, let's talk about the movie "Kingdom: Ashin of the North".
The title of the film is Kingdom: Ashin of the North / Kingdom: Ashin-jeon (2021), alias Kingdom: Ashin Biography / Corpse War Korea: Yaxin Biography (Hong Kong/Taiwan) / Li Shi Korea: A Biography / Corpse War Korea: Prequel.
This film is a spin-off movie of the second season of the Korean zombie drama "Kingdom" produced by Netflix.
The protagonist of the story is Ashin, who was glimpsed at the end of the second season of "Kingdom", and the actor is Jun Zhixian, who is familiar to our audience.
There are two main functions of this film, the first is to introduce the background story of the mysterious character Ashin, and the second is to connect the second and third seasons of "Kingdom".
In the process of investigating the grass of life and death, Li Shizi met A Xin who was full of stories. When Li Shizi and others were still struggling to deal with the zombies, Ashin was already able to control the zombies freely.
This makes people curious about Ashin, who is this sassy girl so holy.
"Kingdom: Ashin of the North" is a few decades back in time. At that time, Ashin was still a naughty bear.
The tribe where Ashin lived was called the Fanhu tribe, and they were the branches of the Jurchen tribe in Korea. The Jurchens see them as traitors, and the North Koreans see them as alien pariahs. In short, the two sides of the Fan Hu clan were unflattering, and they lived a more miserable life.
There has always been a saying in North Korea: "If the Jurchen soldiers reach 10,000, they will be invincible." Therefore, they have always been on guard against the invasion of the Jurchen tribe, and even sacrificed others to maintain peace.
One day, a dozen people from the Jurchen tribe's Po Zhuwei broke into the four forbidden counties in North Korea, and the North Korean local officials, the Zhao clan, killed them all.
Dare to act, in order to avoid attracting more Bazhuwei people, the North Korean captain found the head of the Fanhu tribe, that is, Ashin's father, and asked him to be a spy to spread the news that the tiger killed the Bazhuwei people. At the same time, the North Korean captain also spread false news to the Bazhuwei people, blaming the Hubu of the Fan, causing the Bazhuwei general to slaughter the village of the Hubu.
The fateful Ashin escaped from Tu Village and survived in the North Korean military camp, and finally grew up.
She is determined to avenge her father and her family.
At first, she thought that the murderer was Po Zhuwei, but as her investigation deepened, she discovered the ins and outs of the whole thing, so she decided to take revenge on both Po Zhuwei and North Korea.
After all, Ashin is just a woman, and she is alone. She must not be reckless if she wants to eliminate the formed troops.
So Ashin chose to use the grass of life and death, directly attacking the military camp, and tempting the enemy to use it to cause civil strife, and the zombie tide spread in North Korea.
"Kingdom: Ashin of the North" aired after the second season of "Kingdom", and the plot content was before the entire "Kingdom" series.
From the film, we can find that the grass of life and death has existed since ancient times, and the ancients also clearly recorded that the resurrection of the dead requires a price. Resurrection from the dead is a very miraculous thing, and the price paid is naturally heavier.
Between revenge and destruction, Ashin resolutely chooses revenge. Her reason is very understandable. Since her clan and family are no longer there, why should she keep this world.
Many settings in the first two seasons of "Kingdom" have also been explained, such as the cause of the old king's zombie transformation, and the old doctor's understanding of life and death grass, all explained here. Therefore, if you want to watch the third season of "Kingdom", it is necessary to make up for this film.
Compared with the same type of zombie drama "The Walking Dead", Ashin is very similar to a mixture of Miqiong and the farmer Herschel.
The more twisted it is, the more it can express the entanglement of human nature in the character.
She can control the zombie group more skillfully and use the physiological characteristics of the zombies to achieve her own goals; she is also reluctant to part with her family, knowing that the resurrected zombies are not human, but she cannot part with them.
The zombie drama was filmed for a period of time, and the main plot revolved around human battles.
Zombies have strong vitality, but after all, they have no intelligence. Humans can build a perpetual motion machine by catching a few zombies, and they will never lose.
On the contrary, the battle between the survivors directly determines who will be the master after the ruins, and neither side will be careless. The final destination of "Kingdom" is also the battle for the throne. No matter how many background stories "Kingdom: Ashin of the North" tells, they can only be background stories and become footnotes for the real protagonists.
Blind guess a wave of follow-up plots:
1. Maybe Ashin will choose to help Li Shizi to achieve a win-win situation after understanding Li Shizi's concept of governing the country.
2. At the end of the film, Ashin meets with the Jurchen leader, and it is very likely that some kind of agreement has been reached. Ashin may also take the opportunity to spread life and death grass to the Jurchen, but the spread was unsuccessful.
The origin of the whole series,
Vengeful Valkyrie.
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