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Ernie 2022-04-19 09:02:45

It was two weeks ago when I watched "The Imperial Law". The ending scene of the film was: Under the cold moonlit night, a cherry blossom tree that was blooming to the fullest was cut off by a samurai with a knife, and then slowly fell down.

This scene is still clearly emerging in front of my eyes... When I was sighing that such beauty was almost charming, the film stopped abruptly, leaving a fainted me.

In my opinion, the style of the whole film is elegant and beautiful, with a bit of blandness in the middle. For example, the way of punching screen subtitles is often used to replace the narration, or the long push shots are used to create an ambiguous style, which seems to have a bit of mystery. the taste of. Just like the beautiful boy in this film - Kanai. However, in addition to being immersed in this visual sensual beauty, there is nothing more worthy of my appreciation and aftertaste in this film.

The title of "Yu Fadu", "Yu" is an honorific and meaningless, and the law is taboo, forbidden, so is this film just about telling a story about "sin"? The Shinsengumi was destroyed due to the intervention of a man? Is he trying to explain how vulnerable the Shinsengumi is? If he wants to illustrate such a truth through Kanai's story, it is really difficult for people to understand.

If it refers to same-sex love in the film, it's a sin...? It is also incomprehensible. At the end, Okita tells a beautiful story of same-sex love, but he also said that he hates such stories. If we regard the whole film as a story that Kana asks Okita to fail, then there is still a little to say. In the past, just have to admit: too obscure.

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  • Edwardo 2022-01-23 08:03:10

    When Wang Fulin chose Ouyang Fenqiang to play Jia Baoyu, what did he value? It's nothing more than his baby face that wanders between the two impressions of adults and children. Kana Sosaburo, a character who is extremely Japanese-style aesthetics, can't be played by anyone except the chosen one. So I can tolerate Kitano Takeshi's earthwork, Choi Yoichi's Kato, but I can never endure Matsuda's Ghana. God can't look down on you, it's futile no matter how you struggle.

  • Al 2022-03-19 09:01:09

    In the end, Ghana died at the hands of Okita Souji, instead of being killed by other people. Is it because Ghana likes Okita, or Okita is the most beautiful? I have already seen Okita’s idol + strength in the new writers group. This movie once again strengthened my image of Okita as the number one beautiful man in Japan. Shinji Takeda played very well, worthy of the Japanese generation of monsters~~~