Many people have questions after watching the movie. For example, why did Ghana join the Shinsengumi? Who killed Yuzawa? What was Ghana's motive for the killing? Are there any ambiguities between Okita and Garner?
The film is presented from the main perspective of earthwork. The above questions seem to have conclusive answers in the film, such as the reason for joining the Xinxuan group? Garner replied directly to Hijikata: "You can kill people"; the murderer who killed Yuzawa? The earthwork began to think that Tashiro was jealous, and later speculated that it was designed and controlled by Ghana; the motive for the murder? Tufang castigated Ghana as: "I have been played by men for a long time, and possessed by monsters" (meaning Ghana is an unreasonable bt lewd murderer?); Okita and Ghana? Although Hijikata had doubts, Okita denied it and killed Ghana with actual actions!
So, are these answers true?
People can be duplicitous, whether in Ghana, Okinawa, or even earthwork; conjectures and assumptions are more likely to be missed by the slightest, and by a thousand miles. So the above answer from the perspective of earthwork is only a possibility, not necessarily a fact!
So what are the facts?
We can try to understand this bizarre story from a Ghanaian perspective. First of all, Ghana's family is quite wealthy, not a ronin or a samurai who joined the organization to survive when "the times are getting more and more difficult".
So what if, as he said, the reason for joining is "because it can kill people"? Unless you preconceived from the beginning that he is a natural bt murderer, joining the organization is only for slaughter; otherwise, this should not be the real reason, at least not all the real reasons.
Then why does he need to hide or perfunctory? That must be the (partial) real reason for joining that cannot be said.
Netizens have guessed a lot of reasons for joining, and there are roughly three: one is to protect the curtain; the second is to join the official; the third is for love! But whether he is deeply imbued with the spirit of the samurai road and loyal monarch, so he wants to join the group to protect the curtain; or in order to change himself and his family's humble business background, he joins the group and seeks the title of "samurai" nobility. can not say. Therefore, the final answer can only be "feeling" - he moved an indescribable and forbidden feeling for a certain swordsman in the Xinxuan group! This can be proved by the shy smile that he wants to talk about after he answered "Because it can kill people"!
At the end of the movie, Hijikata speculates that the person Ghana loves is Chief Okita, and the author agrees. Apart from Soji Okita, a talented young swordsman who became famous and popular in Kyoto at the time, and Ghana, who is beautiful and has excellent swordsmanship, who else could he be tempted by?
Back to Ghana's first lover Tashiro. Tashiro began to test and tease Ghana many times, and they all closed the door, and even became so fierce that the two faced off head-to-head. After that, the relationship between the two became a mystery. Until one day, when the two practiced against each other, Ghana was obviously superior in swordsmanship, but was at a disadvantage everywhere, and there was little power to fight back. Tufang came to the conclusion: "The two already have a physical relationship." The reason for Hijikata is: because Ghana is committed to Tashiro, he has completely turned into a "woman" in front of Tashiro, so naturally he can't beat Tashiro. If Hijikata's speculation is true, then the two of them are by no means what you want, a normal and happy couple relationship! Because men in love tend to humble their "women" everywhere, while "women" are often arrogant and arrogant, and will never show obvious fear or even fear of each other like Ghana.
I still remember that Garner once rejected Tashiro's request for love with a short knife, but Tashiro said: "I want to have sex with you before I die"! In terms of swordsmanship, Tashiro may be slightly inferior to Ghana; however, in terms of brute force and endurance, an eighteen-year-old young boy is definitely no match for a mature man! Thinking about the details before and after, I dare to speculate that the two are indeed as Tufang said, and they have the reality of the body, but they succeeded by Tashiro Qiang x Garner. Ghana's fear and fear of Tashiro from the time of being strong, has continued to the duel training, so Ghana's momentum and psychology collapsed from the beginning, giving Tashiro an overwhelming advantage. And Tashiro also showed no mercy to Ghana, pressing step by step, trying to conquer Ghana's body and mind once again on the training ground.
Regulations in the game:
1. Do not violate the samurai way
2. Do not leave the team
3. Do not collect money
4. Do not abuse lynching
5. Do not
fight
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He may be able to escape and withdraw (leaving the team), or resist death (private fight), or even kill Tashiro in secret (lynching). But no matter which choice you choose, it violates the rules of the game, and there is a risk of beheading!
Yuzawa's fanatical pursuit led Garner to find a way to break the game--you can use Yuzawa to get rid of Tashiro! This is why Garner chose the ugly Yuzawa among the suitors, not for indulgence, but for borrowing a knife! Although there are many people who adore and pursue him, there are not many love lunatics who may love him to the point of "willing to end his life" like Yuzawa, and Yuzawa, who is very jealous and has a strong desire for monopoly, is a "good knife" who uses a knife to kill people. ! Therefore, Garner never concealed his physical relationship with Tashiro in front of Yuzawa, and even refused to cut off his relationship with Tashiro (and indeed he couldn't), just like holding a needle to stab Yuzawa in pain, waiting for Yuzawa to jump up and wave a knife at Tashiro Slash!
As a result, things backfired, and it was Yuzawa who died, not Tashiro. The local people believed that someone sneaked up on Yuzawa, resulting in a knife in the abdomen and back; in fact, it may also be that Yuzawa was incapable of fighting, and he was hit in the abdomen first. Before his death, Tashiro never denied or questioned Yuzawa's death, but more of a question about the whereabouts of the stolen dagger. If he was indeed framed in the Yamazaki assassination, he was not necessarily completely innocent in Yuzawa's death.
Garner deliberately revealed that Yuzawa had pursued him after the incident. He wanted to use the hand of monitoring Yamazaki to dig out Tashiro, but he failed. Later, he seduced Yamazaki and tried to kill again with a knife, but he also failed because Yamazaki did not like male sex; but he stole it from Tashiro. The short knife finally fulfilled Ghana. Garner killed Tashiro by cheating, and immediately stabbed Tashiro several times on Tashiro's body like a vent - this hatred was so strong that he could not hide it in front of others! This relationship disgusts and hates Garnerdo, so you can see it!
Does Chief Okita like Ghana? He himself vehemently denied it, even claiming that the sight of Tashiro and Garner was disgusting, and his hair stood on end when he heard their voices—sounds like serious homophobes. But when the local asked him why he wanted to watch "The Alliance of Chrysanthemums"? And think about whether the teacher and the samurai are love or friendship? Okita's eyes flickered unnaturally again, and he hesitated! Serious homophobes but pay attention to and think about gay stories? why? The answer is: Okita is not actually homophobic, but a deep cabinet wearing a homophobic coat!
The story of the Chrysanthemum Alliance is that a teacher rescued a wounded samurai, had a good conversation, became brothers, and made an appointment to enjoy chrysanthemums on the Double Ninth Festival. The samurai was defeated the next year and was trapped, unable to make the appointment as scheduled, so suicide made the soul come to fulfill the promise!
Coincidentally, the director of Okita in the movie is the swordsmanship instructor (teacher) of the Shinsengumi group, and Garner was injured during his mission (injured samurai). During the period of Garner's injury, whether the two had any intersection or development of the movie did not explain, but the Turkish side asked Garner to cut off the tempting bangs. The reason why Garner refused was "a promise to the bangs". Bangs are a sign of sexual temptation, whether in movies, in the original book, or in the Japanese way. So who did Ghana promise about bangs? Ghana will not promise Tashiro, Yuzawa and other gun friends, the only one who may get a promise is Okita!
I hate that this body is not mine! Thinking about it is like the samurai in the story who was defeated and trapped and couldn't make an appointment. Ghana, who is under the control of Tashiro, naturally does not have the courage to commit suicide, but has a plan to kill and fulfill his promise!
The rules in the game are drawn up by the leader and used by the leader, but they are often flexible and flexible. Hijikata can arbitrarily get rid of the third party who intervenes between him and Kondo. Except for the occasional mention of Okita, such "private fight" is not pursued; Kondo ordered Garner to kill his own pillow, and even Hijikata evolved it into : "Even if you are killed, we will only watch from the sidelines", and if we do what we say, is this considered an "abuse of lynching" in bad taste? Ghana overstepped the law and used the law in an attempt to protect himself, but eventually died across the sandbar.
The fallen sakura trees are colorful, and the pain is still there, but it is a pity that the charm of a tree died early. Okita's sword maintains the law in the game, but cuts off his own demons. Ghana is the most ruthless in Tashiro, and why does Okita have affection for Ghana?
Life is bound by the law, and the soul is freed by death, but the souls who died under the sword of the lover still have the faith and reluctance to keep their promises?
Tufang spit on the ground and scolded the monsters, as if the old and young of the lost country were yelling at the corpse of the former concubine's favorite concubine "beautiful beauty" and "harming the country and the people"! And is it the favored concubine or the "fadu" who really harms the country and the people? The makers of the law will never admit the failure of the law, because they cannot deny the right and authority of their own rule, so they can only blame a scapegoat, no matter how absurd and illogical the reason is. As small as the Xinxuan group, as large as the alliance, the country, and so on!
The defenders of the law are subject to the law, but they also benefit from the law. They seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and make decisions decisively, just like the righteous and awe-inspiring Okitian. Survival has to be submissive, until it changes from a pawn of a power-holder to an abandoned piece; Yuzawa is a dissatisfied and challenger of the law, such people often do not end well, and accidentally become sacrifices to maintain the authority of the law; Ghana is a The speculator of the law, he wants to control the law, maybe he is helpless, but he will be punished by the long sword of the law guard...
Nagisa Oshima is a radical avant-garde leftist director, and his films are never short of sharp criticism with profound exposure. The imperial law, the story of the shogunate, and the scattered history are also metaphors and portrayals of the ruling tools of any era. The essence is too cruel, and after thinking about it, people just want to escape from the elegance and passion of the ancients
. "—— Chief Okita
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