The unique stunt of the film titled "Hidden Sword and Ghost Claw" turned out to be an assassination knife technique that hides the scythe on the wrist in the wrist and stabs the opponent's heart instantly when the opponent is unprepared. Bloodstains, but the heart bleeds and overflows the inner body. People who don't understand it think it is caused by ghosts, hence the name Hidden Sword Ghost Claw.
Yamada seems to have a soft spot for lower-class samurai, and likes to set the background of the story in the era of the end of the curtain. , which reflects the excellent and simple side of the samurai spirit, the most humane; the upper-class samurai in Yamada's films are completely the most despicable and inhuman group of people, and naturally they cannot escape the bad luck of being killed.
Yamada's film, the narration is like flowing water, the rhythm is not rushed or slow, the great compassion and the great suffering are melted into the protagonist's forbearance system. After the dim moment of life, there will be a moment of freedom and happiness, and warmth can only become true after experiencing suffering. valuable. Freedom, life, family, and happiness are what everyone should pursue as a matter of course. What Yamada's samurai films convey to us is such a modern, tender and eternal theme.
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