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International Japanese period drama
Andy 2022-04-21 09:03:35
It is a work supervised by Hikaru Utada's ex-husband Kiritani Kazuaki. I call it a Japanese international period drama, an adult animation-style knife and halberd film, and some people say that this is not a movie but a video game, it is Sengoku Musou + Onimusha, haha. This kind of ancient costume movie is a trend in recent years. They are all under the gorgeous appearance to re-deconstruct the history according to the thinking of modern people, and at the same time, they are extremely international in the weaving of the core. It is not difficult to explain why. Our own costume big-budget movie is blooming inside the walls and fragrant outside the walls. But this movie is probably the most daring "hypothesis" about famous Japanese historical events and characters that I have ever seen. It is estimated that these people are the ones who make history textbooks in Japan now, haha. The photography of the film is definitely the most worthy of showing off. The tones are strong, and the pursuit of composition has reached an extreme. Therefore, combined with the application of CG technology, the pictures presented are beautiful, just like exquisite picture scrolls. It is pleasing to the eye. The use of art is also ingenious. Although the shapes and costumes of the characters appear to be nondescript in period dramas because they are too medieval in Europe, it is undeniable that the sets, costumes and even props are exquisite and luxurious. Although Oda wearing European armor is seen. Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the shape of Nobunaga and the Pope of Rome is extremely awkward, but the composition of the overall picture also brings a special sense of coordination and beauty. In terms of the arrangement of the fullness of the plot and the visibility, the performance of this film is still far beyond the empty and boring like "Night Banquet" and "Wuji". Jie and sighed. Regarding the controversial Sarutobi Sasuke issue, I think in fact, in the film, whether it is Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Ishikawa Goemon, or the little boy and Sarutobi Sasuke, all are the director's humiliation and bitterness in order to express a person's struggle from the lowest level And once there is strength (right or personal ability) after the extreme. The heroine Ryoko Hirosue is another kind of beauty
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