I don't think Kimura Takuya is very suitable for this lead role. Kimura Takuya is more like a sensitive and simple man, less like a man with stunts and a shrewdness. Sanada Hiroyuki in "Twilight Seibei" is more suitable for this low-key but hidden role. I think "Twilight Seibei" is more vivid than this movie.
This movie is basically completely faithful to the original book, with the following differences:
I remember that in the novel, the character Kimura Takuya did not ask a swordsman teacher for advice, but practiced his own insights and finally killed the enemy. I think this adaptation is aimed at Takuya Kimura, because he really doesn't look like a master with stunts. The duel in the novel seems to be directly fatal, without breaking the arm. ——Speaking of which, Kimura’s two strokes in the yard were still very powerful.
The film ends with some adaptations of the novel. First of all, Kimura said, "Just don't let the servants follow, just don't know, just be a fool", I don't think these words fit the character of this samurai, and these words are obviously stupid people say. , It is very inappropriate to say it here; secondly, the scene where the original wife met when they got back to cook has also been greatly adapted. After the first cooking, they met each other and cried in their arms at that time. I think this scene is also adapted for Kimura's modern temperament. Think about it, when the good times are good, the samurai do not need to look directly at his wife when they talk. In Japan, which was completely macho at the time, and there were indeed some rifts between the two sides, how could the feelings be so exposed at this moment, and they recognized each other immediately after the first visit. . The original novel handles this very well, and the scene of the final reconciliation can be said to be the finishing touch, very touching, and very in line with the character of this Japanese samurai. Interested friends may wish to find a novel to have a look.
In general, it is still a very good movie. Many details are handled very well, and there are basically no flaws. It shows the existing level of Japanese movies.
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