Many people's interpretation of Japanese samurai culture is usually one-sided. They can't understand why samurai wrote poetry when they died, why samurai would rather cut their abdomens than suffer the shame of stealing their lives, and why samurai so easily angered. I think, at least in this westernized film, the director interprets the core value of samurai culture, which is to fight for one's own honor and sacrifice one's life without hesitation for the hope of the family and the country.
In the rainy morning, two oriole birds stood on the samurai swords around their waists, stopped in front of a blooming epiphyllum, recited a haiku to record their own lives, and then went into battle wearing blood-red armor. enemy.
In the shadow of swords and swords, the meaning of life is revealed, and blood and cherry blossoms bloom brightly with dreams and honors.
The end of "The Last Samurai" tells us that it is not the progress of the times that makes the human soul more noble. But honor and will will not be lost with the passage of time.
Being born in the moment, sometimes I don't know if it's a lucky thing.
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