the last but not the last

Bethany 2022-04-22 07:01:02

The first time I watched the full movie, I was only attracted by the samurai beliefs, lifestyle and war scenes, thinking that the last samurai was Sheng Yuan, the end of an era. Later, it was only during the second brush that he could think deeply. Although Hasegawa wore a Western-style military uniform and a Western saber, he was actually a samurai inside. Are only those who wear a katana a samurai? Do not! Samurai is a belief, tradition, culture. The last samurai is indeed Sheng Yuan, but this does not mean that the samurai will disappear, but his death has awakened the heart of the emperor and the people that they cannot abandon tradition. It's just that the person who accepted Sheng Yuan's inheritance was a foreigner, which also expressed another meaning: culture has no borders - it belongs to all mankind. (The face of the stick is not included)

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  • Felicia 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    History is development, and the law is the survival of the fittest. It is inevitable for the samurai to withdraw from the stage of history as an outdated class, but the samurai definitely does not only worship the Japanese sword instead of using other weapons, and the samurai is not stubborn and enterprising. From this point of view, many parts of the film are simply untenable and unconvincing.

  • Dayton 2021-10-20 19:00:43

    The wheels of history whizzed past, and tradition vanished in the flying dust.

The Last Samurai quotes

  • Algren: [Narrating] I have been hired to suppress the rebellion of yet another tribal leader. Apparently, this is the only job for which I am suited. I am beset by the ironies of my life.

  • Colonel Bagley: Just tell me one thing, what is it about your own people you hate so much?