Mencius said that there is no righteous war in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the same can be applied to Japan during the Warring States Period. The chaotic Warring States period was the form of early human politics. The first part of the film begins with a hunt, which also means that human war is like a hunt.
The protagonists of the war should have been men, and women were the spoils of war and the victims. But director Akira Kurosawa designed a woman, Mrs. Kaede, in this film, a typical femme fatale with ruthless, vicious, and scheming. He single-handedly made the contradiction between the Yiwen family public, and finally destroyed the country and avenged his own revenge.
Crazy Ami is a very interesting and intriguing character. It can be said that he represents Akira Kurosawa's own perspective. He looks at this chaotic world in a state of playfulness and madness.
Ahmad is a princess of a kingdom married to Jiro, and her belief in Buddhism represents a religious force. In troubled times, no one can be alone, and people often entrust their spirit to the gods. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, China was in the midst of hundreds of years of war, so Taoism, the first indigenous religion in China, was born, and Buddhism was extended to the whole country. Facing the impermanence of the human world, people need to find a spiritual sustenance.
The art costumes and make-up props of the film are extremely close to history, restoring the historical style of Japan's Warring States Period. As well as the horse warfare in the cold weapon period, the way of arranging troops is amazing.
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