The social foundation that samurai no longer exists

Leola 2022-04-23 07:02:33

After reading it, you need to retell to ease the mind. The story is briefly described:

An old ronin came to the dignified Jingyi family and asked to commit suicide by incision. The old man told him the story of another young ronin who came to commit suicide, implying that he retreated in spite of difficulties;

The story of Qian Qianyan's request for a woman to commit suicide;

Jinyun Hanshiro asked to commit suicide by cutting his abdomen, and asked for the wrong person. The retainer sent someone to ask the wrong person to be sick. "The fate of others today is a portrayal of your life tomorrow." Hanshiro began to tell his story:

Be a retainer in the house of the great princes with old friends;

The master's family fell, the master was exiled, and 12,000 warriors were exiled as ronin. In order to avoid suicide, an old friend committed suicide by cutting his belly first, and entrusted his young son Qian Qianyan to beg for a daughter. Before the master committed suicide, he persuaded himself to live well and replace him take promises to old friends;

Flooding into the ronin gathering place with other ronin, Jinyun Hanshiro and his daughter Mibao paste an umbrella, Qian Qianyan asks for a daughter to teach, and barely survives.

The daughter is young and beautiful, and the big name asks someone to be a concubine. Banshiro is unwilling to sell his daughter for himself, and presided over the consensual wedding of two young people; soon a son was born, and the family of four lived happily in poverty;

The good times did not last long, poor and tired, the frail Mibao fell down with coughing blood, and the beggar and Hanshiro sold everything of value, and the beggar sold both the long and short samurai swords; however, the son also started a fire, because he had no money. Ask the doctor, the burn is getting heavier and heavier, and there is no way to do it, Hanshiro can only be strong, "You are the son of a samurai, you will not be knocked down by this small illness", and begged the girl to go out in the name of borrowing usury, In fact, he went to Jingyi's house;

Hanshiro and his daughter waited anxiously, but at night they waited for the corpses and taunts sent by several samurai.

Hanshiro cried and begged his daughter to let go of everything for the sake of his wife and daughter. He even sold his samurai sword, and even did things he was ashamed of, and he never even thought that his samurai sword could be sold. "But I, I can't do it. , I didn't even think about it, this shit is too important to me." Hanshiro began to have doubts about Bushido.

Two days later, his daughter died of illness, and three days later, Mei Bao also died.

Hanshiro was determined to find a way for his daughter: "As long as you ask at that time, you can know a lot of things. He can come back and explain his wife and daughter to me, and explain to future generations, let me know that he has done everything he can, and then come back to the appointment to commit suicide." You only need to say one word, and I can bring a word for him to comfort him, and I will kill myself calmly."

When part of the story was told, the messenger came back and said that the wrong person he had chosen was seriously ill and could not come, and Hanshiro also said that the two wrong people were not there. The old man led the housekeeper to the backstage to discuss. The death of the woman was related to the fact that Banshiro had a plot, and sent a housekeeper to check the details of the three. The old man came back and prepared to let a group of warriors besiege Banshiro. Banshiro admitted that he would resist until the end of the siege, and some people would be injured or even killed, as long as he told his story. Suicide when done. After the story is told, the attitude of the family elder makes Hanshiro feel chills. The old family left, and the samurai group besieged him. Hanshiro started the battle with a slashing knife. From the courtyard to the house, he wounded many people. Finally, he went to the Ii family to worship the ancestors' armor, and grabbed the armor to support the bruised body. Many samurai were killed and injured. Unable to win, a housekeeper led three musketeers, and the group of warriors stepped aside. Banshiro angrily raised his armor and fell to the ground. Gunshots rang out, and the opposite samurai opened fire.

Four samurai died on the spot, and eight samurai were seriously injured. The old man ordered everyone to claim that the government helped Ronin Hanshiro cut his belly to suicide. Important) several samurai families, "helped them cut their stomachs to commit suicide".

The crowd sweeps away blood and damages;

The master of Jingi House strictly followed the Bushido and was praised by the shogunate, and the name of Jingyi House spread all over the world...

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Except for a master who took the initiative to kill himself by cutting his belly, the rest of the Jingi House were all followers in samurai garb, and Hanshiro was indeed a true samurai.

In the world where samurai exists, Japan is still an agricultural society. The samurai is supported by the names of the princes and serves them. It is similar to a kind of staff and mercenaries. It is also a huge social class with a certain status. In the era of centralization and peace, how can samurai survive?

Farming? Shame and no land;

manual? Even if the craft is learned, the output is low, and the agricultural society has very little demand;

bandit? Indeed, some of them became bandits;

mercenary? No one cares, and the public cannot afford to hire;

So, wandering...

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Should Hanshiro marry his daughter to a big family as a concubine?

Such a story, such another tragedy, many stories have been told...

Conform to the trend of the times, like Jingyi House, where interests are the essence, and the rest are skins, skins for me?

"The fate of others today is a reflection of your life tomorrow"

There's a lot to think about in this movie.

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Extended Reading
  • Theo 2022-03-26 09:01:07

    Just like "The Sword of Death", it is difficult to calm down after watching it. It is a samurai movie that fearlessly confronts the elite and feudal system. Sad fate.... Kobayashi Masaki has always been very particular about composition and positioning.

  • Berenice 2022-04-24 07:01:14

    It's really a near-perfect work, from the core of the story to the performance skills to the acting casting. The core of the story is to ridicule and criticize the hypocrisy of those in power. Bushido is essentially a tool of governance. It is also a useless tool to cover up shame compared to the literati's death in danger. It is already beyond the times. , This 62-year-old movie is enough to hang up and beat the current film and television people. The narrative structure reminds me of Jianhao's life-and-death battle. While maintaining tension and suspense, it can reveal the characters and background step by step. Not to mention Tatsuya Nakadai, he was extremely down and out, bitter and hated, forbearance and solemnity. The person in his early thirties showed the feeling of being in his sixties or seventies. His eyes were even more breathtaking. The twisted steps of the trapped beast at the end reminded me of The ending of the Great Bodhisattva Ridge almost completely relied on the expressive power of personal limbs and expressions to cover up the crotch pulling of the action scenes of the sword and halberd drama in that era, turning it into a personal performance show.

Hara-Kiri quotes

  • Hanshiro Tsugumo: After all, this thing we call samurai honor is ultimately nothing but a facade.

  • Hanshiro Tsugumo: The greatest delicacies taste of nothing when one dines alone.