Violence Can't Win Hearts--A Review of "Gate of Hell"

Ethyl 2022-02-07 14:45:53

Violence Can't Win Hearts--A Review of "Gate of Hell"

Yang Shitong

Yes, you can watch a good movie every time you go out. You can only watch a movie if you are on a business trip.

The movie I watched this time was the Japanese movie "Gate of Hell", which was pretty good.

There is a very touching sentence in the movie, that is, "Violence cannot win hearts". It tries to warn those violent people not to force and treat those who don't love themselves with violence, otherwise the result will only be a tragedy. Violence does not make people love.

Sometimes it's not a good thing for a woman to fall in love with someone she doesn't love, and it's even more miserable if that person is still a fool or a scoundrel. The female protagonist in the play, the cassock (I don't know why it is translated into such a name, I want to protest) is undoubtedly sad, so it turns into a tragedy later.

Of course, this principle also applies to men. It's not necessarily a good thing for a man to fall in love with a woman he doesn't love.

So, from another perspective, love is tolerance, and love is restraint. If the person you love doesn't love you, then die as soon as possible and let go. Never use violence or force each other hard. It's really miserable for the other party. Of course, sometimes even the absence of violence can at best alleviate, not necessarily eliminate, the pain. Don't believe too much in the kind of saying that can move the world. This kind of thing can only be found on TV. Don't believe too much in TV. At least the heroine in this movie was not moved by Sheng Yuan.

There are mainly two male protagonists Sheng Yuan and Watanabe Watanabe, as well as the female protagonist Kassa. Kassa is Watanabe Watanabe's wife. And Sheng Yuan didn't know it before he fell in love with the cassock.

One day the lord went on a tour, and his subordinates rebelled. The lord's advisors offered advice to the lord's parents and daughters, namely the emperor, the empress, and the princess to flee in disguise. It takes someone to pretend to be a princess to attract the traitor's attention. At this time, the female protagonist, Kassa, volunteered to pretend to be a princess. Unexpectedly, the fake princess escaped successfully under the escort of the warrior Sheng Yuan, but the real emperor and queen princess were killed.

The lord found out about the rebellion of his subordinates. After being rehabilitated, it is naturally a reward for meritorious deeds. The warrior was prosperous, and the emperor asked him what he wanted? Sheng Yuan asked for nothing, but asked the emperor to match him and give him a cassock pretending to be a princess. After being reminded by others, only at this time did Sheng Yuan know that the cassock has a famous flower and owner, and it is the wife of the guard Watanabe. The guards and the cassock have a very good relationship, and they are very affectionate. Moreover, the cassock's husband is personable, humble and tolerant, and has an extraordinary bearing. He even smiled at Sheng Yuan's request for a marriage, and he didn't hold a grudge at all, which was admirable. If it were the director of my Great Celestial Dynasty, he would definitely choose a big bad guy between Sheng Yuan and his cassock husband, and portray him as a small-bellied chicken with a narrow heart.

It's hard to do things now. Sheng Yuan knew that he had a husband at this time, but he was already trapped in the pit of unrequited love, and he couldn't stop. I had to find opportunities to show my determination several times, and even challenged the cassock's husband. But cassock and cassock husband were unmoved, and their feelings remained the same. Of course, whether the cassock has love or admiration for Sheng Yuan is not clearly revealed in the movie. Because Sheng Yuan had bravely saved her, there is gratitude, but admiration is not necessarily. Even though the cassock had admiration for her in the process of rescuing her, she knew that her husband had clearly rejected Sheng Yuan several times and showed her determination, which was admirable.

Then one day, Sheng Yuan found an opportunity to force the cassock to kill his whole family, trying to make the cassock submit. The cassock was helpless, and after thinking for a while, he could only agree, and cooperated with Sheng Yuan to murder his deceased husband Watanabe Watanabe.

It was night, and Kassa and Sheng Yuan went according to plan. The cassock tricked her husband into a drunken sleep, and after her husband Watanabe fell asleep, he hung a piece of cloth outside the door as a sign, and then blew out the candles and waited for Sheng Yuan to come.

Sheng Yuan really went, and rushed to the room with the cloth banner as agreed, and drew his sword to kill him, only to find out that it was the cassock that was killed. Sheng Yuan cried and woke up, and asked Kassa's husband to kill him to take revenge for Kassa.

Watanabe Watanabe did not take revenge, and the cassock did not commit suicide. He went home.

Yes, killing Sheng Yuan will not bring the cassock back to life. After killing the cassock, how will Watanabe Tori live?

If Sheng Yuan didn't want to kill, maybe she and Kassa were still friends, and Kassa and her husband could also live happily.

So love is restraint, not recklessness, love is tolerance, not impulsive. Violence does not win hearts, it only produces pain. Tolerance can make people relieved, and revenge can make people suffer.

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Extended Reading
  • Rico 2022-04-22 07:01:53

    Three and a half. It's just a love movie. Although Tadao Sato has picked up a lot of shortcomings, it is actually quite watchable. The colors and the scenery are really beautiful. Europeans must be shocked when they see it and send them the Palme d'Or. It took ten years for Red Desert to be filmed, and many elements must have influenced Shaw Brothers' new martial arts. From "Rashomon" to "Uyuki Monogatari" to this one, it's all played by Jing Machiko, tsk.

  • Rasheed 2022-04-24 07:01:24

    From Color into Space; bd-ebp CC #653

Gate of Hell quotes

  • Moritoo Endô: Today is the first day of a life of sacrifice.

  • Moritoo Endô: Brother, please don't be a traitor. This isn't you.

    Moritada: I know what I'm doing. What good will it do for you to serve Kyomori?

    Moritoo Endô: I don't know. Once you serve him though, he's your master forever. How can you betray him in his absence?

    Moritada: It's not cowardice. It's shrewd stratagy. I'm sorry to tell you Kiyomori won't be coming back.

    Moritoo Endô: How can a pack of mutts defeat the Taira Clan?