"Gate of Hell": The Fire of Human Hearts

Sandrine 2022-02-07 14:45:53

Endo warrior Sheng Yuan fell in love with the cassock during the war, and the cassock served as a cover to escape from the capital in place of the Princess Shangximenyuan. Kassa is the wife of the samurai Watanabe Watanabe. The praise he received in the Battle of Heiji made Sheng Yuan expand infinitely. Coupled with his uncontrollable possessiveness, he repeatedly thought of plundering his wife. Like an arc in that hell, the allegorical story unfolds with the interpretation of personal greed in a given situation.

Sheng Yuan's elder brother lost his true nature in the war and joined the enemy army. And Sheng Yuan, a warrior with outstanding achievements and loyal loyalty to the Lord, believes that he has the confidence and reason to be abrupt and beautiful. Sheng Yuan and Watanabe competed in horse racing and won him. For a time, Sheng Yuan was panicked and didn't know what to do. He threatened the cassock with the lives of Watanabe and his aunt, forcing the cassock to marry him. In the end, Sheng Yuan killed the cassock who died in place of Watanabe. He regretted Fang's loyalty to the cassock, so he cut off his hair and became a monk...

The narrative of the story has contrasts and repetitions. Sheng Yuan's rudeness is in sharp contrast to Watanabe's peaceful and refined manner. For the first time, the cassock went to danger on behalf of the princess, but the second real death was to protect her husband and to awaken Sheng Yuan's rough heart. Sheng Yuan is stubborn, and the samurai's sword can be swayed incisively and vividly on the battlefield, but the surging heart is not restrained in the slightest. He has the right to seek freedom of love, but he should be more clear about his responsibilities as a man.

The cassock is the ultimate pure beauty, shining with the gentle fragrance of water lotus. However, this woman is extremely persevering in her heart, and will not change her original intention because of the temptation of external things. She not only restrained herself and returned to the ceremony, but her heart was burning with a fiery love for her husband, even at the expense of her life. The love in her heart is rather stubborn, and it takes her to the wasteland of the soul.

Watanabe was naturally sad and angry when his wife was killed by Sheng Yuan, but he did not choose to kill Sheng Yuan, but let him become a monk, showing the demeanor of a generation of generals. He respects his wife and understands Sheng Yuan's nature of the wolf, tiger and leopard, so in the end he has no choice but to be another example of a tragic role.

The so-called "Gate of Hell" is nothing more than a metaphor for the fire of human hearts, and the burning desires are continuous, without the outline and the narrow spiritual vision. In this practice of the desire to destroy morality, Sheng Yuan only acts as the initiator of the original sin. . It's hard to say that his heart is drawn by love, but more of a possessive tendency related to his own identity. He thinks that he has made great achievements, so he can draw the flame of love with overwhelming force, and finally because of his gullibility and frivolity, he incurs the most severe punishment.

The so-called "hell gate" is the pain that the Buddha sprinkled on all living beings. The Buddha's experience and inspiration to people are all permeated with the spiritual awakening of Hanhai Langgan. In the history of human spirituality, the hooks and the prominence, the dyeing and naturalization of those desires, are ultimately just the embodiment of the crucian carp crossing the river. The pictures and colors of this film well set off the weight and atmosphere of desire, thus revealing the depth and essence of the film, and also marking the heroic kasaya's righteousness and loyalty to death. She dealt a serious blow to the declining patriarchal society with the power of life.

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  • Henderson 2022-02-07 14:45:53

    1. The cassock sacrifices himself for the beginning of death, and the cassock sacrifices himself for the end of death. The cassock is destined to have the spirit of who will go to hell if I don’t go to hell; 2. Sheng Yuan sacrifices his relatives for righteousness, but he is obsessed with his wife. People are not bad, but they go astray. 3. If it weren't for Sheng Yuan's arrangement and catalyst, it would not have been a tragedy; 4. The husband of the cassock, Mr. Du, is a pure-hearted person; 5. It is the first color film in Japan, and I like it.

  • Thurman 2022-03-19 09:01:09

    The colors, the curtains, the pictures are weird and beautiful, the director is very skilled, the scheduling of the escape scene at the beginning is classic, and the brewing before the final assassination is also great. Although I guessed the way of the cassock in advance, I didn't guess the ending. After all, it is the embodiment of Buddha.

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?