Since he was a child, the Meiji Restoration is a successful myth, a model of a rich country and a strong army. In just a few decades, Japan has been upgraded from a weak country to a great power, and it is the object of China's imitation...
However, as knowledge increased, it was discovered that this was not the case. In fact, after the Black Ship Incident, it was the shogunate who was determined to innovate, and the slogan of its supporters was "founding the country and the curtain"; now the slogan of the reformers is "respect the king and shun the barbarians". to the era of seclusion.
Let’s look at Satsuma (Shimadzu), Choshu (Maori), and Tosa (the remnant of Changzong’s clan) who supported the Restoration. They were all the Western troops who fought together against the former Sekigahara. They were originally the enemies of the Tokugawa shogunate. Make waves.
It's just that history is often more bizarre than stories. The defeated Changzhou domain was forced to adopt a Western-style army, and finally defeated the shogunate in the way they opposed it. Power was also usurped by some domain soldiers through the emperor's tiger skin, in order to consolidate their own power and interests. , pushed Japan on the path of militarism and caused great disaster to the whole world.
However, even as the biggest victim of Japanese aggression, China has always admired the Meiji Restoration, but this film accuses the darkness behind the Meiji Restoration. With the appearance of a blood film, it is wrapped in a very deep Historical reflection.
Can today's Japanese still make such deeply reflective films? The 1970s was the golden age of Japan. In addition to economic development, there was more creativity, courage and conscience in culture. Now that the economy is dying, the culture has also regressed, and the populism of pseudo-militarism has appeared again. Recessions are comprehensive.
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