I have seen a similar movie "The Last Samurai" before, which is about the Meiji Restoration. This movie was recommended in a cultural anthropology class. Both films are from an American perspective, both promote the spirit of Japanese Bushido, and both feature Hollywood stars.
After the Meiji Restoration, Western civilization immersed in Japan, and American Captain Nathan Agron, played by Tom Cruise, was assigned by the government to come to Japan to train the modern firearms army for the emperor. Emperor Meiji intends to use this to completely eradicate the last remnant of the old shogun's power - the samurai. Under the leadership of the generals, the Japanese samurai who adhere to the spirit of Bushido rebelled against the emperor and resisted Western civilization. After a fierce battle in a thick fog, Agren was captured by the samurai group. He lived as a captive in a village where samurai and their families lived together, and found that from the spiritual and physical training of Bushido, he seemed to have found another warrior. sense of honor. At the same time, it also shows through his perspective that the last warrior was born hard and died tragically. It turned out that they were loyal to the country and to the people. This film shows the seriousness, concentration and tenacity of the samurai.
"Forty-seven Ronin" is said to be based on a true story of Japanese history. When the Tokugawa shogunate ruled, the master of a group of samurai headed by Oishi became ronin after being framed by the enemy. The story of them taking revenge on their masters, despite the shogun's orders, shows their loyalty. In the end, they were able to take revenge, and they were also executed for disobeying the general's orders. Of course they were given the dignity to kill themselves in the samurai way - cut to the stomach. In the film, the process of the solemn incision was also shown twice. The later time was a collective incision, and the scene was spectacular. Well, cutting the abdomen is also the traditional spirit of Japanese samurai, but foreigners also cut it, which is really weird.
And Keanu Reeves in the shogunate era seems to have traveled through the past, and is out of tune with that era and that nation. He played Kay who was called a bastard by the samurai, even after they were demoted to ronin, until he helped them acquire weapons, eventually becoming the forty-seventh. In short, he is just out of place, and looks like a slap in the face.
In short, the forty-seven ronin are not as good as the last samurai!
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