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Things I didn't understand

posted 18 years ago by Tanchalum
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(full of spoilers)

I was very taken in by this movie. The mystery of the main character and to why he was always so after money was done so well. I began to love his family as much as he did and was sad when he didn't get back to them.

I did not understand why he attacked the men with guns. He said is was because of honor but I saw no honor in it. He already did the unhonorable thing by leaving his clan (though of course it being wholly honorable as he had to feed his family) So what does dying do for him. Then later he wants to get home so he stumbles what must be many miles in a last attempt to get to his family.

I also didn't like that the two main characters at the end didn't share their story until the last second and even then didn't really share much. It would have been much more interesting had they started speaking and told each other the tales of the great man they knew.

There was quite a bit as an English speaker that I didn't get but most of it was small stuff having to do with battles and characters dying.

All in all I loved this movie.

[–] LordofHavoc 18 years ago

It is part of Bushido! It is the last sacrifice to your master. As he sad before, he once betrayed his lord he would never do it again. In a way he never had another choice, than to die. Duty is more important than family.
Perhaps hard to understand but that was his resolve.

Saito having survived and felt that Yoshimura was the better Samurai in the end , therefor he felt guilty and couldn't share that guilt, because that meant loosing face. That was nearly unthinkable at that time in Japan.

Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the dogs of war!!

[–] hathaway-2 17 years ago

For him, the alternative would be imprisonment and execution, while they were loyal to the Bakufu, from the time they drew arms against Imperial troops, they became Imperial Enemies, and therefore rebels.
Kondo Isami himself was executed as an Imperial enemy, and Matsudiara Katamori, Daimyo of Aizu, and Protector of Kyoto barely missed the same fate.
Eventually, Hijikata Toshizo, with the remenants of the Shinsengumi and Shogunate forces withdrew to Hakodate, where they attempted to establish a new government, and were defeated by Imperial forces.