After the Rain, 1999. Based on the last script written by Kurosawa and is directed by his former assistant director. Samurai T Shirts: www.etsy.com/u...
One of my favorite movies showing the true martial way of Mushin. The samurai is undergoing a test for the position of weapons master for the Daimyo. He demonstrates Mushin and wins each contest before it has even begun. He also demonstrates Mushin in his every day life throughout the movie which is called Ame Agaru or After the Rain. A wonderful contrast to the usual Samurai movies' depiction of a martial artist in medieval Japan.
@@justplay6315 Alas my Japanese is extremely limited. I happened to know the vocabulary in the first guy’s dialogue. I have the movie somewhere but my recollection is that it’s region locked and I’d have to break out my region free player to watch it.
I guess it goes without saying that this is just a movie. Whats sad is there are schools that did teach foolish techniques involving dodging and fancy moves. Musashi goes into detail about this in the book of five rings. He says any movement made that isn't directly made to end the fight absolutely should be avoided. Theres no point in fighting with the sword other than cutting your opponent down and anything else is foolish and not the true way of a warrior. Less is more when it comes time to fight. Things should be decided immediately in one or two counts. After that, you better get your shit together and figure out what you and your opponent did wrong and fix yourself before he fixes himself.
musashi was a fraud, a poet that fallowed him around wrote that he cheated in pretty much all hes duels and he lied about it in his writings, like getting his opponents drunk before duels and going at 2 when the count was 3
The true way of the sword is to cut your opponent any means necessary in the least amount of time with the least amount of sacrifice. Any action taken that doesn't equal your enemy being defeated is foolish. Not very bushido but what good is bushido when your dead?
@@legatomodi3522 Though it was similar to bringing a real gun to a paintball fight. The wars ended decades ago and great as his book was he still killed people to prove a point which we cal today as murder. He didn't need to but feel he had to which makes one question if he really was the good a "swordsman" is he had to give so many crutches to his enemy. Battlefield wise sure but again: there were no battlefields to fight in so what did me heed to prove without having to kill as many people as he did?
The spear fighter shows the danger of using any one technique too often. Even the tsuki, the most direct deadly attack, can be countered easily enough if it’s used too often, giving the opponent a chance to get the timing down and grabbing the spear.
that was the daimyo, the lord of the clan. probably only sparred with those who held back and let him win leading him to have a false sense of superiority.
Les kata bonken boken sont de vais kata ainsi qu’avec la lance, rare sont les films où l’on voit de telles scènes, d’habitude c’est des coups de katana vers l’adversaire que l’on voit tombé, de belles scènes aussi su Sword of desperation où le moindre déplacement est respecté au millimètre. BravoX1000 au réalisateurs et acteurs.
The main character is a good person. But these samurai are fighting for their lives. (Although they use wooden swords) As a samurai, it is humiliating to be shown excessive mercy by someone who has completely lost. Good deeds as a person and pride as a samurai. I think this gap between conflicts is the theme of this film. At the end of the film, his wife says how proud she is of such a compassionate husband.
Its cool looking but its just unrealistic as hell. Not in form, but just in principle. The purpose of kenjutsu is to end the fight as soon as possible. You strike the moment you get an opportunity. Most fights only lasted a few strikes, especially with such a large skill gap as shown here. The way he avoided each attack without even attempting any sort of counterattack just doesn't conform to the way of the Samurai. He's just playing with his opponent, which was very frowned upon.
@@Sam-gs8iw Yes, but the small thing here it's that it's a *fantasy* , so yeah... Reading the comments I know it's probably pretty unrealistic, but it DOES *seem* cool and that's all I care here xDDD
@@Sam-gs8iw I think it's called handling the boss with kid gloves. And you could see that he knew the danger he was putting himself in by not ending it quickly; he was flinching a little at that flailing blade. This was a job interview, after all. And he didn't want to screw it up, after all his unemployment, because he respected the lord for his appreciation of important matters.
@@Sam-gs8iw You're right, but the story is about this nice samurai guy who didn't want to offend others, so he didn't finish quickly. Also, this was his job interview. After the interview ended, the other employees were still pissed off at him, so they ambushed him. But they caught him on a bad day, and half of the group got killed by him in quick succession. So this isn't just a samurai story. It's also a glimpse into Japanese society, and how their polite culture has another side to it.
You know? All of the world people. Average hight of Samurai was 145cm ~155cm. Yes. 5 feet or so. Yes. Samurai adult tall was a Shorty like a middle school boy tall. It was true Japanese Samurai hights. Funny, isn't it ??
When the Jurchens invaded Japan, the Japanese described it like "adults fighting children". It probably has to do with nutrition back in ancient Japan.
That's exaggerating here they were taller than that on average and you have examples of samurai that were over 6 ft, there are even old photos of Samurai with western people after Japan open up again showing Samurai that were just as tall or even taller than some westerners in the photos.
It’s called „Jodan no kamae“. In kendo our Sensei told us that this stance shortens the time for a strike because u don’t have to swing your sword that much. But yeah your defence will decrease badly. That’s why this stance is absolute ineffective for beginners.
@@izuco8724 yeah kenjutsu is real, kendo is sport; jujutsu is martial art, judô is sport; aikijutsu is the real and effective technick, aikido is only for training.
1. MMA doesnt use sword and fights are designed to end in submission and knock out, not in death 2. Bokken (the wooden sword) was used as a training tool. I think they use different type of bamboo sword nowadays to avoid unnecessary injuries in kendo.
@@m5a1stuart83 I feel sorry for ya, apart from the fact u died during the Great Ninja War, the only two that were to read ur comment took ur comment too seriously and had issues in understanding a joke.
that was actually his mistake. He had clearly won, but his "are you all right?" question made his opponent feel insulted (they ambush him in the forest later in the movie for that). He was _too_ polite, even insultingly so (without it being his intention). His wife scolds him later for that. Because he was _better_ than the old school code of ethics of the Japan of his days. (Which later gets explicttly comented upon in the movie). Really, the best cut of the whole movie is delivered by no sword but by his wife's tongue when, at the end of the movie, she _really_ scolds the other samurai for being too honor-obsessed. A masterpiece.
I love the small details like how the master treats the wooden sword like an actual sword, gently drawing it like it actually has a sheath. Unlike the others who just swung it instantly like it didn't had a sheath
While Kendo is heavily sportorized, your typical starting position is like that, the shinai (or bamboo sword) starts in your left hand complete with the "blade" faced down. You flip the "blade" face up and draw the shinai with your right hand and assume Chudan no kamae. After that you can switch to whatever kamae of course, like the 2nd guy's Jodan no kamae. Of course since it is kendo where you have limited areas to score points on, only 3 kamae are effective or used from what I've seen, in order of most used to least they go: Chudan, Jodan, Gedan. Gedan is the most interesting to see in my opinion, although its partly due to it being rarely used, it is still interesting to see someone score a point using Gedan no kamae, albeit most of the time its a kote (or wrist) point.
@@andrewle7429 Besides kendo (which is a modern sport), along the movie, the master is shown several times training in the woods alone some Iaido katas. Those can be made with a steel or a wooden sword, but they are always executed exactly the same, with every move, from unsheating to sheating, done as if the sword were steel and _had_ a scabbard. So having him, in this particular scene, treat the wooden sword that way is perfectly in-character.
@@notfeedynotlazy I don't think I ever said anything about him not being in character? I was giving more context with my experience in Kendo in regards to OP's statement.
@@elyaskiritsis3115 You are mistaken... and not mistaken. It''s a Kurosawa indeed, but not the one you likely think - but his son. Funny history. Akira Kurosawa made the script but didnt film it. It was made with Toshiro Mifune (his most iconic actor and once long-time friend) in mind as the feudal lord. And then, Kurosawa and Mifune had (after filming _Red Beard)_ a severe fall-out, after which the two stubbonly refused to talk each other ever - even to Mifune's death. So the movie was never made. And then, after Akira Kurosawa's death, his son and producer Hisao got in touch with Shiro Mifune, Toshiro's son, and got him to play the part that was meant for his late father. The movie was directed by Kurosawa's former assistant director of 28 years, Takashi Koizumi. All three men basically dedicated the movie to the memory of the two legends.
@@TomSilver_42 zatoichi is the GOAT as far as I'm concerned. A very humble and somewhat flawed character. He'd get drunk and sometimes kill like half the people in the casino if he was pissed enough. Totally broke the arms nearly off a man over a bowl of spilled rice in jail. Dude was nuts sometimes but mostly he seemed so peaceful.
@@legatomodi3522 Sounds like we have seen two different versions of the same story. My one was way more poetic, regardless of some cut off hands etc. Your character depiction sounds more like Micky Rourke from Sin City.
An absolutely BEAUTIFUL film that is superbly written with a cast that could not possibly be better. I wish this was available on DVD for American consumers.
Let's take a monment to apretiate how the feudal lord who wanted a sword master _was_ actually pretty much a better fighter himself than all his samurais. (And, if you have watched the rest of the movie, and despite his forgivable short fuse after being dunked, is _also_ far more honorable than them all!)
I can translate this scene for you. Basically, they salute with "yoroshiku" which means "treat me kindly" The spear guy said "Mairuzo!" which means "here I come!" the hero responded with "dozo..." "go ahead" Funny part is after each engagement, the hero says "daijoubu desuka? kega wa arimasuka?/doko desuka?" which means "are you alright?? are you hurt? where are you hurt?" which is pretty hilarious. You can see by the reaction of the spear guy. He said "damare!" "shut up, you!"
I agree that and it demonstrates the difference between martial skill born out of fighting experience vs. practice skill born out of limited sparring and training in the safe zone.
So human… All our life we dream of meeting a true master who will teach us an art, but in the end, having met him, we cannot find a strength to pacify pride and admit our own imperfection and negligence. This daimyo, almost lost, but found it at the end.
Sorry, but this is stupid. All sword users, when slashing, slash in a diagonal direction, not vertical. You can't dodge it by just moving back your shoulder.
Superb movie and spectacular performance by the lead..i never expected a movie like this to move me emotionally but it did...still not sure if this is kendo or battojutsu or kenjutsu...
To intimidate your opponent and strengthen your own spirit. In the moment where you scream you automatically breath out and tense up your muscles. That „process“ make your strike more powerful.
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Interesting, but the evasion attempts could have been shot better. You can see they're attacking off the center line to allow the dodges. Doesn't quite work for me.
