After The Last Samurai Film
That was a very troublous period. That was a terrible time that full of wars and bloods.
The story started since the contradictory period. At that time, the Emperor in Japan “is mad for all things western and the Samurai believe it’s changing too fast.” I think the sentence of the translator told to Captain Algren is a symbol to describe the situation of Japan appropriately; “the ancient and the modern are at war for the soul of Japan.” It is the beginning of the story.
Concept1: When Captain Algren met translator, the translator let him meet the Japanese emperor. He told him the ritual to meet the Japanese emperor that represents respect. “For 2000 years, no emperor was even by a commoner. You may look at him,but do not speak unless spoken to. If he stands, you must bow. If he bows, you must bow lower.” This is the only ceremony in Japan for the Japanese emperor is supreme. The man who emperor meets the Emperor will feel very honored, the ritual is very important. It represents the respect and faith to the emperor. In American’s sights, there is no ritual to presidents and citizens. So Algren didn’t know the ritual to meet the Japanese emperor, this is the reason why the translator teach Algren step by step. Such as”step back, step back and turn.”
Concept2: In Japanese war, the Japanese soldiers were honor to fight enemy and their shoulders have mission. If they were defeated, they would feel very ashamed. The soldiers loyalty for their emperor, they will laparotomy himself the to express their loyalty to the emperor. But in the United States, the soldiers beat the war is a common thing, they would practice harder and won the war. So American don’t understand why the Japanese soldiers when defeated the war were going to commit suicide behavior. This is the reason from different values of the Japanese soldiers and American soldiers. Japanese soldiers pursuit of honor and allegiance to the emperor, they think their death is their value, while the American soldiers think the war are winners and losers, as long as they are doing the best they can reflect their value.
Concept3: Later, Algren came to a village where lived samurais. The samurais holding samurai swords to defeat the enemy is very heroic. When he first came here, the people who lived in village didn’t care for him,because the villagers didn’t speak English. It can not communicate. Language and food is his greatest difficulties, he was very lonely, so he decided to learn Japanese and get along with the villagers. Gradually, he began to have dinner with Japanese, he try to join their lives. One day, he spoke Japanese to villagers when they ate together, everyone was shocked and excited. From that, the villagers began to make friends with him ,they teach him Japanese and customs, even bushido. When Algren start to wear Japanese clothes, the old man told to him:"I know you are angry, you angry that they make you wear dress". Then he quickly adapted to the Japanese lifestyle. This is a coculture. The man who lived in different country he would face different people and culture,it different from his own country. He should learn a new culture and try to adapt to new life.
xD I have seen this film too.
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