Another assignment that I hope can help those in need. haha...
This time, it was my 100% effort. About grammar, I really bad at it. So if there is any mistake, forgive me.
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Original writing and idea: Me! :D
Movie: Rurouni Kenshin (The First Movie)
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Rurouni Kenshin Movie Scene Review
Rurouni Kenshin
is a 2012 Japanese film adaptation of the manga of the same name originally
written by Nobuhiro Watsuki. This nearly perfect film adaptation of the manga
was directed by Keishi Otomo starring Takeru Satoh as the main actor. This film
focuses on fictional events that take place during the early Meiji period in
Japan, telling the story of a wanderer named Himura Kenshin(Takeru Satoh),
formerly known as the assassin Hitokiri Battōsai. After participating in the
Bakumatsu war, Kenshin wanders in the countryside of Japan offering protection
and aid to those in need as an atonement for the murders he once committed as
an assassin a decade ago. He has took an oath to himself that he would not be
an assassin again and bring a Sakabato, a “reverse-blade-sword” as a testament
to his oath.
I would not going to write the whole story here as it
will be a waste of time. So, here I will just describe one scene of the movie
that had taken my heart. It is when Kenshin (the main protagonist) help Kaoru
(the owner of the Kamiya Kasshin School who is also his friend) from a bunch of
thug under Takeda Kanryū (the main antagonist here) that made an attempt to
take over the dojo (Kamiya Kasshin School). To be truth this is a fast and
furious fighting scene but still this scene had taken part in my heart. Since
I’m an action movie fan, I like this scene the best because of its amazing rows
of fighting movement and the realness of the movement showed.
The scene takes
place at the training hall in the Kamiya Kasshin School. Kamiya Kasshin School
is a school for learning the art of fencing. The scene begins when a bunch of
thug come and make a fuss at the school ground. They then make fun of the
school’s motto; “The Sword that Let People Live” and enter the training hall as
they pleased without taking off the shoes. One of the thug say that sword
purpose is violence, its hallmark is destroying life and that is the essence of
the fencing. He also said that the school motto that is also Kaoru’s late
father words is so naïve and then they laughed uproariously. Their laugh sound
like humiliation to Kaoru and it is unforgivable. Once she ready to make an
attack to the thugs, her attention is suddenly distracted by a sound of people
being thrown onto the ground outside.
Then all of the
thug come to look who is outside after pushing Kaoru aside. Kaoru at her side
is a little shocked to see Kenshin outside, beside the man that he has thrown
onto the ground earlier. One of the thugs then asks, “Who are you?” He then walked leisurely into the school
ground while talking, “It’s true that the words of that lady are words spoken
as someone who has never soiled her own hands. A simply naïve nonsense. A sword
is a tool for killing. Fencing is an art of homicide. No matter what pretty or
words you use, this is its true nature. However instead of that truth, this one
likes the naïve nonsense Kaoru speaks of so much more.”
Right after Kenshin finish his last words, the thug
then strike an attack towards him. All of the thug start to swarm him to attack
him. With coarse eyes, of course it is almost impossible for one person to
fight that many people but Kenshin can. He first stops the enemy attack towards
him and easily throws him on the ground. Then, when he is beside his opponent, he
then turns, delivering a backhanded swing at the opponent’s neck making his
opponent fall hard onto the ground. He keeps repeating the step, as fast as
lighting. He quickly dodge all the attack and quickly make a counter attack.
One by one his opponent fall onto the ground. This technique is called
Ryu-So-Sen or Dragon Nest Flash: Gnawing. Amazingly, his movement looks very
swift without any hesitation even he is facing with many opponents. At the same
time after seeing how fast Kenshin is and how hard their comrade being beat up,
the remaining thugs in the training hall become a little shaking.
When he made his way towards the training hall, the
remaining thugs take a step back. But right after he set his foot on the floor,
the thugs again tried to hit him but this time they use their sword and
pointing it at him. As usual, Kenshin easily dodge all their attack by bending
his body backward, forward, side by side, left and right. All of the movement
is so fast that none of the attack manage to hurt him even a scratch on his
skin. While sidestepping to dodge the attack and moving past his opponent,
Kenshin make a high kick and land on the ground. He then curl his body and
rolling at the great speed making his opponent hesitate a moment to attack him
as they cannot aim correctly to attack him right at the vital spot. Using this
opportunity, he manage to escape himself from the crowd that surround him and
quickly get up while give of a hit right at the chin to his opponent. This kind
of movement called Ryu-Kan-Sen or Dragon Coiling Flash.
After receive a harsh beating, the thug however still
eagerly trying to attack him but again he manages to escape easily by sliding
on the floor to the other side of training hall. There, he pushes his opponent
aside, giving him space to step on the wall and make a somersault backwards. By
the time he is doing the backward somersault, as fast as lighting he pick up a
wooden sword that is hung on the wall using his feet and then landing on the
ground in position ready to make a counter attack with the wooden sword in his
hand. Then, he strike all the opponent that come towards him really fast, all
aiming at their neck making them does not able to stand up against him again.
And his final attack is when he struck his opponent’s neck with the wooden
sword at both side hardly that the wooden sword brake into two. This movement
is called Ryu-Tsui-Sen or Dragon Mallet Flash. The remaining thugs, who has
being the spectator most of the time is left dumbstruck after seeing Kenshin’s
fast and furious yet merciless attack.
After Kenshin’s final attack, he then said, “The sword
waved by Hitokiri Battosai (assassin) is the Hiten-Mitsurugi-Ryu. It’s an old
style of kenjutsu (a fighting technique) which arose in the Sengoku era,
designed to face several opponents at once.” Kenshin’s then take out his
reverse blade sword out of its sheath. Then he continued while looking at his
shining and sharp blade, “As long as it’s not a sword like this, it will
decisively slice people to death.” At this time, Kaoru who hear the Kenshin’s
word look so shocked as she has realized something about Kenshin. The remaining
two thug then recognize him as the legendary Hitokiri Battosai that have
disappeared about a decade ago after hearing Kenshin’s word. Then one of them
trying to attack him but quickly Kenshin hit him at the stomach using his sword
hilt and using his feet to throw his opponent down to the ground. Seeing his
comrade being beat, the last remaining standing thug try to attack him but also
his attack was a failure as Kenshin easily dodge and throw him with an intense
power straight outside of the training hall. This four minute fighting scene
ends with the villagers come with the police officer to check out the commotion
at the Kamiya Kasshin School. That four minute scene is enough to capture my
heart because of its real looking movement.
One might think that all the fighting movement in this
movie is just a mere normal and typical manga-fighting scene. But it is
actually different. A totally different art of fighting showed here, in this
movie. All the technique and movement involve is true and it was actually
really being practice in the real life. Talking about the realness of the
movement here is that the actor that played Kenshin which is Takeru Satoh
really do the movement himself. Meaning that he does not use stuntman to do his
part and also, no wiring movement involve here. Like other typical action
movie, they usually show the actor flying there and there, making an illogical
high jump just to make a fantasy and wonderful looking movement but of course
it is impossible without the help of the wire. But in the scene I like the best
and in the overall movie, there is no such things use in this movie. It is all
depends on one’s physical strength and the technique use.
As conclusion, the non-stop fighting movement and the
realness in the movement showed in this scene is the reason why I like this
scene. I bet all the action movie lover like me would never regret to watch
this movie even at the cinema. So, what I want to say here is that this movie
is a worthy-watching movie.
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#Again I hope for high mark on this essay.
