A critique of samurais and feudal Japan
Goyokin was a film by Hideo Gosha who was one of the famed producers of samurai films in Japan. It features three familiar stars of their time most notably Tatsuya Nakadai as Magobei Wakizaka. Nakadai was known for playing heavies in most of his films, and this is no exception. Joining him is Tetsuro Tamba as Rokugo Tatewaki a friend of Magobei’s. Besides being in dozens of Japanese releases he’s known internationally for being in James Bond’s You Only Live Twice. Kinnosuke Nakamura plays the third main character Samon Fujimaki who is also an acquaintance of Magobei..<br /><br />Goyokin begins with what seems like four separate stories that eventually converge at the end.<br /><br />Nakadai gives his usual steady performance. He just has this look about his face that you have to see to understand. It’s like he’s a tortured soul, but also a cold blooded killer. As the story unfolds it brings back one bad memory after another for him from the dead villagers, to a survivor to his old flame.<br /><br />There’s also plenty of swordplay as well with Magobie and Samon cutting down a number of people.<br /><br />More importantly the film varies from traditional Japanese dealings with the samurai. This movie emphasizes the corruption of the lords that ruled Japan. Retainer Rokugo for example talks about how they had to bloody their hands in order to maintain their fief, and this was part of the system of feudal Japan. Magobei rejects that argument saying he was sick of the samurai lifestyle. This was an important indictment of what Japanese society had always glorified.<br /><br />Outside of Japan Gosha is not as well known, but he made some great movies as this is one of them.<br />C
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