Throne of Blood

Hello everyone! Minasan konnichiwa!

I would like to review our viewing of the awsome Japanese Film, Throne of Blood! It was great. I am partial to black and white movies. I was impressed by how the actors seemed so overcome with emotion and how stoic their characters had to be. I love the part where Asagi,the lady of Spider's Web takes charge in a very passive way to assist her husband in gaining glory and power. She was by far the most intelligent and ruthless character, acting behind the scenes, using her husband's weakness for power to meet her own ends. The scene where she was sitting in the room splattered with blood was bone chilling. She tries twice to look at the wall and then the third time she overcomes her fear, tears into the corner and makes herself see it. Then later she becomes obcessed with her hands being covered in blood. It is almost like a modern movie in it's content. I almost felt sorry for Wasiju at the end, being tricked by the evil spirit into thinking he was invincible in battle. How clever the invading army was to coincidentally pull up tree branches as cover to approach the castle... I wish we could view more movies during the semester. Television and film are invaluable in conveying the general means of culture.