A moment of shock and shock, Chenyou is too illusory Penglai;
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" > R Jun said</h1>
"Chess is like life,
In the beginning we had all the pieces.
If you can do this all the time, you will be safe,
But this is not allowed.
You have to move, out of your own position.
The more you move, the more you may be able to knock out the other person, but at the same time you will lose a lot of things.
It's the same as life. ”
(Keigo Higashino, "Blade of Wandering")
Keigo Higashino, has almost 100 works out.......
Of course, everyone knows his classic works such as "White Night", "The Dedication of Suspect X", and "Relief Grocery Store", but few people know that the 2004 "Wandering Blade" has been called Higashino's "most controversial" work.
I thought about this work because I saw that a Chinese version starring Wang Qianyuan would soon be released. Given that the past few Chinese versions of the work have all distorted the spiritual essence of the original work, and the principle of "The Wandering Blade" itself is based on the rather sensitive theme of "juvenile delinquency" and "private revenge", R Jun estimates that this work is likely to be changed to a less sensitive pure revenge film.
In fact, "The Wandering Blade" was shot by Japan and South Korea in 2009 and 2014, respectively, with a Douban score of 6.6 and 7.3, respectively, which were lower than the original book's score of 7.9. However, I did not expect that in 2021, Japan made a new 6-episode short series of "Wandering Blade" (or more like a TV movie), but suddenly rushed to a high score of 8.7 points. Interestingly, the famous Japanese actor Toyo Takeno Uchiha once played the detective who hunted down the male protagonist in the 2009 version, but in this new version of 2021, he played the most important role in the whole film: the revenge father Nagamine Shigeki.
Indeed, Blade of Wandering is in many ways very unsympathetic to Keigo Higashino. For example, the flow of the story itself and the interspersing of the characters' journey throughout the work are quite different from many works, and what is more special is that it is not like some of Higashino's typical works, and its core is not to tell the complex story itself, but more to elicit people's deep thinking about the matching and limitations between the legal system and cruel crime and social influences.
In terms of such a tortuous and delicate work, a longer time and supplementary details will obviously be more conducive to completing the character's personality and inner world shaping (such as Naga peak dreaming that the boy he killed came back to take revenge, which was not in the original work), and at the same time, it can use visual drama effects to better render and show the characters and contradictions, without delaying to too many episodes, so that the entire series is indeed "blue out of blue" for the original work, at least "icing on the cake", It's no wonder ye got such high marks from movie fans.
This Japanese drama version is currently only released to episode 5, and there is no grand finale, so this time R Jun's article is more of a book review of the original work of "Wandering Blade".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="86" > even if the cost is heavy, it is still necessary to face it</h1>
The most conclusive evidence of the emergence of laws in human society should be the "Code of Hammurabi" promulgated around 1776 BC.
Engraved on black basalt and recorded in Akadian cuneiform script, the code is not only structurally complete, but also rich in content, with more than 3,500 lines of stone carvings recording 282 codes covering all aspects of society, including criminal, civil, trade, marriage, etc.
However, with more than 5,000 years of human civilization, or 4,000 years of legal evolution, even from the perspective of the modern world, it is difficult to say that contemporary law is already impeccable perfection.
Because human society and human nature are inherently too complex, absolute fairness and truth have never existed, so the law, at a considerable level, represents the values and interest protection of the ruling class, or it maintains the order and stability of society through the various rules of managing society, so as not to cause all kinds of chaos and disputes, which will lead to greater problems and shake the foundation and stability of rule.
That being the case, this means that the law itself can only represent the views and interests of some people (even the majority of people), and in the process of implementation, it is very dependent on some important decision-making individuals, such as judges, public opinion, authoritative figures (usually judging some evidence) and jury members, so it is difficult for any law to represent a truly comprehensive fairness and impartiality, impeccable.
It is precisely because of the existence of this phenomenon that there are so many classic works that reflect, think and attack the law and enforcement, law and justice, law and justice, such as "Kill a Mockingbird", "12 Angry Men", "Yihai Xiongfeng" and even "The Trial of the Seven Gentlemen of Chicago", such as "Killing a Mockingbird", "12 Angry Men", "The Seven Gentlemen of Chicago", etc.
Indeed, there are times when some laws set out rules that not only fail to guarantee fairness, but even favor the evil party.
For example, the core of the contradiction in this work is Japan's Minor Protection Act.
The cruel and treacherous 2 teenagers, who have committed heinous crimes in succession, have destroyed the lives of one young girl after another and their families, but because of the provisions of the law, they will only be punished very lightly, so that the cost of crime is so low that they are unscrupulous.
Is this stopping crime and helping society, or is it condoning evil and upsetting the balance?
Therefore, R Jun has always believed that good policies, institutions, laws and enforcement can maintain and promote the progress of society; but on the contrary, wrong laws and even management not only do not help society, but will promote the growth of malice in human nature, and imprison those who follow the rules.
I think many readers will feel very uncomfortable with Changfeng's final death at the gun of the police, just like R Jun. Indeed, lynching and personal vendettas have always been intolerable in modern society, and even if revenge is taken, it is necessary to find and follow legal and compliant ways. But not all people have the ability (and the financial resources) to find a way to comply, and even when some things are simply not possible to get a legal argument?
So Captain America: Civil War is one of the highest scores in the entire MCU Universe series, because the scathing questions posed in this work are the same as those of The Wandering Blade. When the power of justice must be limited and influenced by secular surveillance, can it still maintain its original standards and efficiency of pure justice?
Interestingly, while we applaud Zorro, Robin Hood, and the Thirteen Assassins, we forget that they were all outlaws under the local law. Isn't that a farce and a paradox in itself?
Perhaps we must finally maintain the bloody ancient style of "the wrath of the puppet, ten steps of blood", and have the courage to choose the "right" path in the face of true justice, because history tells us that only when we recognize the existence and error of the "wandering blade" can we correct some wrong paths that need to be corrected, even if it costs us some tragic costs.
Don't forget that Mr. Lu Xun once said: "A true warrior, dare to face the bleak life, dare to face the dripping blood" ("In Memory of Liu and Zhenjun"). The struggle against unfair systems and rules may have been intolerable to social laws at that time, but standing in the long river of history, who can say that this is not the really correct path?
We should never live because of the principle of compromise.
Therefore, even if the revenge of Changfeng Heavy Tree is not tolerated by social laws, or even fails, R Jun will stand on the side of Long Peak Heavy Tree without hesitation.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="87" > only successful revenge is considered revenge</h1>
Writing this, especially reminds R Jun of Toki's grandfather (Clint. Eastwood's Oscar classic "Unforgiven" comes: Retired old cowboys, just to help a bullied "runaway woman" to find justice, not only to face bullying weak criminals, do not get the legal help they deserve, but also have to face the local murderous and violent law enforcers, until finally the perpetrators fall and justice is claimed.
However, it should be noted that Hollywood, as well as Western literature, often ends with the success and justice of the Avengers as the first principle, not with "law" being respected and practiced as the first principle, such as "The Count of Monte Cristo", such as "The Prince's Revenge", such as "Odyssey", such as "Wuthering Heights", and movies are more abound; and the famous story of Nakazozo in Japanese history, especially the forty-seven dead soldiers in Fukasaku's "Ako City Extinction" version, Loyalty and revenge are deeply embedded in the values of the entire Yamato nation.
Therefore, compared to this "Wandering Blade" that can only let the vengeful Nagambo Shigeki die, although a group of police detectives can be regarded as successfully solving the case and preventing the killing, they are all deeply involved in self-blame and wandering, and you will find that this may really clearly show the gap between historical and practical values.
Speaking of this, it is true to say that Changfeng's revenge is indeed more of a temporary blood boiling, lack of thoughtful planning, and in the end can only succeed.
A truly effective revenge should be like Park Woo-chan's "Kind of Gold", through careful and calm planning and execution, in order to not only achieve the goal, but also better retreat.
Of course, Chang Feng's revenge has never considered the importance of his own life, and it is a more tragic suicidal revenge. However, the extreme way of not thinking about the way back has proved to be mostly difficult to achieve, but rather because action plans that must be taken into account are often more effective arrangements. Typical examples are the story of Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin by "Tu Poor Dagger Appear".
Therefore, R Jun does everything against extreme thinking and short-sighted plans. Because of extremes and short-sightedness, it is bound to ignore many variables that actually have a significant impact, and the decision-making is hurried, it must be ill-thinking, full of loopholes, and it is only possible to fail in the end.
In a sense, the "Law on the Protection of Minors" directly referred to in "The Wandering Blade" and the "Black Life Noble" movement that has been noisy in reality are not the products of extreme thinking and action, so they can only cause more social problems and harm, or make the contradictions more intense.
Therefore, R Jun likes this "Wandering Blade" very much, because it is not only a work full of blood and action, but also a work full of deep reflection on human nature and social management issues.
R Jun, June 25, 2021, at Shangri-La Hotel, Yangzhou.
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