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「諸行無常」 (Shogyō Mujō)
“The Impermanence of Worldly Things”
Like the shrike that impales its prey upon branches, I feel as if this adaptation has impaled my heart upon its sharp branches of modernity and loose interpretations.
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「平家流るる」 (Heike Nagaruru)
“Heike Flowing”
The real carnage here is the butchery the script-writers do to the characterization and epic action of the original story.
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「 都落ち」 (Miyako Ochi)
“Leaving the Capital”
The Taira scrape a final spoonful out of their now almost finished bowl of victories
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「清盛、死す」 (Kiyomori, Shisu)
“Kiyomori, Dies”
“Because I could not stop for Death He kindly stopped for me”. Or in Kiyomori’s case, not so kindly.
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「都遷り」 (Miyako Utsuri)
“City Transition”
This adaptation is all about portraying the characters as living, breathing humans enjoying every-day moments rather than focusing on them purely as giants of history
