I'm looking forward to re-watching The Twilight Samurai. I really
liked the character of Kayo in Love and Honor - and I find myself
wondering how much of that is because I've met Huong. I find that in
the past I was reasonably boorish in regards to how I viewed people's
actions. Essentially I wouldn't always see the reason they did
something, just that they did it. So in the film Kayo dutifully
served her husband at home - but what I noticed wasn't that she was
doing it entirely because she cared for him.
Also, when Mimura yells at his aunt to not disparage his wife - to me
it's because he respects his wife and no matter what, will not allow
others to say ill of her - even if there is just cause. In the past I
don't know what I would have interpreted his actions to mean, but now
I think I recognize them.
Hmm.
Chris
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Weird typo. I originally put -
ReplyDelete"but what I noticed wasn't that she was doing it entirely because she cared for him."
What I meant was - She did things not out of a sense of duty - but because she DID care for him.
my typo basically says it backwards. oops.