"During the Tokugawa era, some effort was made to control revenges which could easily spiral out of control among Samurai, whose intense conceptions of honor meant that vengeance for each group of avengers could continue in an unending line until entire families or clans would be wiped out. This would eventually become the adauchi, an officially sanctioned revenge which was legally approved, announced, and witnessed by the public and a government official, all of which would officially bring the sequence of further revenge to an end. In its way, it was simply a form of public execution modified to satisfy the honor of all participants and not leading to any heads on spikes. However, to make sure the adauchi was effective, that the right person died, the avengers were allowed to bring in “helpers,” which on occasion could number in the dozens." [Japanonfilm.wordpress]
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"During the Tokugawa era, some effort was made to control revenges which could easily spiral out of control among Samurai, whose intense conceptions of honor meant that vengeance for each group of avengers could continue in an unending line until entire families or clans would be wiped out. This would eventually become the adauchi, an officially sanctioned revenge which was legally approved, announced, and witnessed by the public and a government official, all of which would officially bring the sequence of further revenge to an end. In its way, it was simply a form of public execution modified to satisfy the honor of all participants and not leading to any heads on spikes. However, to make sure the adauchi was effective, that the right person died, the avengers were allowed to bring in “helpers,” which on occasion could number in the dozens." [Japanonfilm.wordpress]Buksemannen
Fantastic samurai film. How is this not in the Samurai list?elcid
Also when it's backed by historic records, this film has almost an anarchic ending.nymets138
Watch it with English subtitles here: https://ok.ru/video/1387551328866