What exactly is the shadow about? Why do many people say they don't understand?

Shadow is a martial arts action film directed by Zhang Yimou, which was released in September 20 18. The ink and wash style with long meaning and rhyme attracted a large audience, but the twists and turns of the plot were unpredictable and chewy. The following is an analysis of the plot, briefly introducing the reasons why the audience has difficulty in understanding the plot.

At the beginning of the film, Xiao Ai, the governor of Guo Pei, came running in panic and peeped through the door outside the palace. This paragraph belongs to flashback and is ignored for the time being.

After that, the story officially unfolded. Pei Wang and his ministers live a luxurious and enterprising life and like singing and dancing. Yu Zi, the viceroy, braved the storm and walked into the imperial court, vowing to recapture the country. To this end, he fought a decisive battle with the enemy general Yang Cang.

Pei Wang was shocked, thinking that the move destroyed the peace between the two countries, reprimanded Yu Zi and let Yuzi play with Xiao Ai. Yu Zi broke the ambition of invention and excused himself with Xiao Ai.

Later, when the camera turned, two men who were haggard, strong and similar in appearance were in the secret room, and the audience really understood the story: the real Yu Zi was injured by Yang Cang that year, his appearance declined and his body was broken. In order to complete his goal of recovering the frontier state, he launched the frontier state of body double, which his uncle found for him.

Yu Zi calculated in the darkroom and asked the state to challenge Yang Cang again. However, in Zhou Jing's whispers to Xiao Ai later, the audience could understand that Zhou Jing didn't like this kind of life, and he just wanted to go back to Zhou Jing to find his mother. Yu Zi hinted that they had found the mother of Jingzhou. As long as Jingzhou defeats Yang Cang, you can start a new life.

Jingzhou returned to the imperial court with a forged knife wound, but Pei Wang proposed to apply medicine to the wounds of the viceroy and found that the wounds in Jingzhou were new. Jingzhou explained that he was harming himself and reminded himself to recover Jingzhou. The ministers of Pei Wang and Yan Lu echoed each other at a distance, demoted the governor to Shu Ren, and the country went out in a light coat.

As you can see here, Pei Wang has long been vigilant against the Governor. Wang Pei ascended the throne with the support of Yuzi family. Yu Zi is below one person and above ten thousand people. Maybe one day he can take his place. Whether it's letting the viceroy and Xiao Ai play together or drugging the viceroy, it's a small means for Pei Wang to test whether the viceroy is true.

After Jingzhou admitted that his injury was new, Pei Wang got an accurate answer: the governor who performed well in court was not a real person. At this time, there are only two tasks left for Pei Wang: one is to find Yu Zi's hiding place and kill him, and the other is to stabilize the superficial situation and convince the enemy that he will still maintain the alliance.

To this end, Pei Wang used two pieces: Minister Lu Ping, who was demoted as a field soldier in Shu Ren. Most viewers can see that Lupin is undercover sent by the enemy, but few people can see Tian Ping's undercover identity, which leads to doubts about the main plot.

Under the supervision of Lu Ping, Pei Wang did not hesitate to marry Princess Qingping of Guo Pei to Yang Cang's son as his concubine, and at the same time demoted Tian Zhan to Shu Ren, so as to gain Yu Zi's trust, Yu Zi's hiding place and next plan. Pei Wang's two goals have been achieved. The enemy didn't notice the challenge brought by Yu Zi. Yang Cang even withdrew some troops to support the master, leaving only 800 people guarding the city.

On the other hand, Tian Zhan, who gained trust, saw the real viceroy in the darkroom. The governor asked him to lead the dead to break through Yang Jiajun's defense from the border town, and promised him the post of governor. Only Tian Zhan is a pawn of Pei Gong can explain a series of plots in Eggs, such as princess royal's knowledge of the raid plan, exposure of the darkroom, Tian Zhan's meeting with Pei Gong in the bamboo forest, and so on. That's why Tian Zhan showed panic when he saw Bianbang walk out of the palace and claimed that the king was assassinated.

On the appointed day, Bianzhou sent the deceased to the Jingzhou Commissioner by boat. In "The Battle of Heaven", princess royal and a hundred dead people raided into the border state from the bottom of the water, and the border state blocked him in front of Yang Cang.

The city was broken, Yang Ping and Qing Ping died, and Yang Cang was killed by the state. However, it is not Yu Zi who wants to win, but Pei Gong, who already knows everything. Pei Gong met Tian Zhan immediately after breaking the city, and their relationship was self-evident.

Jingzhou fled back to her childhood house, and her mother in bed had already been killed. One group of assassins attacked him, but another group of assassins saved him, claiming that he was Pei Wang's confidant and that Yu Zi had killed his mother. Jingzhou decided to go back and retaliate against the viceroy.

There are doubts about the death of the state mother and the ownership of the assassin who assassinated the state. Some viewers think that Pei Wang is acting to lure the country to kill Yu Zi, but after analysis, I still think the truth is Wang Pei Shuo for two reasons:

First of all, Yu Zi needs to get rid of the country to prove that he is a real governor, because only Tian Zhan and Xiao Ai know his true identity. Xiao Ai was ambiguous about the border state, and Tian Zhan didn't do much to prove his true identity. The end of Yu Zi's attempt to kill the border country is also a detail that can prove this speculation. However, living in the state is good for Pei Wang. After killing Yu Zi, he can get a loyal and powerful general.

Second, Yu Zi saw Xiao Ai cheating Jingzhou and held a grudge against Jing State. The fact that Jizhou can find his mother in the old house shows that Yu Zi didn't cheat him at first, and Yu Zi is really prepared to let Jizhou realize his wish. But after the city was broken, Yu Zi sent an assassin to kill the country and his mother. Perhaps Xiao Ai's infidelity stimulated Yuzi to retaliate against the country in this way.

In the end, Zhou Jing was recovered and Yu Zi was surrounded. Pei Wang killed Lu Ping, an undercover agent, revealing sharp fangs, and at the same time made Zhou Jing replace Yu Zi as the real viceroy. At this point, Pei Wang's game has been completed.

Then Yu Zi pretended to be a samurai and killed Pei Wang, and lured Jingzhou to kill Pei Wang to get rid of him. This is Yu Zi's attempt to kill the Jedi. However, this border country has been disappointed with Yu Zi. He killed two people and created the illusion that Pei Wang was assassinated, thus completing the transformation of his identity. This is a game set by the border countries to save themselves and protect Xiao Ai.

Finally, she ran to the door and looked out. She is obviously worried about national security. But the movie ended here, leaving us a blank, unable to know the final outcome. We don't know whether Tian Zhan and Zhou Jing ever had an argument, and we don't know whether Pei Wang also has a shadow.

The misunderstanding of Tian Zhan's identity made the audience feel abrupt about Pei Wang's ability to control the overall situation, but the true and false clues and different people's explanations made the story more complicated. Within an hour and a half in the cinema, the audience should sum up the clues and sort out the plot while enjoying the unique ink and wash style. There is no pause and replay, which makes this task very difficult, which is why most viewers "can't understand".

Generally speaking, the plot of Shadow is not incomprehensible. With body double as the leading role, he tells the story of the power struggle of the courtiers in the ruling and opposition, but it takes some time. The struggle between the real human heart and the court is more complicated and bloody than the shadow.