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* [[Arrows on Fire]]
* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: Hidetora didn't become the sole head of the Ichimonji clan through sycophantic grovelling. He paved his way to kingship through war and battle. But when he retired...
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Entirely subverted with Taro and Jiro. Jiro is especially cowardly, and his lack of strong back-bone makes him Lady Kaede's obedient little lap dog. He deliberately ignores Kurogane's veteran military wisdom and commits to foolhardy strategies that {{spoiler|ultimately lead to the destruction of his kingdom}}. ▼
* [[The Atoner]]: Hidetora sports shades of this by the end.
▲* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Entirely subverted with Taro and Jiro. Jiro is especially cowardly, and his lack of strong back-bone makes him Lady Kaede's obedient little lap dog. He deliberately ignores Kurogane's veteran military wisdom and commits to foolhardy strategies that {{spoiler|ultimately lead to the destruction of his kingdom}}.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: When he was sane, Hidetora was this.
* [[Camp Gay]]: A drag artist plays Kyoami, after the fashion of traditional Japanese ''Noh'' theater.
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** Among the three brothers, Saburo does not succumb to any lust for power.
* [[Perspective Flip]]
* [[The Pollyanna]]: Lady Sue.▼
* [[Playing the Heart Strings]]: During the sack of the third castle. {{spoiler|The music is cut short by Taro's assassination}}.
▲* [[The Pollyanna]]: Lady Sue.
* [[Rage Against the Heavens]]
* [[Rain of Arrows]]: The attack on the Third Castle.
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* [[Samurai]]
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: Hidetora. Kyoami moans that the fool is now acting like a King, and the King is acting like a fool.
* [[Scenery Gorn]]: Oh, man, the attack on the Third Castle scene. Oh, God. [[Your Mileage May Vary|YMMV]] but that will overlap as [[Nightmare Fuel]] for a lot of people. The sheer brutality of that scene was even the basis for the Omaha Beach scene in [[Saving Private Ryan]], right down to the soldier holding his torn arm. ▼
* [[Scenery Porn]]: Some of the establishing shots are quite likely amongst the most beautiful in cinema history.
** Not even just the establishing shots, as the framing is ''excellent'' in this film: it would be fair to say that any scene where the camera doesn't move would be just as good a painting.
** The colors! The colors!!
▲* [[Scenery Gorn]]: Oh, man, the attack on the Third Castle scene. Oh, God. [[Your Mileage May Vary|YMMV]] but that will overlap as [[Nightmare Fuel]] for a lot of people. The sheer brutality of that scene was even the basis for the Omaha Beach scene in [[Saving Private Ryan]], right down to the soldier holding his torn arm.
* [[Seppuku]]: Lady Kaede's mother after Hidetora took the First Castle; Hidetora's concubines during the attack on the Third Castle. In addition, {{spoiler|Jiro, Kurogane, and Jiro's other main retainers presumably do so offscreen when the First Castle is about to be destroyed.}}
** Averted in Hidetora's case. [[Breakable Weapons|It pays to have an extra sword on hand in times like these.]]
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