Shadow is a Zen martial art that explores personal consciousness. The shadow is moist, as if growing in water, with a strong sense of Jiangnan water town. The narrative technique of the film is simple and clear, but it also has relatively profound ethical expression.

The narrative of the story has both the genes of oriental drama and the methods of western drama. The first half and the second half are quiet and moving, and the quieter the front, the more intense the back. The hazy beauty created by Zhang Yimou's pictures frames the whole story in the gray scale of shadows, forming an obviously empty but very narrow closed space.

The characterization of the actors is also excellent. The two roles of Deng Chao show the age gap and the feeling of being manipulated by the wily. It's hard for the audience not to appreciate his performance. Hu Jun's performance, on the whole, showed due tolerance. Sun Li's performance needs too much internalization, but it still lacks some levels.

All in all, the film is worth seeing. This film is very successful in narrative, texture and characterization.

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Introduction:

This is a story about body double. Body doubles have existed since ancient times and are called "shadows". Where there is an assassination, there is a shadow, and the shadow must come forward at a critical moment to save the master's life; The shadow must be integrated with the real body, and it is difficult for others to distinguish between true and false like twins. About the ins and outs of the shadow, I never shy away from silence, and I don't want to mention it, which makes the truth confusing.

Guo Pei commander-in-chief Yu Zi (Deng Chao) is defeated by the enemy Yang Cang (Hu Jun). After the injury, the body double Jingzhou (Deng Chao) trained since childhood was enabled for him to walk in court and battlefield. At the same time, Pei Liang (Ryan), the monarch of Guo Pei, and Yu Zi, the viceroy, calculated each other. Jingzhou, as a "shadow hero", struggled to survive in the tactical game of the nobility, and experienced various difficulties and struggles in order to survive.