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Not to be confused with a [[Touhou|certain nine-tailed kitsune,]] nor to be confused with [[Ranma ½|a sex-changing martial artist]] or a [[Norse Mythology|Norse sea goddess]].
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* [[Ambition Is Evil]]: One of the main themes of the film.
* [[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
* [[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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* [[Coitus Uninterruptus]]
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: Taro, Jiro, and Saburo are yellow, red, and blue respectively. Hidetora is for the most part coded with white, and this is reflected in Saburo's flags, which have white stripes in them.
* [[The Dragon]]: Kurogane.
* [[Downer Ending]]: Basically, the ending states that God is blind.
** Either that or that he just doesn't care and is purposefully spiteful.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: [[The Dragon|Kurogane]], a man who is no stranger to war, bloodshed and assassinations, is outraged when Lady Kaede orders [[The Pollyanna|Lady Sué's]] death.
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* [[Eye Scream]]: Tsurumaru. Done offscreen, thankfully.
* [[Flaw Exploitation]]: Lady Kaede exploits
* [[Four-Star Badass]]: Kurogane.
* [[Gender Flip]]: The feuding children are male, as opposed to the ones in ''[[King Lear]]''.
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* [[Gorn]]: The battle scenes are remarkably brutal. The sack of the Third Castle inspired the aftermath of Omaha Beach in ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]''.
* [[Gory Discretion Shot]] You don't need to see a beheading when the results of it are even more obvious. Results in [[High-Pressure Blood]].
* [[Henpecked Husband]]: Taro.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]
* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: Part of Hidetora's [[Character Development]]. From [[Complete Monster]] to traumatized, lonely, [[The Atoner|remorseful old man]]. ▼
* [[It Got Worse]]
* [[The Jester]]: Kyoami's job.
* [[Jidai Geki]]
* [[Karmic Death]]:
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* [[Kill It with Fire]]: What happens to the Third Castle.
* [[Lady Macbeth]]: Lady Kaede.
* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: Hidetora gets a big, heaping helping of it.
* [[Losing Your Head]]:
* [[Manipulative Bitch]]: Lady Kaede.
* [[Murder the Hypotenuse]]
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** Among the three brothers, Saburo does not succumb to any lust for power.
* [[Perspective Flip]]
* [[Playing the Heart Strings]]: During the sack of the third castle.
* [[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}}.
* [[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!!
* [[Seppuku]]: Lady Kaede's mother after Hidetora took the First Castle; Hidetora's concubines during the attack on the Third Castle. In addition,
▲* [[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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* [[Smug Snake]]: Lady Kaede.
* [[The Sons and the Spears]]: Hidetora tries to use this to encourage his sons to stick together. The meaning is slightly hindered by Saburo managing to break it anyway.
* [[Theme Naming]]: Taro, Jiro and Saburo literally mean "first son," "second son" and "third son
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: There are some things worth leaving behind...
* [[Tragedy]]
* [[Trash the Set]]: The burning of the Third Castle.
▲* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: Part of Hidetora's [[Character Development]]. From [[Complete Monster]] to traumatized, lonely, [[The Atoner|remorseful old man]].
* [[Unfriendly Fire]]:
* [[War Is Hell]]
* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: The boar hunt and the final shots of Tsurumaru.
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* [[Wise Prince]]: Saburo.
* [[Yandere]]: Lady Kaede.
* [[Youngest Child Wins]]:
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