One Japanese lord takes offense at another Japanese Lord's remarks, attempts to kill him, gets sentenced to death, and his samuria vow revenge. Pretty decent plot outline for a movie.
However, if you're going to make a four-hour movie about samurai, you better mix in some decent swordplay. Because if you don't, all you've managed is to create an over-long education film. With a lot of talk, talk, talk, talk and more talk.
Did the Imperial Japanese War Department actually think this was going to convince the peasants to sign up to dive-bomb U. S. aircraft carriers? At least Hollywood propaganda efforts involved action while trying to convince Iowa farm boys to sign up and get themselves killed on some beach in France, African desert, or windswept Pacific island.
I wouldn't even call this a samurai movie, to be honest. It's more of a movie about manners, like The Remains of the Day. To be honest, the latter movie had more dramatic tension.
If someone recommends this movie to you, they don't like you very much.
However, if you're going to make a four-hour movie about samurai, you better mix in some decent swordplay. Because if you don't, all you've managed is to create an over-long education film. With a lot of talk, talk, talk, talk and more talk.
Did the Imperial Japanese War Department actually think this was going to convince the peasants to sign up to dive-bomb U. S. aircraft carriers? At least Hollywood propaganda efforts involved action while trying to convince Iowa farm boys to sign up and get themselves killed on some beach in France, African desert, or windswept Pacific island.
I wouldn't even call this a samurai movie, to be honest. It's more of a movie about manners, like The Remains of the Day. To be honest, the latter movie had more dramatic tension.
If someone recommends this movie to you, they don't like you very much.