Is it worth your time? If you like your samurai movies with a heavy dose of existential dread, yes. If you need a hero to root for, or even just a coherent moral center to anchor the story, you’re going to be frustrated. This isn't a film that holds your hand through the carnage. It’s for people who want to watch a man...
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"Is it worth your time? If you like your samurai movies with a heavy dose of existential dread, yes. If you need a hero to root for, or even just a coherent moral center to anchor the story, you’re going to be frustrated. This isn't a film that holds your hand through the carnage. It’s for people who want to watch a man slowly unravel while everyone around him pays the price. There’s a weird, detached quality to the way the camera tracks Ryunosuke. He’s often standing just to the side of the fra..."
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Hiroshi Inagaki, Shintarō Mimura, Kaizan Nakazato, Torao Takeda
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