Is it worth your time? If you have a high tolerance for 1930s-era pacing and you think the idea of a male actor playing a woman who is also a master swordsman is peak cinema, then yes. Watch it. If you need explosions or a plot that moves like a bullet train, you are going to be bored to tears within twenty minutes. It...
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Teinosuke Kinugasa
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"Is it worth your time? If you have a high tolerance for 1930s-era pacing and you think the idea of a male actor playing a woman who is also a master swordsman is peak cinema, then yes. Watch it. If you need explosions or a plot that moves like a bullet train, you are going to be bored to tears within twenty minutes. It’s a specific kind of vibe. You either sink into the rhythm of the stage-like movements, or you keep checking your phone. The rhythm of the thing There is this moment about halfwa..."
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