Kiichi Nakai, Koichi Sato, Yui Natsukawa
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leav...( read more
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An effective samurai tale with plenty of excellent battle scenes. There is a lot of heart and soul in this film, even though our protagonist is not always likeable. This is one of the major plot points though as people start to see him in a different light. Loses marks for refusi...( read more)
absolutely incredible. this is only the second movie af all time to make me cry, and i cried twice. absolutely one of the sadest things i have ever seen. this film won best picture at the japanese academy awards in 2003 and absolutely deserves it. the story was marvelous and ...( read more)
Love action movies and swords are stylin. Had all the key elements: honor, skill, romance, straight-up story telling, lessons learned and my least favorites: politics and certain traditions.
This is by far the best of the modern Samurai movies that I have seen. Superb acting and directing, winning best actor, best supporting, and best director. I highly recommend to anyone who likes a great samurai flick
An excellent samurai movie about a man who will do anything to make sure his family survives.
All the actors did a great job and I felt the story flowed well. The look of the movie was great.
It is pretty long but it played so well that the run time didn't invade my thoughts at ...( read more)
Beautiful, melancholy film, told predominantly in flashbacks paints a wonderful picture of a samurai trying to survive as his world changes drastically around him.
Recommended.
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