The writing is shallow and clichéd, the acting just as mediocre. Even the child aged about two is poor - although probably the best in the cast!
If you like the sort of samurai movies made by Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, or Kobayashi, then dross like this is torture. I watched it because of its incomprehensibly high rating on Imdb and a poll of favourite samurai movies, but really only finished it due to its one redeeming feature: it is short.
If you like samurai films then please try some movies from the aforementioned directors whose every production is several orders of magnitude better than this deplorable offering.
If you like the sort of samurai movies made by Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, or Kobayashi, then dross like this is torture. I watched it because of its incomprehensibly high rating on Imdb and a poll of favourite samurai movies, but really only finished it due to its one redeeming feature: it is short.
If you like samurai films then please try some movies from the aforementioned directors whose every production is several orders of magnitude better than this deplorable offering.