Mr Wantanabe, Chief of Citizens Section, has cancer; only he’s not aware of it yet. In about 20 minutes he will be. “He just drifts through life. In fact he’s barely alive” informs the voice-over narrator. In fact, Mr Wantanabe has only got 6 months to live. So what will he do or how will [...]
I’m watching a copy of a copy of a copy of this film. Which makes the film look like it was made in 1850 Toshiro Mifune plays a “famous bandit” who is dishonouring (raping) a fine lady in the woods while murdering her husband. Or is it the contemptous husband who is murdered by the [...]
It’s 16th century Japan. Warring, warrioring, worrying, warlords. Heads shaved in funny shaped tonsures. Difficult to work out who is fighting who and why. Japenese history lesson, Japanese mythology. Half an hour into this film i still don’t know whats happening. I’m starting not to care. So much yelling going on; that Japanese yelling that [...]
