Amazing masterpiece
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Jazzster5000 –
2017-12-11
The description doesn’t give this film justice at all. This is far more than just a comedy with a sudden change direction at the end - it is more a story about a distant, dispirited, warrior (with a sense of humour) who reconnects with his humanity partially through helping out a bunch of well meaning and honourable, yet mostly inept, men. Sanjuro doesn’t run rings round the two women, rather, they run rings around him helping him see there is far more to life than just fighting for pay. In fact, the ending that the description refers to, the fight, is not shocking, but rather a natural progression of a man who has slowly learned to hate fighting and sees it for what it is.
If you are a film lover I really think you should without doubt watch this - there is so much to it. (Personally preferred it to Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress, but hey, that’s just an opinion). 👍