Friday, January 6, 2012

47 Ronin


47 Ronin
Japanese, English subtitles
1994, 129 Minutes
3 Stars

Many reviewers on Netflix rated this movie at 2 or 3 stars.  There is another movie out, about the same history that Rainy Day has not yet seen, Chushingura. 47 Ronin is a typical story of Samurai revenge, with a great deal of time spent on character development, and not so much on action, culminating at the end with the requisite sword battle. The photography, for the most part, was the most engaging except for the final battle, which took place at night, and much of it inside, and was just too dark to see and fully enjoy. If you have a bad cold, and don't want to tax your brain with 'thinking' movie, this is fine.  There are many samurai movies out there that are better. Good acting, good look into the life of Samurai. Based on history.

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