Lovely to see that the samurai genre is not dead and good films can still be made in the genre even in such modern times as the 2020s.

This was quite a strong piece from a much loved director but for some reason I expected it to be a satire rather than a serious societal critique so when I realised the truth I was much more excited to watch it. Unfortunately though, the daily motion copy I watched suffered from…

I'm finding it quite hard to pin this film down to a rating as, while I enjoyed the film quite a lot, I did find it rather heavy handed at getting it's point across about violence in media. I would have probably preferred it, if the film was more subtle with its messaging.

There were a couple of things which I found confusing as well; I wasn't sure if the mother character's performance was just bad, or if she was…