I’m under the suspicion everybody loves this, because you have to love it, it’s Kurosawa.
Because my god, what a drag! How can it be so highly praised? I mean, sure, cool tragedy and even cooler production; the makeup and costumes are stunning, the photography a treat for the eyes and all that bright red, love me some red. But did I really had to sit there two out of three hours watching an old man being crawled from one…