Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Sword of the Beast

A film by highly underrated director Hideo Gosha, a master of the Jidaigeki genre, shows a young samurai on the run from his clan. Accused of killing the clan counselor, he is chased by a posse led by the counselor's daughter and fiance. A film that touches upon the plight of lowly samurai trying rise up in ranks admist deadly clan politics.

Rating: * *

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