Don't go into BUSHIDO expecting clashing swords and a high body count, this is another sort of film. Yea, swords are drawn but this is a film more about characters, and the game of Go, than it is about sword fights.
The basic plot has a samurai turned engraver getting into trouble again when some gold goes missing. He had been framed and sent off years earlier for theft and now everyone thinks he did it again.
This is a mannered tale focused on the characters and not an action film. I'm sure if you've seen films like AFTER THE RAIN, SWORD OF DESPERATION (2011), LAST RONIN, TATAR SAMURAI and others, you'll know what you are getting into.
I liked this film a great deal. I think I would have liked it away from the festival mix, where I could see the film on it's own terms and not as part of an endless line of films.
It's a solid film that is worth a look.
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