Very Good Film

Rating: 10/10 (29 December 1998)

I don't speak Japanese so I'm commenting only on the subtitles. It appeared to me there was a sly subplot of the European influence in Japan. The priests giving the warriors their blessing, the European red wine, and the guns, which I assumed were provided by the Europeans to the winning side. Kurasowa was saying Japan, in Shingen, was lost to the Europeans when Japan left the mountain, Japan, and engaged the European guns. Perhaps a play on Pearl Harbor.