Horrifyingly beautiful

Rating: Null/10 (4 July 2000)

Don't expect to be uplifted, and don't expect a standard samurai flick. This is one of the most visually beautiful films I've ever seen, and one of the most emotionally devastating. Watch it on a big screen with good color registration and good sound -- get a letterboxed version if you can, because as usual Kurosawa uses as much of the screen as he can.