A movie that has the true meaning behind life, honor, and family.

Rating: 10/10 (8 June 2008)

This movie, one of director Kurosawa's visually stunning best. His use of color to represent the mood of the scene is perfect. Kurosawa put together a masterpiece of a story that can be seen all throughout history, of a father who feels he is not needed and the children who take the power and don't realize what goes with have it. My favorite character who possesses a great Kabuki skill is Lord Hidetora, played by Tatsuya Nakadai who is a long time and popular Japanese film star who has also played in some other of Kurosawa's movies such as Yojimbo "The Bodyguard." Nakadai played the Unosuke, gunfighter. This movie has the perfect amount of theater acting and leaves you with an overall sense of life's unrevealing mystery of death.