A masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (28 January 2004)

This epic movie deserves it's place among the best dramas ever made.
After the introduction I loved every minute from the point Nathan arrives in Japan until the end.
This is truly Tom's best performance and it is the best movie he was ever part of.
Sometimes the story was very foreseeable but that was not avoidable since that was a part of it. The movie has a moving story, great scenery, men who find their destiny and their inner peace.
It's been years since the last and only time I cried in a movie (Boromir's death in The Fellowship of the Ring). This movie did it again - and therefore this must truly be a masterpiece in it's genre.

A very big surprise since Hollywood-dramas tend to get on my nerves due to their schmaltz-excesses.