(submitted by Mario for AP)

Rating: Null/10 (25 May 2005)

In this film, the director employed numerous theatrical elements to convey to the reader a sense of majesty in relation to the samurai of Japan. One of the initial scenes to take place on the battlefield pitted the poorly trained imperial soldiers against the battlehardended samurai. The director filmed the scene in a mist and with suspense building drumbeats in the background. Because the samurai were seldomly focused on, it added an air of unrealism to the scene, which was compounded by the mist.
During other scenes, the director used lighting and sound to convey messages to the viewers. In the village, all of the colors are rich and comforting, to display the comforting nature of the samurai. On the other hand, the cities were portrayed as overly busy and had bland colors and depictions.
In whole, the movie was an excellent work from both the battlefield and intellectual, posing the question of whether "civilization" is all it is cracked up to be, levels.