The movie centers on Zaitochi , a swordsman who helps and saves hapless villagers . He's a ¨Ronin¨, a samurai without master . He will have to face a villain and a nasty gang . In the movie there is noisy action , Japan sword fights , high body count , emotion, violence and lots of gore because of the murders are pretty savage . The blood in the film has been described by many as being "too CGI". Kitano did this intentionally , wanting to "soften the shock to the audience" due to the brutal massacres . Kitano told the CGI artist he wanted the blood to "look like flowers blossoming across the screen" . The fighting stage is similar to ¨Kill Bill¨ saga . Kitano said that he wished the struggles to be as realistic as possible, but that he wanted the blood to be extremely exaggerated . The runtime film is overlong and results to be slow moving in spite of the fights , which are fast moving and breathtaking , but the motion picture is a little boring. Two hours and some are a bit tiring . The picture obtained much success around the world and specially in Japan .
Interpretation and direction by Takeshi Kitano is riveting , it's his best film . The ending confrontation between the starring and the enemies is overwhelming and impressive . The final dance set piece is a tribute to many of the popular Japanese movies, in which the Hollywood-style happy ending was followed by a sudden "burst into song" , as Kitano wanted to attempt this , but in a different type of way . Kitano combined traditional Kabuki theatre clog-dancing with "the latest African-American tap style" . This dance sequence features all of the villagers, but not the villains , the reason for not including Zatôichi into the sequence was because Kitano felt that he was more of a villain than a good man . Film will appeal to strong emotions lovers and Takeshi Kitano fans. Rating: 6,5/10 . Good .
Interpretation and direction by Takeshi Kitano is riveting , it's his best film . The ending confrontation between the starring and the enemies is overwhelming and impressive . The final dance set piece is a tribute to many of the popular Japanese movies, in which the Hollywood-style happy ending was followed by a sudden "burst into song" , as Kitano wanted to attempt this , but in a different type of way . Kitano combined traditional Kabuki theatre clog-dancing with "the latest African-American tap style" . This dance sequence features all of the villagers, but not the villains , the reason for not including Zatôichi into the sequence was because Kitano felt that he was more of a villain than a good man . Film will appeal to strong emotions lovers and Takeshi Kitano fans. Rating: 6,5/10 . Good .