The Samurai and the Prisoner

[Drunk Monk]

Kokurojo (the samurai and the prisoner)

This was at Cannes and earned a very limited US theatrical run this week. Only one showing a day in the Cruz, and I doubt it’ll last into next week. 

It's a beautiful film - gorgeous locations and costumes - but not a lot of action. Mostly political intrigue. The few sword fights are unremarkable but it makes some engaging commentary about religion and budo. I guessed who the traitor was using the least-likely paradigm. Not enough sword fights. 

It'll play fine on a streaming platform.

[Greg]

Yes, I did go back in and fix DM's broken quote code.

[Drunk Monk]

Blame the cut & paste. 

There was a lot of really nice armor worn in this film.