I don't go to a lot of films these days, being skint and all, but do enjoy a good samurai picture. Of course, everybody in the know loves Akira Kurosawa's films, especially the samurai epics like Seven Samurai, Yojimbo and Rashomon, and if you do, this is right up your alley.
This film, Takeshi Miike's 13 Assassins harks back to the great old samurai epic. A noble quest to assassinate the Shogun's evil brother, played very creepily by J-pop group SMAP's Goro Inagaki . Those who know SMAP will be surprised and impressed. I know I was. The main actor is Koji Yakusho and he is nothing short of brilliant in his role as quest boss and organizer Shinzaemon.
Anyway, I don't want to be a movie reviewer and am obviously not that adept at it, shut up, and do not want to take up a lot of my precious time, so I will quit while I'm ahead. Just go see the bloody film. As a matter of fact, do everything I suggest on this blog, let's take that as red at this point.
Kapla!
P.S. It's voting day in London. What should we do on AV? Well, if you don't know what that is, I am not going to explain it as it took me a while to figure it out myself...which I think I do...but perhaps not. Anyhoo, I am not going to say which way I am going to vote, I am only going to say that whatever David Cameron says to do, I usually don't. Vote with your brains people! Don't get fooled again! End of rant.
Double Kapla!
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