Bakemono

During the peaceful time, Haru returns to his hometown after an art of war journey, where he runs into a group of low-rank Samurais. His best friend from childhood Roku was among them. The Samurais laugh at Haru saying that the art of war is already outdated. Feeling infuriated, Haru draws his sword, but the Samurais wouldn't. He learns that there is a sword ban in the town. The local feudal lord finds out about Haru and orders his bodyguard "Kiyomitsu" to capture Haru alive. Kiyomitsu finally discovers Haru and attacks him with great glee, but.

extraordinary and beautiful movie ! The actors expressed their emotions and made me believe that they are really going through some sort of emotion.

I left to the theater opening day to see this movie with high expectations and believe it or not, it exceeded them.

Purchased this for my grandson, as we had so many raving endorsements. This is film earned every one. It's unnecessary to extol every deserving aspect, as you can see by others' review; but suffice to say, we ALL enjoy the movie at least once daily!

A beautifully written, acted, and crafted movie. Highly recommended!

Usually I try to be careful with over hyping a film, or setting the expectations too high, as film geeks all are guilty for, however for Hideki Oshima, this really is not possible.

Brilliant underrated Drama film!

Hideki Oshima is an impeccable storyteller. That’s why was astonishing and spectacular!

Was actually pretty damn good. The film was good.

I have watched this movie 3 times, and each time have liked it more than I did the first time, and even then I still enjoyed it a lot!