The movie is about being a samurai -- to follow the samurai way and be able to "perform one last action even though your head has been cut off" (in the film the hero is obliged loyalty to his master, but master at a turning point becomes enemy).
The movie contains lots of quotes with "samurai wisdom", but they are almost impossible to understand right without background knowledge. Instead they are made into puns (not very good ones). I guess the film is supposed to be cool and comical, but in my opinion it fails so bad that the otherwise really good plot is almost totally obliterated.
If you like ancient East-asian war strategy this movie has a good plot with a good twist at the end, but I would not call it a good movie.
The movie contains lots of quotes with "samurai wisdom", but they are almost impossible to understand right without background knowledge. Instead they are made into puns (not very good ones). I guess the film is supposed to be cool and comical, but in my opinion it fails so bad that the otherwise really good plot is almost totally obliterated.
If you like ancient East-asian war strategy this movie has a good plot with a good twist at the end, but I would not call it a good movie.