The meaningless quality of human life, everything being an illusion, cherished images deprived of sanctity and destroyed..."life is a dream"...in this case, a very bad one. The most interesting scenes for me were the"board" meetings and the interactions between Izo and his "tally". The leavetaking of Izo as an Imperial soldier was very well-done too.
But this movie embodies the nihilist and preternaturally Buddhist view so deep in the Japanese psyche. "6" out of "10" for effort, nothing original, except for the murder of young children, which goes along with the plot line of destruction of all that is good and innocent.
But this movie embodies the nihilist and preternaturally Buddhist view so deep in the Japanese psyche. "6" out of "10" for effort, nothing original, except for the murder of young children, which goes along with the plot line of destruction of all that is good and innocent.