So let's make this like we go back to 7th grade! literature hour!
It's a middle road between slow-burn/fast paced, and it does a excellent job while at it, I can say this much, it's has flavourous shots and you can see some trying from the camera crew, it misses some but for 60% of the time they present the actual thing while making sure all the details fit in and can either make the viewer wonder something parallel with the film or just with the culture of the world, this film, tries to portray. Apparently, it's adapted from a manga series written 33years ago and the film it's from 2017, and it was transformed into a film by these dudes just 24 years later, what a fun life, eh. It doesn't have much teachings but uh, I feel like, if you're a teen.. and you try to see how this Samurai world looks into an alternative semi-sf area, you could potentially learn something, and that is... that people did really belive in cults back a few hundreds years ago, as much as they do now in some parts of the world.
anyway.. it's fun and doesn't try to be what it isn't, it's natural as what naturality can be.. the main actor, you can see him above, the dude could very well play Scorpion in the near future, or star in feudal/ancient Japan roles, I could see him teaching some big-money-hungry japanese names, that are found in the American hollywood, some acting, and basic day-to-day talk, and basically that's it for this film. I'd rate it at a stable 6.8
this film made me appreciate the patience it took to shot the
lone wolf & cub series, that really was a piece of art. Again, none of these two connect to eachother, but I was simply stating that... it requires some valuable knowledge to try and present your directional art in this zone. Japanese samurai culture isn't for those weak of stomach or weak of angel, it is made to be brutal/raw and sad, and that is because of how depressing life used to be in that cronology timeframe.
I've rented it from Prime, and I had lots of fun while watching. Sure maybe.. it could had been cheaper with about 1.5EUR but it was ok, also even more so, since I was also busy talking to a client from time to time and in the meantime I was also looking to entertain myself when possible.