This Japanese vs. Chinese war film is action packed, never a dull moment.
There are shades of Kurosawa, I dare say, in the way we get the character development entwined with the action in a perfect blend.
My only problem is that I'm American, and I have a hard time figuring out who is who, and which side is which side. Yet even I caught the significance of the characters. I'm just not really sure which ones survived along with the ones who obviously survived.
I'd probably just have to view it again. It's a very incredible epic film, and there isn't one boring second in this. Even the dialog is exciting., and I was listening to dubbed dialog and reading subtitles. When a film can defeat translation problems this well, it's a smash.
There are shades of Kurosawa, I dare say, in the way we get the character development entwined with the action in a perfect blend.
My only problem is that I'm American, and I have a hard time figuring out who is who, and which side is which side. Yet even I caught the significance of the characters. I'm just not really sure which ones survived along with the ones who obviously survived.
I'd probably just have to view it again. It's a very incredible epic film, and there isn't one boring second in this. Even the dialog is exciting., and I was listening to dubbed dialog and reading subtitles. When a film can defeat translation problems this well, it's a smash.