I like Kurasawa's movies. And I don't mind slow-paced movies. Therefore I see unexpected buts.
Unexpectedly weak movie from Kurasawa. Cinematography is good, and acting is fine. But what the characters are saying is unexpectedly cheesy.
The main police officer's reactions are strange. His lines are dull.
But this makes them unexpectedly funny.
If not those unintentionally funny moments 2.5 hours of the movie would be boring.
While watching my father and I came up with same condition. That the villain is a son of protagonist, that due to circumstances is now poor. Therefore we thought that a junkie woman is actually his mother and former wife of Gondo.
As if Gondo married another woman and got wealthy and forgot his previous family. That just makes sence.
But no. Only reason of the guy to hate Gondo is because of the wealth, as the guy is poor.
It just doesn't work. At least as a storytelling device. Just a random dude decided to kidnap a son of a rich man..... The finale just made ok movie a bad one. If there would not be those funny moments I would give the movie even less than 5/10.
Unexpectedly weak movie from Kurasawa. Cinematography is good, and acting is fine. But what the characters are saying is unexpectedly cheesy.
The main police officer's reactions are strange. His lines are dull.
But this makes them unexpectedly funny.
If not those unintentionally funny moments 2.5 hours of the movie would be boring.
While watching my father and I came up with same condition. That the villain is a son of protagonist, that due to circumstances is now poor. Therefore we thought that a junkie woman is actually his mother and former wife of Gondo.
As if Gondo married another woman and got wealthy and forgot his previous family. That just makes sence.
But no. Only reason of the guy to hate Gondo is because of the wealth, as the guy is poor.
It just doesn't work. At least as a storytelling device. Just a random dude decided to kidnap a son of a rich man..... The finale just made ok movie a bad one. If there would not be those funny moments I would give the movie even less than 5/10.