IMDb plot summary: Lured by gold, two greedy peasants escort a man and woman across enemy lines. However, they do not realize that their companions are actually a princess and her general.
Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Starring Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara and Misa Uehara.
Well, I suppose this day was going to have to come eventually: I've finally seen a Kurosawa film I didn't like much. It's not a *bad* movie or anything, it's just a really straightforward adventure flick without a lot of character development or, well, really any of the out-of-the-box originality I've come to love in his movies. If you're just looking for a fun samurai adventure movie, this'll do just fine. It's just not what I was hoping for. Seven Samurai and Yojimbo both managed to be thoroughly engrossing despite being genres I don't like, but this one didn't really rise above the genre to make me love it. 2 stars.
Flickchart: #1243 out of 2065, below Crash and above Total Recall (1990).
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