Another very fun movie from veteran Takashi Miike (this was his 100th movie), not his best but also not his worst.

Haha, that Blonde in sejfuku like dress :D Usually when older actress plays teenage girl it is too obvious and just cringeworthy, but I believed Rin it's about 15 or 16 year old here ...

very enjoyable. felt somethings off in visuals, which is actually hard to achieve. 4.2/5 for visuals pacing was bit fast in starting for _me_; can be fine in this era. + liked the transition to color!

Takashi Miike continues to maintain his good style in the visual and in the fights, in this, the script we liked less

Had me put a huge amount of effort to finish without rolling my eyes. I haven't seen such a bad script for samurai movies in a looong time. I get it, it's about all out blood soaked violence but guys, story anybody?? hello?? does violence and a lot of action means sacrifice / complete lack of sense-making story? and i wouldn't call the acting good neither. the girl was supposed to be the catalyst to carry the runtime. not a whining pain in the ass. If you want great violent samurai movie that blows your mind away, watch harakiri. if you want weekend macho samurai guilty pleasure, suit yourself with this one.