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Chushingura (1962). Overall, the storyline is simple- We must avenge our master. How this masterpiece unfolds does so in a slow but beautifully paced fashion. In doing so, we get to see how real people, aka not superheros, respond to the call of honor. This flick revolves around how hopeful heros live their lives ensconced in poverty, sadness, misfortune, and humiliation in order to exact revenge. Honor and duty are to be respected above all else, and apparently suffering is the avenue of the virtuous. Random events are shown to never really be random, sometimes with haunting effect. These wonderful characters, as honorable as they come, are never shown to be anything but human, making them even more painfully believable. In the end we are to be rewarded with a dramatic fight seen culminating in perfectly drawn tension alluding to??? i absolutely loved this samurai flick! Ashe.
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