Reviews

With the first few samurai victims the home is idyllic, but once the husband/son arrives home the home is quickly invaded by a bamboo grove.

There were plenty of times throughout the film that I really had to strain to figure out what exactly was going on, and while this is part of the film's charm, at times it took me out of the movie in a way that was less playful and more aggravating.

Take for example Detective Toshimi Konakawa who is being given psychiatric help from Paprika secretly: Early on we find out that Toshimi adamantly does not like movies, but over the course of the film we discover this man contains an usual amount of film knowledge.

Where this film truly shines is in it's ability to tie up everything from the previous two films in such a satisfying way.

The action sequences were better in this one and Mifune's performance was arguably better as well, but I found the characters surrounding Musashi far more compelling the first film, despite the film itself being mostly set up.