A good movie

I have always been a huge fan of Akira Kurosawa and there was a blessed time when I watched many of his movies. To be honest, it has been many years since I have seen any of his work and I hope I will watch again some other of his movies or re-watch his great classics. Coming back to our main feature, to be honest, it was one of the last movies directed by the great master and, even though it was a decent watch, it never really reached the level of his best work (but that would be asking a lot). Eventually, it was definitely missing the sharpness of his best movies to become something really remarkable but the directing and acting were still fine. Back in those days, Richard Gere just showed up in ‘Pretty Woman’ and even though he was at the height of his career, he still agreed to be in this movie for a much lower salary than usual. Eventually, Kurosawa would direct only one movie after this one (‘Madadayo’) and I still need to check this one. Anyway, to conclude, I thought it was a good drama and it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in Akira Kurosawa’s work.

7/10