Japanese
legends represent one of the major topics for their cinematography, but with
variable success rate.
”Love
and honor” is in its core basically an epic folk poem about the young samurai
that turns blind after tasting poisonous food for the local shogun. His
misfortunes that follow the accident are pretty much typical, including one of the
major subjects of the traditional Japanese movie, adultery.
Overall
rhythm is slow, but very intense, including the much expected catharsis of our
hero that wins the hearts of everyone in the audience with his persistence and reverence.
Camera is pretty much consistent, focusing on the wider shots. The end, is as
always different from those that people from the West are used to.
”Love
and honor” is one of the finest Japanese traditional tales ever to see the big
screen and a warm recommendation for every true movie lover.
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