Gorgeously shot and totally moving, the film highlights a unique, centuries old - culture from a region known to outsiders for its wine and not a whole lot else.
«Gorgeously shot and languidly paced, Kurosawa's film was, I have to admit, a bit of a drag, its ideas both too blunt and too obscure, and try as it might, it never quite moved me, even though plenty of tears were shed on screen.»