Kingudamu

He grunts. He screams. Then he screams again.

Kento Yamazaki overacts and over emotes in every scene, specially in the first half. To show grief, anger, surprise or any other emotion, he has only one register: He screams loudly. And he grimaces. He hams it up. He acts unintelligent but determined, a gritty stubborn brainless dolt. His dialogue is also childish, culminating with the cliched speech about the power of dreams during his last major fight scene. Would you ramble on about the power of dreams when fighting a mortal adversary?

He fast becomes very annoying. And since he's the central character, he ruins the movie for me.

It is too bad, because there is a lot to like in this movie. Great fight scenes, great choreography, impressive settings, hundreds of soldiers, interesting adversaries with original looks and fighting techniques. Some very good second role actors, specially Masami Nagasawa and Takao Osawa. The director, Shinsuke Sato, has become know for his manga adaptations, and this movie is a specially faithful adaptation of the first part of Yasuhisa Hara's manga. If it wasn't for the poor dialogue and overacting, this would be a very fun Wuxia movie.

Because of these fun elements, I hesitated a lot before knocking my rating down . Then came the last scenes, glorifying the forceful unification of China (in this age of Hong Kong, Taiwan and Yughur troubles). These scenes were completely unnecessary, and probably placed in the movie to support a larger Box Office performance in China.

Not recommended.

Takao Osawa's performance was wonderful! It was so weird! (just compliment) After watching this, how do I see him? What should I think of my memory that I cried a lot like a child in old drama? He was suited a bronze pike better than a 'Shield of Straw.'

This movie is based on a historical fiction comic that depicts Qin's unification of China in 221 BCE. It's already been about 3 years since I wanted to read it. I didn't expect I watched the movie before reading! Although I dislike Japanese movies, I went to a theator with my mother who was crazy for Ryo Yoshizawa.

From the last half, I was so excited! At first, to be honest I felt boring because of Japanese unique elements : CG, the overacting and etc... But the development of the last half gave me heat up like a manga for boys! What controls people is also people.

I felt it like a digest of TV dramas. I felt the wipes of scenes worse. Thus it had some holes that threw a wet blanket on the story. But actually I just enjoyed it so much because I watched it without spoiler.

Now, the golden week( a national long holiday in Japan) has finished and the kingdom week has begun...!

First of All... The Story, The cast are really good.. kingdom is based on history about Xin, slave who dream about being the great general under heaven.. The story is not 100% accurate but still based on history, Xin in history is not really recorded thats why author has freedom to write but he is exist.

Then this is made based the manga thats why there are many overacting n else like Xin scream and else.. logically its not logic but based on manga its really accurate, kento played xin really well.. they made it as dramatic as the manga.. if u watch while thinking as stand alone moviee based in history only maybe u will disappointed but i read the manga n watch the anime.. this really cool. Im satisfied with the fight scene.. tho its not perfect but it executed really well, this is just beginning,

the fun is there when xin climbing from foot soldier into general.. i hope it has sequel

Nice production, great setting (the warring states period of China)! Overly expressive however, as common in Japanese cinema. But this adds to its charms, and certainly should not bother the viewer. Especially not if one has seen their fair share of Japanese cinema.

This movie has all the elements of what you would expect from a movie like this. Action, story, history, interesting characters etc. Its all there.... except the main character's actor goes out of his way to just spoil everything with his over the top acting. I'm not sure how the director didn't just tell him to turn it down a notch or two but at points you just find it hard to take him seriously and are stunned that this is the protagonist and the one you're supposed to be backing and taking seriously. I remember watching the same actor in another show he did called Alice in Borderland and he carries the same over the top acting from there. The difference is over there he is surrounded by children so it its ok, while here in a historical piece, he doesn't match the role at all. I'm certain this movie rating would have been 7.5-8 overall if it was cast by a different lead.