Kingudamu

I was hoping this would be an action packed war movie, and it was in some ways. But the constant emotional cry/screaming drove me absolutely insane by the end of the movie, so much so I didn't even finish the last 15 mins of the movie. It was unbelievably predictable, the lead character was uninteresting who was constantly screaming and yelling for long periods of time. There was more drama in this movie than anything else. If you took out all the screaming, crying, flashbacks, and talking in between fighting (super unrealistic) you could condense this movie into a short 30 min movie and you would still get all the important parts of this movie. I went into this movie expecting to enjoy it, and ended it early because it was that boring and annoying. It could have been such a better movie than it turned out to be because the plot of the movie was good. I would advise skipping this movie unless your into drama war movies where there's almost non stop crying and screaming and very little action.

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...!

Now I do have a soft spot for Shaw Brothers movies. And while this isn't one, the nostalgia might creep up while watching this. It's quite a throwback to the glory days of Eastern movies. That also means, this has some major flaws, as did the "originals". Characters are a bit thinly drawn, but there is so much action happening you might not mind anyway.

Stunts, action and camera work are really good. The predictibility of the story does not matter that much or rather shouldn't matter that much. You know what this is, treat and watch it as such

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.

I love historical movies, including the films about the history, either real or fictional, of the Asian countries. And so I had high expectations of spending a nice evening by watching another Asian historical movie. Alas, my expectations were ruined by the totally annoying acting, or should I say - over-acting, of the main character. His grotesque bulging eyes, yells and totally stupid demeanor, either caused by the script or his own 'contribution' to it made it so irritating that me and my wife could not watch it for more than first 20 minutes.