carlosaxpires

It is the ancient and feudal Japan in the era of the Discoveries. There was a huge effort on having the show speaking Japanese, with Japanese actors and sets that turn the story very authentic. However, as Portuguese, I was expecting to see the same effort, since in the show the Japanese are trading with the Portuguese; but no, not even a Portuguese word is spoken even though they are supposedly speaking Portuguese. So, since the protagonist is English and speaks Portuguese, all those dialogs are in English or Japanese, affecting the comprehension of the story. They should have done the same as in Vikings, an excellent reference they should have followed: at least some dialogs should start in Portuguese so that the story could be better understood. Also, there are some twists and details that make the understanding of the whole plot a little hard. Even though it is a show worth watching.

I started watching with the feeling of "I know what will happen" because there are a lot of cliches and the premise is that old and already seen "two friends realizing too late they always loved each other". But, surprisingly it doesn't end the way we were expecting nor the way we want to, it ends in a realistic, heartwarming and beautiful way. It's not about "love conquers all" but "friendship conquers all". Besides that it is a fun movie with some comedy but above all with beautiful characters to whom we can relate and show us how much life can hurt. I end saying that the story is the strongest point of this movie, although acting and directing isn't that bad.