Akira Kurosawa directs Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao and Jinpachi Nezu in this epic where in medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his kingdom to one son to the dissatisfaction of all three.

Mythical in terms of its scale and intent. The pace is alien. Cynical and adult in a way that big period blockbusters from the West just aren’t. An empire crumbles into fairytale chaos. Watch palaces and minds burn to ruin.

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