This right here is the bleakest samurai movie ever made. Kurosawa could and would not have even thought to make a samurai movie this dark and hopeless.

It's a beautiful film and truly dark. I happened to watch it on a painfully rainy day, and I remember the specific feeling walking back. There's a Japanese word for it, I'm sure.

Grab a dude to fight some dudes

I wish IFC would bring back "Samurai Saturdays".

They just don't make 'em like they used to. Thanks for this.

Nice little allusion with the guy who tossed his scabbard to one side being the one to loose the duel.

"You just threw your life away"