Year: 2010
Plot: "Based on a true historic figure during Ayothaya Era, the film depicts the life of Yamada Nagamasa, a Japanese adventurer who gained considerable influence in Thailand and became the governor of Nakhon Si Thammarat province in southern Thailand."
I know many people don't agree with my rating, by this I mean many of the people who voted on IMDb as it only got a 5.9 out of 10 rating. Now though I agree that this movie wasn't a 10 out of 10, I loved this movie. Oh and one person brought up that for a based on a true story it didn't seem very realistic. My response is that it is 'based on' and not a documentary. It was made to be entertaining and not exactly completely historically true.
I really loved the way that they portrayed the story. I really love the idea that these people would take in an injured enemy rather than leave him to die. This fact just really spurs on the events of the rest of the movie. It is kindness and acceptance that leads the main character to want to be apart of the life rather than seeing them as enemies.
Someone brought up that the samurai and ninjas aren't as weak as you see in the film. I have to agree that they were impressive figures in history, but I can accept there lacking in this movie for one reason. In this movie, it seems that the Japanese characters (samurai and ninja) haven't encounter these warriors before. I find it hard to believe that a ninja or samurai could be prepared for their sort of fighting style. It would probably be very intimidating to face someone with such a drastically different style for the first time. I also have to point out that the samurai beat many ninjas drunk, so they already didn't seem very tough.
There wasn't really too much I disliked. I didn't like that they sometimes speed up the fighters and it almost looked like they were teleporting. I mean if you are going for real fighting styles for most of the movie, the teleporting looks wrong. I mean these are real people. Sure the fighting is about speed and power, but real peoples speed and power.
I do suggest you watch this movie. Despite the vote on IMDb, this movie is very good. The story line is just great. I of course have to bring up the quality of the warriors fighting. It is really quite great to watch.
