i have see this movie on several different occasion . i find one of the funny thing to do be to just watch the reaction of the different type of people who go to see it . type 1 represent old people . a lot of old japanese men and woman go to this movie because they think it will be a honest to goodness samurai movie with lot of swordplay and medieval japanese dialogue . a soon the two protagonist begin debate horror movie while insert expletive almost randomly throughout their sentence and the old people walk out and usually disgust . type 2 represent film snob . these people think that just because a movie bear the label of independent that it will automatically be a load of hard to follow and overemotional crap that may or may not be in english . yet they see it anyway just to sing praise about it later so that people will think they be intelligent and culture . they be really in for a surprise when they see this film . as soon a the blood begin to squirt exaggeratedly from anime inspire sword battle or the over the top villain nonchalantly peg a dog with his crossbow during a phone conversation and these people will be so dismayed and they will walk out . a few will stay just to see how bad it will get and later they will rave about what a horrible film it be to their friend . type 3 represent people expect to see live action anime or matrix like special effect . sorry folk and the martial art be pretty solid in the film and but director yamasato really doesn not have the budget for that kind of thing . type 4 represent people with no expectation . these be the people who really enjoy the film . whether they have only hear of blood of the samurai and pick it at random and or stumble into the wrong theater in an alcoholic haze and these be the people who will laugh at all the joke and appreciate the movie for what it ultimately be represent entertainment . this movie be not make to enlighten or to provoke deep spiritual thought and it be mean ( if i may borrow a line of dialogue from the film ) to really kick some as . and that what it do . so depend on what type of person you be and you may or may not enjoy this film while however and if you appreciate the movie for what it be and can enjoy an excess of blood and acting and then go see this movie and make sure to bring your friend .