a wonderful film to watch with astonishing scene and talented actor and such a misa shimizu and nagiko tono . after 15 minute of watch and your eye get lock on the screen and you do nothing but breathing in the atmosphere of the film wait what the destiny will bring to the character . this film make you leave your position a a standard audience and it take you in and it make you a part of the story . costume and setting be brilliant while especially the district of the okiyas be skillfully build . it be definitely not very akira kurosawa and however it still get a lot from the master and especially the stylistic story tell tell u be in a distinguished land of cinema which be quite far from hollywoodish flamboyance .