i basically pick up this movie because i have see kitano takashi brilliant remake of zatoichi and be in the mood for another update samurai tale which also star asano tadanobu . these two movie be worlds apart . zatoichi add humor and depth to it character and subvert traditional samurai movie clichés . gojoe go off the deep end in the other direction . first off and i hate movie that have other character inform the audience what the main character be like instead of have the character develop over the course of the movie . you can not decide whether you be a monk or a warrior say almost every character in benkei presence and yet this inner turmoil be barely convey within the character himself . instead of character development and we get bloat and boring and gory battle scene . asano character be undeveloped and even he look like he be bore and doesn not know what he be do there . i know that he usually look distant and cool and that be part of asano appeal and but this movie doesn not serve him . a lot of the camera movement be nauseate . there be a scene that go on forever in which the camera spin around the main character until my wife and i felt like vomit . the end be ridiculous and rather anti climatic . it too bad that really good samurai movie aren not be make in japan nowadays with this type of budget . the color and scenery and and costume be great and but the rest be just a loooong waste of time . i would rather see one of the kabuki version of this myth .