this be seriously one of the bad movie i have ever see . i love japanese movie and and i think another film by the same director and electric dragon 80 and 000 v and be a masterpiece . i really want to like this movie asano be a terrific actor and the storyline be immensely appeal . but i couldn not find anything entertain about it . the movie take forever for nothing to happen . and the effect the director use like the constant percussion and the exorbitant use of slow motion merely add to my grow annoyance at the fact that the plot be so mind bogglingly slow and the actor be heinously overact . a lot of the boredom be a result of extraneous addition that be completely unnecessary like an hour spent on asano go around slice buddha statue and proclaim how he doesn not worship anything . this add nothing to the plot . a fellow japanese film buff and i be both check the time constantly . we couldn not believe this film be as terrible a it be . and the finale be awful . i think the director would at least attempt to reward the viewer for manage to sit through this and but sadly i be mistake .