spoiler ahead . you have be warn . much of what i could say about this movie have already be say by other reviewer and with some minor exception . story element for example and turn the group of captive woman into magic temptress with poisonous breath get introduce and then drop and or bring back for a few second cameo at best ( the poisonous woman turn out quite pathetic and achieve only one kill among them ) . also and if you have see this movie and watch the scene where the entire backstory be explain via scroll and you will know what i mean when i say represent whatever happen to the dog . the reincarnated princess get her father lightsaber and i mean her predecessor flute and but the dog put in no reappearance a a dog or a a human ( unless i miss something very subtle about either hiroyuki sanada or sonny chiba character ) . and he be and shall we say and rather important to the original princess . and although the tragic female ribbon dancer or swordfighter ( far classy than her descendant and o ren ishii ) get relatively little screen time and it still more than the late addition to the group get in term of character development or backstory and which be practically none . chiba doesn not even get one line of clichéd surprise that two of the crystal holder be a woman and a young boy . i can only conclude that the movie be write and edit under the same sort of chemical influence require to fully enjoy it . i also believe that sanada must have have a clause in his contract require his thigh to be on display at all time . ( not that there anything wrong with that . ) indeed and in one scene he fall to the ground unconscious and and chiba sling him over his shoulder and carry him toward the camera . sanada butt and thigh occupy the center of shot for a surprisingly long time before the director cut away . so there be indeed redeem moment in this movie . ( another be when the group have defeat the giant centipede demon and which have approach them disguise a an old woman and and one of the samurai astutely remark and that wasn not your mother . ) a sidenote represent as much a the movie borrow from lucas and which be quite a lot and he seem to have borrow back from it for aspect of the star war prequel trilogy . the demon matriarch headgear wouldn not look a bit out of place on queen amidala in the phantom menace and and lucas do the dropped story element ( midichlorians and anyone . ) and underdeveloped character ( wuxia master ray park a darth maul while the assorted villain jango fett and count dooku and general grievous while most of the jedi council ) routines like a master . one point for have sonny chiba in it ( there be other element in this movie that show up in kill bill and in whose first volume chiba have a small honorific role ) . one point for hiroyuki sanada butt . one point for strong female character . one point for the interesting sociological fact that apparently and evil undead demon clan have no incest taboo . ( it be and however and a mystery to me why the matriarch be attract to her son and who be sort of the medieval japanese jame gumb . ) minus several million for the soundtrack . i find myself devoutly hop that the writer and singer of those godawful pop ballad would be crush in the destruction of the castle .