Otello (1986 film) in "Opera News", the film's star, Plácido Domingo, expressed similar displeasure in the movie's musical cuts. He also complained that the synchronization of the soundtrack with the film was improperly done, rendering the music half a step lower than it was recorded. In regard to his interpretation of Otello, he felt that some camera cutaways undermined what he was trying to express in his characterization. Overall, he deemed it a "good film" that "could have been better". Otello (1986 film) Otello is a 1986 film based on the Giuseppe Verdi opera of the same name, which was itself based on
Tameshigiri to the grain of the target. There are a number of swordsmen who have recently set records in the field of "tameshigiri". Mitsuhiro Saruta, founder of Ryuseiken, set the initial Guinness World Record for completing 1000 cuts (senbongiri) in 1 hour 36 minutes on September 20, 1998. In 2000, Russell McCartney of "Ishiyama-ryū" completed 1181 consecutive cuts without a missed attempt in 1 hour 25 minutes. Both Saruta and McCartney performed "senbongiri" using a "kata"-based approach as one of the criteria for their challenge. Isao Machii of Shūshinryū currently has the record for the fastest "senbongiri" performance of 36 minutes.