This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
The patient, head scratching, societal intermediary, Sanjuro, dazzles us all as he weighs the moral compass of two rivaling factions. Toshirô Mifune gives his best performance that I’ve seen to date. All the while, Kurosawa balances visual perfection with a masterwork of a script.
Over the last few months, I’ve seen film after film. I’ve experienced many that have not quite resonated with me and many that I’ve fallen quite hard for. However, of all of those films, this is…