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The Sword of Doom, a truly excellent film. Tatsuya Nakadai simply dominates the film, which is quite a feat considering that his costar was the great Toshiro Mifune. Nakadai gives what is quite possibly the most compelling portrait of pure evil I've ever seen in a film. Many critics try to draw comparisons between this film and Kurosawa's samurai epics, but even at his very darkest (Throne of Blood, Kagemusha) Kurosawa was never this grim. Oh, and the sword fights were great as well. I really can't recommend this one enough. 10/10
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And no matter what I say I cannot resist or betray it. No one could do so because there is no one here. There is only this body, this shadow, this darkness.
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