Hunter in the Dark
by Hideo Gosha
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Actor: Keiko Kishi, Sonny Chiba, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsuro Tamba, Yoshio HaradaDirector: Hideo Gosha
DVD: Region Code 0
Format: Import, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 137 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-06-24
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Panorama
Movie Reviews of Hunter in the Dark
Movie Review: Are we only a bleak reflection of our true nature...?!
Summary: 5 Stars
seems to be one of the questions that the director may have asked his audience..
It is amazing how spontaneous this masterpiece looks. Deep character evolution looks as natural as blooming of the flowers, and THAT I think is an unparalleled accomplishment.
Indeed a seemingly violent boss Gomyo played by Nakadai turns out to be way different, so does his ex, a bordello madam. So does the protagonist samurai who has amnesia....
As it were, death plays a crucial part in the movie. The constant closeness of it, is probably what provides a strong impetus for the characters to "reveal" themselves. Not unlike the Bushido, or the Toltec..Indeed, it is very hard to say who is really a bad guy, since every character looks (and is) confused at least once, while the unlikable characters usually die not-so-pretty deaths with contorted faces.
Let us also not forget that during the mid Edo period a suicide committed in a timely manner was looked at as an ultimate WORD. Something, that is very hard for Westerner to understand, since we have been conditioned differently. With that in mind, some suicides committed in the film look quite proper..
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