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Criterion: Samurai III: Duel At Ganryu Island (****) settles down

May 11, 2020

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by

coolpapae

in 4 Stars, Action, CPE, Criterion, Foreign Films I Don’t Hate, Historical Nugget, Movie Reviews, Toshiro Mifune

The last installment of the trilogy narrowly avoids greatness by concentrating on the love story. It’s not that any of the storylines are done poorly. On the contrary, they’re about as evocative as was possible at the time.