Red Lion

Pretty comical for a movie about samurai politics. Nice hat, Toshiro.

**Very well rated IMDB** but a film that goes nowhere and tho made by Mifune's company wastes his talent. As below 'Impersonating an Imperial Army officer by wearing a "red lion's mane", a poor servant returns to his' home village pretending to the commander of Imperial Troop that will restore all peasant's honour & right all wrongs but all goes pear shaped akin to "never mind it's all OK" craze that swept the nation at the time. Absurdist comedy that makes more sense if you know the timeframe.

Fun samurai film that starts off with heavy humour and slowly lets it drain into chaos. It's pretty good, but could do with being a little shorter and more focused.

Oh my, this is silly.