Written and directed by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
Starring Tadanobu Asano, Takuro Atsuki, Yoshihiko Hosoda and Takahito Hosoyamada
Language: Japanese
Running time: 2 hours and 59 minutes
Unrated-contains some love scenes and suggested nudity and some war scenes with some light violence

by Benjamin Leonard, Best Boy

I’ll admit my ignorance going into this one. I was pouring over the big ole list of films being offered at Fantasia International Film Fest this year and something about this one just called out to me. The brief synopsis that it was the history of Japanese wars as told through the movies had me intrigued. Seeing that it was three hours long had me a bit concerned, but a super fast IMDb check told me that Nobuhiko Ôbayashi had been making films for 60 years