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The Hidden Blade (2006)
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Movie Review by AJ 
August 23rd, 2006
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If American period pieces have become dull, somber affairs as of late, they're being kept alive everywhere else in the world, and Yôji Yamada's The Hidden Blade is a fine example of how to revive and envoke a culture and a time that no longer exist. Though it takes many elements from Yamada's earlier film The Twilight Samurai (both films are based on novels by the same author), The Hidden Blade is a superb film in its own right, with solid performances, good cinematography, and just the right balance between the code and discipline of the samurai way and your classic Hollywood romance. While I don't know if The Hidden Blade is as good as The Twilight Samurai--really, I'd say both films are about on par with one another--one thing I do know that I appreciate about both films is that there's very little samurai action and that things are looked at from a much more emotional, moralistic angle, which makes the experience much richer and more interesting for the viewer. Yamada may be no Kurosawa, but he's the closest we've got these days.
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