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This film was surprisingly good. The acting’s pretty good, particularly from the film’s lead, Jiro Chiba (Sonny Chiba’s younger brother). The direction is relatively standard, but I really liked the composition of the far away long takes. Although the movie is really good, it can’t help but look goofy at times. The story is much better than a lot of the Sonny Chiba movies I’ve watched. It’s a good character piece on the man who founded Aikido. The action scenes are really good. Many are short, but there’s a fair amount of them. They may not be the most exciting on screen, but there’s some really good Aikido. I think this has some of Sonny Chiba’s best action. | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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I love the art of Aikido, but Sonny Chiba wasn't really the main star of the film. That kind of took things away from the movie. It could have been better, plus the version I watched could have been remastered better too. | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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This is a movie chronicling the life and adventures of Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido, as portrayed by Jiro Chiba. Jiro--brother to Sonny Chiba, who also stars in a supporting role as a vicious Karate fighter--does an excellent job. He acts well and fights well. His best scenes are when he fights his brother. This reminded me of the Mas Oyama trilogy on the life of Mas Oyama as portrayed by Sonny Chiba. At the begining of the Oyama movies, you see real footage of Oyama. The same holds true here as you see footage of the real Ueshiba in action. Good movie! | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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This is a rare movie telling the life of Aikido founder, Morihei Ueshiba. I watched this movie as a teenager 30 years ago and that is why I bought the DVD. | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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