I liked this movie a lot but was a little disappointed by the ending. Spoilers coming...I appreciate the choice of not showing Nishi's death, but feel just a bit cheated out of a climax. I'll admit part of me thought there was a chance his father-in-law was going to have a change of heart for some reason so I suppose that made for a powerful reveal when it gets to the press conference that yes, that is what happened, the real Nishi wasn't lying.
Question about the very end...the father-in-law being told to take a vacation, was that telling us that he was probably next on the list to be wiped out by his superiors? Also, he says that he didn't sleep at all the night before. But "the bad sleep well," so is it saying he's good? Or is the title of the film sarcastic, and the bad don't sleep well? I'm focusing on the title and that line because before "The End" it shows the title of the film again. That doesn't happen in every Kurosawa film I don't think. I had just watched The Hidden Fortress and that went straight to The End. Am I reading too much into this? Or am I missing something super obvious?
Review by Kurtis MoneyVIP 8BlockedParent2016-08-08T21:26:49Z
I liked this movie a lot but was a little disappointed by the ending. Spoilers coming...I appreciate the choice of not showing Nishi's death, but feel just a bit cheated out of a climax. I'll admit part of me thought there was a chance his father-in-law was going to have a change of heart for some reason so I suppose that made for a powerful reveal when it gets to the press conference that yes, that is what happened, the real Nishi wasn't lying.
Question about the very end...the father-in-law being told to take a vacation, was that telling us that he was probably next on the list to be wiped out by his superiors? Also, he says that he didn't sleep at all the night before. But "the bad sleep well," so is it saying he's good? Or is the title of the film sarcastic, and the bad don't sleep well? I'm focusing on the title and that line because before "The End" it shows the title of the film again. That doesn't happen in every Kurosawa film I don't think. I had just watched The Hidden Fortress and that went straight to The End. Am I reading too much into this? Or am I missing something super obvious?