My opinion is purely subjective. Usually, when I turn on the movie, I somehow get a feeling - it catches or not. If it catches from the first frame, I watch the movie until the end. Sometimes I rewatch a movie from a certain place, sometimes from the very beginning. The main thing when watching a movie , I shouldn 't see the actors . And God forbid - the game. Such films have a certain list for me - unnecessary. As for this film, I don't see a single actor here. I look and see a panorama, history, culture, events. I watch and empathize, cry, rejoice, hate, regret. Then I rewind and watch it again. But no matter how hard I strain my eyes at the end , I don 't see any actors . This is the director's aerobatics! Shinsuke Sato is a genius!!!! . Yes, there is a lot of speculation and fiction in historical cinema today. But this film reflects the formation of the state itself, Japan itself - this is important.To see the origins , to penetrate the feeling that Japan is not a fairy tale , but ,musical arrangement . This is generally a separate topic for conversation. Unimaginably, harmoniously, sensually, from the first beat, from the first note, from the first chord.Music in unison with the characters , with the events .Unbelievably.. I sincerely thank the composer - Yutaka Yamada. .There is no limit to admiration .It is music that is able to emphasize , draw an invisible line in the feeling .A real pleasure.The cast , the costumes - it seems that someone has returned to the past to borrow those clothes , those very people . And they agreed to borrow it, so that they would be remembered. The film - from beginning to end in one breath❤️👌🏻🏵️💎