Nobunaga Concerto

Oh, how I wish they hadn't made this movie, but aired the entire thing as part of the series, as the 12th episode. That would have been so much better! The whole thing still has rather a soap opera look about it, which makes the movie that much more pathetic. The fight scenes weren't interesting at all, and while the filmmakers did their best and you can tell, it still wasn't very interesting – it didn't surpass the production values of the series. When it comes to cinema, I expect added value; and yet there was nothing extra here but a prolongation of the length of the film. Unnecessarily long, the ending was without any real impact – it basically fizzled out into nothing. Although the relationship between Nobunaga and Mitsuhide was very interestingly done, their ending was properly historical yet unhistorical, and the appearance of William Adams almost brought me to my knees, it's still a pretty average film that has only a few interesting nuggets. The series is better, the movie is weaker. As a conclusion to the whole story, it's weak, mediocre, despite the great cast. (2016.08.07)