Rotten
It has been directed by Kei Kumai as a film that seems more melodramatic and sentimental than Kurosawa's norm.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Overview
O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers, particularly Kikuno and the brothel's owner, O-Shin falls in love with the samurai.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
58%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Filled with love and melancholy, it's a fitting, fond epilogue to [Kurosawa].
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
I don't think I'm going too far out on a limb by saying the Sea that Kurosawa must have envisioned had to be a whole lot more compelling and focused than the one now delivered by veteran director Kei Kumai.
Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News
Rotten
An undistinguished affair.
Richard James Havis, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
It is a little like following a Jane Austen novel.
C.W. Nevius, San Francisco Chronicle
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