Ikusagami: Excellent, action--packed adaptation.
Junichi Okada has firmly cemented his status as one of my personal favourite actors of all-time. I have followed his career since at least 2007 when SP was released as he caught my eye. When it was announced that he was to star in the adaptation of author Shogo Imamura's fantastic novel Ikusagami, I was pretty excited. Doubly so once I read that Michihito Fujii would be directing alongside Toru Yamamoto. It heightened even further when Junichi Okada was revealed to have been both a producer and action choreographer. So, did the drama live up to my hype? The answer is simple. Yes. Yes it did! In the midst of the brutal Boshin War, Japan is changing drastically. The Tokugawa shogunate clashes violently with the swiftly rising Imperial Japan after having enjoyed being in power for years. In the midst of this war, one thing is becoming increasingly apparent. The age of samurai is coming to an end. Within this sad reality, samurai Shujiro Saga struggles to adapt. Along with his ...
