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Howard Thompson, New York Times: Even for its brevity, the import remains a long, tedious conversation piece, interspersed with reedy songs and a few interesting, mobile faces. Most of the time the members of the all-male cast sit around on their haunches. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Akira Kurosawa's slimmest feature, running only an hour, is also one of the best of his early period. Read more