Akira Kurosawa's lengthily spun-out anecdote, telling of a dying man's solo crusade to leave his mark and to accomplish something worthwhile in his lifetime, balances its philosophic appeal, diplomatically, between heroic individualism and servile altruism. Takashi Shimura's tragic mask of grieved humility becomes wearisome at this length, but the director's facility as a scene-builder frequently revivifies things. (1952) — Duncan Shepherd
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