Warriors

There's so many topics covered here: the heroic narrative, the way of the warrior [Bushido], tribal nationalism, asymmetrical warfare, masculinity, traditionalism, honor, morality, spirituality, vengeance, colonialism etc. etc. The Seediq Bale seem similar to indigenous tribes like the Shawnee and Maori as far as I can tell. Comparisons could probably be made between Mona Radau and Tecumseh.

This film was brutal and definitely not politically correct. I suspect many westerners are going to be turned off by it. The only real complaints I have with it are the translations going to *beep* as part 2 progressed and the non-editing out of about 10-15 minutes worth of scenes that would've made the whole thing come together more fluidly. Still, it's 4 1/2 hours of my life that I don't regret losing forever. ;)

I finished reading Jack Donovan's The Way of Men a month ago and I'm reading Phantom Soldier by H. John Poole (which is basically an overview of Oriental 4th generation warfare) so I'm finding a lot of similarities. Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima would probably be a good addition to the three, if anyone wants to investigate the aforementioned topics further.