y’all ever seen this’n? lord have mercy. this is the first 10 minutes of the movie, by the way. kurosawa never really wastes any time letting you know that you just dipped your soul-toe into a pool of the good stuff.

p.s. this is seriously one of the most frequent dreams i have. and maybe . . . uh . . . maybe that’s also one of the most frequent waking feelings i have too.