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Film
There has been criticism, but it has been measured and constructive
Philip Patrick
If you want an eye-watering recreation of early seventeenth century Japan, this may be your cup of sake
James Delingpole
Once you settle in, it’s hugely addictive
The country as a whole is far less bitter about World War Two than many Americans think it is
Oliver Jia
Television
Character — indeed plausibility of any kind — is subordinated to the needs of the gratuitously twisty, turny, well-I-never plot