If you loved Legend of the Eight Samurai, try Crest of Betrayal
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Kinji Fukasaku, and they sit in Action / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Legend of the Eight Samurai, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Crest of Betrayal is
Snowflakes fall on lacquered swords, a lone shamisen plays, in feudal Japan's winter. Shadows of loyalty and deceit entwine. Fukasaku's lens touches dark fantasy.

