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Japan, the 1880s. Duke Senior (Blessed) is ousted by brother Frederick (Blessed) and flees into the forest. Senior's daughter Rosalind (Dallas Howard) and Frederick's daughter Celia (Garai) set off after him, where Rosalind meets the man she loves (Oyelowo) and befriends him in a male disguise. Read more
| Starring | Takuya Shimada, Brian Blessed, Richard Clifford, Bryce Dallas Howard |
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| Director | Kenneth Branagh |
| Genres | Drama |
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Japan, the 1880s. Duke Senior (Blessed) is ousted by brother Frederick (Blessed) and flees into the forest. Senior's daughter Rosalind (Dallas Howard) and Frederick's daughter Celia (Garai) set off after him, where Rosalind meets the man she loves (Oyelowo) and befriends him in a male disguise.
| Starring | Takuya Shimada, Brian Blessed, Richard Clifford, Bryce Dallas Howard, Patrick Doyle, Romola Garai, Adrian Lester, Alfred Molina |
|---|---|
| Director | Kenneth Branagh |
| Studio | LIONSGATE |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 7 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 2 hrs 7 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | Production year: 2006 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 26 Sep 2009 To Rent: DVD: 25 Feb 2008 |
| Watch now | £2.49 |
Branaghâs fifth foray into celluloid Shakespeare brings us this rather stodgy version of the Bardâs wise comedy of... read more on Time Out
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WHY?
i THOUGHT IT A SHAME THAT THIS WELL CONCIEVED PIECE - THE JAPANESE SETTING WORKS WELL IN THE BEGINNING - WAS SPOILED BY IT BEING SHOT MOSTLY IN A NATIONAL TRUST... read more »
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A stupid waste of time.
PAIN...That's the only way to describe this film. I really wanted to love it. It has that authenticity whilst still having been diverged from its original ... read more »
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Why Japan?
No, Mr Branagh, you have not enhanced or made the play more widely appealing and acceptable by divorcing it so drastically from its originally intended location... read more »
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As You Like It
In my naviety I didn't expect this film to be still in the Shakesperean dialect, but then considering it was directed by Kenneth Brannagh why would it not!<... read more »
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