The Taisho Trilogy (final) Yumeji

With much hesitation I broke down to watch the final chapter of Seijun Sukuki's Taisho Trilogy, titled Yumeji. As I feared it was a beautiful and unwatchable as the other two. It's a real shame, too. Suzuki's older works, like Branded to Kill, Tokyo Drifter, and Story or a Prostitute, had so much energy along with their striking imagery. Yumeji moves at a snail's pace, and although the images and color are eye-catching, the story is muddled and confusing. Although unconventional story-telling is one of Suzuki's namesakes, in Yumeji he requires just too much from the viewer.