I’m watching “Cyrano de bergerac”. Actually, I’m watching the story, but it’s not that movie, it’s “Aru kengo no shogai”, the japanese film which follows the Cyrano story quite tightly.

Toshiro Mifune stars in the lead role as “Heihachiro Komaki” He’s brilliant as usual, and unquestionably does the role as well or better than anyone else, including that hideous frog Depardieu (who was born to be Cyrano) If you ever have a chance to watch this, you should. The insult scene alone is worth renting it.

it’s kind of a shame that NOBODY gets the girl, at least not in the traditional western sense, but Mifune is at his best, his most lyrical self. It’s not a wonder that I enjoy Japanese cinema so much.