"I have seen 'Sansho' only once, a decade ago, emerging from the cinema a broken man but calm in my conviction that I had never seen anything better; I have not dared watch it again, reluctant to ruin the spell, but also because the human heart was not designed to weather such an ordeal." - Anthony Lane, film critic The New Yorker

That Anthony Lane quote is spot on. Watch this when you have plenty of time to pay attention because you will probably never watch it again.

Oh Lord What have I just witnessed. Dont think I've seen anything as beautiful or as brutal.