Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: better left to others......

I lived in Japan for several years and spent allot of time going to Japanese cinema which was full of samaurai epics so I was interested in this film....I want to it reluctantly tho becauseI am NOT a Cruise fan.Basically he portrays himself in every film he does. Gee, maybe that is why he has never won an academy award.....has he ever been nominated? I don't think so.......The only redeeming part of this film was the story, the wonderful scenery, and the supporting cast. I frankly would have loved to have seen more of them and allot less of him......unfortunately this particular film did not develop their character as much as "Dances With Wolves" developed the Sioux characters.The Meiji period was an interesting time for Japan and this could have been much better.