This one starts out in a kind of surprising manner since Sonny Chiba plays a villainous role as a henchman of a bunch of bad dudes. Not that Chiba usually plays a clean-cut hero but it still kind of took me back for a second. Don't worry though he rapidly transforms into a more sympathetic character. The unfortunate thing though is that he's not really the main hero in the film. The main role is actually portrayed by Chiba's younger brother Jiro Chiba, who I wasn't even aware of until watching this, who is fine but not the intense smoldering badass his older brother is. The plot deals with the creation of aikido by Morihei Ueshiba and while I'm sure that's historically of interest to some it's kind of done in a dull way for a martial arts film. Perhaps if you're a big fan of the aikido style you'll get more of a kick out of this one. AKA THE DEFENSIVE POWER OF AIKIDO
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