I apologize, you're right that repeating stereotypes can be more harmful than useful. I don't blame the author completely for that, it was really just their per

I apologize, you're right that repeating stereotypes can be more harmful than useful. I don't blame the author completely for that, it was really just their personal perspective on the film as compared to their baseline experience of Japan. I'll certainly have to check out Kurosawa's earlier filmography around the 50s. (I've only seen Rashomon in that period)