Greatest SAMURAI flicks EVER...LIST...?

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 3:44 pm

da bears

for some reason i held off on picking that one up, although i've heard nothign but good things

i'm just too insanely swamped with dvds, backlogged like whoa

still haven't even gotten around to ongbak3, had it for weeks now

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:37 pm

I actually just finally copped the entire criterion 60's samurai joint. Samurai Rebellion is one of my favorite movies that criterion put me on to, can't wait to check out the rest.

So yeah, I have an extra copy of Samurai Rebellion if anyone's interested.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:41 pm

oh man, samurai rebellion is probably the best movie in there in the formal sense, but i had a lot more fun with the rest of them. samurai spy especially

truthaddict · Post by **truthaddict** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:59 pm

The first thing that came to mind when I read this thread title was the Zatoichi movies. I see these have already been discussed here... I have only seen about half of them, but that shit is off the chain.

Did anyone actually like that newest one from like 2003 with the other actor? I watched it a few months ago, and was not too impressed.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 5:03 pm

i liked it a lot actually, except for the silly dance sequence

truthaddict · Post by **truthaddict** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 6:12 pm

drizzle wrote:i liked it a lot actually, except for the silly dance sequence

Every time I think about it, the bad Slumdog Millionaire style ending is what I remember. It had a lot to live up to, being compared to the older movies, too. Standing on it's own, it is not too bad of a movie, though.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 6:54 pm

the remake was missing katsu's sense of humor. which is weird since Kitano started out as a comedian

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:51 am

Has anyone seen this? Just noticed AnimEigo has this going out of print next month, sounds pretty good and its only $5 on their site.

Just watched Sword of the Beast btw, pretty great.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:02 pm

i never seen it but heard good things, Nakadai during this time period is basically a guaranteed acting clinic. def worth chancing for 5$

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:33 pm

drizzle wrote:i never seen it but heard good things, Nakadai during this time period is basically a guaranteed acting clinic. def worth chancing for 5$

Word. Seems like dude is in every awesome samurai movie....a bunch of the Kurosawa's, Kobayashi's, Sword of Doom...

Copped PoH and then grabbed one of the last cheap copies of Demon Spies on Amazon...that one is out of print too now.

Have you seen Ichikawa's 47 Ronin? I liked his movies that Criterion put out.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:45 pm

47 is a little dry, not much going on as far as action until the last 30 mins or so and kinda flat in the character department - there's so many people involved, most poorly realized. mostly it just cycles through the history of the event in great deal. that's a rental more than a buy imo

demon spies is a good pick up though, not the greatest chambara but i'm a fan, solid entry into the genre imo. shows you how ninjas are trained from a young age and then their first mission, with a decent amount of violence and intrigue and a bit of sleaze. Azumi was clearly influenced by it.

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Fri May 20, 2011 6:03 pm

holy shitballs of fury!!!

A "Total Massacre" of a movie!!!

GO SEE THIS!

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:15 pm

Just saw that Animeigo announced they are putting out Kudo's Samurai Revolution trilogy next year, which includes the original 13 Assassins movie (the other two are The Great Duel and Eleven Assassins).
Pretty dope.

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:14 pm

There's some obscurities playing in NYC including another 47 Ronin picture I never heard of, anyone see that one?

http://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/film

Good looks for T Bunz Portrait of Hell rec; I've had that in my Netflix queue forever thinking: worth it or not?

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:44 pm

47 loyal ronin is pretty dope, great cast, but slow and long too. you gotta dig in and be ready for a lot of talking and random names flying at you

Shinsengumi Chronicles: I Want to Die a Samurai looks really interesting, that director is responsible for the best of the lone wolf and cub and some great zatoichi entries, among other things. And I'll watch pretty much anything wiht Wakayama in a big role

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:43 pm

Animeigo put out a dvd of Shinsengumi Chronicles btw. I've bought most of their samurai dvds but haven't gotten that one yet though.

Out of all those films showing I'd be most interested in Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees. Seems like a cool story and I'm a fan of everything I've seen from Shinoda (Double Suicide, Samurai Spy, plus I got the criterion of Pale Flower on deck to watch soon).
I wish cool shit like this would play near me.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:48 pm

no shit, i didn't realize that was teh same one

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:52 pm

they also released Shinsengumi Assassins of Honor which stars Mifune, easy to get them confused

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:57 pm

this.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:58 pm

that's the one i was thinking of

too many shinshegumi and 47 ronin movies out there to keep track of

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:59 am

Yeah, those oft-told tales are a bitch to keep track of. Iגll see anything by Shinoda as well, but I might check out Killing in Yoshiwara being a follower of Uchida (even tho a lot of the stuff I've seen is meh).

Itגs a crime that Bloody Spear at Mt. Fuji isnגt more well known (Criterion treatment please), at least as good as the best of Kurosawa and other masters.

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 2:54 pm

Just a heads up, looks like the zatoichi movies that Animeigo had the rights to are going out of print, might be the last chance to ever buy ichi movies at regular prices since all the homevision ones are OOP now too.

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:35 am

What was the verdict on the female ichi movie?

blu-ray is only $9.47 on amazon right now, just picked it up.
The only ichi-related releases I need to complete my collection are the TV episodes and the never officially released 14th movie.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:56 am

tries a little too hard to emphasize drama over action, but pretty good otherwise

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:41 am

darkwingduck wrote:this.

can someone explain to me the difference between these two releases? I picked up the quoted one. Wondering whether or not i need to go in on the latest release above...

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 12:24 pm

lone wolf and cub movies are the originals, subbed. shogun assasin movies are dubbed into english and there are five instead of 6 because the first shogun assasin movie is the first two lone wolf & cub movies spliced together into one.

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 2:47 pm

werd, thats what I thought, figured I get a clarification tho since laziness. Never saw the OG series of 6. Any thoughts on thos versus the dubbed?

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 2:58 pm

darkwingduck wrote: Never saw the OG series of 6.

beyond essential

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 3:41 pm

Really all you need is the original Lone Wolf and Cub movies and the first Shogun Assassin, imo.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 3:56 pm

yea the rest of them are only really good for the novelty value of the dub

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