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"Seven Samurai", Akira Kurosawa, 1954 - Sparring Scene
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Posted on 07/18/2021 4:29:13 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96
I saw the American musical version,
West Side Samurai
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posted on
07/18/2021 5:02:06 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: left that other site
I saw “Ran” in the theater.I always wanted to see the sequel, Also Ran...
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posted on
07/18/2021 5:02:08 PM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: simpson96
Kyuzo was always my favorite of the Seven.
And note the difference between Kambei and Katsushiro while this is going on - Kambei knows what the result will be while the kid has no clue.
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posted on
07/18/2021 5:08:49 PM PDT
by
decal
(I'm not rude, I don't suffer fools is all.)
To: left that other site
I loved “Odetsu” (spelling?), a romantic ghost story.Ugetsu, directed by Kenji Mizoguchi with Machiko Kyo as the ghost princess. For my yen, the best Japanese movie ever made; you can see it on HBO Max if you have it (I don't). https://www.criterion.com/films/369-ugetsu
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posted on
07/18/2021 5:11:07 PM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: simpson96
Thanks. My copy is in a storage unit.
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posted on
07/18/2021 5:14:37 PM PDT
by
Retain Mike
( Sat Cong)
To: chajin
Ah! Ugetsu! Sorry for my blundering memory. (It’s been YEARS!)
But I sure did love that flick.
Thanks for the link! :-)
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posted on
07/18/2021 5:15:43 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
To: BrexitBen
Star Wars was based on a samurai movie, wasn’t it?
Where two samurai were tasked with escorting a princess thru dangerous territory?
That’s a question.
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posted on
07/18/2021 5:21:25 PM PDT
by
OKSooner
(Salute the Marines.)
To: simpson96
Rashomon is nothing to sneeze at.
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posted on
07/18/2021 5:25:27 PM PDT
by
dsc
(Abortion is the axe laid to the roots of the tree of human rights.)
To: chajin
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posted on
07/18/2021 5:25:46 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(I miss out mean tweeting, man spreading, room owning President…)
To: chajin
One of the great lines in that movie.
Another was (and possibly one workable in your sermon): “I’ve been paid a lot of money for my work. Right now twenty dollars is a lot. ( said by the character portrayed by Charles Bronson)
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posted on
07/18/2021 5:30:21 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(Never do anything illegal, when you are doing something illegal. )
To: simpson96
My favorite scene, one that I have watched at least a dozen times over the years. I marveled at the skilled swordsman Kyuzo, played by Seiji Miyaguchi, who appeared to be born with a sword in his hand. The stylized combat was pure poetry. Later on, you see him practicin, in the rain, while the others take shelter. A professional to the core.
The director made an ironic point in the final battle scene, when Kyuzo, at the top of his profession, is shot and killed by a simple peasant using a matchlock musket. (Damn technology)
I was dumbfounded when he was interviewed some years later and said he had never even touched a sword before this picture and had to take lessons. He was an apt student.
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posted on
07/18/2021 5:38:48 PM PDT
by
Oatka
To: simpson96
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posted on
07/18/2021 5:48:00 PM PDT
by
mrsmith
(US MEDIA: " Every 'White' cop is a criminal! And all the 'non-white' criminals saints!")
To: OKSooner
Yeah. The Hidden Fortress. Also a product of Kurosawa.
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posted on
07/18/2021 6:24:55 PM PDT
by
FoxInSocks
("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
To: BrexitBen
This scene was with a knife beating a drawn gun...
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posted on
07/18/2021 6:43:56 PM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
To: simpson96
I believe the Seven Samurai as one of the five best movies of all time. Another less well known Kurosawa film staring Mifuni and Shimura belongs on that list as well. Stray Dog takes place in an oppressive heat wave in Tokyo in the year after the war ends. The heat is a metaphor for the dislocation at every strata of Japanese society during the occupation, and Mifuni and Shimura are an odd couple of paired police detectives searching for a serial killer. This film is the first of its genre, and the inspiration for all of the countless buddy cop movies made ever since.
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posted on
07/18/2021 7:34:17 PM PDT
by
PUGACHEV
To: Michael.SF.
I have a memory that when he heard about the making of the movie he just had to be part of it and play that part. Evidently Seven Samurai was one of this all time favorites and that Samurai was his favorite character.
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posted on
07/18/2021 7:39:46 PM PDT
by
Retain Mike
( Sat Cong)
To: FoxInSocks
Hidden Fortress is a favorite of mine that was at least partially the inspiration for Star Wars. Also, his Throne of Blood is a samurai version of Macbeth.
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posted on
07/18/2021 7:40:42 PM PDT
by
william clark
(Ecclesiastes 10:2 )
To: simpson96
The choice of films to the right are great.
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posted on
07/18/2021 8:23:55 PM PDT
by
Retain Mike
( Sat Cong)
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