General discussion (non-Usagi Yojimbo related) about all things Japan -- Feudal Japan, Samurai, Ninjas, Anime & Manga, Chambara films, Japanese Pop Culture, Otaku, martial arts, history, sushi, giant robots, Godzilla... anything Japan-related!
Robert Wetherelt wrote:I just picked up 3 more flicks. 1.) "Kill(Kiru)", 2.)"Incident at Blood Pass"( Mifune-sama's last appearance as the "Yojimbo" character.) and 3.) "Zatoichi meets Yojimbo". All cool films.
All three of those films are great. "Zatoichi meets Yojimbo" was the ultimate in superstar status actors sharing a movie, Toshiro Mifune's and Shintaro Katsu's characters just had to meet. "Incident at Blood Pass" was a great team-up of Mifune and Katsu as well.
"Kill!" is probably one of the best samurai movie I've seen, and the fact that it is based on the same story as Kurosawa and Mifune's film Sanjuro makes it even neater. And it also really reminded me of some of those spaghetti westerns I used to watch when I was younger.
Robert, If you have not seen it yet, find yourself a copy of "Three Outlaw Samurai", you won't be sorry.
I, too, became interested in samurai films and liturature from reading Usagi Yojimbo. Growing up in Michigan, I was never exposed to any Japanese films, I guess there was not (and still isn't) a large enough Japanese-American community in this part of the state. Maybe in Detroit.
Yesterday I saw another time... Goyôkiba: Kamisori Hanzô jigoku zeme alias hanzo the razor itami 2!!!
the problem is that the video store doesnt have the third movie,I dont know who I will find that movie here in buenos aires,perhaps i buy it through amazon..
one question,did anyone see the third one??is it as great as the first one and second one??
when I was in primary school I didnt know that this was based in a manga of kazuo koike and takeshi kanda..When i found that it was an adaptation of the manga i said wowwwwwwwwwwwww...i wana buy all the things about these guys..
some covers of the manga...like always i hope dh license this!!
