Takeshi Kitano mini series of Musashi!!

[Azraelito]

did anyone see this??it is a mini series of 2003!!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353079/

saludos..

[Steve Hubbell]

I have not seen that one, but I have heard of it and have considered picking it up on DVD.

I would like to share a message (and links) posted on another forum concerning Musashi Miyamoto on film for anyone who is interested in reading more about the various films made over the years....

Musashi Miyamoto
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A long, long essay I'd written twenty-five years ago for a film fanzine, on Musashi in the cinema, is something I've threatened to rewrite for some while to put on the website. Some of the films I've wanted to see afresh before attempting the rewrite, but not all are easily obtained. Some films seen at Toyo and Kokusai cinemas on big screens seem never to have made it to dvd at all so I may never be able to refresh my memory on those.

But I've got a good start on a completely revamped version of "The Celluloid Musashi" beginning here:
http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-celluloid-musashi.html
and continued here:
http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-cellulo ... shi-2.html

There will be two more parts to this overview -- plus I removed the stuff from the original version of "Celluloid Musashi" about Kojiro films & will be posting a separate pair of articles on those, plus a separate "set" of articles on the Tomu Uchida six-film series. These seem to be rolling along nice so might be up quite soon.

And just posted as a separate trio of articles (removed from the old version of "The Celluloid Musashi") about Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy, which has a lot in it about the Tomu Uchida films that wasn't easily excised so I left it. That starts here:
http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-samurai-trilogy1.html

When the rest is done it'll be the biggest coverage of Musashi films anywhere on the web, & I don't think any books in English cover them any more deeply. I also have one of the television series complete, which will become another set of articles but probably not as soon.
--
paghat the ratgirl (Jessica Amanda Salmonson)
http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/index-jidai-geki.html

[go]

Dear Readers,
Yes this is a wonderful series.
It is my favorite of the attempts to portray Musashi..
The acting is great.
The story goes beyond any other Musashi series.
Be aware the copy I bought on eBay has a sound track defect.
The sound just drops out for a moment.
Please let me know if you find an inexpensive source for this series.
Enjoy!
Best wishes to all!
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[Steve Hubbell]

Curious Violet is a decent source. The fact that any (sub-titled) copies of the series you find are going to be bought from someone or other who recorded it when it was broadcast. Curious Violet usually lists any defects as well as variations in source material in her descriptions.

I picked up both the 13 part "Sorekara no Musashi" and the 39 part "The Yagyu Conspiracy" from her, and will eventually get the Musashi series as well.

"Musashi" TV
episodes 1-3
2003 NHK Taiga Drama (multi-ep historical TV novel) based on the true life of the master of swordsmanship, Musashi Miyamoto, who also became an author, artist, and teacher. It stars Ichikawa Shinnosuke as Miyamoto Musashi. Also featured: Fujita Makoto, Emori Toru, Nakamura Kankuro, Nakamura Tamao, and Miyazawa Rie. These 3 eps were re-encoded to standard TV format from VCD, the only source available to me. Full quality satellite eps begin with ep 7. Discount applies: final two disks are free to those who have ordered the rest of the series. The complete series comprises approximately 37 hours of excellent samurai drama. This disk approx. 2:19:00 total. All disks in this series are Japanese w/ English Subtitles.
episodes 4-6
See 1135 for synopsis. These 3 episodes were taken from low-quality video source. After this disk, the video returns to high quality satellite-sourced video. Approx. 2:06:00 total
episodes 7-50
See 1135 for synopsis. Satellite-sourced video. Approx. 2:06:00 total.
Free disk for those getting the whole set. See 1135 for synopsis. The final 2 episodes are combined into a single extra-length episode. Satellite-sourced video. Approx. 1:00:00 total.

http://www.quixium.com/fan/drama_dvdrlist.htm

Another more expensive source is samuraiDVD.com
Merlin offers the series for sale as a set or by episodes
http://www.samuraidvd.com/tvs2.asp

Where did you get your Mute Samurai set from?

[Jet_Jaguar]

The IMDB entry says that the music is by Ennio Morricone. I didn't know that he had ever scored a Japanese movie. I've never seen this soundtrack anywhere; I'd be interested in hearing it since I'm a big fan of Morricone's work, especially his spaghetti western scores.

Of course, Morricone scoring a samurai movie seems somehow appropriate since his first major film score (A Fistful of Dollars/Per Un Pugno Di Dollari) was for a movie that was a remake of a samurai film.