Yagyu Conspiracy (Yagyu Ichizoku no Inbo)

Tu_triky wrote:

I think NIN NIN could battle it out and win the day.

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This was an enjoyable movie to watch . . . if you're 2 years old.

shin2 wrote:

This was an enjoyable movie to watch . . . if you're 2 years old.

:lol: :hehe: :lol:

bmwracer wrote:Trivia notes: Meguro Yuki (Yagyu Samon) was Richard Chamberlain's early episode samurai tormentor in Shogun... Yamamura So (Yagyu Tajima-no-kami) was Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku in the Pearl Harbor epic tora! Tora! Tora!... Shiomi Etsuko (Yagyu Akane) appeared in many a film with Chiba Shinichi, like Sister Street Fighter... :)

Added trivia: Yamamura So also appeared in the Ron Howard movie Gung Ho;

Shiomi Etsuko's last film was a Tora-san movie back in 1986 (that meant she was only 30 when she retired);

the great character actress Nogiwa Yoko, who is still very much active in dorama, was once married to Sonny Chiba;

Sanada Hiroyuki has performed Shakespeare on stage in English.

shin2 wrote:Shiomi Etsuko's last film was a Tora-san movie back in 1986 (that meant she was only 30 when she retired)

Any reason for that? :headscratch:

the great character actress Nogiwa Yoko, who is still very much active in dorama, was once married to Sonny Chiba

Yup.

And I still find that hard to believe.

As to why Shiomi Etsuko retired so young, I've never been able to find an answer to that. :headscratch:

Maybe she got tired kicking guys' asses.

shin2 wrote:As to why Shiomi Etsuko retired so young, I've never been able to find an answer to that. :headscratch:

Maybe she got tired kicking guys' asses.

LOL, I suppose that would get tiresome over the years. :hehe:

More info on the show here: http://www.ninjadojo.com/Yagyu_con/yagyu_con_tv.html

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And a YouTube link for the show's opening scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1G9eQRrFRY :D

according to some sources...although yagyu jubei was not a ninja...most of the rumors say that he trained or studied ninjutsu during the years of his "absence" until he returned to serve the Tokugawa clan again. Btw, I like the handguard eyepatch...it's iconic!

Usagi Yojimbo wrote:Btw, I like the handguard eyepatch...it's iconic!

And way cool. :thumbsup:

More trivia (from Wikipedia):

Japanese television actor and personality Yagyu Hiroshi and his son Yagyu Shingo are descendants of the Yagyu.




Shingo????

No, it can't be............... :bleh: :sweat: :fingerscrossed:

Wikipedia article on Yagyu Jubei Mitsuyoshi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagy%C5%AB_J%C5%ABbei_Mitsuyoshi :thumbsup:

What looks to be a fairly recent interview with Sonny Chiba. Among other topics, he talks about his founding the JAC and his role as Yagyu Jubei.

http://www.aroundhawaii.com/entertainment/movies/2007-04_q_and_a_with_sonny_chiba.html

shin2 wrote:What looks to be a fairly recent interview with Sonny Chiba. Among other topics, he talks about his founding the JAC and his role as Yagyu Jubei.

http://www.aroundhawaii.com/entertainment/movies/2007-04_q_and_a_with_sonny_chiba.html

Cool. :thumbsup:

Had no idea Chiba-san was living in the U.S....

Yow, Shadow Warriors is available on DVD?? :thumbsup:

bmwracer wrote:
Not sure how historically accurate it is, but I think it's really entertaining.

Female appeal? Hmm. Depends if you like action and intrigue.

The action in this drama is miles better than anything that NHK has released Taiga-wise...

I love action and intrigue, especially. I'm not too fond of the Taiga dramas because they seem a bit too boring for my taste from what I can tell (haven't really watched it except a few minutes here and there), but judging by your brief description, it sounds like something I'd be interested in.

shin2 wrote:

Since you're living in Hawaii, you might have seen episodes of Abarenbo Shogun. Yagyu Conspiracy is somewhat along those lines, but much better imo. For one thing, there is a central storyline which runs from beginning to end of this 39-episode series which I found compelling; the acting and action are superior as well.

I used to watch the Abarenbo Shogun series before and it was average to me. But since you say that YC is much better, it's gotten me curious. And I like when dramas have a central storyline, as I'm not too fond of drama series that have plots that end in one episode.

cori wrote:I love action and intrigue, especially. I'm not too fond of the Taiga dramas because they seem a bit too boring for my taste from what I can tell (haven't really watched it except a few minutes here and there), but judging by your brief description, it sounds like something I'd be interested in.

Hmm, I'd better buy some more blank discs... :beaten:

Tell you what, I'll send you a copy of the first disc (four episodes) and you can see if you like it or not... :)

bmwracer wrote:
Hmm, I'd better buy some more blank discs... :beaten:

Tell you what, I'll send you a copy of the first disc (four episodes) and you can see if you like it or not... :)

Sounds like a plan! :D Oh, and are the episodes the standard 45 minutes long?

cori wrote:Sounds like a plan! :D Oh, and are the episodes the standard 45 minutes long?

Yup, give or take a couple of minutes... :)

shin2 wrote:the great character actress Nogiwa Yoko, who is still very much active in dorama, was once married to Sonny Chiba

Here's some pics of her from Episode 14:

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bmwracer wrote:
Here's some pics of her from Episode 14:

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This picture is very reminiscient of a photograph of my late grandmother. After she passed away at the age of 89 (this was many years ago), among her effects was a photograph taken of her when she was probably in her late teens/early twenties. The photograph was very much like this picture--primarily a head shot, but obviously dressed in a kimono with her hair styled. We grandkids were absolutely amazed at how beautiful she was; for virtually our entire lives we had only seen her as a stereotypical obaa-chan. Our parents proudly informed us that when she was young, she was known as the "Pauoa Beauty" (Pauoa being a section of Honolulu). This goes to show you that everyone was young once.

Re: fight scenes in Taiga vs. Fight Scenes in in action movies and action based TV series.

Ever hear of an actor named Yukio Kato?

Young guy. Just getting into movies. He was cast in Shintaro Katsu's last "Zatoichi" movie and well... he just wasn't skilled enough.

He was accidentally stabbed by Katsu's son, Ryuutaro Gan, and died in the hospital later that day.

Ryuutaro Gan went to prison for a couple of years, not for murder, or Manslaughter, but for what the court ruled as Professional Negligence.

By the standards of the profession (at that time) only well trained professional stuntmen should have been taking part in the fighting scenes. A young, inexperienced "actor" should never have been on the set during that fight.

Jackie Chan, Sonny Chiba, Shintaro Katsu (Along with some studios that specialized in action movies) had their own teams of stunt men working with them in picture after picture. Teams that they paid.

It's expensive to employ a stunt crew full time.

When Samurai movies and TV shows went the way of the western in the U.S., it simply became too expensive for stars, (and some studios) to keep the teams on the payroll.

It's not reasonable to expect that level of stunt work in a once a year Taiga.