Samurai/Martial Arts (Wuxia) Film

bmwracer wrote:
Nah...

Shih Szu is more cute/pretty than gorgeous/beautiful.

But she can serve out some serious whoop-ass. :applaud:

yeah but can she rock a chair, naked, with a glass in her hand?

Tu_triky wrote:yeah but can she rock a chair, naked, with a glass in her hand?

Not at all. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Not at all. :sweat:

well then your answer above made sense....carry on.


:hehe:

Tu_triky wrote:well then your answer above made sense....carry on.


:hehe:

See, I can be lucid at times.

I'm a samurai film addict, seem most of the old and new movies including the ones made by Kurosawa. The more recent ones includes Azumi. If anyone can recommended any good samurai movies, thanks, :woot:

muffin707 wrote:I'm a samurai film addict, seem most of the old and new movies including the ones made by Kurosawa. The more recent ones includes Azumi. If anyone can recommended any good samurai movies, thanks, :woot:

Did you start at page one of this thread? I think you'll find some recommendations...

Yep, had a few good recommendations, thanks. Had a marathon japanese movie marathon last weekend. Saw Lady Snowblood part 1 and 2 and Azumi 2. Really enjoyed Lady Snowblood part 1 , but part 2 was a bit boring cause she lack purpose , randomly killing people. Azumi was great, I like it better than part 1 only because there were more fight scenes. :mrgreen:

Hmm, I guess I coulda posted the Yagyu Conspiracy in this thread. :sweat:

Anyways, another pic from The Young Avenger: :)

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bmwracer wrote:Hmm, I guess I coulda posted the Yagyu Conspiracy in this thread. :sweat:

Anyways, another pic from The Young Avenger: :)

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your pic is being served.

Tu_triky wrote:your pic is being served.

Ah, nuts. :grumble:

Five Deadly Venoms :thumbsup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Deadly_Venoms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiXnWKfJsLk

kami_kaze wrote:Five Deadly Venoms :thumbsup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Deadly_Venoms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiXnWKfJsLk

Ah, yes.

Classic Shaw Bros. wuxia flick. :thumbsup:

thetenken wrote:Most of my Japanese samurai knowledge is from Kurosawa, so I haven't delved much into it. Yojimbo was a good film, as was Seven Samurai. Sanjuro was also a pleasing film, as is Rashomon (dunno if it can be counted as a samurai movie). I heard The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail is really good, but haven't had the opportunity to watch it. I've also seen the three Samurai movies (Musashi), and they were decent. Mibu Gishiden was good. Keep those recommendations coming!

I recommend Samurai Rebellion with Toshiro Mifune--excellent samurai film, Princess Blade which was the inspiration for Kill Bill, and maybe Lone Wolf and Baby Cart in Hades, just for the gore.

And I just found out that they've done a sequel or prequel to Kurosawa's Sanjuro (one of my favorites) :bow: But you know who they've got to play Sanjuro? Kanchi!! i.e. Oda Yuji :shocked: He is no way close to Mifune. Why him? :shakehead: But I guess I'll see it when it opens. Here's the trailer: http://www.tsubaki-sanjuro.jp/mov/tsubaki-t01-1000.asx

don wrote:And I just found out that they've done a sequel or prequel to Kurosawa's Sanjuro (one of my favorites)

Must be sequel, since Yojimbo was the prequel to Sanjuro. :)

muffin707 wrote:I'm a samurai film addict, seem most of the old and new movies including the ones made by Kurosawa. The more recent ones includes Azumi. If anyone can recommended any good samurai movies, thanks, :woot:

Samurai movies are like American westerns: both are currently out of style, yet in the past, they were immensely popular with hundreds of them being produced. Only a small fraction of samurai-character movies have been English subbed and made available to western audiences.

The following website sells Japanese movies with English subs; included in their sizable catalog are a number of jidaigeki movies that are not normally available to western audiences: http://www.kurotokagi.com/

Aside from the usual suspects--Kurosawa, Inagaki, Kobayashi, Gosha, Okamoto--there are several other directors who have made samurai-character movies that I would recommend:

Kenji Misumi: he directed some of the better Zatoichi films--probably the most iconic jidaigeki series ever made--as well as a number of the Kozure Okami (Lone Wolf and Cub) and Nemuri Kyoshiro (Sleepy Eyes of Death) series. But he also made some other really good non-series samurai films (I'll just give you the English titles from here on): Last Samurai, Shinsengumi, Destiny's Son.

Kinji Fukasaku: primarily known for his yakuza films, he directed three really good jidaigeki movies--Sure Death Revenge, Fall of Ako Castle, and Yagyu Clan Conspiracy (also known as Shogun's Samurai).

Yoji Yamada: Still going strong in his mid-70's and one of my all-time top-five directors, he waited until 2003 to make his first jidaigeki film, then followed it up with two others: the first one he made--Twilight Samurai--is a great film, regardless of genre; the second one--Hidden Blade--is very good; the third--Love and Honor--is just merely good.

Shadow Warriors is out on DVD. :mrgreen: I picked it up around a couple of weeks ago. Was great. Brought back good memories.

I think I liked the Yagyu Conspiracy better though.

BmwM3Rod wrote:Shadow Warriors is out on DVD. :mrgreen: I picked it up around a couple of weeks ago. Was great. Brought back good memories.

shin2 pointed that out to me a while back... A tad pricey. :sweat:

I think I liked the Yagyu Conspiracy better though.

I just finished watching that a couple of weeks ago... Good stuff.

Now I've gotta find some time for the sequel. :sweat:

Yamada - The Samurai Of Ayothaya '' Coming Soon ''


Yamada Nagamasa is a young an exceptional Japanese Samurai who travels to Ayothaya in order to offer his unique talents as a volunteer against the onslaught of Japanese who are traveling into the region disguised as members of the Hongsawadee army. Yamada is critically injured in the ensuing battle, led by the Japanese commander Kuroda Toranga, nevertheless Yamada manages to survive and is nursed to health by a group of Thai soldiers who would later become some of his closest friends and allies.

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Thank you for making this thread about samurai sword, but I like also the medieval sword, That's my favorite sword, I want to have that kind of sword soon.

shin2 wrote:
Samurai movies are like American westerns: both are currently out of style, yet in the past, they were immensely popular with hundreds of them being produced. Only a small fraction of samurai-character movies have been English subbed and made available to western audiences.

I think that the common theme is a bygone era, in which we fantasize that honor, courage and inner strength were factors that enobled the heros of that day. It's a gross generalization, historically of course. But that doesn't matter, since when we watch these dramas, we are inspired to be a little more than we are today.