Musashi

Betsy Hayashi wrote:Can you wait for one more day, please ???? I've been a bit busy these days, so I hadn't translated the whole article yet. But I'll post it, I promisse !!!!!!!

Oh sure. Take you're time. Just trying to keep this thread alive until I get my new PC up and running completely... :)

bmwracer wrote:
Oh sure. Take you're time. Just trying to keep this thread alive until I get my new PC up and running completely... :)

That's OK, but I'd just posted the news. Sorry about my awful english !!!!

Oh, look at this, I'd copied your idea:

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Betsy Hayashi wrote:That's OK, but I'd just posted the news. Sorry about my awful english !!!!

Oh, look at this, I'd copied your idea:

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You of all people should know that that's plagiarism.... Or is that copyright infringement?? :hehe: :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
You of all people should know that that's plagiarism.... Or is that copyright infringement?? :hehe: :hehe:

Are you going to sue me ???? :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

Betsy Hayashi wrote:Are you going to sue me ???? :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

Will you be my lawyer and sue yourself?? :hehe: :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Will you be my lawyer and sue yourself?? :hehe: :hehe:

No, I'm not crazy !!!!!!! :hehe: :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

Betsy Hayashi wrote:No, I'm not crazy !!!!!!! :hehe: :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

How crazy are you?? :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
How crazy are you?? :hehe:

OK, I'm crazy, but not crazy enough to sue myself !!!!!! :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

Betsy Hayashi wrote:OK, I'm crazy, but not crazy enough to sue myself !!!!!! :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

Whew! I'm glad we got that straightened out, Bets. :)

bmwracer wrote:
Whew! I'm glad we got that straightened out, Bets. :)

Me too !!!!!! :mrgreen:

Musashi phone cards: :D

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bmwracer wrote:Musashi phone cards: :D
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I want that Ebizo's card !!!!!!!!!!

Betsy Hayashi wrote:I want that Ebizo's card !!!!!!!!!!

I want Ryoko-chan's card!!!!

Heh, we should pool our money and buy it and split the two cards. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
I want Ryoko-chan's card!!!!

Heh, we should pool our money and buy it and split the two cards. :hehe:

It would be a good idea if you wouldn't live in US and I wouldn't live in Brazil ... :beaten: :hehe:

Betsy Hayashi wrote:It would be a good idea if you wouldn't live in US and I wouldn't live in Brazil ... :beaten: :hehe:

Right. And the phonecards are in Japan. :( :nut: :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Right. And the phonecards are in Japan. :( :nut: :sweat:

Blearg !!!!! :google: :sweat: Let's move to Japan !!!!! :crazy: :beaten:

Betsy Hayashi wrote:Blearg !!!!! :google: :sweat: Let's move to Japan !!!!! :crazy: :beaten:

Okay. I'll sell the house and start packing tomorrow... :)

bmwracer wrote:
Okay. I'll sell the house and start packing tomorrow... :)

I'll pack my bags too ... :hehe: :hehe: :hehe: :hehe: :beaten: :bonk: :bonk:

i just watched the musashi movies with mifune toshiro this week. man, he was fierce! kind of like i imagine musashi must've been. he did show regret in killing sasaki kojiro. the third movie ends in him being rowed back from ganryujima. these three movies were also based on yoshikawa eiji's books - i'll have to re-read them, but i think that is where the whole story ends. but i have to say, akemi was totally different in these movies from what we saw in the taiga dorama!

when i read d.e.tarver's translation of "the book of five rings", he said that it's hard to sift legend and myth from reality when it comes to musashi. my favorite quote: "the path to wisdom is littered with the bodies of the ignorant". anyway, i have to wonder how much of what we saw is reconstructed...?

i think the taiga dorama was pretty good in showing the internal aspects of musashi, as he evolved from being a swordsman to becoming a warrior. but mifune toshiro was by far the better swordsman, and much more daunting to face imho. wish we could blend the two together...

sorry i write all over the place - guess i'm kinda scatterbrained...

Duneman wrote:i just watched the musashi movies with mifune toshiro this week. man, he was fierce! kind of like i imagine musashi must've been. he did show regret in killing sasaki kojiro. the third movie ends in him being rowed back from ganryujima. these three movies were also based on yoshikawa eiji's books - i'll have to re-read them, but i think that is where the whole story ends. but i have to say, akemi was totally different in these movies from what we saw in the taiga dorama!

Yep. The book ends after Musashi and Kojiro's duel. For some reason, Akemi is completely different than from the book... The NHK version of Akemi is much closer to that of the book. Writers taking liberties, I suppose.

i think the taiga dorama was pretty good in showing the internal aspects of musashi, as he evolved from being a swordsman to becoming a warrior. but mifune toshiro was by far the better swordsman, and much more daunting to face imho. wish we could blend the two together...

I agree. The entire Musashi-Yagyu Munenori conflict could've been deleted, IMO....