Musashi

Matahachi laments. Again.

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bmwracer wrote:Akemi remembers Takezo from the previous encounter. :hehe:

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Heh. I was wondering when you'd get a missile lock on Rina-chan. :hehe:

An Asahi Shimbun's page with the original novel written by Yoshikawa Eiji:

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The soundtrack CD's cover:

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Betsy Hayashi wrote:The soundtrack CD's cover:

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I'd love to get the soundtrack, but it's expensive... $40USD for a CD is a bit much....

bmwracer wrote:
I'd love to get the soundtrack, but it's expensive... $40USD for a CD is a bit much....

Me too ... Although I love Ennio Morricone (and Ichikawa Ebizo, who's in the cover of the CD), don't have $40 to but this one ... :mecry:

Shining kabuki performer
enjoys rock-star popularity

By Michiko Yamada
Mainichi Shimbun
July 2, 2004

As one of Japan's traditional arts, Kabuki has attracted many fans since its beginnings in the Edo Period (1603-1868). Recently, however, an increasing number of starry-eyed admirers are gathering around performers of kabuki, more than the art itself.
Ebizo Ichikawa, previously known as Shinnosuke Ichikawa, is one of these performers. So popular are his onstage appearances that booking a seat to see him is as hard as getting a place at a popular rock concert.
To mark his succession as the 11th Ebizo in the famed Ichikawa kabuki clan, Ebizo recently staged performances. Tickets for shows in which he appeared at Tokyo's Kabukiza theater in May had practically sold out by the beginning of that month.
Around that time Ebizo made frequent appearances on television, and he gained even more attention when his father, Ichikawa Danjuro, the 12th Danjuro in the art, fell ill and had to stop performing. After this tickets for Ebizo's June performance, which went on sale on May 15, sold out within three days.
One 41-year-old woman said she couldn't even get a phone call through to buy a ticket.
"I had a cell phone in one hand and a line phone in the other, and kept phoning the reservation number but it was like trying to book a seat at a concert of a celebrity at (the talent agency) Johnny's Jimusho and I couldn't get through," she said.
More recently Ebizo has appeared on a television commercial for one of Japan's well-known green tea brands, "Ooi Ocha." A spokesman for Ito En, the firm that produces the tea said Ebizo fitted the role perfectly.
"The image of Ebizo to promote the quality of the product was perfect," an Ito En official said. "With the cutthroat sales competition of summer, the PR value of his (commemorative) performances is big."
Kyoto-based Tankosha Publishing Co. is another firm that had benefited from Ebizo's popularity. The firm says a photo album of his May performance that it released in June is selling well.
Critics say popularity such as that enjoyed by Ebizo isn't common in kabuki.
"It's rare for tickets to be sold in such a short time as this," said kabuki critic Kiyoshi Mizuochi. "I guess Ebizo's blood-and-tears enthusiasm -- something which has not been seen in kabuki up till now -- and his good looks, which anyone can see, has attracted a lot of people."

More words of wisdom for Takezo.

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Final words of wisdom for Takezo.

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Takezo goes wild.

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Final battle.

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Takezo wins.

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Takezo celebrates.

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bmwracer wrote:Takezo celebrates.

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This scene is hillarious !!!!
I always crack when I see it !!!!!!! :hehe: :hehe:

Betsy Hayashi wrote:This scene is hillarious !!!!
I always crack when I see it !!!!!!! :hehe: :hehe:

Hilarious???

bmwracer wrote:
Hilarious???

It wasn't supposed to be hilarious, I know, but I thought this scene was hillarious, 'cos he looks so mad in it, screamin' : "Ore wa tsuyoi !!!" (I'm strong) ...

bmwracer wrote:
Hilarious???

It wasn't supposed to be hilarious, I know, but I thought this scene was hillarious, 'cos he looks so mad in it, screamin' : "Ore wa tsuyoi !!!" (I'm strong) ...

Betsy Hayashi wrote:It wasn't supposed to be hilarious, I know, but I thought this scene was hillarious, 'cos he looks so mad in it, screamin' : "Ore wa tsuyoi !!!" (I'm strong) ...

He looked less mad and more nuts to me... :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
He looked less mad and more nuts to me... :hehe:

Oh yeah, you said the right word: nuts !!!!! :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

Betsy Hayashi wrote:Oh yeah, you said the right word: nuts !!!!! :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

That's about right, though: Takezo was a mad dog, a wild man in search of fame. He's a long way from being the refined Musashi....