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' dull-edged sword '; gatana is rendaku of katana) is a short comedic jidaigeki about a dim-witted self-appointed samurai. He gets fooled and buys a dull sword from a merchant. The samurai, trying to figure out why his new sword cannot cut anyone he strikes, tries desperately to attack random townspeople who defend themselves and knock him out.
Nemuri KyoshirÅ, the master of the Engetsu ("Full Moon Cut") sword style, was a wandering "lone wolf" warrior plagued by the fact that he was fathered in less than honorable circumstance by a "fallen" Portuguese priest who had turned to worshipping Satan and a Japanese noblewoman whom the "fallen" priest had seduced and raped as part of a Black Mass and who had committed suicide after ...
The plot follows a down-on-his-luck boxer (Glenn) who is hired to transport a valuable katana to Japan, where he becomes embroiled in a blood feud between two martial artist brothers. It was released by Embassy Pictures on July 23, 1982, and received mixed reviews.
Best of the Best: Kickboxer: Cyborg [9] 1990: Hard to Kill: 1991: Once Upon a Time in China: Showdown in Little Tokyo: Out For Justice: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves: Samurai Cop [10] 1992: American Samurai: Rapid Fire: Shootfighter: Fight to the Death: Supercop (a.k.a. Police Story 3: Supercop) A Kid From Tibet: 1993: The Bride With White Hair ...
Seven Samurai (1954) topped the BBC poll of best foreign-language films as well as several Japanese polls.. Battleship Potemkin (1925) was ranked number 1 with 32 votes when the Festival Mondial du Film et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique asked 63 film professionals around the world, mostly directors, to vote for the best films of the half-century in 1951. [3]
290th – The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time in 2008, Empire [102] 50 Klassiker, Film by Nicolaus Schröder in 2002 [103] 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider in 2003 [104] 7th – Kinema Junpo's The Greatest Japanese Films of All Time in 2009. [105] 22nd – Empire's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010. [106]
Coogan’s Bluff (1968) A fish-out-of-water cop thriller with Eastwood as the Stetson-wearing fish. Directed by his mentor and longtime collaborator, Don Siegel, this was the actor’s first non ...
The Sword of Doom is an adaptation of Daibosatsu Toge (lit. ' Great Bodhisattva Pass '), a novel that has remained popular since its initial release in 1913, a year after the death of the Emperor Meiji, "the ruler who oversaw Japan's transition from hermetically sealed feudal state to modern nation."