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The movie doesn't so much challenge the practice of seppuku; rather, it highlights an instance when it occurred in a punitive and hypocritical environment. The notions of honor and bravery associated with it can be a false front, as the protagonist puts it, serving more as a means of preserving reputations than of actually atoning for a crime ...
The film is the first film of Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy of historical adventures. [3] [2] The film is adapted from Eiji Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, [2] originally released as a serial in the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, between 1935 and 1939. The novel is loosely based on the life of the famous Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi.
The release contains both an English Dolby Digital 2.0 audio track and its original Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track (with English subtitles). In 2010, the film was released on Blu-ray (Region A) by Shochiku exclusively for the Japanese market, containing only a Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 audio track and Japanese subtitles. [5]
Ikiru (生きる, "To Live") is a 1952 Japanese tragedy film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay co-written with Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni.The film examines the struggles of a terminally ill Tokyo bureaucrat (played by Takashi Shimura) and his final quest for meaning.
The Hidden Fortress (Japanese: 隠し砦の三悪人, Hepburn: Kakushi Toride no San Akunin, lit. ' The Three Villains of the Hidden Fortress ') is a 1958 Japanese jidaigeki [5] adventure film directed by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. It tells the story of two peasants who agree to escort a man and a woman across enemy ...
Samurai Rebellion received a roadshow release in Japan on 27 May 1967 where it was distributed by Toho. [1] The film received a wide theatrical release in Japan on 3 June 1967 [1] and was released by Toho International in December 1967, with English-subtitles and a 120-minute running time. [1] It has been released to home video as Samurai ...
Heaven and Earth (天と地と, Ten to Chi to) is a 1990 Japanese epic jidaigeki film directed by Haruki Kadokawa. The film stars Takaaki Enoki, Tsugawa Masahiko, Asano Atsuko, Zaizen Naomi and Nomura Hironobu. [3] It was released in Japan in June 1990, and an English version was released in North America in 1991.
They find the samurai troop and bring them to an illusory mansion in the bamboo grove where the burnt-out house was. They seduce and then kill the samurai like cats, tearing their throats with their teeth. Meanwhile, in northern Japan a battle is taking place with the Emishi. A young man, Hachi, fortuitously kills the enemy general, Kumasunehiko.
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