Sword of Desperation aka Hisshiken torisashi (original title) 7/10/10 Director: Hideyuki Hirayama Actors: Etsushi Toyokawa, Chizuru Ikewaki, Kôji Kikkawa, Tsumami Edamame, Tenkyû Fukuda, Mitsutoshi Gotô, Yudai Ishiyama, Hana Kino, Ittoku Kishibe, Tôru Kizu, Fumiyo Kohinata, Ken Maeda, Jun Murakami, Seminosuke Murasugi, Megumi Seki, Kazuya Takahashi, Rishô Takigawa, Sôgen Tanaka, Bunmei Tobayama, Naho Toda, Ken'ichi Yajima, Kinuo Yamada, Masayuki Yui Nominated for six - Award of the Japanese Academy Won Best Actor - Etsushi Toyokawa from Kinema Junpo Award
I saw Cold Fish tonight. It was an incredibly disturbing but gripping film at the same time. It makes Tarantino look tame by comparison.
Finally a good BluRay version. Ran 06/01/1985 Director: Akira Kurosawa Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Hisashi Igawa, Pîtâ, Masayuki Yui, Kazuo Katô, Norio Matsui, Toshiya Ito, Kenji Kodama
Wait whoa. I know nothing about this BD version. Is it region-free and do you have any further information about it? I've been waiting for a good HD treatment of RAN since forever.
http://www.yesasia.com/us/ran-blu-r...n-korea-version/1030825409-0-0-0-en/info.html No extras but a nice print.
Sad news: http://www.midnighteye.com/features/remembering-koji-wakamatsu-1-april-1936-17-october-2012/ R.I.P.
This classic was released yesterday and is a nice upgrade. It is currently half-priced at BN.com. A great time to pick up any of Criterion's film offerings.
For you daikaiju fans we have all three films of the Daimajin in nice two disc Blu-Ray set which was released in Sept. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimajin
Lone Wolf & Cub - All six films in a two disc Blu-Ray set. Currently only $16.98 (http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Lone-Wolf-and-Cub-Complete-Blu-ray/49564/) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Wolf_and_Cub
I finally received my Eiichi Kudo DVD Eleven Samurai. That completes his Samurai Revolution Trilogy of 13 Assassins, The Great Killing and Eleven Samurai. http://somewordsandplaces.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/kudo-eiichi-samurai-revolution-trilogy-1963-1966/
Another sad day. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/15/entertainment-us-nagisaoshima-idUSBRE90E10W20130115 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0651915/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 R.I.P.
Thanks for the link. I wasn't aware that Mr. Richie passed. The world is a leser place without him......
Probably mentioned it before but as it's pretty much my favorite film of all time I'll mention it again: Swallowtail Butterfly by Shunji Iwai is amazing!
What ever Japanese movie you get make sure it is dubbed! Or else you will waste a lot of time reading subtitles and get a migrane!
It's still enjoyable if you haven't seen the anime adaptation, but Death Note is a very entertaining movie.
Eclipse Series 38: Masaki Kobayashi Against the System Four films from the director of The Human Condition, Harakiri, Kwaidan, Samurai Rebellion and many others. Currently 50% off at Amazon.
