Rokurota Makabe is a wise general. There were many times they were going to be found out (no thanks to the peasants), but he managed to salvage the situation each time.
Mifune is my undisputed king of Jidaigeki/Chanbara films. And given the high level of talent of his competition, that is saying something. As to Akira's films, I highly recommend 'After the Rain' from 1999. Akira wrote it but was unable to direct it because he broke his back and died not long after. But his assistant director picked up the project and it won a ton of awards. It is a pretty simple story, almost a slice of life, about an affable and highly skilled ronin and his wife traveling while he looks for work. They stay an inn because they cannot cross the river due to the rain. Again, I sound like a broken record at this point, but great reaction. tyvm.
Awesome channel, just watched some of your older vids. Learned trivia about movies i've seen a hundred times. Suggestions "go for broke"(1951) In 1942 after the us government took extreme measures against Japanese Americans, they ran in to an unexpected problem. Thousands of young Americans of Japanese decent wanting to enlist. The army created the 442 regiment, an all Japanese group. The movie "go for broke" tells their story. Free on youtube
Hidden Fortress right on! Tahei and Matashichi inspired R2-D2 & 3CP0 in Star Wars. The opening twenty minutes with the two of them getting tossed from battle to work crew to battle and beyond reminded me of Onibaba (1964), a stunningly memorable historical drama and horror film directed by Kaneto Shindo. I don't know how they stored the gold in the wooden sticks. My guess is that they bored out the interior of the stick and then poured molten gold into the bore hole and then plunged the stick into cold water to prevent the wood from catching fire or something along those lines. The first movie I ever saw with Toshiro Mifune in it was Hell in the Pacific (1968), a film set in World War II about an American soldier, played by Lee Marvin, and a Japanese soldier, played by Toshiro Mifune, marooned on a desert island who after antagonizing each other for a week or so come to recognize that they will have to work together if they want to survive.
I certainly don't think "comedy" when I think of Kurosawa's films. But this film had a lot of comedic moments. Of course from the two main characters but also from the princess pretending to be mute. Usually Kurosawa films have a bitter sweet ending but here everything works out for our two main characters and this story has a happy ending.
The film on which Star Wars is based is undoubtedly its great inspiration, and it is also a very difficult film to find and see, which is appreciated!
Rokurota Makabe is a wise general. There were many times they were going to be found out (no thanks to the peasants), but he managed to salvage the situation each time.
The frustration I felt at those two idiots was immeasurable lol.
Mifune is my undisputed king of Jidaigeki/Chanbara films. And given the high level of talent of his competition, that is saying something.
As to Akira's films, I highly recommend 'After the Rain' from 1999. Akira wrote it but was unable to direct it because he broke his back and died not long after. But his assistant director picked up the project and it won a ton of awards.
It is a pretty simple story, almost a slice of life, about an affable and highly skilled ronin and his wife traveling while he looks for work. They stay an inn because they cannot cross the river due to the rain.
Again, I sound like a broken record at this point, but great reaction. tyvm.
After the Rain? Sure, I'll add it to my list as one of Kurosawa's works. Thanks! 😊
Awesome channel, just watched some of your older vids. Learned trivia about movies i've seen a hundred times.
Suggestions "go for broke"(1951) In 1942 after the us government took extreme measures against Japanese Americans, they ran in to an unexpected problem. Thousands of young Americans of Japanese decent wanting to enlist. The army created the 442 regiment, an all Japanese group. The movie "go for broke" tells their story. Free on youtube
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Sure, I'll add that to my movies list. Thanks for your suggestion! 👍🏻
Hidden Fortress right on! Tahei and Matashichi inspired R2-D2 & 3CP0 in Star Wars. The opening twenty minutes with the two of them getting tossed from battle to work crew to battle and beyond reminded me of Onibaba (1964), a stunningly memorable historical drama and horror film directed by Kaneto Shindo. I don't know how they stored the gold in the wooden sticks. My guess is that they bored out the interior of the stick and then poured molten gold into the bore hole and then plunged the stick into cold water to prevent the wood from catching fire or something along those lines. The first movie I ever saw with Toshiro Mifune in it was Hell in the Pacific (1968), a film set in World War II about an American soldier, played by Lee Marvin, and a Japanese soldier, played by Toshiro Mifune, marooned on a desert island who after antagonizing each other for a week or so come to recognize that they will have to work together if they want to survive.
Cool! 👍🏻 I'll add "Onibaba" and "Hell in the Pacific" to my list.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts 😊
That glimmer of hope... you should be seeing Yojimbo soon!
Yes, Yojimbo is in my queue, but Halloween month comes first. 😉
I certainly don't think "comedy" when I think of Kurosawa's films. But this film had a lot of comedic moments. Of course from the two main characters but also from the princess pretending to be mute. Usually Kurosawa films have a bitter sweet ending but here everything works out for our two main characters and this story has a happy ending.
Yup, when the princess and general were captured, I expected the movie to end with their execution... Thankfully they got a happy ending 😊