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Fair warning, the first few Kurosawa's are rough. In my opinion "One Wonderful Sunday" is his first true gem. Also I'll be honest, I don't get the idea of joining Kurosawa and Miyazaki, their style are so completely different. It would be like somebody creating a thread to watch every Walt Disney and every Orson Welles film . I don't see the connection aside from the country they lived in. zandert33 fucked around with this message at 14:48 on Aug 18, 2015 |
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Basebf555 posted:I've seen most of Kurosawa's work but I've had a bunch of Ozu stuff sitting in my Hulu queue for a while and haven't gotten into it yet. Whats the best place to start? Tokyo Story? Tokyo Story is a safe bet, but I actually enjoyed "Floating Weeds" more.
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Aug 18, 2015 14:53
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Raxivace posted:Hell I'd go as far as saying One Wonderful Sunday and Sanshiro Sugata: Part II are genuinely bad films Sanshiro Part II, sure, but "One Wonderful Sunday" a "bad" film? I think you're in the minority stating that.
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Aug 19, 2015 06:13
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jivjov posted:
If you liked the movie, I would strongly recommend the manga. If I'm not mistaken the movie was being produced before the manga was completed, so some things in the book ended up differently than the movie. They greatly expand on a lot of points, and as a whole it really helps to make the story more cohesive. I would have loved to see the manga turned into an animated mini-series, but doubt that would ever happen.
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Aug 25, 2015 15:34
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Egbert Souse posted:I've seen 16 Kurosawa films so far and liked most of them. I went through his 1940s films last month and started on the 1950s. Ikiru should be the next one. I'm woefully behind on other Japanese classics, though. Only one Ozu (Tokyo Story) and one Mizoguchi (Ugetsu). What are some other essentials by the two? Also, what are some other essentials? I'm not a huge Ozu fan, his only film I liked was "Floating Weeds", so others may be able to provide more insight there. For Mizoguchi "Sansho the Bailiff" and "The Life of Oharu" are musts, and I also really like "Street of Shame". Other essentials are: Kobayashi's "Hara Kiri" and "Kwaidan" (wait for the Criterion re-release before checking this one out) Gosha's earlier films are good, and Naruse is really good, but finding is films is very difficult.
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Aug 25, 2015 17:02
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Yeah, let's get to the good Kurosawa stuff. Fact is, that I bet only a handful people on this board have seen the early Kurosawa films, and those who have don't have too much to say about them. They are pretty obscure.
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Aug 27, 2015 18:04
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jivjov posted:
I never found Kurosawa's reuse of actors to be distracting (because it's never done with a wink or to be a self reference thing). It's more interesting to watch a character go from a bad rear end Samurai to a pathetic loser between two films. I think it really shows to highlight the range of these great actors.
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Sep 6, 2015 02:31
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I went back and revisited this film last night as well, I think it still holds up for me. It's not a flawless film, but it has so much heart and I cared about the characters and liked them. The scene when they are waiting in line to the orchestra stood out in particular to me last night, and how dejected they were when the scalpers bought everything up, destroying their plans. Really looking forward to you watching some top tier Kurosawa, and reading those reviews.
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Oct 19, 2015 17:21
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It annoyed me that some minor production company somehow got the rights to the US DVD, but out a less than perfect DVD, and then the division got shut down. Wonder if Criterion has made attempt to try to get the rights at some point since. It is one of the better "minor" Kurosawa films.
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Nov 28, 2015 04:07
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Dr. Gene Dango MD posted:I watched Throne of Blood yesterday and really liked it but have a question: Did Washizu order Miki's death, or did his wife do it? Throne of Blood is a retelling of MacBeth, so I'd say Washizu ordered it.
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Feb 3, 2016 18:07
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jivjov posted:I don't know a drat thing about Russian literature; I take it his works are considered worldwide classics, then? I never read "The Idiot", but have read another of his books, "The Brothers Karamazov", and it's fantastic. His books seem to largely be about the futility of life (I mean he's Russian, of course his books are in that vein). Seconding that I wouldn't get too hung up on "The Idiot". It's sad the movie was butchered, and I would love to see the full release found, but it doesn't keep me up at night like the lost "Ambersons".
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Feb 21, 2016 04:41
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I'm not a huge fan of Ebert, but I have always loved his review of Ikiru. I'd recommend giving it a read after you watch the movie.
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Mar 8, 2016 20:11
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Yeah, I sort of feel like the Samurai trilogy is a bit much to get a taste of a "by the books" samurai film. They are by no means bad films, just not particularly great. If you want something more basic, I'd say go with "Three Outlaw Samurai", "Kill!" or "Sword of the Beast". For something with more depth "Harakiri", "The Sword of Doom" or "Samurai Rebellion". If you want to get into 70s samurai films it's almost like a different genre.
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Apr 27, 2016 14:37
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Dodesukaden is another, less appreciated, color film Kurosawa did. That movie has an overall interesting look and style, and I honestly don't believe it would have worked as well in b/w.
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Apr 27, 2016 19:58
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Have their been any remarkable Japanese directors that have risen up during this decade? Sion Sono is the only one that I will watch every movie he releases (and even he actually started in the 00s) . I can't think of a single other one that's recently piqued my interest.
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Spatulater bro! posted:This seems like the most appropriate thread to mention Lady Snowblood, which I just watched for the first time. What a gorgeous, exciting, badass movie. The cinematography and direction are exquisite. The exaggerated blood spurts and over-the-top kills give it an otherworldly fairy tale vibe. I loved this movie. If you haven't seen them, make it a priority to see the "Lone Wolf and Cub" films.
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