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May 25th, 2012: The Hidden Fortress (1958)

May25 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Action, Adventure, Arthouse, Black and White, Chanbara, Event Film, Jidaigeki, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original Tagged Akira Kurosawa, comedic working class, Japan, peasants, Samurai, samurai swords, Takashi Shimura, Toho, Toshiro Mifune

April 2nd, 2012: Ponyo (2008)

Apr2 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Animation, Anime, Arthouse, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on a Short Story(ies), Based on Myths, Fairy Tale, Family, Fantasy, Movie of the Day Tagged Betty White, Cate Blanchett, Cloris Leachman, Disney, dubbed, fairy tale, Hans Christian Andersen, Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin, Matt Damon, Studio Ghibli, Tina Fey, Toho

March 10th, 2012: Hell in the Pacific (1968)

Mar10 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adventure, Buddy Flick, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Road Trip, Survival, War Movies Tagged Alexander Jacobs, Cinerama Releasing Corporation, Conrad L. Hall, island, Japan, John Boorman, Lalo Schifrin, Lee Marvin, ocean, raft, Toshiro Mifune, uncharted island, World War Two

March 1st, 2012: Bijo to Ekitainingen aka The H-Man (1958)

Mar1 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Blobs, Cops, Crime, Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi Tagged "kill it with fire", Akihiko Hirata, blobs, dancers, drug deal gone bad, drug dealers, drugs, Eiji Tsuburaya, fishermen, fishing boat, flamethrowers, ghost ship, Ishiro Honda, Japan, Kenji Sahara, lounge act, Masaru Sato, mobsters, moll, musical interlude, night club, police procedural, radiation, radiation mutation, rip-off, scientists, sewers, Takeshi Kimura, Toho, Tokyo, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Yumi Shirakawa

February 26th, 2012: Kenka Erejî aka The Fighting Elegy aka The Born Fighter

Feb26 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Period Film, Drama, Crime, Comedy, Black and White, Adaptation, Coming of Age, Black Comedy, Movie of the Day, Based on a Book, Satire, Juvenile Delinquent, Issue Film Tagged World War Two, Japan, teens, Seijun Suzuki, Nikkatsu, street gang, adults playing teens, Catholic, boarding house, Hideki Takahashi, militarists, Facism, coup, February 26th Incident

January 4th, 2012: Zatôichi kyôjô-tabi aka Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)

Jan4 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Period Film, Drama, Sequel, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Tragedy, Jidaigeki, Chanbara Tagged Japan, double cross, Zatoichi, Yakuza, Daiei, Akira Ifukube, samurai swords, gambler, Ronin, master swordsman, sumo wrestling, Tokuzo Tanaka, Kan Shimosawa, Masaichi Nagata

January 1st, 2012: Kwaidan aka Kaidan (1964)

Jan1 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Anthology, Arthouse, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on a Short Story(ies), Fantasy, From Beyond the Grave, Ghost, Horror, Jidaigeki, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revenge, The Original Tagged Best Foreign Language Picture Nominee, blind, ghost story, Japan, Lafcadio Hearn, Masaki Kobayashi, meta, monks, musicians, Samurai, Takashi Shimura, Toho, vengeful ghost

September 24th, 2011: The Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei)

Sep24 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller Tagged "Old Person Looks Back", abusive relationship, Best Foreign Language Picture Nominee, character study, divorcee, father, feudal system, Hiroyuki Sanada, Japan, keeping up appearances, Meiji Restoration, narration, Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV), poverty, Rie Miyazawa, Samurai, senile parent, seppaku, Shochiku Company, widower, Yoji Yamada

September 10th, 2011: The Streetfighter (1974)

Sep10 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Crime, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, The Original Tagged cash-in, double cross, grindhouse, heiress, heterosexual life partner, hit man, homoerotic subtext, Japan, kidnapping, Masafumi Suzuki, mercenary, oil company, oil crisis, quotably bad dialogue, rip-off, sidekick, Sonny Chiba, stilted dialogue, Toei Company, Triad Gangsters, World War Two, Yakuza

August 26th, 2011: Seven Samurai (1954)

Aug26 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adventure, Arthouse, Black and White, Drama, Last Stand, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original, War Movies Tagged Akira Kurosawa, bandits, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, class issues, drag, forbidden love, homage, Japan, master swordsman, old timer, orphan, peasants, Ronin, Samurai, Takashi Shimura, Toho, Toshiro Mifune

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