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October 9th, 2014: Zoku Zatôichi Monogatari aka The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)

Oct9 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Action, Adventure, Arthouse, Black and White, Chanbara, Drama, Jidaigeki, Martial Arts, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Road Trip Tagged blind, brothers, Daiei, double cross, insanity, Japan, masseuse, master swordsman, samurai swords, Shintaro Katsu, sword cane, wanderer, Yakuza, Zatoichi

August 26th, 2014: Seven Samurai (1954)

Aug26 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments 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

January 4th, 2013: Blind Fury (1989)

Jan4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Movie of the Day, Remake, Road Trip Tagged blind, casino, corrupt cops, cult, drug dealers, drugs, ex-husband, ex-wife, homage, Las Vegas, Lisa Blount, master swordsman, Meg Foster, Miami, Nick Cassavetes, Noble Willingham, Phillip Noyce, Randall "Tex" Cobb, remake of a foreign film, Rick Overton, Rutger Hauer, samurai swords, Sho Kusugi, stealth remake, sword cane, Terry O'Quinn, TriStar Pictures

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

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

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