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  • Seven Samurai (1954)

    November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Seven Samurai (1954)

    AKA: 7 Samurai; The Seven Samurai; The 7 Samurai; Shichinin No Samurai dir: Akira Kurosawa; prod: Sojiro Motoki; writer: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Daisuke Kato, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji

  • Kids Return (1996)

    November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Kids Return (1996)

    director Takeshi Kitano Cast: Masanobu Ando, Ken Kaneko, Leo Morimoto, Hatsuo Yamaya “Beat” Takeshi Kitano’s sweet, even delicate reminiscence on his high-school days is great. It’s on a par with his more experimental work. The movie

  • Sanjuro (1962)

    November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Sanjuro (1962)

    AKA: Tsubaki Sanjûro dir: Akira Kurosawa; prod: Ryuzo Kikushima, Tomoyuki Tanaka; writer: Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Shugoro Yamamoto (novel) Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yuzo Kayama, Reiko Dan, Akihiko Hirata,

  • Samurai I (1954)

    November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Samurai I (1954)

    dir: Hiroshi Inagaki; prod: Kazuo Takimura; writer: Hideji Hojo (play), Hiroshi Inagaki; Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Rentaro Mikuni, Kuroemon Onoe, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mariko Okada, Mitsuko Mito, Eiko Miyoshi, Akihiko Hirata, Kusuo Abe, Eitarô Ozawa, Akira Tani

  • Wings of Honneamise: Royal Space Force (1987)

    November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Wings of Honneamise: Royal Space Force (1987)

    Director: Hiroyuki Yamaga Cast: Masahiro Anzai, Shôzô Îzuka Running Time: 121 min. Plot: On a far-off planet, a Kingdom tries to launch the planet’s first manned spacecraft. This ten year old project not only faces funding and technical problem, but

  • Robot Carnival (1991)

    November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Robot Carnival (1991)

    Director: Atsuko Fukushima (segments “Coming Soon” and “See You Again”), Hiroyuki Kitakubo(segment “A Tale of Two Robots”), Hiroyuki Kitazume (segment “Starlight Angel”), Mao Lamdao (segment

  • Red Beard (1965)

    November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Red Beard (1965)

    Director: Akira Kurosawa Producer: Akira Kurosawa Writer: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Yuzo Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan, Miyuki Kuwano Running Time: 185 min. Plot: In a charity hospital, a hard-bitten but honorable older doctor, Dr. Niide, takes a young

  • Rashomon (1950)

    November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Rashomon (1950)

    Director: Akira Kurosawa Writer: Akira Kurosawa & Shinobu Hashimoto Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori Running Time: 88 min. Plot: In ancient Japan, a woman is raped and her husband killed. The film gives us four viewpoints of the