Rashomon
This film caused a sensation in the West when it appeared in 1950, but age has not been kind to him, despite or perhaps because of the reputation of its director. However, it may be worthwhile to students of cinema, the film seems too polite to the modern age. The proceedings owe more to traditional Japanese Noh theater standards to Western audiences are accustomed, so expect manic fits of laughter and what in most films would be judged entirely on the superior performance.
The pace is painfully slow.A penalty. Do not expect another Seven Samurai or Throne of Blood.
Tags: Akira Kurosawa, BFI VIDEO, Cinema, Drama, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, World, World Cinema
February 8th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Yojimbo & Sanjuro (Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
By Toshiro Mifune
Buy new: $62.99
First tagged “blu-ray” by M_ “Are You Not Entertained?!”
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February 17th, 2010 at 2:48 am
Mary Poppins
February 18th, 2010 at 3:44 am
RIP King And God Of Music MJ. Michael? Jackson Guinness Book Of World Records Most Successful Entertainer Of All Time.
February 20th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Salma Hayek, Shakira and Gabrielle Union.
February 21st, 2010 at 7:02 pm
One of Japan’s most revered actors, Toshiro Mifune stars in this historical samurai epic (jidaigeki). As the end of the 19th century nears, the balance of power shifts from the shogunate to the emperor. Kondo Isami (Mifune), a farmer turned warrior, leads the fierce Shinsengumi, a small army of ronin (masterless samurai). Isami and his men oppose the violent, roaming bands of ronin who are terrorizing Kyoto in the name of the emperor and against the foreigners. Together the Shinsengumi band together to wage battle against these ronin and the inevitable tides of change. The Shinsengumi are very famous in Japan and there have been dozens of movies and television shows about them. They were the last shogun’s last samurai police force assembled to fight the hordes of ronin terrorizing Kyoto. The ronin were masterless samurai who were roaming the streets of Kyoto creating terror and bloodshed in the name of restoring the emperor and throwing out the foreigners. The Shinsengumi are an…
February 27th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Sam & Dean Winchester.
March 2nd, 2010 at 2:06 am
Its Chopin’s “raindrop” prelude in D-flat Op.28 No.15