Semishiguru (2005)

[DCPan]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455748/

I would recommend it strongly, esp to those who enjoyed Hidden Blade, The Twighlight Samurai, and Love & Honor (Bushi no Ichibun).

The story is by the same author...and very, very well done.

I enjoyed it so much I just bought the discontinued sound track from amazon.

BTW, it's available on Netflix, so not hard to rent.

[Halcyon]

Cheers. I really liked those Yoji Yamada movies you mentioned. Will definitely check it out.

[C.Redgate]

Seconded! Huge fan of above mentioned Yoji Yamada films. I'm going to start hunting around for Semishigure right now. Thanks for the recommendation

[yoda-waza]

I have the excellent Yamada trilogy but had given up finding Semishigure DVD with English subtitles. After reading your post and a quick search, there it was on Amazon - cheap! It's on its way to me. Thanks!

Anyone find "Kono Yo No Soto E" DVD with English subtitles? It's not a samurai flick but I'd like to see it anyway.

[DCPan]

I forgot to mention, the cheesy English title by AnimeEigo is "The Samurai Who Loved Me".

http://www.nipponcinema.com/releases/dvd/the-samurai-i-loved-animeigo/

I saw it at the local Kinokuniya....

Cheers!