Cut films: movie or clip on kendo, kenjutsu, kensai, samurai, ronin, etc. ?

[Havamal]

Other than the obvious classics:
The Seven Samurai (my fav' film of all time)
Yojimbo
Rashomon
(that movie -?- about Musashi)
Shogun
the Nat' Geo' documentary on the Kendo HachiDan test (youtube)

What other JSA derived good films (or clips) should I cozy up to watch (with charcoal roasted chestnuts and hot green tea)?

OT: Not related, but I'm also fond of "Conan the Barbarian" -- Arnold's best work.

[ScottUK]

GOHATTO

Some lovely shiai clips, and a cute & sexy love theme too. Watch it with your buddies and prep them before the film with the words "I can really relate to the main character in this".



EDIT: ...and no way is Conan better than The Terminator. N00b.

[b8amack]

Conan! What is best in life?!

[ScottUK]

To CRUSH THE FORUM NOOBS, to see them driven before me and hear the lamentations of their women!

[rottunpunk]

[QUOTE=ScottUK;428827]GOHATTO
Watch it with your buddies and prep them before the film with the words "I can really relate to the main character in this".
QUOTE]

you speak from personal feeling there?

lone wolf and cub series

the three last sword is drawn ones

throne of blood

etc etc

[ScottUK]

you speak from personal feeling there?...hehe, no - but am in one of my malicious-practical-joke-type of moods...

[rottunpunk]

well it is a good film nonetheless

[48thRonin]

GOHATTO

Some lovely shiai clips, and a cute & sexy love theme too. Watch it with your buddies and prep them before the film with the words "I can really relate to the main character in this".


I just took a peek at the trailer....

Is the "romance" short lived, or is it a distracting tone throughout?
Just wondering what the majority of the content is.

[b8amack]

There's a lot of tsuki.

[48thRonin]

There's a lot of tsuki.

Dude!

I don't need that imagery.

[b8amack]

Fine. There's a lot of noto, then.

[Havamal]

GOHATTO

Some lovely shiai clips, and a cute & sexy love theme too. Watch it with your buddies and prep them before the film with the words "I can really relate to the main character in this".



EDIT: ...and no way is Conan better than The Terminator. N00b.

Terminator's a better suspense film, but Arnold's acting in Conan was his best.

Oooooh, looking forward to viewing GOHATTO: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213682/

[chidokan]

sword of doom (the trail of dead as he walks away is particularly well misted up...lovely camera shot)
shogun assassin
when the last sword is drawn
twilight samurai
and my favourite of them all.... the old ZATOICHI series...

[kurisu]

I've been watching this show recently. Lots of kendo in it:

http://www.mysoju.com/japanese-drama/ryoma-den/

Pretty interesting history too.

[Anonymous]

star wars

[48thRonin]

Fine. There's a lot of noto, then.


Still trying to decide if you either have too much time to think or if you're just a little too creative...

[tango]

Ran
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ran_(film)

..thought that was pretty good...

[hiraoka]

The hidden blade,
Sword of desperation,
Samurai fiction (just for fun)

[rottunpunk]

hanzo the blade ;)

[SanguineKendoka]

Seconding Gohatto, that film was a huge surprise. Nothing like what I expected.

[Havamal]

Ran
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ran_(film)

..thought that was pretty good...

Ran's awesome.

[ben]

+1 to Throne of Blood. I heard somewhere that it was T.S. Eliot's favourite film*, which, if it were true, would be pretty cool. Awesome use of mist to obscure/reveal. Black and white film at its best.

Apropos "Ran", you should seek out Chris Marker's documentary on the making of it. Fascinating stuff. Knew a Japanese kendoka who was an extra in the battle scenes when she was still in high school. b

* Here we go, Derek Malcolm said so in the Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/1999/mar/04/derekmalcolmscenturyoffilm.derekmalcolm), so it must be true.

[Havamal]

+1 to Throne of Blood. I heard somewhere that it was T.S. Eliot's favourite film*, which, if it were true, would be pretty cool. Awesome use of mist to obscure/reveal. Black and white film at its best.

Apropos "Ran", you should seek out Chris Marker's documentary on the making of it. Fascinating stuff. Knew a Japanese kendoka who was an extra in the battle scenes when she was still in high school. b



* Here we go, Derek Malcolm said so in the Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/1999/mar/04/derekmalcolmscenturyoffilm.derekmalcolm), so it must be true.



interesting "morsel" on Ran -- t'anks.

Throne of Blood's now on NetFlix queue, unless my local DVD rental shop's got it...

[Yan Ling]

I've been watching this show recently. Lots of kendo in it:

http://www.mysoju.com/japanese-drama/ryoma-den/

Pretty interesting history too.

Started watching it, it's pretty good and dramatical!

[cr720]

Terminator's a better suspense film, but Arnold's acting in Conan was his best.


Ahnold the Governator can act? :lick:

[IronWarrior]

I watched Taboo (GOHATTO) and the ending was a little odd, so did kono/sobo get killed then?

[Havamal]

Ahnold the Governator can act? :lick:

Yes and the story and the characters are so moving I nearly cried. Oddly, Arnold hasn't acted since or before, how bizzare.

[cr720]

James Earl Jones turning into a snake and making ladies jump off of buildings was pretty cool.

[Havamal]

oh my(!), I liked the movie: Taboo (GOHATTO).
A surprisingly interesting sword fighting historical/cultural film.

[E-ronin]

The Hunted with Christopher Lambert (Highlander guy).
It can't compare to a Kurosawa film but the train scene with the sword master fighting a bunch of ninjas is pretty cool.

[Kazekoru]

How have Zatoichi and Ame Agaru not been mentioned?

Those are awesome.

[hiraoka]

Sword of desperation was pretty nice as well.