Remake of Seven Samurai (anime)

[bokkenbreaker83]

I don't know if neone has posted nething on this, but there is a anime remake of seven samurai...i have never seen seven samurai, but i read in an anime magazine that there is going to be a remake of seven samurai and its gonna be an anime....can neone back me up with some info or something about this????

[hamish]

See The Seven Samurai first.

[Twobitmage]

pretty good movie

[PhoenixProfile]

Don't forget the Seven Samurai game on ps2 Samurai 20XX

[Lloromannic]

Don't forget the Seven Samurai game on ps2 Samurai 20XX
That game was horrible. At least it wasn't actually trying to be like the movie.

[bokkenbreaker83]

where can i find the seven samurai movie? i found one place on the net but it would never load... my friend has the game and it was good, but(after reading some of the movie script) it is nothing like the movie.....but it was a pretty fun game.

[Pan-Chan]

I've heard of that anime as well.. But it was based somewhat off of that crappy videogame. It's a bunch of "Samurai robots." I read about it in an issue of Animerica, I think that was the name.

[bokkenbreaker83]

I found the movie at suncoast, and its about 40 usd, and im gonna get it. is there ne other place i could find the movie at?

[bokkenbreaker83]

yeh, i have an issue of newtype, that has different samurai animes in it, they had one called peacemaker kurogane(about the shinsengumi), and other stuff like that.

[nodachi]

Peacemaker Kurogane is good. Haven't seen a lot of it, but what I did see I liked.

[PhoenixProfile]

Samurai Seven anime is very futuristic in mecha (robots) 1-8 is released fansubbed-ish? Well so-so then

[yanger]

The remake of the greatly acclaimed "Seven Samurai" by Akira, was remade to a Anime (which I'm watching and it's VERY good), called "Samurai 7". The theme is beyond our world perhaps it was, but it's not noted, and somehow some of the many samurais found a way to mechanize their bodies, as well as bandits (who mechanized their bodies to big robots [so it seems]) as a small town is raided every time they harvest their rice, they decide to hire samurai to deal with thier foes in return - free rice :D

I've never seen the movie, but I am looking for it as well :D Saw it on Amazon, might get it :D

SUGOI!

[yanger]

OH, it's not really all 100% mecca, like Gundam (i hate meccas) but it's more of hmm.. Full Metal Alchemist meets Naruto meets Samurai Champloo type :) WOO HOOO

[Charuzu]

The anime Samurai7 really dissapointed me. Most mecca anime dissapoints me. The only exception being Dai-Guard. But yeah, peacemaker was VERY good. It's also intresting for all of the Kenshin fans becuse you see both sides.

Also, speaking of the shinsengumi: http://d-addicts.com/forum/torrents.php

There you can download NHK's shinsengumi and other great shows. Their is also another on Musashi!
Enjoy :-p

[projectnavi]

I don't know if neone has posted nething on this, but there is a anime remake of seven samurai...i have never seen seven samurai, but i read in an anime magazine that there is going to be a remake of seven samurai and its gonna be an anime....can neone back me up with some info or something about this????


folks...just to let you know that there was a "remake" of the 7 samurai a few years ago, in 1998, and it was called "A Bug's Life". (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120623/)

if you don't belive me, just watch both movies again.

project

ps : even if you do belive me, you should watch the two movies again with that in mind.

[Andou]

folks...just to let you know that there was a "remake" of the 7 samurai a few years ago, in 1998, and it was called "A Bug's Life". (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120623/)

if you don't belive me, just watch both movies again.

project

ps : even if you do belive me, you should watch the two movies again with that in mind.

Yeah. I first watched A Bug's Life and when the whole premise unfolded I was thinking to myself, "Well...this...sounds really familiar..."

[Charuzu]

OMG, your right!

[SkippyDaStudent]

Yeah. I first watched A Bug's Life and when the whole premise unfolded I was thinking to myself, "Well...this...sounds really familiar..."

Wow... that would explain why I liked it more than I thought I would...

[projectnavi]

Wow... that would explain why I liked it more than I thought I would...

hehe...yes, perhaps !

i thought, when i first noticed the relation about 2 years ago, that it was one of the prettiest tribute to Kurosawa.

i think i'm gonna rent them again this weekend :)

[SkippyDaStudent]

I think I will as well.

This time, though, I'll have to make sure to look for the similarities.

[projectnavi]

I think I will as well.

This time, though, I'll have to make sure to look for the similarities.

yes, its a great exercise. just look at each individual quest for a start :)


well, thats it, now i must see all of kurosawa films!

[KhawMengLee]

Yeah, the Anime remake Samurai 7 is pretty good. The artwork and animation is pretty sweet. Unfortunately, some parts of the storyline is a bit out...especially how they have these huge mecha samurai and spaceships that get hammered by villagers with pickaxes and arrows...

Overall tho' its pretty good.

[SkippyDaStudent]

well, thats it, now i must see all of kurosawa films!

That has been my quest for some time, and I'm happy to say that I have only about 3 or 4 left, and they are the ones extremely hard to get ahold of where I live.

[projectnavi]

That has been my quest for some time, and I'm happy to say that I have only about 3 or 4 left, and they are the ones extremely hard to get ahold of where I live.

which ones ?

one of the few i haven't seen, belive it or not, is stray dogs...

next weekend i will. i'm ashamed now.

[SkippyDaStudent]

which ones ?

Sugata Sanshiro, its sequel, The Most Beautiful, and Men Who Tread on the Tigers Tail, which I'm pretty sure means his first 4 films.

I really liked Stray Dog (Toshiro Mifune fan!), so I hope you enjoy it as well!

[projectnavi]

here are his first films until 1950 :

<LI>Sugata Sanshiro (1943)

<LI>The Most Beautiful (1944)

<LI>Sanshiro Sugata 2 (1945)

<LI>The Men Who Step on the Tiger's Tail (1945)

<LI>No Regrets for our Youth (1946)

<LI>One Wonderful Sunday (1947)

<LI>Drunken Angel (1948)

<LI>The Quiet Duel (1949)

<LI>Stray Dog (1949)

<LI>Scandal (1950)

Rashomon (1950)


then it goes on to :

<LI>The Idiot (1951)

<LI>Ikiru (1952)

<LI>Seven Samurai (1954)

Wins the 'Silver Lion' at the 1954 Venice Film Festival.

<LI>Record of a Living Being (1955)

<LI>The Throne of Blood (1957)

<LI>The Lower Depths (1957)

<LI>The Hidden Fortress (1958)

<LI>The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

<LI>Yojimbo (1961)

<LI>Sanjuro (1962)

<LI>High and Low (1963)

<LI>Red Beard (1965)

<LI>Dodeskaden (1970)

<LI>Dersu Uzala (1975)

Wins the Grand Prix at the Moscow Film Festival and his second Oscar for the Best Foreign Film in 1976.

<LI>Kagemusha (1980)

Co-winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.

<LI>Ran (1985)

Wins special award for achievement in the Cannes Film Festival.

America's National Society of Film Critics names it 'Best Picture of the Year'.

<LI>Dreams (1990)

Wins honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement in 1990.

<LI>Rhapsody in August (1991)

Madadayo (1993)



which makes me take notice to the fact that there is still ALOT of them i haven't seen. like 6 ... oh my !!

as for stray dogs...it looks like a very impressive directing from the still shots i've seen...can't wait to see it ... but can't get the wife to watch it ! *grins*

[SkippyDaStudent]

Yeah, those are the only four I haven't seen.

Akira Kurosawa is quite possibly the best Japanese director I have seen so far in the 6-7+ years I have been into Japanese films.

[KhawMengLee]

here are his first films until 1950 :


which makes me take notice to the fact that there is still ALOT of them i haven't seen. like 6 ... oh my !!

as for stray dogs...it looks like a very impressive directing from the still shots i've seen...can't wait to see it ... but can't get the wife to watch it ! *grins*

Watch Ikiru...its not about Samurai but its a classic. Kagemusha is great as well.

[SkippyDaStudent]

Ikiru is very good. I also recommend it, as well as Kagemusha.

[Galo]

Ikiru is very good. I also recommend it, as well as Kagemusha.


In a way, I liked Ran more than Kagemusha.
I fekt Kagemusha to be a little slower than Ran, but it's still a great film.

Ran is simply ambitious in every aspect and it succeeds in every of them!

[SkippyDaStudent]

I agree completely. I think everyone should watch Ran at least once.

[projectnavi]

Yeah, those are the only four I haven't seen.

Akira Kurosawa is quite possibly the best Japanese director I have seen so far in the 6-7+ years I have been into Japanese films.

i don't know many japanese director, but he is 3rd in my top 10 worldwide director's list (1st : lynch, 2nd : kubrick), so i think its going to be hard for any other japanese director to take that rank :wink:

but while we're at it, could you name me 3 of your other favorite japanese director so i could look into them ?

thanks,

project

[SkippyDaStudent]

but while we're at it, could you name me 3 of your other favorite japanese director so i could look into them ?

Sure thing!

Here are 3 directors to look into:
Kenji Fukasaku
Takashi Miike
Takeshi Kitano

Here are some others that might be of interest:
Kiyoshi Kurosawa (no relation to Akira)
Seijun Suzuki
Sogo Ishii
Yoshimitsu Morita
Yasujiro Ozu
Kenji Mizoguchi

You can also check out http://www.midnighteye.com. It is a website that specializes in modern Japanese cinema. They have reviews of films and books, and they also put a book out, which happens to be a great read, called The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film.

If you want to know anything else, feel free to ask.

[SkippyDaStudent]

Also, Hideo Nakata (Ringu, a.k.a. The Ring) and Takashi Shimizu (Ju-on, a.k.a. The Grudge) are also directors to look into.

[cbubacz]

What? No Hideo Gosha?! You guys are crazy.

[samurai]

The movie was quite good.

[projectnavi]

Also, Hideo Nakata (Ringu, a.k.a. The Ring) and Takashi Shimizu (Ju-on, a.k.a. The Grudge) are also directors to look into.


thanks alot for the list in another post.

i've already seen ringu, but haven't seen the ring yet (don't think i will)...how does it compare ?

[Karana]

Back to the topic of Samurai 7... I didn't really like how they mixed mecha and samurai... >_< It seems so odd.

As for Samurai Champloo, has anyone watched that Anime? It has some of the most brilliant sword-fighting animation i've seen in an Anime :D

A little anti-heroish but really fun to watch :)

[SkippyDaStudent]

thanks alot for the list in another post.

i've already seen ringu, but haven't seen the ring yet (don't think i will)...how does it compare ?

I personally liked them both. However, The Ring was definitely American. If you watch the two and compare, you'll see what I mean.

[Misaki]

I have seen champloo and you are right, its pretty good. A lot of the fighting is still too cartoonish but at least they don't scream, hiten mitsurugi ryuu blah blah before doing something, haha.