Bakumatsu Junjoden

I've just wached a film called ,"Bakumatsu Junjoden", broadcasted on Japanese
satellite TV tonight.
I put an extract of plot sammary from Imdb,
"In the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate, there was a cute warrior, Souji
Okita, who belonged to the armed police of the shogunate in Kyoto. Very few
knew that Souji was not a boy, but a woman. Souji loved the vice-leader of the
armed police, Toshizou Hijikata...."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101403/

Originally written as a stageplay by Kouhei Tsuka, this film casts also Ken
Watanabe in the role of Ryoma who fell in love with Soji.
I've never seen this film until now for some reasons, but finaly I'm getting
to like it.
Although the story is slapstick, it shows symbolically some historical
aspects, I think.
Actors are good and we can see fangirls screaming to Okita, Hijikata writing
his famous love poetry, sharpnesse of Kotetsu giving satisfaction to Kondo,and
an interesting charactor of Izo Okada etc...
If you have a chance to get this film, I can recommend it.

You can see the cover of DVD and some photos here,
http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/dvd/HP/bakumatu/

Tama



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But no...Saitou :(
Well, there's Nagakura and Harada...

--- In SHQ@yahoogroups.com, ktamae@a... wrote:
> I've just wached a film called ,"Bakumatsu Junjoden", broadcasted
on Japanese
> satellite TV tonight.
> I put an extract of plot sammary from Imdb,
> "In the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate, there was a cute
warrior, Souji
> Okita, who belonged to the armed police of the shogunate in Kyoto.
Very few
> knew that Souji was not a boy, but a woman. Souji loved the vice-
leader of the
> armed police, Toshizou Hijikata...."
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101403/
>
> Originally written as a stageplay by Kouhei Tsuka, this film casts
also Ken
> Watanabe in the role of Ryoma who fell in love with Soji.
> I've never seen this film until now for some reasons, but finaly
I'm getting
> to like it.
> Although the story is slapstick, it shows symbolically some
historical
> aspects, I think.
> Actors are good and we can see fangirls screaming to Okita,
Hijikata writing
> his famous love poetry, sharpnesse of Kotetsu giving satisfaction
to Kondo,and
> an interesting charactor of Izo Okada etc...
> If you have a chance to get this film, I can recommend it.
>
> You can see the cover of DVD and some photos here,
> http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/dvd/HP/bakumatu/
>
> Tama
>
>
>
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They...turned...Okita-sama into a GIRL! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

For a second I thought that was real historical fact...DON'T scare me like that! I was about to say...::gasp:: Okita-sama was a girl? Whew...that was a close one...heheh, it's just fiction saying he's a girl...I'm relieved...

That nearly gave me a heart attack! And if it WAS true and my friends found out, they would tease me till the day I died.


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ktamae@... wrote:

>I've just wached a film called ,"Bakumatsu Junjoden", broadcasted on Japanese
>satellite TV tonight.
>
>

*Whine alert* Why can't we get cool little known movies like that here???

It's weird but it sounds like fun.

--
Barbara Sheridan
http://www.barbarasheridan.net

Wait, isn't this the same or atleast similar to the one SK
mentioned? Like Okita was a B-cup movie?

--- In SHQ@yahoogroups.com, BarbaraSheridan wrote:
>
>
> ktamae@a... wrote:
>
> >I've just wached a film called ,"Bakumatsu Junjoden", broadcasted
on Japanese
> >satellite TV tonight.
> >
> >
> *Whine alert* Why can't we get cool little known movies like that
here???
>
> It's weird but it sounds like fun.
>
> --
> Barbara Sheridan
> http://www.barbarasheridan.net

>Wait, isn't this the same or atleast similar to the one SK
>mentioned? Like Okita was a B-cup movie?

Yes, it might be the same one, "Okita was a B-cup" was the sales message for
the film.
Anyway,this Girl Okita is really strong, and it's very funny to see Okita
beating down Hijikata.

Tama



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In a message dated 6/19/2004 7:15:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, ktamae@...
writes:
Yes, it might be the same one, "Okita was a B-cup" was the sales message for
the film.
Anyway,this Girl Okita is really strong, and it's very funny to see Okita
beating down Hijikata.

Tama

Now I'm REALLY intrigued! Why was Okita beating down Hijikata?! What did they
guy do?!

-MissBehavin (Can't imagine any woman in her right mind wanting to hurt
Hijikata.)


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Warg3791@... wrote:

>>-MissBehavin (Can't imagine any woman in her right mind wanting to hurt Hijikata.)<<

You're forgetting what follows hurt... COMFORT. ;-P

phil (having such fun watching her early birthday gift... three fancy-schmansy goldfish, who I've christened Akage, Gonzo, and Mitsu and a third betta, white and powder blue, who's now known as Denpachi... I am *SO* easy to placate and amuse... as are the cats, who are sitting here staring up at those weird things occupying the aquarium now and wondering why they won't come out & play)


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>Now I'm REALLY intrigued! Why was Okita beating down Hijikata?! What did

they

>guy do?!

Okita was jealous of Miyuki whom Hijikata took care of, and got anger to him
who didn't understand her feeling. So they started a terrible fight with
swords in front of Kondo and other ex-Shieikan members.

May be, there is always another woman when a girl want to beat down Hijikata.
:-)

Tama



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