The films are delightful, but confusing, unless you happen to have read the
novel they're based on - Yoshikawa Eiji's _Musashi_, originally serialised
in Japan's leading newspaper over a five-year period in the '30s. It's
available in five paperback volumes, and it's got some great insights into
Edo-period martial culture.
Gereg
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1. Re: the 'Samurai' films
From: Mark Arsenault <
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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:57:54 -0700
From: Mark Arsenault <
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Subject: Re: the 'Samurai' films
On 04:11 PM 9/21/04,
samuraihistory@yahoogroups.com said...
>the thing i want to ask is, has anybody seen any of these films and would
>you recommend them? perhaps not as a learning tool, yet to gain some
>visual insight into the life of the samurai.
samurai I -musashi miyamoto
samurai 2 - duel at ichijoji temple
samurai III - duel at ganryu island
The above three are very good films, IMO. The second one won the Academy
Award for Best Foreign Film, btw.
There's an additional "filmography" forour Sengoku game/resource book
you might want to look at. It's at:
http://www.sengoku.com/viewlist.html .
Mark Arsenault
Sengoku List Taisho
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