Thomas -
Delightful. Thanks for the recommendations. I'd never heard of these. I
look forward to them.
As to "Seven Samurai" - not only has it been released with revised
subtitles, it's been restored to its original release length - which had
previously not been shown outside of a few major Japanese cities in its
first run. A student of mine also has a DVD version that includes the
theatrical trailer for the film, which is pretty delightful in itself. But
both of these have been out long enough that I'm not sure either one is what
you're referring to.
Gereg
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 13:43:58 -0000
From: "Thomas Davidson" <
tom.davidson@...>
Subject: Re: movie list (was new gaijin)
A couple of other movies:
Ame Agaru (After the Rain) - a gentle story
Twilight Samurai - another gentle story with some nice kodachi work for
those who recall
previous discussions here...
... and Gohatto, more 'gay' than 'gentle', again with some excellent dojo
fencing which
contrasts nicely with the somewhat wild 'cut n slash' of 'the real thing'.
The Kurosawas are, of course, mandatory.
I have heard Seven Samurai is being re-released with revised subtitling
which is somewhat
more 'earthy' than the 50's version. Anyone know anything about this?
Thomas