what is your oppinion on heaven and earth, how much of fact or fiction is it? OR IS IT CALLED HEAVIN ON EARTH? i know its a samurai movie because i watched it, it kinda threw me off because they were using muskets. is that fact? JUST HOW MUCH FACT OR FICTION IS heaven and/on earth?
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merridewe@...> wrote:Well of course Dances with Samurai -- er, I mean The Last Samurai, was
based on the Satsuma rebellion, the character of Katsumoto standing in
for actual leader Saigo Takamori. But that's a Hollywood picture,
certinly not a genuine samurai film.
See most samurai films take place in either the Sengoku or Tokugawa
periods. All the films in my book are thus, with the exception of Gate
of Hell and a couple of Lady Snowblood pictures. The Meiji Restoration
essentially did away with the samurai, so it's never been considered a
proper historical setting for a tale of samurai. Japanese films come
in two flavors: Jidai-geki (set before 1868) and gendai-geki (after
1868). 1868 as we all know was the year of the Meiji Restoration, so
samurai and their adventures are usually set before this pivotal year
that marked a radical shift in the government and culture of Japan.
--- In samuraihistory@yahoogroups.com, burker1@a... wrote:
> Can you tell me if there have been any movies about the historical
Satsuma
> Rebellion of 1877?
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> Bob Burke
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> In a message dated 7/16/05 6:30:18 PM, merridewe@y... writes:
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