Category: Samurai film
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Ghost of Yotsuya (1957): Movie Review
Ghost of Yotsuya is arguably a conventional horror film, though it’s one that also takes a little bit to get to the spooks. Like Kwaidan, it’s an adaptation of an existing horror story, in this case, one from a Kabuki play.
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Film Review – Rashomon
It’s weird watching Rashomon after seeing multiple films and episodes of TV shows that used the central narrative device of Rashomon after the film came out. On the one hand, it’s a film that did a lot of this stuff first, but on the other hand, it is still, in a way, somewhat old hat. Probably
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Movie Review – Kwaidan
This week I’m taking a look at a Japanese anthology horror film, and part of the Criterion Collection – Kwaidan. I’m attending Orycon 34! Help out victims of Hurricane Sandy by donating to the Red Cross Related articles Kwaidan: Hoichi, the Earless (ladyphilosopher.wordpress.com) Bede’s Halloween Viewing List: 62 Horror Films In 31 Days (supermarcey.com) Become
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Movie Review – Sword of Doom
It’s been a while since I put a film review together, for something outside of a genre film for Bureau42. However, what better place to get back into the swing of things than the 1960s jidaigeki film Sword of Doom. The film stars Tatsuya Nakadai as samurai Ryunosuke Tsukue, a sociopathic-at-best samurai, who cares for