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I HATE his "Tora-san" series with a passion...

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In Reply to: Tasogare Seibei posted by orresearch on May 08, 2003 at 22:40:17:

formulaic and dumb Damn shame as those films are full of character actors, but the recurring story of "old Boy who never gets the girl" the way he portrays it is just plain drivel, an idea no doubt culled from Luis Bunuels vastly superior "That Obscure Object of Desire"
Are you sure all these awards aren't just the incestuous Japanese film industry patting itself on the back?
He will have to do a helluva lot better than that with a Samurai drama, and I have my doubts, and, no, I haven't seen it
Sogo Ishii's GOJOE (2000) sets the benchmark for a rattling good Samurai yarn (tho' I conceed a very deep bow to Kurosawas "Shichinin no Samurai") I've included a link to a review of GOJOE, unfortunately it seems the foreign release will lose 40 minutes of film...
Eric

Link to a review of Ishii's GOJOE

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Re: So, what is buzz on ... - geoffkait 11:01:41 05/09/03 (4)
Miike over there these days?
Geoff
formerly of Tokyo
- Coin Locker Babies... - gware 16:28:55 05/09/03 (3)
  was the last film of his I've seen (the shame!)
  I guess I'll be getting a TV tan soon to catch up...
  I've attached a link to a great interview with him
  Eric
  Still stranded in Tokyo
  - Interview with Takashi Miike
  - Re: Coin Locker Babies... - geoffkait 05:05:24 05/10/03 (2)
    thanks a lot for link to interview...
    - You're welcome, great interview isn't it!<nt> - gware 20:31:32 05/10/03 (1)
      nt
      - Re: So far... - geoffkait 05:12:25 05/11/03 (0)
        
        In Reply to: You're welcome, great interview isn't it! posted by gware on May 10, 2003 at 20:31:32:
        
        I agree, I haven't quite finished as type size is quite small, but I will finish soon...thanks again...
Re: I HATE his "Tora-san" series with a passion... - orresearch 04:29:14 05/09/03 (0)
I don't know how many Tora-san he made, must be over forty of them since the first one in 1970 or so. The very early ones were well made, but I never watched any other ones. His work that I remember well are old ones like "Home" and "Yellow Hankerchief".
It was said that Kurozawa had wanted to produce Tasogare Seibei but never did. It is supposed to be centered around a love story.
Enjoy,
W

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