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In Reply to: Re: It just isn't fair. posted by Pam on May 01, 2001 at 02:17:09:
Loved "Madadayo." I don't think I've seen another film in which Japanese men have exuded so much emotion, love, enthusiasm, and joy. That Asian reserve went right out the window with this film (observe how inconsolable the Professor was at the loss of his cat). Maybe it was all that beer. Kurosawa also got in a few thinly disguised shots at Japanese bureaucrats in those song verses. If it's Tuesday, who's the Prime Minister?Really enjoyed Rurouni Kenshin ("Trust" and "Betrayal"), very tragic and classy. Thanks for the rec. Are the subsequent episodes as good as these first two? And what is "Rurouni Kenshin: The Movie"? "Trust" and "Betrayal" together?
"Kwaidan" is a true classic and I used to get scared to death watching it as a kid when it showed up on public television (KCET: Los Angeles). Interesting that it was based on Lefcadio Hearn's writings. The Snow Maiden reminded me of the one in "Akira Kurosawa's Dreams." My favorite was the monk losing his "unprotected" body part to the spirits (I won't give away which part to Asylum Inmates).
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Rurouni Kenshin is a tv series that takes place 10 years after the OVAs Trust and Betrayal. The revolution is now over and he is a wanderer. He meets a woman who runs a school for swordsmanship (she is carrying on her father's tradition) and Kenshin decides to hang around for a while. The tone is a lighter than the OVAs and mixes a bit of humor into the action (not nearly as grim and bloody). The Samurai X movie takes place during the TV series after Kenshin and a couple of other characters just sort of end up living at this woman's school. You should probably see the first 2 to 4 disks of the TV series before the movie or you won't know who all the extra characters are, their relationships and how Kenshin has changed since the revolution. While the movie probably takes place about a third of the way into the TV series story-line, the movie is more serious and does get rather intense in places like the original OVAs (nearly as good but now Kenshin is trying to prevent the carnage instead of causing it).Personally, I love the OVAs, movie and TV series. Oh, there was an audio problem with the first pressing of the first TV series disk... the phase was reversed on the left channel (being too lazy to flip a speaker cable, I just used headphones).
(^-^) Yeah, Madadayo is my favorite film. Yes, the old guy was sure hooked on his neko... nya nya goro goro (or "meow meow purr purr" in English). I had one once that I loved nearly as much. Love the way the old guy can deliver a joke too... the timing is so right that it's funny even if you don't understand Japanese and have to rely on the subtitles (I had a teacher like that once... he could say most anything and make it seem funny because of his timing and delivery)
Ja mata ne
Thanks for filling me in on the rest of Kenshin's story.I don't know if your disc version of "Madadayo" had extra features. The sparse extras on the Winstar Video DVD include beautiful storyboard paintings by Kurosawa. You can see how much Van Gogh influenced his artistry by the striking use of bold colors.
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