terry the lone wolf Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Sonny Chiba in The Bodyguard aka Viva Chiba! The Bodyguard! This is the movie where QT got the infamous Ezekiel speech that Sam Jackson used in Pulp Fiction.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry the lone wolf Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Tokyo Drifter. Ranked no. 15 of Ranker.com's top 50 Yakuza movies. I saw this on Turner Classic Movies; violent movie with a killer theme song.. http://www.ranker.com/pics/N1000119413/tokyo-drifter-films-photo-u3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefuemon Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 The original "Shall We Dance?" is pretty good, too. Avoid the American remake!! And, try to get the Japanese version, instead of the export version. There's about 15-20 minutes of additional footage, and rearranged narration in the original version. Oh, and all the movies I've linked to on Amazon Japan come with English subtitles. As long as you've got a Region 2 or Region Free DVD player, go for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynaman Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 You must not like campy action films then? I do, very much, just not ones that are so terrible. This one was not even terrible funny, it was just terrible. Only real plus is the Samurai fighting the tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubaba Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Err... what about "Robo-Geisha"...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Already been mentioned, and seconded, but I gotta say again all of OZU's oeuvre and definitely Tampopo. you've already mentioned Kurosawa, but aside from the standard (Yojimbo, Seven Samurai, Rashomon etc) Dersu Uzala (デルス·ウザーラ), and Dreams (夢) are both must sees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mecha2241 Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 I'm surprised Battle Royale hasn't been mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treatment Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 (edited) Not sure if you'd seen any heian-era stuff, but it's a little bit different from the usual top-knot/tokugawa-era samurai stuff. Sansho the Bailiff (blu-ray) was released last month: http://www.criterion.com/films/823-sansho-the-bailiff and Gate of Hell is coming out next month: http://www.criterion.com/films/28199-gate-of-hell Both of these are must-watch, but they're really old-school stuff. Edited March 16, 2013 by treatment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynaman Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Anyone mention Zatoichi? I've only seen the latest one but have the older ones in my Netflix queue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogze Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 If the absence of katanas fights, giant monsters or crazed yakuzas aren't a turnoff for you I suggest Departures : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1069238/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltes5 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 (edited) I've seen most of the movies listed here, but this one was hilarious: Shall We Dance? Edited March 22, 2013 by Voltes5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltes5 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Nobody Knows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areaseven Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 (edited) Edited March 25, 2013 by areaseven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Togo Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Shall We Dance is good, Departures is excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltes5 Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 That was a good movie ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electric indigo Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Just saw "Confessions" on TV and it was quite an experience. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1590089/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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