Sanjuro

[RugbyMuffin]

I am not a fan of a vast majority of anime. I actually have only really watched what has been produced by Shinichi Watanabe, and even then it is few and far between.

Point is, one of his series, Samurai Champloo (great story in its own right), really got me into samurai movies, and what not. I did some research, and what really influenced Samurai Champloo.

Ended up learning that a lot of the series was influenced by the 1960's Japanese samurai movies. These movies were very similar to the old "Spaghetti Westerns" around that time in the US.

First movie I have watched:

Sanjuro

All sub-titles, and no English translation that I could find. But, the movie was good, and far more put together than I thought it would be. Funny, smart, and some decent action. The similarities to the old spaghetti westerns are very obvious. I would definitely recommend it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056443/?ref_=ttqt_qt_tt

I have a few more to watch, and I will post if they are any good.

 

[Chaplin]

I am not a fan of a vast majority of anime. I actually have only really watched what has been produced by Shinichi Watanabe, and even then it is few and far between.

Point is, one of his series, Samurai Champloo (great story in its own right), really got me into samurai movies, and what not. I did some research, and what really influenced Samurai Champloo.

Ended up learning that a lot of the series was influenced by the 1960's Japanese samurai movies. These movies were very similar to the old "Spaghetti Westerns" around that time in the US.

First movie I have watched:

Sanjuro

All sub-titles, and no English translation that I could find. But, the movie was good, and far more put together than I thought it would be. Funny, smart, and some decent action. The similarities to the old spaghetti westerns are very obvious. I would definitely recommend it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056443/?ref_=ttqt_qt_tt

I have a few more to watch, and I will post if they are any good.

That's because it WAS a samurai movie from 1962 directed by Akira Kurosawa.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056443/

 

[RugbyMuffin]

That's because it WAS a samurai movie from 1962 directed by Akira Kurosawa.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056443/

My apologies. I must have been unclear.

I would have never watched the movie Sanjuro, if I didn't watch this anime, Samurai Champloo (link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0423731/?ref_=nv_sr_1 ) first. Because I liked the anime series so much, I researched it and it lead me to learn about how the 2004 anime series was influenced by old 1960's samurai movies.

Hence I got the movie Sanjuro, watched it, and really enjoyed it. Thus posted it here to share it. I definitely recommend it to people, both the anime series and the movie Sanjuro.

 

[Chaplin]

My apologies. I must have been unclear.

I would have never watched the movie Sanjuro, if I didn't watch this anime, Samurai Champloo (link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0423731/?ref_=nv_sr_1 ) first. Because I liked the anime series so much, I researched it and it lead me to learn about how the 2004 anime series was influenced by old 1960's samurai movies.

Hence I got the movie Sanjuro, watched it, and really enjoyed it. Thus posted it here to share it. I definitely recommend it to people, both the anime series and the movie Sanjuro.

Aah, I thought you meant there was an anime called Sanjuro based on samurai movies. Sorry about that.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

Aah, I thought you meant there was an anime called Sanjuro based on samurai movies. Sorry about that.

Wish there was.. I'd watch it.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

I really like Sanjuro. One of my favorite Kurosawa movies.