2 posts tagged “zatoichi”
It is a good time to be a Samurai film fan in Toronto.
Cinematheque Ontario, part of the Toronto International Film Festival Group is presenting some rare 35mm prints of over a dozen classic Japanese samurai films this summer.
Their Summer Samurai Programme will be showing some great films, among them:
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Goyokin
Harakiri
Kill!
New Tale of Zatoichi
Rashomon
Samurai Rebellion
Samurai Saga
Sanjuro
Sword of Doom
The 47 Ronin, Parts I & II
The Hidden Fortress
The Seven Samurai
Three Outlaw Samurai
Throne of Blood
Yojimbo
Zatoichi on the Road
Zatoichi the Fugitive
I've been told I have tickets to a few of them, but I'm going to try and see a few more. To illustrate my excitement about this programme, I've put together a small collection of movie posters (many for these very films) to share with you. I love the art style of these posters...and actually own a few of them. Enjoy!
If you live in Toronto I highly recommend checking this out!
Most likely the only good thing to come out of Star Wars Episode 1 : The Phantom Menace was the amazing lightsaber battle at the end.
My second favourite duel of the Star Wars series.
Here it is cut down to the bare essentials. They killed Darth Maul... What a waste of potential.
I guess these guys really shouldn't have interfered with his enjoyable ride. Oh well, they clearly learned their lesson... All 30 of them.
Toshiro Mifune is the man.
Although not as good as they classic Shintaro Katsu Zatoichi films/TV shows, Takeshi Kitano's 2003 version of the Zatoichi mythos is a worthy addition. The sword fighting in it was great and here is a perfect example.
Blind masseurs with katana's hidden in their canes 4TW!
By far my favourite sword duel ever, from one of my favourite movies.
The video is terrible quality. I'm going to upload my own version at some point just because this won't do.
You get the European and Asian sword styles representing. A bit of kenjutsu and some good old fashioned claymore fighting. A great mix.
This clip isn't so much a sword fight as it is a series of fights that involve swords. Wu shu swords versus European sabres, Katanas versus three segmented staff etc. The confluence of styles is very cool.
Very impressive when you consider that Jet Li is nearly 50 years old. To me at least it's just damn interesting to see these kinds of mixed martial arts fights, even if it is just a movie.
