Zatoichi-upcoming movie

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  1. nekogami13

    nekogami13 Master of all I Survey

    Saw Trailer for "Zatoichi" at apple.com
    Anyone else excited about this?
    Anyone else know what I am talking about?
     
  2. surgingshark

    surgingshark Valued Member

    Blind Swrodsmen get all the chicks :p

    Besides, it's Beat Takeshi (of "Battle Royale" and "Takeshi's Castle/Most Extreme Eliminations")...what's not to like? :D
     
  3. never

    never Registered Hero

    This movie look to kick ass! Great sword fights from what I've seen. Cannot wait to see it!
     
  4. Song1

    Song1 New Member

    I was reading a review for this at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363226/ and it seems good. i should keep my eyes out for it. But what i did find interesting are the four tap dancing peasents. Heh i had a good laugh when i read that.
     
  5. KenpoDavid

    KenpoDavid Working Title

    This looks good but I will miss the original actor, Tonaka Katsu, was that hi name...

    anyone seen trailers for "Casshern" yet? WOW It has everything - girls doing martial arts in beautiful natural settings, giant robot battles, scary old guy in robotic wheelchair, mean-looking good-gys in shiny leather ... EVERYTHING!
     
  6. never

    never Registered Hero

    Got a link by any chance, sounds great!
     
  7. surgingshark

    surgingshark Valued Member

    Is it Live-Action? I've seen the anime and it...what's the word? Oh, yeah, sucked.
     
  8. aikiMac

    aikiMac aikido + boxing = very good Moderator Supporter

    No no no, it was live-action with Rutger Hauer. "Blind Fury." And it didn't suck, it was great, except maybe the final fight was a bit predictable and silly.

    A couple months ago I was delighted to find the old Zatoichi series at Blockbuster, on DVD. They're on my list of things to rent. I'm a sucker for swords.
     
  9. Rice Krispies

    Rice Krispies Valued Member

    I have this movie. Havent watched much. Looks good though. My only concern is the CGI blood.
     
  10. 47Ronin

    47Ronin New Member

    No way! A new Zatoichi movie? That's awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
  11. Gallameed

    Gallameed Valued Member

    Zatoichi

    Its out now in the UK, I almost got to see it last night.

    As far as I know, its only on a selected release over here and its probaly the same in the USA too, go to your local art house theatre if your lucky enough to have one close.

    Because of it been subby'ed the cinema people kind of cack themselves (wonder how they will make any cash from Billy-average) and limit the screenings to special interest theatres and one-off nights, but thanks to the sucess of Crouching Tiger, the ring, City of god, Amilie etc they have lightened up a little about non-english language films now...thank god. :)
     
  12. Infesticon #1

    Infesticon #1 Majesticon

    I have zatochi meets the one armed series from the old series, that rocks quite hard.
     
  13. KenpoDavid

    KenpoDavid Working Title

    if you mean "Casshern" then yes it is all live action. Well, i guess the giant robots are CGi but it is NOT anime.

    And BLind Fury was Rutger Hauer and I think it was based on Zatoichi and it might have sucked too...


    try this...

    http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/2004/0-9ABC/Casshern/trailer-page.html
     
  14. surgingshark

    surgingshark Valued Member

    I saw "Blind Fury" and I sorta liked it. Especially when he thought the croc/gator was a doggy :p

    And yeah...saw the Live Action Trailer for Casshern. The CGI is very...err..."Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey"-ish. Not that it's a bad thing...that Ultraman Movie had some impressive CGI (compared to every other Ultraman series, anyway).
     
  15. shitokai

    shitokai New Member

    I have seen it, WHAT A FILM!!!!!! (glasgow UGC cinema 9:10pm)
     
  16. aikiMac

    aikiMac aikido + boxing = very good Moderator Supporter

    Won't be at my theaters until June 4. :woo:
     
  17. aikiMac

    aikiMac aikido + boxing = very good Moderator Supporter

    I rented #1 over the weekend. Not nearly as much swordplay as I hoped, but it was a very well-done movie. The story captured me, and I suspect the subtitles conveyed only half the dialogue.
     
  18. nekogami13

    nekogami13 Master of all I Survey

    Here in the U.S. on the bravo network they have samurai saturday-show a samurai movie saturday mornings at 9 am central(I think).
    For a couple of months it was Zatoichi movies, last weekend was Musashi pt2.
     
  19. CKava

    CKava Just one more thing... Supporter

    I seen this a couple of nights ago- its excellent. Excellent choreography, excellent cinematography (you know, nice camera work and scenery etc.) and pretty darn funny to boot. And the CGI blood doesnt really make that much of an impact- sure it looks daft in places but I think that may have been the point :) Oh and its subtitled not dubbed- which makes it even better!!!
     
  20. wcrevdonner

    wcrevdonner Valued Member

    Im going to watch it tonight now, am quite excited!! So many movies to watch...
     

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