Netflix at Home

[snurri]

1. Zatoichi: Vol. 1: The Tale of Zatoichi ('cause Barb said it was awesome)

2. Ran ('cause there are gaps in my Kurosawa viewing)

3. Samurai Jack: Season 4: Disc 1 ('cause this cartoon RAWKS)

I swear it's not a theme.

Comments

[scarypudding.livejournal.com]

Wait!! Since when is there a season 4???

[scarypudding.livejournal.com]

(Also, as long as you're doing samurai movies, you really need to see Gohatto. I mean: Sordid gay love triangle in a samurai secret police death squad? What's not to like?)

[bondgwendabond.livejournal.com]

Hey, we just realized we have an HD channel that's all Kung Fu all the time and I watched Zatoichi the other day -- it was killer awesome!

[infinitehotel.livejournal.com]

Zatoichi is awesome. Did you already see the 2003 remake? The stuff they did with sound rocked my world.

[v-verticordia.livejournal.com]

I recommend Samurai Champloo (an anime series) for killer samurai action and irreverent pop-culture comedy. The title means "Samurai Remix" and there's great trance/techno music as well as a samurai porno comic shop, ancient Japanese streek punk taggers, a cameo by Andy Warhol and a psychotic co-hero who wears turkish-bath sandals and uses breakdancing moves combined with martial arts to annihilate his enemies! Not all the episodes are great--but the core story is always compelling--dark, comic, mystical and lots of hot babes! I just finished watching it the other night. Gorgeous animation. A must see.

I watched the 7 Samurai for the first time recently too--I gotta get Ran now!

[tim-pratt.livejournal.com]

I love Zatoichi!

[justinhowe.livejournal.com]

Ummmm... do you really want more recommendations, 'cause I got them if you want them? Lots of 'em.