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Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Seven Samurai – 130

Posted on February 17, 2014 by GoodBadAndOdd

In this episode, Mark and Sam discuss The Lego Movie and a few other movies/games, but then move onto 3 Kurosawa movies: Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Seven Samurai.

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Seven Samurai 5/5

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Mark

Here’s the short version: Superb, one of the greatest movies of all time. Here’s the long version: This is a terrific film, and the version I saw at 3 hours, 26 minutes really shouldn’t have a single moment removed, in … Continue reading →

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Sanjuro 4/5

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Mark

Whilst not as thoroughly engaging or immersed in a coherent story as the similar Yojimbo (and there’s debate as to whether this is a sequel, or different character), this is still a lot of fun. With very little dialogue, we … Continue reading →

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Yojimbo 4.5/5

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Mark

Wonderful Eastern, with Tishuro Mifune spending the first 3rd of the movie munching rice, meat and other assorted goodies, drinking sake and killing tough-talking bandit types, whilst nonchalantly bringing the town to a boiling tension as he plays one gang … Continue reading →

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