This film definitely puts the lotion in the basket.
Takeshi Kitano, or Beat Takeshi, directs and plays the elderly blind swordsman Zatoichi, whose story is the basis of my all time favorite bad movie Blind Fury, starring Rutger Hauer.
This is one of the best samurai films that I've seen in quite a while. Zatoichi is old and broken down, but wanders into a town that is the center of a war between different clans. The plot involves intrigue, cross dressing, a ronin with a sick wife and quite a few really bloody sword fights.
The swordplay is realistically done, with quick, single strikes ending the fights, rather than drawn out Wu Shu types of fights. There are no flips off of walls, or acrobatics here, rather bloody disembowelings and whatnot.
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Old Boy
Another excellent film. This one is out of Korea. Written and directed by Chan-wook Park, it is based on a Japanese Manga by the same name.
The plot is classic Tragedy of the Greek type. It concerns Dae-Su, who is imprisoned for 15 years in a room much like a run down Howard Johnson. He isn't told why he is imprisoned, or for how long it will last. When he is let out he sets out on the road to vengeance and understanding.
Excellent, excellent film, though a bit disturbing.
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