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“Seven Samurai”
Seven Samurai (SHICHININ NO SAMURAI 七人の侍) B & W / Standard / 1954 / 207 min / Toho Screenplay by: Akira KUROSAWA, Shinobu HASHIMOTO, Hideo OGUNI Photography: Asakazu NAKAI Art Director: Takashi MATSUYAMA Music: Fumio HAYASAKA Produced by: Sojiro MOTOKI CAST: Kanbei: Takashi SHIMURA Kikuchiyo: Toshiro MIFUNE Kyuzo: Seiji MIYAGUCHI Gorobei: Yoshio INABA Shichiroji: Daisuke […]
KILL
Kiru KIRU 斬る（岡本喜八） B & W / Scope /1968 /114 min / Toho Directed by: Okamoto Kihachi Screenplay by: Okamoto Kihachi, Murao Akira Photography: Nshigaki Rokuro Art Director: Akune Iwao Music: Sato Masaru Based on a novel by: Yamamoto Shugoro Produced by: Tanaka Tomoyuki CAST: Genta (Hyodo Yagenta): Nakadai Tatsuya Tabata Hanjiro (Hanji): Takahashi Etsushi […]
Throne of Blood
The Throne of Blood KUMONOSU-JO 蜘蛛巣城 B & W / Standard / 1957 / 110 min / Toho Directed by: Kurosawa Akira Screenplay by: Oguni Hideo, Hashimoto Shinobu, Kikushima Ryuzo, Kurosawa Akira Photography: Nakai Asakazu Art director: Muraki Yoshiro Music: Sato Masaru Based on a play by: William Shakespeare Produced by: Kurosawa Akira, Motoki Sojiro […]
Nabbie No Koi: Nabbie’s Love
Setting: Okinawa in the 1990s. Synopsis: Nanako quits her job in Tokyo to return to her home island where her grandfather, Keitatsu and grandmother Nabbie, still live. The ferry is captained by a young man she knew when she lived on the island as a child. Also aboard is a quaint fellow, Sanra, dressed in a dandy […]
A Midsummer’s Okinawa Dream
Synopsis: A bold adaptation of the Shakespeare classic by Nakae Yuji, director of Nabbie’s Love (Nabbie no Koi). Set on a small Okinawa island, this is a story filled with happiness woven between humans and kijimun (spirits). The cast stars Taira Tomi and a well known collection of Okinawan talent from Nakae’s previous productions. Exhausted […]
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