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Akira Kurosawa
Any fans? I've heard the name many times over the years, but I've never checked out any of his movies. Any recommendations?
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Jason the Magnificent
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Um...holy christ. You've never seen Seven Samurai? Stop whatever you're doing and rent that thing now. Then promptly watch the rest of his entire
catalogue.
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I've heard of it, just never seen it. A good a place to start as any I guess.
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I've only seen Seven Samurai but was great.
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Start with Seven Samurai for sure....then watch Yojimbo, then Sanjuro....lesser known favorites of mine are Dersu Uzala and Stray Dog.
Also, if you like the Samurai genre, check out all of the Zatoichi films (not the remake).....they aren't as "heavy" as the Kurosawa samurai
tales...but equally as good.
Hope you enjoy them.
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while we are at it......might as well watch all of the Lone Wolf and Cub movies.....then get into the Zatoichi TV series.
I could watch Japanese films all day long.
not Kurosawa films but worth checking:
Revenge (not the Kevin Costner jawn)
Festival of Swordsmen
Shinobi no Mono
The Sleepy Eyes of Death Triology
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I have never heard of any of these. I'm so uncool anymore. 
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I'm always looking for new, or in this case old, stuff to check out.
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Seven Samurai is from '54 
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Check out the Hidden Fortress. It's an inspiration for Star Wars. In fact, the bumbling peasants in that film were the inspiration for C3P0 and R2D2.
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Hidden Fortress is awesome.
This thread got me thinking about Japanese Yakuza films alos:
Must watches are:
The Yakuza Papers (both volumes)
Ichi The Killer
Sonatine
Outrage
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Also must see:
Graveyard of Honor
The Tattooed Life
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