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Yojimbo - Akira Kurosawa

By Ankur Sharma | June 17th, 2008 | Category: Cinema, Japanese Cinema | No Comments »

Note: This review contains spoilers
Enough cannot be said about the man who brought the Japanese Cinema to the attention of the world with his philosophical, action-packed, darkly comic movies that were to inspire countless ones later (including Sholay, the most popular Indian movie ever). Yojimbo is one of the manifestations of Akira Kurosawa’s genius (but [...]


The sword of doom by Kihachi Okamoto

By Ankur Sharma | April 27th, 2008 | Category: Cinema, Japanese Cinema | No Comments »

Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Many movies have been made in Japan on Samurai, (and swords) and with a name like “Sword of doom” – that is bound to make one discard it off as a silly video-gameisque Japanese movie all about fighting – one may be tempted to skip it. However do not be misled by [...]