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Scabbard Samurai

Saya-zamurai

Japan

2011

103 Min
Color
1.85:1
Japanese
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DIR Hitoshi Matsumoto

EXEC Hisaya Shiraiwa

PROD Akihiko Okamoto

SCR Mitsuyoshi Takasu, Tomoji Hasegawa, Kôji Ema, Mitsuru Kuramoto, Itsuji Itao, Hitoshi Matsumoto

DP Ryûto Kondô

CAST Jun Kunimura, Takaaki Nomi, Masatô Ibu, Itsuji Itao, Ryô, Tokio Emoto, Rolly, Sea Kumada, Fukkin Zen-Nosuke

ED Yoshitaka Honda

PROD DES Etsuko Aikô

MUSIC Yasuaki Shimizu

Locarno (Piazza Grande), Mar del Plata (Panorama), !F Istanbul (Fantastic Films), CPH PIX (Seriously Funny)

Synopsis

Kanjuro is a samurai who decides to give up his sword after a certain incident. He wanders aimlessly with his thoroughly ashamed daughter (Sea Kumada), but because he abandoned his position as a samurai without permission, a price is put on his head and they’re eventually captured. However, Kanjuro is offered a unique 30-day challenge to make a young lord smile and earn himself a full acquittal. –FarEastFilms

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Hitoshi Matsumoto

Hitoshi Matsumoto (松本 人志 Matsumoto Hitoshi?, born September 8, 1963), or Matchan (松ちゃん) as he is commonly known, is a Japanese comedian best known as the boke half the popular owarai duo Downtown alongside Masatoshi Hamada. Matsumoto was born and raised in Amagasaki, just outside of Osaka city and prefecture and technically in Hyōgo Prefecture, though he usually refers to himself as an Osakan.

He directed, produced, and starred in the 2007 movie Big Man Japan, which was shown at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors’ Fortnight section. —Wikipedia 

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Yass

26May12

Excellente réalisation, pour des acteurs de tonnerre. Le mélange des genres donne lieu à cette forme de poésie que j'apprécie énormément. On ne cherche pas à vous faire pleurer, on ne cherche pas à vous faire cogiter, on cherche à vous faire rire d'une situation horrible, et pourtant... !

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Pedja

29Feb12

... to the meaning of existence through laughs and tears...

Paolo Simeone

17Feb12

Ecco. Finisce il film, ritorni alla tivì e c'é giGGi con Lory Berté che cantano le canzoni della sorella morta. Non so spiegare bene la sensazione di shock, se non così: la vita è brutta, il film è bello, la bambetta è devastante. Basta.

EivindMN

23Jan12

A warm and entertaining samurai movie, with some delightful characters. The narrative is far from perfect, but a good movie after all.

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