I would like to see the Remake of Sanshiro Sugata Kuwosawa did in the 60s I believe.
I would like to see Sanshiro Sugata in its entirety but thats not going to happen…the remake was not directed by Kurosawa, though he did film a sequal.
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I believe Rudy is referring to the similarly titled SANJURO, which is a sequel to YOJIMBO, not a remake of SANSHIRO.
no in japan there was a remake of issued by the government apparently of Sanshiro Sugata it may not have been directed by Kuwosawa. But I believe in the 60s it came out.
Oh, I see. Sorry.
The 1965 has Toshrio Mifune not in the Sugata role though.
The 1965 has Toshrio Mifune not in the Sugata role though.
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I cannot pretend that Kurosawa is among my favorite directors—although one of his films is among my favorites—but having seen about 2/3 of his directed films, I must admit that he is very consistent and that even if I don’t enjoy a movie of his, it will contain scenes making it ultimately worthwhile.
When the KA boxset was released, I was tempted for the films I didn’t already own, but there were too few to justify the purchase. This Eclipse release is exactly what I was hoping for (individual releases would have been nice, too, but Eclipse is at least affordable—and it always feels nice to pick up multiple anticipated movies simultaneously) and I am very excited to finally get a chance at these in August. Now we need a series for films he wrote before his debut with Sanshiro Sugata.