tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post5900569339728471337..comments2022-03-27T04:40:18.156-07:00Comments on I Was Just Watching a Movie ...: I've Just Seen: Yojimbo (1961); and, Sanjuro (1962)Julia Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-83285083076101674912017-03-21T11:02:31.644-07:002017-03-21T11:02:31.644-07:00I like Sanjuro but I've only seen it once. The...I like Sanjuro but I've only seen it once. The next time I feel like watching Yojimbo - AGAIN! - I'll try to repress the urge and watch Sanjuro instead.<br /><br />Kurosawa is my favorite director. Time after time, he seems to make one classic film after another. I love Fellini as well, but what Fellini did five or six times, Kurosawa seems to have done twenty times!<br /><br />I don't know how much Kurosawa you've seen, but I'd like to recommend a several of the less obvious Kurosawa masterpieces. Once you get past Seven Samurai, Rashomon and Throne of Blood, there's also a couple of amazing crime dramas that I don't think get enough attention - "Stray Dog" and "High and Low." (High and Low is my second favorite Kurosawa film.)<br /><br />And then there's Dersu Uzala! I am frankly kind of shocked at how seldom Dersu Uzala gets mentioned when Kurosawa's best films are discussed.<br /><br />There's still a few I haven't seen, but the two that really seem like glaring omissions are Dreams and I Live in Fear.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-16293278148974315172017-03-21T05:33:30.195-07:002017-03-21T05:33:30.195-07:00Awesome is the perfect word for these films. If yo...Awesome is the perfect word for these films. If you get your own copy, get Sanjuro as well; it is a very good sequel.Julia Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-3390581276976561982017-03-20T11:29:15.839-07:002017-03-20T11:29:15.839-07:00Yojimbo is SO AWESOME! When I get it from Netflix,...Yojimbo is SO AWESOME! When I get it from Netflix, I always watch it twice before sending it back. I should probably just get my own copy. It's my #1 favorite Japanese movie and it's #8 on my Top Ten Movies list.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.com