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Title: I just watched Zatoichi
Post by: MegatronYES on Dec 26, 2004, 12:47:24 AM: The new Beat Takeshi one. Anyone else seen it?
Title: I just watched Zatoichi
Post by: Extra Zero on Dec 26, 2004, 12:51:07 AM: Yeah, my best friend and I watched it. The fight scenes may look fake, but damn if they aren't hardcore as hell!
Title: I just watched Zatoichi
Post by: blanktoe on Dec 26, 2004, 01:01:40 AM: it's out on DVD already? Did it even come out in theaters?
Title: I just watched Zatoichi
Post by: Extra Zero on Dec 26, 2004, 01:14:58 AM: Yes and yes. Very limited release.
Title: I just watched Zatoichi
Post by: TM2 Rampage on Dec 26, 2004, 04:01:17 AM: They really should release some of these movies like.. y'know... in a lot more theaters.
Title: I just watched Zatoichi
Post by: MegatronYES on Dec 26, 2004, 04:59:24 AM: It's not like Zatoichi isn't a big success. Also, there's a DVD of this movie out there that also has an older Takeshi movie on a second disc.
Title: I just watched Zatoichi
Post by: B E C K on Dec 26, 2004, 10:59:43 PM: Is that a remake or something? I remember reading a review of it a long time ago that mentioned something along those lines.
Title: I just watched Zatoichi
Post by: Extra Zero on Dec 27, 2004, 12:01:39 AM: Zatochi is like the James Bond of Japanese cinema. There's something like thirty movies.
Title: I just watched Zatoichi
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 27, 2004, 08:19:20 AM: The blind swordsman who goes around fighting for the little guy, right? I've seen a couple older movies. It's like Kung Fu, only set in the right place.
Title: I just watched Zatoichi
Post by: Extra Zero on Dec 27, 2004, 04:09:07 PM: Exactally.
Title: I just watched Zatoichi
Post by: blanktoe on Dec 27, 2004, 05:42:55 PM: Anybody remember a movie from the 80's called Blind Fury?
Title: I just watched Zatoichi
Post by: B E C K on Dec 28, 2004, 10:18:59 PM: Nope.