Movies, Mom & Me

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  Roger Ebert christened this movie as one of his Great Movies. He also called it "the saddest film I have ever seen about the life of a woman."
    More later.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Kinuyo Tanaka	Oharu	Tsukie Matsuura	Tomo	Ichirō Sugai	Shinzaemon	Toshirô Mifune	Katsunosuke
  Toshiaki Konoe	Lord Harutaka Matsudaira	Hisako Yamane	Lady Matsudaira	Jūkichi Uno	Yakichi Ogiya	Kiyoko Tsuji	Landlady
  Eitarō Shindō	Kahe Sasaya	Akira Oizumi	Fumikichi	Kyoko Kusajima	Sodegaki	Masao Shimizu	Kikuoji

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1952
    Directed by by Kenji Mizoguchi.

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  Actor	Role
  Shintaro Katsu	Zatoichi

  
  The episodes in this series are:
      
  
  The Tale of Zatoichi
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Masayo Banri	Otani	Ryuzo Shimada	Shigezo of the Sasagawa Yakuza	Gen Mitamura	Hanji of Matsugishi

  
  Release Date: 1962
  Directed by Kenji Misumi.
      
  
  The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Yoshie Mizutani	Osetsu	Masayo Banri	Otane	Tomisaburō Wakayama	Nagisa no Yoshirō

  
  Release Date: 1962
  Directed by Kazuo Mori.
      
  
  New Tale of Zatoichi
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Mikiko Tsubouchi	Yayoi	Seizaburō Kawazu	Banno	Fujio Suga	Yasuhiko

  
  Release Date: 1963
  Directed by Tokuzō Tanaka.
      
  
  Zatoichi the Fugitive
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Miwa Takada	ONobu	Masayo Banri	Otane	Junichiro Narita	Sakichi

  
  Release Date: 1963
  Directed by Tokuzō Tanaka.
      
  
  Zatoichi on the Road
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Shiho Fujimura	Mitsu	Ryuzo Shimada	Jingoro	Reiko Fujiwara	Hisa

  
  Release Date: 1963
  Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda.
      
  
  Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Shogo Shimada	Chuji Kunisada	Machiko Hasegawa	Ogin	Tomisaburo Wakayama	Jushiro

  
  Release Date: 1964
  Directed by Kazuo Ikehiro.
      
  
  Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Naoko Kubo	Okuni	Mayumi Nagisa	Oshizu	Takashi Edajima	Seiroku

  
  Release Date: 1964
  Directed by Kazuo Ikehiro.
      
  
  Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Nobuo Kaneko	Boss Unosuke	Gen Kimura	Hyaku	Chikara Hashimoto	Inozo

  
  Release Date: 1964
  Directed by Kenji Misumi.
      
  
  Adventures of Zatoichi
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Eiko Taki	Osen	Miwa Takada	Saki	Mikijiro Hira	Gounosuke

  
  Release Date: 1964
  Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda.
      
  
  Zatoichi's Revenge
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Norihei Miki	Denroku	Mikiko Tsubouchi	Osayo	Takeshi Kato	Koheita Kadokura

  
  Release Date: 1965
  Directed by Akira Inoue.
      
  
  Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Fujiyama Hyakutaro	Kanbi	Kenjiro Ishiyama	Boss Jubei Araiso	Masako Akeboshi	Ochiyo

  
  Release Date: 1965
  Directed by Kazuo Mori.
      
  
  Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Mikio Narita	Jumonji	Chizuru Hayashi	Kume	Kaneko Iwasaki	Otane

  
  Release Date: 1965
  Directed by Kenji Misumi.
      
  
  Zatoichi's Vengeance
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Shigeru Amachi	Kurobe	Jun Hamamura	Blind Priest	Gen Kimura	Tamekichi

  
  Release Date: 1966
  Directed by Tokuzō Tanaka.
      
  
  Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Michiyo Okusu	Okichi	Isao Yamagata	Boss Tohachi	Hisashi Igawa	Eigoro

  
  Release Date: 1966
  Directed by Kazuo Ikehiro.
      
  
  Zatoichi's Cane Sword
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Shiho Fujimura	Oshizu	Eijirō Tōno	Senzo	Yoshihiko Aoyama	Seikichi

  
  Release Date: 1967
  Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda.
      
  
  Zatoichi the Outlaw
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Rentarō Mikuni	Boss Asagoro	Kō Nishimura	Suga	Yuko Hamada	Oshino

  
  Release Date: 1967
  Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto.
      
  
  Zatoichi Challenged
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Jushiro Konoe	Akazuka	Miwa Takada	Omitsu	Yukiji Asaoka	Tomoe

  
  Release Date: 1967
  Directed by Kenji Misumi.
      
  
  Zatoichi and the Fugitives
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Takashi Shimura	Junan	Kayao Mikimoto	Oshizu	Kyosuke Machida	Ogano Genpachiro

  
  Release Date: 1968
  Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda.
      
  
  Samaritan Zatoichi
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Yoshiko Mita	Osode	Makoto Satô	Yasaburo Kashiwazaki	Kô Nishimura	Sosuke Saruya

  
  Release Date: 1968
  Directed by Kenji Misumi.
      
  
  Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Toshirô Mifune	'Yojimbo' Daisaku Sasa	Ayako Wakao	Umeno	Osamu Takizawa	Yasuke Eboshiya

  
  Release Date: 1970
  Directed by Kihachi Okamoto.
      
  
  Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Reiko Ōhara	Okiyo	Masayuki Mori	Dark Lord Yamikubo/Lord Yamikubo	Tatsuya Nakadai	Ronin

  
  Release Date: 1970
  Directed by Kenji Misumi.
      
  
  Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Jimmy Wang Yu	Wang Kang	Yūko Hama	Osen	Michie Terada	Oyone

  
  Release Date: 1971
  Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda & Hsu Tseng Hung.
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  Zatoichi at Large
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Rentarô Mikuni	Boss Tetsugoro	Hisaya Morishige	Constable Tobei	Etsushi Takahashi	Denjuro

  
  Release Date: 1972
  Directed by Kazuo Mori.
      
  
  Zatoichi in Desperation
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Kiwako Taichi	Nishikigi	Kyoko Yoshizawa	Kaede	Yasuhiro Koume	Shinkichi

  
  Release Date: 1972
  Directed by Kazuo Mori.
      
  
  Zatoichi's Conspiracy
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Yukiyo Toake	Miyo	Eiji Okada	Shinbei of Hitachiya	Kei Satô	Magistrate

  
  Release Date: 1973
  Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda.
  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the series. The Wikipedia write-ups for the individual episodes are attached to their titles.
    Release Date: 1962 - 1973
    Directed by Various - See each film in the list above.

Labels: adventure4, Criterion6, samurai, super-hero3, tatsuya-nakadai, toshirô-mifune

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  Commentary:  Under construction.
    One of Roger Ebert's Great Movies.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Toshirô Mifune	Tajômaru	Machiko Kyô	Masako Kanazawa	Masayuki Mori	Takehiro Kanazawa	Takashi Shimura	Woodcutter
  Minoru Chiaki	Priest	Kichijirô Ueda	Commoner	Noriko Honma	Medium	Daisuke Katô	Policeman

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1950
    Directed by Akira Kurosawa in close collaboration with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa.

Labels: akira-kurosawa, courtroom, Criterion5, legal, mystery3, toshirô-mifune

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    This movie is a Japanification of Macbeth. It takes place in feudal Japan instead of Medieval Scotland. I considered including the Macbeth counterpart for each of the actors in the Table of Actors and Roles below, but after watching the movie, I realized it isn't necessary. Believe me, you'll get the gist of who's who, who's doing what to whom and why, when you watch it, even if you've never viewed any of the Western versions (and, they are legion) of this movie.
    Glenn Erickson, the author of the review attached to the title of this post, reviewed this film twice. The review attached to the title is the more inclusive review.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Toshirô Mifune	Taketoki Washizu	Isuzu Yamada	Lady Asaji Washizu	Takashi Shimura	Noriyasu Odagura	Akira Kubo	Yoshiteru Miki
  Yōichi Tachikawa	Kunimaru Tsuzuki	Minoru Chiaki	Yoshiaki Miki	Takamaru Sasaki	Lord Kuniharu Tsuzuki	Chieko Naniwa	Forest Spirit

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1957
    Directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Labels: akira-kurosawa, Criterion5, shakespeare, toshirô-mifune

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    In 1998 Roger Ebert wrote an interesting and thoughtful retrospective of Akira Kurosawa's work. If you're a fan, it's a great place for suggestions of other Akira Kurosawa movies to watch and contemplate.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Toshirô Mifune	Kingo Gondo	Tatsuya Nakadai	Insp Tokura	Kyōko Kagawa	Reiko Gondo	Tatsuya Mihashi	Kawanishi
  Kenjiro Ishiyama	Chief Det Taguchi	Isao Kimura	Det Arai	Takeshi Katō	Det Nakao	Yutaka Sada	Chauffeur Aoki
  Tsutomu Yamazaki	Ginjirô Takeuchi	Takashi Shimura	Chief of Investigations	Susumu Fujita	Mgr of Investigations	Yoshio Tsuchiya	Det Murata
  Jun Tazaki	National Shoes Publicity Dir Kamiya	Nobuo Nakamura	National Shoes Design Dep Dir Ishimaru	Yunosuke Ito	National Shoes Exec	Kamatari Fujiwara	Incineration Worker

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1963
    Directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Labels: akira-kurosawa, Criterion5, neo-noirA, police-procedural, tatsuya-nakadai, toshirô-mifune

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  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Toshirô Mifune	Sanjuro Tsubaki	Tatsuya Nakadai	Hanbei Muroto	Yūzō Kayama	Iori Izaka	Reiko Dan	Chidori
  Takashi Shimura	Kurofuji	Kamatari Fujiwara	Takebayashi	Takako Irie	Mutsuta's wife	Sachio Sakai	Ashigaru

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1962
    Directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Labels: §5, akira-kurosawa, Criterion4, samurai, tatsuya-nakadai, toshirô-mifune

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  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Toshirô Mifune	Kuwabatake Sanjuro	Eijirō Tōno	Gonji	Tatsuya Nakadai	Unosuke	Kyū Sazanka	Ushitora

  
    One of Roger Ebert's Great Movies.
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1961
    Directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Labels: §5, akira-kurosawa, Criterion5, samurai, tatsuya-nakadai, toshirô-mifune

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  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Takashi Shimura	Kambei Shimada	Toshirô Mifune	Kikuchiyo	Daisuke Katō	Shichirōji	Isao Kimura	Katsushirō Okamoto
  Minoru Chiaki	Heihachi Hayashida	Seiji Miyaguchi	Kyūzō	Yoshio Inaba	Gorōbei Katayama	Yoshio Tsuchiya	Rikichi
  Bokuzen Hidari	Yohei	Yukiko Shimazaki	Rikichi's wife	Kamatari Fujiwara	Manzō	Keiko Tsushima	Shino
  Kokuten Kōdō	Gisaku	Yoshio Kosugi	Mosuke	Shinpei Takagi	bandit chief	Shin Otomo	bandit second-in-command

  
    One of Roger Ebert's Great Movies.
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1954
    Directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Labels: akira-kurosawa, Criterion5, dramaF, samurai, toshirô-mifune

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  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Toshirô Mifune	Kōichi Nishi	Masayuki Mori	V.P. Iwabuchi	Kyōko Kagawa	Yoshiko Nishi	Tatsuya Mihashi	Tatsuo Iwabuchi
  Takashi Shimura	Admin. Ofc. Moriyama	Kō Nishimura	Contract Ofc. Shirai	Takeshi Katō	Itakura	Kamatari Fujiwara	Asst. Chief Wada
  Chishū Ryū	Public Prosecutor Nonaka	Seiji Miyaguchi	Prosecutor Okakura	Kōji Mitsui	Reporter	Susumu Fujita	Detective

  
    Here is the Wikipedia write-up for this movie.
    Release Date: 1960
    Directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Labels: §2, akira-kurosawa, chishū-ryū, Criterion2, detective1, mystery2, neo-noirA, toshirô-mifune

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• Who's watched:  M & G
• Mentions:  *1*
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  Commentary:  I got this as a nod to Mom (see mention) but, lo and behold, I enjoy it, too. It's not even a guilty pleasure for me. It's got some great actors in it, I enjoy the fact that the Japanese is not subtitled in English because it keeps the viewer in the same position as Anjin-San and, well, it's an involving production. Mom could probably watch this 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
    The interesting thing about this series and the book upon which it is based is that there is much historical background upon which they are based. Check out the Wikipedia article, linked below, and cruise through the actor list with its historical equivalents.
  Update 2/9/18:  I recently rewatched this series over a few nights, mainly to see if I wanted to donate it to the library. I vaguely noticed some "dating", but was still swept up. It will be remaining in my collection, for awhile, at least.
  Update 5/13/2022:  You may think that, by now, this series is close to the donate-to-the-library box. Not so! I've actually watched the entire series, over a weekend, about four months ago, in the depth of winter. I know its structure as a mini-series is dated but I continue to find it engaging, worthy of a winter weekend, and, perhaps, even a mid-summer weekend when there's nothing to do but, well, watch a mini-series!
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Richard Chamberlain	John Blackthorne	Toshirô Mifune	Yoshi Toranaga	Yoko Shimada	Lady Toda Mariko	Frankie Sakai	Kashigi Yabu
  Alan Badel	Father Dell'Aqua	Michael Hordern	Friar Domingo	Damien Thomas	Father Martin Alvito	John Rhys-Davies	Vasco Rodrigues

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1980
    Directed by Jerry London.

Labels: action3, adventure3, dramaA, mom-favorite2, period5, political4, popcorn-and-soda4, spectacle2, toshirô-mifune, TV2

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