Kuroi Ame EN Dubbed *Ken Takakura & Michael Douglas

 

Kuroi Ame 'Black Rain' Staring casts: Ken Takakura & Michael Douglas in English. A GRAND tribute to a wonderful actor and person who had passed away a few days ago. This grand Hollywood movie is dedicated to him.

 

Ken Takakura (Left) and Michael Douglas (Right) from movie scene.

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Twilight Samurai EN Sub *Hiroyuki Sanada & Rie Miyazawa

The movie is set during the period of the Meiji Restoration, circa 1868 -the same period as Kurosawa's great "The Seven Samurai" and Edward Zwick's elegant "The Last Samurai." The three films deal in different ways with a time when samurai still tried to live by the Code of Bushido, even as they faced poverty or unemployment in a changing society. "The Last Samurai" is about samurai opposing the emperor's moves to modernize Japan; ironically, we learn that the hero of "Twilight Samurai" fought and died in that rebellion -- after the story of this movie is over. His name is Seibei/Hiroyuki Sanada, and he lives under the rule of his clan in northeast Japan, where he spends his days not in battle but as an accountant, keeping track of dried fish and other foods in storage. Seeing him bending wearily over a pile of papers, declining an invitation by his fellow workers to go out drinking, we're reminded of the hero of Kurosawa's film "Ikiru." Seibei hurries home because he has a senile mother and 2 young daughters to support, has debt after the death of his wife.
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Scabbard Samurai -Directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto EN Sub

Nomi Kanjuro/Takaaki Nomi is a master less samurai on the run after throwing away his sword for good. He has with him his headstrong 9-year-old daughter Tae/Sea Kumada. A bounty is soon placed on Nomi Kanjuro and 3 assassins go after the score. When Nomi Kanjuro is eventually captured and placed in front of the local feudal lord/Jun Kunimura; he is given a choice. A boy prince has been grieving ever since the death of his mother. Nobody has been able to make the boy smile. Nomi can attempt to make the boy smile within 30 days or he must commit seppuku/harakiri (suicide samurai-style of self-disembodiment).

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Shijushichinin no Shikaku (47 Ronin) EN Sub/Streaming

47 Ronin (Shijushichinin no Shikaku)

1994 Film

6.7/10-IMDb

47 Ronin is a 1994 Japanese film, directed by Kon Ichikawa. The film is another version of the Chūshingura, the story of the revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin of Ako against Lord Kira. Wikipedia

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