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1 August 1998 (Japan) morePlot:
Three centuries ago, a precious sword has been stolen by Kazamatsuri -- the sword, which historic and... more | full synopsisAwards:
4 wins & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Amazing Combination of Modern and Traditional Film Styles moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Morio Kazama | ... | Hanbei Mizoguchi |
| Mitsuru Fukikoshi | ... | Heishiro Inukai |
| Tomoyasu Hotei | ... | Rannosuke Kazamatsuri |
| Tamaki Ogawa | ... | Koharu Mizoguchi |
| Mari Natsuki | ... | Okatsu |
| Taketoshi Naitô | ... | Kanzen Inukai (as Taketoshi Naitoh) |
| Kei Tani | ... | Kagemaru |
| Fumiya Fujii | ... | Ryunosuke Kuzumi |
| Naoyuki Fujii | ... | Shintarô Suzuki |
| Ken Osawa | ... | Tadasuke Kurosawa |
| Hiroshi Kanbe | ... | Gosuke |
| Ryoichi Yuki | ... | Ninja Hayabusa |
| Akiko Monou | ... | Ninja Akakage |
| Taro Maruse | ... | Sakyounosuke Kajii |
| Yuji Nakamura | ... | Samejima |
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The sword that is stolen in this film was borrowed from the estate of 'Toshiro Mifune'. It was one of his personal swords. moreQuotes:
Okatsu: I'm a woman who's killed all manner of men. Even trumped up little samurai like you! No stray dog is going to give me any cheek!Rannosuke Kazamatsuri: How did it come to this?
Okatsu: Aaaaaiiiiieeeeee!
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I think Samurai Fiction is a truly amazing film for the way it balances artsiness with more typical film styles, for the unusual combination of traditional samurai tales with modern rock-ish music. I can't quite tell if it is meant to be an homage to Kurosawa and the like or not, but it's certainly serious enough, and good enough, to not be a parody.
Normally, I don't like black and white films, but the very limited and carefully placed use of color helps this film immensely.
I saw it first with no subtitles, and was quite understandably & totally lost. But now that I have seen it again, I'm glad I bought the DVD. Now, if I can only find the soundtrack...