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The Best Movies I Haven't Seen (10 movies items)

" I have only seen one film from Kobayashi and even that I should rewatch. This though is his most interesting film, not only because my contact ratings in listal for this are so unbelievably great. This has to be something really unique and awesome."

“This movie is as gorgeous as is gritty and that´s a great plus for me. It brings back to life a very interesting era in the japanese history (although, I must admit, one that has been shown in many movies) and treats it with respect in a disrespectful way. I´ll try to explain this: it´s like thinking of all the stupid things that your old buddies did when you were young with all the love for them. The samurai code is depicted as it really was instead as a romantic remembrance of it. In the main character´s words: "[...] this thing we call samurai honor is ultimately nothing but a facade."

It´s an anti-stablishment movie as well. The samurai code and the shogunate structure betrays nearly a whole generation of the low-nobility. They were raised and prepared to execute a duty ” read more

TheNameless' Movie Diary 2012 (322 movies items)

"31.5. DVD. Uusintakatselu. Ei muutoksia."

Some things I love about cinema (50 movies items)

"Anti-war films and historical movies with allegories for the present "

Movies you may not know that were allegories (15 movies items)

" Allegory:Bushido code used in WWII"

Film Log for 2012 (254 movies items)

"Holy shit, the end fight scene"

World Films (139 movies items)

" Japanese"

30 days, 30 movies (30 movies items)

"Favorite Action Movie The greatest anti-war film ever made. Masaki Kobayashi was critical of the Samurai code, which influenced Japan's actions during WWII (he made the Human Condition trilogy about this)."

3003 Movies Into the New Age!!!...so far? (3003 movies items)

"Directed by Masaki Kobayashi "