03-09-2025, 10:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-09-2025, 11:00 PM by Drunk Monk.)
I watched this once more because it’s a great film and I needed a dose of sanguineosity to take my mind off today’s allergy woes and I was hoping Yuki (my dog) would watch it with me and hear his name a lot. But Yuki decided to watch reruns of The Good Wife with Stacy instead. But once it started, I got pulled into it and thoroughly enjoyed it once more. I had forgotten a lot, despite seeing it twice over the last 9 years. My memory loss keeps thing fresh.
During this viewing, I was really struck by how beautiful this film is - scenic settings and excellent framing composition throughout, and then that bright red spatter of contrasting blood. That chanbara aesthetic is what I was raised on and is remains very dear to me.
Seen on Criterion.
Criterion has a special section that’s just chanbara movies and I intend to watch them all. I’ve been thinking of rewatching the Samurai trilogy, along with the Lone Wolf & Cub and Zatoichi franchises again, plus there’s a lot of beloved classics like the original Harakiri and many I don’t know (or just don’t remember).
During this viewing, I was really struck by how beautiful this film is - scenic settings and excellent framing composition throughout, and then that bright red spatter of contrasting blood. That chanbara aesthetic is what I was raised on and is remains very dear to me.
Seen on Criterion.
Criterion has a special section that’s just chanbara movies and I intend to watch them all. I’ve been thinking of rewatching the Samurai trilogy, along with the Lone Wolf & Cub and Zatoichi franchises again, plus there’s a lot of beloved classics like the original Harakiri and many I don’t know (or just don’t remember).
Shadow boxing the apocalypse