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Regannator
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Not to rub against either Watanabe or Eastwood - believe me, I loves both those guys and their films, but why is this being posted on this site? This is kind of like a first-person shooter fansite posting news about the latest Japanese role-playing game for the PSP, because they're both "video games."
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Egan Loo
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That's why it was posted as a daily brief, along with small bits of non-anime game news (but after anime news). While none of them are directly anime- or manga-related, they are Japanese news that might nevertheless be of interest to our readers. |
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ikillchicken
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I hope they do it justice. Unforgiven is one of the greatest movies of all times.
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Maidenoftheredhand
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Samurai films and Westerns have a long history. Kurosawa was influenced by Ford & then a film like Seven Samurai was remade into the Magnificent Seven.
So basically this could definitely work. |
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tasogarenootome
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I'm very interested in seeing this - as others have said, if it's done well, Westerns seem to translate back and forth with samurai period films well.
I also didn't realize the director of Hula Girls was Korean? Japan's film industry has always seemed relatively insular to me, so it is exciting to see. Also I loved Hula Girls, so I look forward to seeing more from him. |
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rootsofjustice
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Well, this is an interesting move. With the concept of the modern Western rooted so deeply in Japanese samurai films, I suppose it would make logical sense for someone to reverse roles. I hope the international Warner Bros. studio picks this up and distributes it internationally.
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Key
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I am very curious to see how this turns out. The basic concept should translate fine, but will they also try to capture the oh-so-critical tone of the original, too? Unforgiven was basically an anti-Western, as it demystified and unglorified traditional Western elements. Will this new production be brave enough to do the same for samurai films?
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Spoofer
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I'd love to see this.
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Ryo Hazuki
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Have not seen Samurai Assassin, Sword of Doom, Harakiri, Samurai Rebellion? I guess Twilight Samurai might also count to some extent. |
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Chagen46
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>America remakes Japanese film: "OMG ITS GONNA SUCK"
>Japan remakes American film: "OMG AWESOME" What is this I don't even. |
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littlegreenwolf
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Oh hell yeah, I love Unforgiven, and I love Samurai films. People can moan and groan about remakes from another country but I've never had a problem with them.
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Dessa
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Actually, from what I've seen, American remakes of Japanese film are fairly well received (the aforementioned Magnificent Seven, and the horror film remakes did quite well also). The problem is generally when they try to make anime into big-budget Hollywood live-action movies. |
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mdo7
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This is awesome to hear. Also for some of you who are not aware, this isn't the first time Japan has remade an American film. Japan already remade:
Sideways Ghost Japan will remake An Affair to Remember, and Working Girl. I wonder how long till Japan decide to remake The Godfather (with Sonny Chiba as Vito Corleone). I would also love to see Japan doing a remake of True Grit (just like Unforgiven, it should go from western to samurai)
I know, and it's not only Japan that is remaking American films, South Korea and China has also remake American films. At least Hollywood is giving back Asia for all the remake we did for their films. One thing I'm kind of disturbed is that whenever Hollywood is remaking Asian films, people in US would complain (like Oldboy for example), yet when Asia remake American films, these same group of people never attack Asia for it (maybe 1 or 2 people would criticize Asia for remaking American films) on the same level as Hollywood remaking Asian films. Chagen46, you're correct on what you said, I've seen hypocrites spewing out pro-Asian, anti-American comment saying "Asian remake are better, the original American film is bulls*it". After seeing Asia started to remake American films, I started to realize the people that bash American remake of Asian films are pro-Asian people that will praise anything Asia, and hate America. Last edited by mdo7 on Wed Nov 12, 2014 1:16 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Chrno2
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Sounds interesting. West Western meets East Western. Looking forward to seeing how this turns out once it's done at the NY Asian FF.
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Regannator
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Don't be a weaboo. Samurai films and spaghetti westerns are completely interchangeable. There is no "good or bad" one way or the other - it's awesome both ways. |
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