Word: samurais
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...gate of the imperial city of Kyoto, which lies in ruins. A woodcutter, a Buddhist priest and a traveler have gathered at the gate to seek shelter from torrential rain, and to pass the time they discuss a trial of a crime that took place some days before. A samurai and his wife were traveling through the woods. They were assaulted by a famous bandit, who tied up the husband, raped the wife, and stole the samurai's sword. In the course of this, the husband was killed, and the film is devoted to discovering the identity of the killer...
...discovered the body. The participants testify in front of the camera, which is ostensibly recording the bandit's trial, putting the audience in the position of the judge. Tajomaru the bandit, played by the great Toshiro Mifune, gives a version in which fate led him to desire the samurai's wife (Machiko Kyo). After raping her, he set the husband free and fought with him for possession of the woman. It was a fair and glorious duel, choreographed in a balletic fashion, at the end of which the bandit killed the samurai...
Brattle Theatre. 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square. 876-6837. "Hidden Fortress" at 4:45, 7:25 and 9:55 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 21. A superman Samurai saves a fugitive princess and stolen gold...
Brattle Theatre. 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square. 876-6837. "Seven Samurai" at 3:45 and 7:45 p.m. "Thank God I'm a Lesbian" at 4:30, 6:10, 8 and 9:45 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 2:45 p.m. on Saturday. "Ninotchka" at 3:05 and 7:25 p.m. and "Camille" at 1, 5:15 and 9:30 p.m. on Sunday. Oct. 10. "Breathless" at 4:05 and 8 p.m. and "The Finger Man" at 2, 5:50 and 9:45 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 11. "Once a Thief" at 4 and 8 p.m. and "Heroes...
...weird image of cross-cultural confusion, but that's not the half of it. The video carrying the sing-along words is a Japanese version of Sergio Leone's first spaghetti western, A Fistful of Dollars, which was, in turn, a knockoff of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo, a samurai epic...