Outstanding Chikamatsu adaptation from Tadashi Imai, a moodier and more atmospheric Bushido deconstruction than his scathing and caustic later films Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai, and Revenge.
Outstanding Chikamatsu adaptation from Tadashi Imai, a moodier and more atmospheric Bushido deconstruction than his scathing and caustic later films Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai, and Revenge.
Great classic tale from Kurosawa, delightful, and theatrical in the best sense. I am an absolute sucker for the comic mugging of Enoken.
A perfectly silly Robin Hood-esque parody; with silly wordplay, silly songs, silly sight gags, and lot's of colorfully costumed little people. Danny Kaye is delightful and charming, Glynis Johns makes my knees wobble, and it's mid-50's Technicolor is gorgeous. Delightful family fun.
Nancy: "Why do we always expect metal ships?"
Jack: "I've never expected metal ships"
The original Invasion of the Body Snatchers came out two years before I was born, and was one of the earliest horror / science fiction films I remember seeing. It was in regular rotation on late-night Creature Feature TV, and I probably saw it at least a half-dozen times by the time I saw Philip Kaufman's remake in 1978. Aside from a couple of key scenes,…