Monday, February 19, 2007

座頭市 - Zatoichi -

This weekend was a bit busy weekend but with full of fun!
Going out to Malmö, concert in a boat im Malmö harbor etc.
There're a lot of things I wanted to write but let me start from movie "Zatoichi" by Takeshi Kitano, which got Special Director's Award in 60th Venice Film Festival.

It's a story about blind swordman. As you can imagin from the title, this Sword Action Movie is a bit bloody because swordmen are people who fights each other.

If I describe the movie with a few keywords, "Sword action" with "traditional Japan flavored by dance and music". and "Jokes" appears from time to time is a nice spice of this movie.

Actually Takeshi Kitano is one of the most famous comedian and I met many foreigners who knows his TV show "Takeshi Castle".
People who likes show like a "Jackaas". You should check this as well!!

座頭市 公式サイト (Japanese ver.)
http://www.office-kitano.co.jp/zatoichi/

Zatoichi Official website: English ver.
http://www.office-kitano.co.jp/zatoichi/en/index.html

Today's song: "Summer" by Joe Hisaishi. (a song from movie
"Kikujiro" filmed by Takeshi Kitano)