I just finished(well, half an hour ago...)  Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood.  Starring Toshiro Mifune (just like every other Kurosawa move I've seen, which is coincidence, not deliberate) ToB is based on Shakespeare's MacBeth.  MacBeth is my favorite of Shakespeare's plays (blame Gargoyles...which actually has a MacBeth based on the actual ( Read more... )

I have started watching (for the first time...I know I know) Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai.  For some reason, I find Toshiro Mifune's running around(I think he almost skipped at one point) with his hand wrapped around the bottom of his sword sheath oddly endearing.  I have to wonder, though, how practical that is and if it was common practice.  I ( Read more... )