Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) Retro Review

Reaching all of the films by Kurosawa I currently have access to I now move on to the Samurai Trilogy by Hiroshi Inagaki (apologies for the random audio pops) #samuraitrilogy #toshiromifune #japanesefilm #moviereview #samurai

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Thoughts? (Apologies for the audio issues)

[Drewjd]

Love the Musashi audible. The stories came out every week in the Japanese newspapers during world war 2. A good adaption would be epic. I feel like it’s the best Samurai historic literature that’s translated into English.

[slicerneons]

Really want to find the time to watch all of these for myself.

[michaeltalksmovies]

Definitely going to have to check these out, hope your having a wonderful day!

[JaketheMovieGeek]

I’ve never heard of these movies until now. Thanks for these retro reviews! I’m going back to watch older movies/tv shows/cartoons before Entertainment got stupid

[marcuscato]

Sweet. I remember watching this way back in the day when I worked in a video store. The book is great too for any bookworms out there.

[pumaphotoshd]

As a martial artist, I have a bias. Also having read the book, I had high expectations to try and temper. But I did find that the movie kept true to the author's themes and character development. Samurai I is the strongest of the trilogy in terms of dialogue and setting the plot. I think a B is a debatable grade but I also don't think it's an A outright.

The samurai movies are an interesting piece of film study, especially for its time after the war. Kurosawa's 7 Samurai has the #1 spot and I don't see that changing but Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy pretty much paved the path for modern anime plot lines and I enjoyed it much more than Rashomon.

I think you had fair evaluative points and critiques that were interesting to listen to but I think your approach was incorrect. I would have either read the book and then evaluated the first movie, or watched the trilogy completely and then reviewed it. However, it is difficult to evaluate a piece of work like this individually as you might miss overarching themes that reconnect towards the end. Case in point; the introduction of Sasaki Kojiro happens in the 2nd film and he holds tension every time he takes the screen up until the final duel, which is a movie in and of itself...

If you read the book, it's a must watch. I was reminded of so many different scenes I forgot and felt as if it colored in the picture for me and was happy to see it unfold, even though I knew many of the plot points.

Considering the time period in which it was made, took place, and the vast cultural differences; I don't think the move is to watch it piecemeal. Watch it collectively. Read the book. More than likely it will resonate with you but if it doesn't that's okay too.