A Movie I Couldn't Stop Thinking About...

[@richardmartinez186]

Valhalla Rising, with Mads Mikkelsen did that to me when I first saw it. Almost no dialogue in the whole movie, just a story told through violence with a creepy foreboding atmosphere. The silence as Mads beats a guys head in with a rock at the beginning just sets the tone for the whole movie

[@bushidoblues9302]

@@richardmartinez186 sounds like something I'd enjoy haha.

[@richardmartinez186]

@@bushidoblues9302 you should check out out! After I watched it the first time I was exactly like you said. It haunted me and I had to watch it again to gleam more information from it, like surely I was missing something? Or no? It's just like that?

[@jenniferflores3360]

richardmartinez that movie stuck with me for years. I finally found the name of it and started following Mads Mikkelsen. He has a lot of unique movies from Denmark but Yeah, Valhalla Rising was big.

[@christiankirkenes5922]

@@bushidoblues9302 It's a fantastic piece of Viking horror cinema. The mood will leave you feeling it for hours afterwards.

[@lacarnwilliams7551]

VH is just freaking haunting.

[@latinobeef]

I've seen Gohatto so many times, one day for music, another for the haunting style of direction and colors, or just to watch the amazing choreography and sword fights. You are right about how it comes back in my head.

[@octagonseventynine1253]

I saw it in the cinema in Ireland in 1999, amazing flick. I haven’t seen it since but some of the scenes have never left me, especially when he cut the cherry blossom.

[@Knishook]

Holy shit I caught this on SBS at like 2am when I was in highschool, never heard anyone talk about it and had completely forgotten the title! Thank you Mr. Algorithm

[@bushidoblues9302]

@Knishook lol it's time to revisit it.

[@bubbahottep8644]

Terminator still brings tears to my eyes and a sob to my chest. Haunting.

[@MzuMzu-nx1em]

Almost al the Takeshi Kitano's movies have the magic power to hunt your mind for a while . Like Zatoichi ( some of the cast are in this movie too ) , Hana Bi , Violent Cop , Boiling Point, even the surreal ones supposed to be comedy, leave some kind of zen in your mind . Back at the 90s early 00s, I spent a lot of nights searching and watching alternative and zen movies on the less commercial tv's networks

[@Zaburino]

Sonatine live in my brain rent free, and it's usually the long shot of the gang sitting in the bus exiting the parking lot or the gang sitting outside waiting for a car as still as a painting that first comes to mind, rather than the shootouts or violence.

[@MzuMzu-nx1em]

@Zaburino the end with the lights of the assault rifle through the windows... the sumo games on the beach

[@TheOtherKine]

At least you got to see it!!!! It's such a shame these films were all mostly completely ignored by the World. I know the world is finally catching up now, but it's such a shame that the great Samurai Period Piece era were basically ignored by the World because if it wasn't Kurosawa, they didn't understand it, since Kurosawa mostly made Westernised versions that were more palatable by the World. Ōshima was a genius, completely underrated, but pure artist. He had always been one of my faves.

[@bushidoblues9302]

@@TheOtherKine I need to see more Oshima films. They're something special.

[@sndrs]

Oshima, starring KItano and music by Sakamoto. An awesome trio! I should watch this again sometime as it's been a decade.

[@jtilton5]

As I said before. To paraphrase Okita: "I just like sad stories, about people I find interesting."

[@montrose252]

I just watched this movie 5 minutes ago! Your video came into my feed and I stopped it straightaway and had to watch this movie first because the first images you show of the dojo and setting looked so awesome. What a crazy movie, just brilliant!

[@bushidoblues9302]

@montrose252 I'm glad you checked it out! Now you will be haunted by it haha.

[@jtilton5]

ONE OF US! ONE OF US!

[@betsyfay600]

Bravo! Validity shines through (just takes an awareness which art can illuminate!)

[@pleaseenteranamelol711]

Angel Heart (1987) is the movie that sticks with me the most.

[@bushidoblues9302]

@@pleaseenteranamelol711 it looks like something I'd like. I'll have to check it out.

[@SaxonSpooner]

Wow a samurai who was a manipulative psychopath in a harsh military setting, what a shocker..... but of course he must be a fox demon.

[@jtilton5]

Personally, I don't believe that he actually is, it's just that the director used that shorthand as a way to frame the charecter for the audience.

[@dave3076]

Stopped the video at the spoilers. Thanks for the heads up! I think I watched the movie many years ago but forgotten. I recognised Sakamoto's unmistakeable music though. His son put together a documentary about him: Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus

[@bushidoblues9302]

@@dave3076 oh I'll definitely have to watch that documentary!

[@Godzilla00X]

"I bet he's thinking about our cute neighbor" What he's thinking about:

[@turanserce2344]

😂😂😂

[@smolknife]

Sozaburo is a soft li'l cinnamon roll who craves unspeakable violence.

[@bushidoblues9302]

Haha

[@thunderrunner666]

lol!

[@gamervet4760]

For me, the list is I Saw the Devil, Memento, A Clockwork Orange, and Ang Lee's Hulk. I constantly think of those films in some way, shape, or form.

[@OxyToxic]

First watching of Akira was amazing , it was like a fever dream

[@orionassante3386]

I love the sword clash sound effect they used on the fights.

[@vanallen8372]

nicely summed up

[@JokerMxyzptlk]

I hadn't considered the fox spirit angle. A complaint of mine was that the kid was too weird looking to be beautiful, but it works if he's a fox and his 魅力 is magical.

[@thomasdeeter3679]

I love the music. I actually wrote a review of it. Taboo is a well made interesting film.

[@vladimirkovacevic1656]

this looks so awesome Takeshi Kitano is legend

[@bushidoblues9302]

@@vladimirkovacevic1656 he's great in everything!

[@AxeMan808]

The whole movie is about Soji The Untarnished. Oops didn't finish. He's caught between the old school elders who want things to stay at least the same as it is now, and the new school coming in which are more focussed on themselves than their duties. He is a group of one.

[@asianfilmfan1]

I couldn’t stop thinking about cannibal holocaust. Thanks for the review I avoided Taboo due to homosexuality. I prefer lady snowblood! Meiko is a beautiful actress.

[@bushidoblues9302]

Lol

[@bushidoblues9302]

Yeah cannibal holocaust is pretty unforgettable...

[@brudamo9203]

Lady snowblood from a cursory look does not even look comparable to gohatto.

[@ps5andstuffhere]

This on Bluray?

[@bushidoblues9302]

@@ps5andstuffhere no just standard dvd.

[@ps5andstuffhere]

I found a 1080p stream on Stremio app but subs not working it seems. I ordered DVD though in UK

[@leeturton9254]

It needs a blu ray release...even the sound needs a upgrade...but there's many samurai movie's that need an upgrade especially samurai rebellion!!...how can a film that good not get the proper treatment

[@Pranksta1985]

Clearly you've never watched a Beat Takeshi/ Takeshi Kitano film before, everyone one of his films is ultra violence out of nowhere, completely somber and massively fucking confusing, they're amazing films.

[@latinobeef]

It is not a Takeshi film which by style is not like any of Oshima's films. Oshima always had a more elegant form.

[@Pranksta1985]

@@latinobeef still it does follow the Kitanos approach a bit and has the spark violence.

[@schaa50651]

Great costumes.. my favorite Shinsengumi uniforms. This story is in other Shinsengumi films..Ghost, i never got that.

[@schaa50651]

Yes, better review

[@bushidoblues9302]

Yeah I always liked these costumes for the Shinsengumi. Looks badass.

[@jonnyvelocity]

Right you are, Ken.

[@Senorzilchnzero]

I see what you did there

[@axledestrl8172]

Man... I haven't thought about this film for a very very long time..

[@XDWX]

Interesting how the reviewer here on this video is haunted and tantalized similar to the samurai.

[@reduXstereo]

I've seen a lot of Japanese dudes who practice this style of fighting confused as females because of their soft features and long hairdos.

[@ps5andstuffhere]

Surprised I have never seen this before

[@AxeMan808]

"OH! It's YOU, Little Religion!" EDIT: Oh how could I forget: "Well... If it had been YOUR dagger, I wouldn't be here reporting it now."

[@Gabensy]

The most unforgettable movie better say most disturbing is the Serbian Film...

[@sushishogun2486]

Their is a new Japanese manga called the blue wolves of mibu that is about samurai and shinsengumi and there is a anime coming out on the blue wolves of mibu based on the manga.

[@Dtzeo503]

Ooou nice something I'll look out for. They don't make many new Samurai anime.

[@elimunguia347]

Have you ever talked about ninjas in films?

[@bushidoblues9302]

Yeah, I usually don't like their presence, unfortunately, because movies tend to get them wrong. But I mean, ninjas are still awesome in general.

[@elimunguia347]

@@bushidoblues9302 Alright, thanks for commenting 👍

[@GenJuhru]

*The Hidden Blade* for me is the best example of a ninja performing assassination (or how one would)

[@bushidoblues9302]

@@GenJuhru great ending scene!

[@glenmoss02]

I became a fan of Kitano and Sakamoto in Oshima's 1983 film Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence. I'll probably get around to watching this but, c'mon man, you can't drop spoilers halfway through your review. I had to stop watching.

[@bushidoblues9302]

Spoilers don't really affect this movie just because it's so open to interpretation, but if you liked Mr Lawrence, then definitely check this one out!

[@TheFlygonproductions]

Yeah I was gonna say this movie does throw you into the deep end a bit. I watched it literally yesterday after finding this video and everything was very apparent from the get-go.

[@ps5andstuffhere]

Beat Takashi

[@VantaClawz]

Bro, have you seen "I Saw the Devil"?

[@bushidoblues9302]

@MistaKnifeguy yeah great Korean horror/thriller!

[@brittneyrechalle6719]

Im glad I found this review. I watched this last year and I still think about it at times too, so I definitely relate. It gives you a lot to ponder and yes, its very captivating. However I did want to say this comment section is so weird. I feel like a lot of them cant get past the fact it has homoerotic colors. Im guessing a lot of red pill weeaboo types. Its unfortunate, theyre missing out.

[@kentzuke]

Kano is the psychopath

[@DionysianLovecraftian]

Would you say this is more like a horror film?

[@bushidoblues9302]

More so in atmosphere. It's creepy but there's nothing really scary in it.

[@Artesian_mirage]

More like a suspense/drama... Has that 80's/90's western murder mystery movie vibe

[@senyum0]

i thought he was in friends

[@geddon436]

I stopped at "spoiler warning"...

[@dkdebest]

pretty sus

[@johnadair4693]

I bought this years ago, can't remember if it was dvd or blu ray, always stuck with me, dreamlike.riuchi sakamoto was a good now the hunt begins, can't remember where I put it.o and just discovered your stuff.new subscriber.

[@strafer8764]

Kairo says almost nothing and one of the deepest movies Ive ever seen. Had me disturbed about the afterlife for months

[@bigred8438]

Is this about the tension between gay Samurais who are attracted to each other? Is it a story worth telling? Maybe Japanese people 250 years ago would wonder what the hell the point was. The Samurai spirit is the samurai spirit, there is not room for wokeness.

[@jtilton5]

Some of the greatest Samurai films are explorations of what really is the worth of the bushido code. Seven Samurai, Harakiri, Sword of Doom, Yojimbo and Sanjuro, as well as many more.

[@sdfhht5036]

Please look up “Shudo”. In Japanese history, it was often found in groups where women were forbidden. Even samurai groups are no exception. The Shinsengumi were indeed a group forbidden to women. This is also the subject of Takeshi Kitano's latest film, “Kubi.

[@hkmrsrg1367]

I honestly couldn't enjoy the movie. It's weird but not in a good way. The story is just not for me I guess.

[@dontbothertoreply9755]

oh gay movie, what a shame it looked interesting, I will watch something less politically motivated.

[@Balla1527]

The gay samurai. Who would have thought they'd make this, smh.

[@jtilton5]

If you can find any polotical motivation to this film, that was released in 1999 in Japan, I'd love to hear what you find.

[@thekungfukid1990]

Political?

[@juliusrichterl8948]

I guess you don't know much about Samurai

[@jamesspencer1997]

From what i gett this stuff was kinda the norm, they were similar to the Spartans., they did alot of gay stuff.