Zatoichi (2003)

[stray]

Sort of goes into WTF mode towards the end, but you won't find a better, modern swordfighting flick.

And you don't need to know about the previous Zatoichi films (but you should!). This is a remake.

[Samwise]

I like the Bollywood ending.   

[stu]

Funny, I just picked up Tokyo Eyes, with Takeshi Kitano, from the library a couple days ago. Still haven't watched either one yet.

[DraconianOne]

Great film.  The ending just made it all the better.

Love Beat Takeshi films too. I think Sonatine is a fantastic piece of cinema, as is Hana-Bi.  He was hands down the best thing about Battle Royale, too for my money.  Hard to believe that he was a stand-up comedian and that he hosted that fucked up series "Takeshi's Castle".

[satael]

The original Zatoichi movies, along with the Babycart and Hanzo the Razor movies, are great too and have aged relatively well. As for Takeshi movies my favorite is a tie between Brother and Hana-bi.

[stray]

Oh, I don't just mean the bollywood ending.. It just seems like there were a lot of cuts or something too. Real choppy.

[schild]

I think I've seen all of his work that's been made available in any form to the non-moonspeaking people of the world, and yea, he really can't do anything wrong. It's actually sort of creepy.

[DraconianOne]

Including "Getting Any?"?

[schild]

Wow, I somehow missed that. I'm going to rectify that by tomorrow night, if possible.

Edit: Going to Fry's tomorrow, looks like I have to buy it.