tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post4610580681857179036..comments2024-03-28T08:38:57.700-05:00Comments on The War Movie Buff: SHOULD YOU READ IT? "YOJIMBO"War Movie Buffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-23563161294993270232010-11-22T21:55:59.761-06:002010-11-22T21:55:59.761-06:00this is one that keeps slipping under my radar. I ...this is one that keeps slipping under my radar. I have only seen Seven Samauri which seems to play alot more often. I have read Red Harvest and the description does sound alot like it. Theres also a short story by Hammett called Nightmare Town i believe. Love Hammett. <br />Another entertaining movie obviously inspired by Hammett and prob Yojimbo as well is Walter Hill's Last Man Standing with Bruce Willis and Christopher Walkin. Updated to the depression era. A little underrated that one. <br />Theres even a very long running comic about a wandering Yojimbo style rabbit called Usagi Yojimbo which is very obviously a tribute to the character in the movie.JHardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975399049775935074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-73815008335177676622010-11-21T23:01:01.975-06:002010-11-21T23:01:01.975-06:00Thanks for the research. I'm postponing watchi...Thanks for the research. I'm postponing watching Ran as it is so long.allaboutwarmovieshttp://allaboutwarmovies.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-40192155450730984082010-11-21T16:39:56.813-06:002010-11-21T16:39:56.813-06:00Here is what my research has determined. Kurosawa...Here is what my research has determined. Kurosawa told an interviwer that he based the movie on a film noir titled "The Glass Key" which is based on the Hammett novel. Some critics claim it is more obviously based on the Hammett novel "Red Harvest". Based on the plot summaries, it appears to me to be closer to "Red Harvest", but the torture scene is clearly from "The Glass Key". Read "Red Harvest" - it is considered the better of the two. My review of "Ran" is coming up in about a month.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-66486598144584539692010-11-21T12:17:56.512-06:002010-11-21T12:17:56.512-06:00I am not sure I watched this. I have seen many of ...I am not sure I watched this. I have seen many of Kurosawa's movies but think not this one. I still got Ran to watch and Kagemusha to rewatch. I might try this one at a later date. I would probably like it. Comparing it to a western seems to make sense. Did he really base this movie directly on the Hammett novel? I thought there is a film noir based on Hammett's novel, The Glass Key, that is said to be Kurosawa's source. Be it as it may, your review puts me in the mood to read some Hammett.allaboutwarmovieshttp://allaboutwarmovies.comnoreply@blogger.com