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Synopsis: Japanese warlord Hidetori Ichimonji decides the time has come to retire and divide his fiefdom among his three sons. His eldest and middle sons - Taro and Jiro - agree with his decision and promise to support him for his remaining days. The youngest son Saburo disagrees with all of them arguing that there is little likelihood the three brothers will remain united. Insulted by his son's brashness, the warlord banishes Saburo. As the warlord begins his retirement, he quickly realizes that his two eldest sons selfish and have no intention of keeping their promises. It leads to war and only banished Saburo can possibly save him.

Genre: Action, Drama

Director(s): Akira Kurosawa

Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû

Production: Rialto Pictures

Won 1 Oscar. Another 28 wins & 21 nominations.


IMDB:: 8.2
Metacritic:: 96
Rotten Tomatoes:: 96%

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: R
Year:: 1985
: 162 min
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Who am I?
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The honourable father
of my husband.
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ls that aIl?
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And the Great Lord,
is he dead?
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Don't joke.
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l am not joking!
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l retain my title and my status.
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Have you forgotten?
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No, of course not.
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It's you who forget.
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You gave fulI authority to me.
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What do you want?
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l gave you this castle...
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l moved out, reduced my escort...
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They may be few in number,
but they're boisterous enough.
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What is that song?
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With such goings-on,
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how can I make myseIf obeyed?
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They are warriors,
unschooIed in manners.
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They like comic songs.
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Comic songs can go too far!
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That song makes fun of me!
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My guard was defending my honour.
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Yet, you went ahead and kiIled him.
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l cannot alIow that.
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This once, l'Il overIook it.
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But l must have your promise
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that it won't happen again.
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You wiIl sign this
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and seal it with your bIood.
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"Pledge"?
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This is nonsense!
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Read it.
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"Pledge:
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"Firstly,
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"l cede to Taro Takatora
the domains of lchimonji.
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"Secondly,
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"l make him sole ruler
of the house of Ichimonji.
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"ThirdIy,
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"though I am Taro's father,
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"I shalI submit to his authority
and act accordingIy.
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"l swear by aIl the deities.
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"May they punish me if l disobey."
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I'm to seal it with my bIood?
This silIy thing?
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Everything it contains
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was procIaimed by you yourself
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before witnesses.
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What does it change
if you sign it?
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Are you a son?
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What do you mean?
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Is this a son's attitude?
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The hen pecks the cock
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and makes him a crow.
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I wilI not stay here.
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FortunateIy,
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l have another son.
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Thank you, you did welI.
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l was born and raised
in this castIe.
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It beIongs to my father.
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I left it to marry you.
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My father and brothers,
after the marriage,
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relaxed their vigiIance.
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Hidetora murdered them.
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Now I am back in my famiIy castle.
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How l have longed for this day.
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Right there,
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my mother took her own Iife.
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Father is on his way.
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My brother sent him packing.
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He says Father grows eccentric...
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It would be unwise
to let him stay here.
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Father's counseIlor, Ikoma,
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is privy to my brother's pIans.
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This severity is unIike Lord Taro.
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And you, my Lord,
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why do you do nothing?
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He's right.
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You should succeed the Great Lord.
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Lord Taro is a weakIing.
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The stake is Iarge: gamble for it.
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Then you are wilIing
to gambIe with me?
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Absolutely.
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Dogs turn on a master
who gives up the chase.
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Sound the horn
or become the quarry.
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How the dogs howl!
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I must say, l find it unfair.
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Born twelve months after Taro,
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so aIl my life
l must grovel at his feet.
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Crack these bonds!
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Good for you, my Lord!
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Don't lick your chops yet.
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Taro is easy pickings.
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His wife, Lady Kaede,
is another story.
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Quite true.
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She'd be a perfect match for you.
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Why not steal her?
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Don't be impertinent!
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First of aIl, there's Father.
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He stiIl has thirty warriors.
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Each one is worth a thousand.
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He'Il soon be here
and so wilI they.
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Any ideas?
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Open the gates!
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Hidetora is here!
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I wilI seek out Su first.
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TeIl Jiro l want to see him.
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Su!
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Praise be
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to the EternaI Western Paradise
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Praise be to the EternaI Buddha
in 36 trilIion manifestations
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Praise be to Amida Buddha
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I knew you'd be here.

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Akira Kurosawa

After training as a painter (he storyboards his films as full-scale paintings), Kurosawa entered the film industry in 1936 as an assistant director, eventually making his directorial debut with Sanshiro Sugata (1943). Within a few years, Kurosawa had achieved sufficient stature to allow him greater creative freedom. Drunken Angel (1948)--"Drunken Angel"--was the first film he made without extensive studio interference, and marked his first collaboration with Toshirô Mifune. In the coming decades, the two would make 16 movies together, and Mifune became as closely associated with Kurosawa's films as was John Wayne with the films of Kurosawa's idol, John Ford. After working in a wide range of genres, Kurosawa made his international breakthrough film Rashomon (1950) in 1950. It won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, and first revealed the richness of Japanese cinema to the West. The next few years saw the low-key, touching Ikiru (1952) (Living), the epic Seven Samurai (1954), the barbaric, riveting Shakespeare adaptation Throne of Blood (1957), and a fun pair of samurai comedies Yojimbo (1961) and Sanjuro (1962). After a lean period in the late 1960s and early 1970s, though, Kurosawa attempted suicide. He survived, and made a small, personal, low-budget picture with Dodes'ka-den (1970), a larger-scale Russian co-production Dersu Uzala (1975) and, with the help of admirers Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas, the samurai tale Kagemusha (1980), which Kurosawa described as a dry run for Ran (1985), an epic adaptation of Shakespeare's "King Lear." He continued to work into his eighties with the more personal Dreams (1990), Rhapsody in August (1991) and Maadadayo (1993). Kurosawa's films have always been more popular in the West than in his native Japan, where critics have viewed his adaptations of Western genres and authors (William Shakespeare, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Maxim Gorky and Evan Hunter) with suspicion - but he's revered by American and European film-makers, who remade Rashomon (1950) as The Outrage (1964), Seven Samurai (1954), as The Magnificent Seven (1960), Yojimbo (1961), as A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and The Hidden Fortress (1958), as Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). more…

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