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Part one of Inagaki's movie Chushingura: The Loyal Forty-seven samurai is entitled 'Blossoms' and focuses on three main aspects of the Chushingura story: the frustration and humiliation of Asano, Asano's seppuku and the extent of the forty-seven ronin's loyalty to their dead lord.
While Inagaki remains true to the specific founding elements of the story, ie Asano's honor, Kira's greed, Oishi's deception to the world at large, Sampei's death and the planned attack on Kira, Inagaki seems to have taken a great deal of creative liberty with regard to the story's numerous fictionalized subplots.
Inagaki's portrayal of the human side of the story was achieved through the use of the close-up shot and significant facial expressiveness.
www.columbia.edu /~hds2/chushinguranew/chushingura/FILMS/Inagaki.htm   (1540 words)

  
 Liverputty: Hiroshi Inagaki and Samurai Banners (1969)
Hiroshi Inagaki is a name that needs to be shouted from more mountain tops.
Inagaki is a frequent user of slow unobtrusive tracking shots that pack a lot of information into single frames in a very fluid manner.
Inagaki must have shot this from a plane and then slowed it down – as opposed to shooting it from a helicopter.
liverputty.blogspot.com /2007/02/hiroshi-inagaki-and-samurai-banners.html   (1588 words)

  
 DVD Review:
Inagaki ably manages the rather complicated plot with unexpected ease (subtitles are employed to help English viewers make a few narrative jumps) while he charts Musashi's education in compassion and humility and his internal struggle with his conflicted love for Otsu.
Inagaki's delicate use of color throughout the series becomes most pronounced in this final sequence, where the glow of orange and red adds dramatic flourish to the twilight battle.
Inagaki's reserved, restrained style and Mifune's melancholy performance--his granite face and stocky stance the very essence of somber wisdom and sad assurance--bring a gravity and seriousness to the drama that ultimately illuminates the personal cost of Musashi's supreme skill as his story ends on an elegiac but hopeful note.
www.killermovies.com /dvd/3073.html   (1218 words)

  
 Ferdinand Von Galitzien: "Horo Zanmai" (1928) By Hiroshi Inagaki
Ferdinand Von Galitzien: "Horo Zanmai" (1928) By Hiroshi Inagaki
Herr Hiroshi Inagaki was later well-known for his large-scale period films and this debut has some characteristics of those films: larger than life samurai adventures with attention to costumes and fascinating landscapes, starring the sword action film star Chiezo Kataoka (absolutely histrionic).
This German Count has the feeling that the film story is displayed helter-skelter for the running time of the film, 60 minutes, the director trying to depict intertwined stories in a hasty way; for that reason the film lacks some excitement, using for that purpose flashbacks and rapid and sometimes astonishing tricks and camera movements.
ferdinandvongalitzien.blogspot.com /2006/06/horo-zanmai-1928-by-hiroshi-inagaki.html   (425 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Samurai Banners (REGION 1) (NTSC): DVD: Toshirô Mifune,Yoshiko Sakuma,Kinnosuke Nakamura,Yûjirô ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hiroshi Inagaki, a reliable workhorse director who specialised in period action movies, avoids any hint of social criticism or modern political parallels, and instead exploits the resources of colour and widescreen to stage his story like a pageant, full of swirling battle scenes and grand romantic gestures.
The only problem that arises from this is that for those who are ignorant on Japanese history the film might seem a bit confusing, although luckily there's a 32-paged 'historical explanation' as a part of the DVD extra features.
Inagaki works wonders with the direction, the colourful battle scenes are spectacular, and even the title music is pure emotion.
www.amazon.co.uk /Samurai-Banners-REGION-1-NTSC/dp/B00095VKCS   (936 words)

  
 FRYS.com | Image Entertainment (DVD)
The first installment of Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai trilogy, Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto expertly balances action, plot, and character development, and perfectly sets the stage for the rest of the series.
Some patience is required for the first half, and many of the secondary characters are not as complex as one would like, but there is a maturity to the film that goes beyond the Saturday matinee aspects of its plot.
Mifune beautifully handles Takezo's transformation, and Inagaki's filmmaking skills are impressive, moving through the story with a relaxed rhythm that should not be underestimated.
www.outpost.com /product/3102720   (381 words)

  
 Kojiro by Hiroshi Inagaki
Hiroshi Inagaki é um diretor bem conhecido no Ocidente.
Hiroshi Inagaki is a very known director in the West.
Kojiro is the story of famous Sasaki Kojiro, a fearless samurai who wants to duel with Miyamoto Musashi, the most famous ronin of all time.
www.fortunecity.com /campus/spanish/437/infofilm/kojiro.html   (598 words)

  
 Hiroshi Inagaki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hiroshi Inagaki (稲垣浩 Inagaki Hiroshi; 30 December 1905 – 21 May 1980) was a Japanese filmmaker most known for the Academy Award winning Samurai Trilogy that he directed.
Before becoming a director and screenwriter, Inagaki was a child actor.
This page was last modified 23:54, 12 September 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hiroshi_Inagaki   (71 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Samurai I: Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Kusuo Abe, Kanta Kisaragi, Kaoru Yachigusa, William ...
His dreams of glory in war sour when his army is routed and he becomes hunted by the authorities, but the "tough love" attentions of a kindly but severe monk help him develop from a hot-tempered outlaw to a thoughtful swordsman.
Inagaki's somber color epic is very different from the energetic action of Kurosawa's films.
The first film in Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy unlocks the beautiful and savage world of the samurai as few other films have.
www.amazon.ca /Samurai-I-Hiroshi-Inagaki/dp/6302969328   (1369 words)

  
 Hiroshi Inagaki - Rotten Tomatoes Celebrity Profile
Bio: Hiroshi Inagaki (稲垣浩 Inagaki Hiroshi; 30 December 1905 – 21 May 1980) was a Japanese filmmaker most known for the Academy Award winning Samurai Trilogy that he directed.
Before becoming a director and screenwriter, Inagaki was a child actor.
There are no Hiroshi Inagaki user fan sites.
www.rottentomatoes.com /celebrity/hiroshi_inagaki   (284 words)

  
 Lisa's Japanese Movie Listing: Movies and Films involving Japan or Japanese characters
Samurai I : Musashi Miyamoto (Miyamoto Musashi) (1954) D: Hiroshi Inagaki.
Inagaki's sentimental treatment follows the hero along the path to spiritual development, without which a warrior could not be a true samurai (at least in the movies).
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (Miyamoto Musashi Yori: Ketto Ganryujima) (1956) D: Hiroshi Inagaki.
www.lisashea.com /japan/movies/mov_main_S.html   (2475 words)

  
 Blockbuster Online - Person Detail Information Page
A former child actor, Hiroshi Inagaki began directing movies in 1928, and over the next 42 years established himself as one of Japan's leading filmmakers, particularly where large-scale historical epics were concerned.
One of director Hiroshi Inagaki's rare films set in Japan's medieval period that does not star Toshiro Mifune as a samurai, this engaging costume drama involves a group of bandits instead.
The bandits come to a small town to hole up for awhile when the local priest mistakes one of them as a descendent of the town's principle clan, much greater in the past.
www.blockbuster.com /catalog/personDetails/84212   (755 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Samurai 3: Duel at Ganryu Island (Full Screen): Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Koji Tsuruta, Kaoru ...
Inagaki's delicate use of color throughout the series becomes most pronounced in this final sequence, where the glow of orange and red adds dramatic flourish to the twilight battle.
Inagaki's reserved, restrained style and Mifune's melancholy performance--his granite face and stocky stance the very essence of somber wisdom and sad assurance--bring a gravity and seriousness to the drama that ultimately illuminates the personal cost of Musashi's supreme skill as his story ends on an elegiac but hopeful note.
Unfortunately, director Inagaki ignored story elements that would have been amazing on film if done well, and added elements that cheapen and downright detract from the story and the philosophy behind it.
www.amazon.ca /Samurai-Duel-Ganryu-Island-Screen/dp/0780021061   (2055 words)

  
 Japanese Directors - Hiroshi Inagaki
The first part of Hiroshi Inagaki's trilogy about Japan's most notorious 17th century swordfighter, Mushashi Miyamoto (Toshiro Mifune), details his odyssey from farmer to disaffected killer.
Having fought on the losing side during the civil war, he returns as a manic outlaw caught between his feelings for a beautiful village girl and a sympathetic Buddhist priest.
All three chapters in Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai trilogy, about Japan's most notorious 17th century swordfighter, Mushashi Miyamoto (Toshiro Mifune), are included in this set.
www.multilingualbooks.com /foreignvids-jap-inagaki.html   (639 words)

  
 Hiroshi Inagaki (I) - Biography
Inagaki's career in film began as an actor--a child actor, in fact, appearing in numerous silent films beginning at the very dawn of Japanese cinema.
The work of Inagaki, Itami and Yamanaka, singly and together, directly influenced the likes of Kenji Mizoguchi later, and helped define the very genre of the period film.
Inagaki would direct dozens of them over his career, including two versions of Chushingura, and the Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film Samurai (1954, released in Japan as Miyamoto Musashi).
www.imdb.com /name/nm0408348/bio   (495 words)

  
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Based on a historical incident, the legend of the 47 ronin has long been one of the most famous in Japanese culture.
A perennial of the kabuki and bunraku theaters, the tale has also received innumerable screen adaptations, such as Hiroshi Inagaki's...
Although intent on avenging the death of their master, Lord Asano, his 47 samurai, led by Kuranosuke Oishi (Chojuro Kawarasaki), are forced to bide their time while awaiting a ruling on a petition that they've submitted to Lord Kira (Mantoyo Mimasu)...
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 DVD & Video Search: Hiroshi Inagaki
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki Cast: Koshiro Matsumoto, Yuzo Kayama, Chusha Ichikawa, Toshiro Mifune
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Koji Tsuruta, Akihiko Hirata, Rentaro Mikuni
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Yujiro Ihsihara, Yoshiko Sakuma
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 SaruDama :: Incident at Blood Pass - Machibuse (Inagaki Hiroshi 1970)
Incident at Blood Pass [Machibuse] 待ち伏せ Genre: Yojimbo Samurai Tale Director: Inagaki Hiroshi (1970) review in one breath A rogue ronin samurai is hired by a mysterious man to travel to a snowy mountain pass and wait for further...
A rogue ronin samurai is hired by a mysterious man to travel to a snowy mountain pass and wait for further instructions.
This blog is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
www.sarudama.com /japanese_movies/machibuse.shtml   (1229 words)

  
 Japanese Directors - Hiroshi Inagaki
The first part of Hiroshi Inagaki's trilogy about Japan's most notorious 17th century swordfighter, Mushashi Miyamoto (Toshiro Mifune), details his odyssey from farmer to disaffected killer.
Having fought on the losing side during the civil war, he returns as a manic outlaw caught between his feelings for a beautiful village girl and a sympathetic Buddhist priest.
All three chapters in Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai trilogy, about Japan's most notorious 17th century swordfighter, Mushashi Miyamoto (Toshiro Mifune), are included in this set.
multilingualbooks.com /foreignvids-jap-inagaki.html   (672 words)

  
 Hiroshi Inagaki - Trailer - Showtimes - Cast - Movies - The New York Times
Hiroshi Inagaki - Trailer - Showtimes - Cast - Movies - The New York Times
From All Movie Guide: A former child actor, Hiroshi Inagaki began directing movies in 1928, and over the next 42 years established himself as one of Japan's leading filmmakers, particularly where large-scale historical epics were concerned.
Screen: 'Whirlwind,' Samurai Drama:Hiroshi Inagaki Wrote and Directed Film Movie Opens at the 55th Street Playhouse
movies.nytimes.com /person/95425/Hiroshi-Inagaki   (186 words)

  
 The Criterion Collection: Browse by Director
The Criterion Collection, a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films on DVD
Hiroshi Inagaki's acclaimed Samurai Trilogy is based on the novel that has been called Japan's Gone with the Wind.
Based on a novel that's been called Japan's Gone With the Wind, Hiroshi Inagaki's acclaimed Samurai Trilogy is a sweeping saga of the legendary seventeenth-century samurai Musashi Miyamoto (powerfully portrayed by >>>
www.criterion.com /asp/browse_directors.asp?id=31   (142 words)

  
 The Rickshaw Man (1958) - FilmAffinity
Hiroshi Inagaki and Mansaku Itami (Story: Shunsaku Iwashita)
Toshirô Mifune, Hideko Takamine, Hiroshi Akutagawa, Choko Iida, Chishu Ryu, Haruo Tanaka, Jun Tatara, Nobuo Nakamura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Chieko Nakakita
Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town.
www.filmaffinity.com /en/film546728.html   (265 words)

  
 The Criterion Collection: Samurai III - Duel at Ganryu Island
The Criterion Collection: Samurai III - Duel at Ganryu Island
Hiroshi Inagaki’s acclaimed Samurai Trilogy is based on the novel that has been called Japan’s Gone with the Wind.
This sweeping saga of the legendary seventeenth-century samurai Musashi Miyamoto (powerfully portrayed by Toshiro Mifune) plays out against the turmoil of a devastating civil war.
www.criterionco.com /asp/release.asp?id=16   (115 words)

  
 Samurai Trilogy Box ( Criterion ) (Criterion Collection) : DVD : Toshiro Mifune : Hiroshi Inagaki : Home Vision/Public ...
Based on the novel that has been called Japan's Gone with the Wind, Hiroshi Inagaki's acclaimed Samurai Trilogy is a sweeping saga of the legendary 17th-century samurai Musashi Miyamoto (powerfully portrayed by Toshiro Mifune) set against the turmoil of a devastating civil war, and follows Musashi's odyssey from unruly youth to enlightened warrior.
In the final chapter, Duel at Ganryu Island--Musashi must decide between two women as he prepares to battle for supremacy in a climactic confrontation with his lifelong nemesis.
The Criterion Collection is proud to present The Samurai Trilogy, Hiroshi Inagaki's epic tale of combat, valor, and self-discovery, now available for the first time in a specially priced gift pack.
www.buy.com /prod/samurai-trilogy-box-criterion/q/loc/322/40240243.html   (333 words)

  
 Samurai 2 (Criterion Collection) : DVD : Tashiro Mifune : Koy Tsuruta : Sachio Sakari : Hiroshi Inagaki : Home ...
Both women, however, must stand by as the brave warrior takes on eighty samurai guided by the mysterious Kojiro.
The second (and most explosively violent) episode of Inagaki's trilogy telling the tale of legendary seventeenth century samurai, Musashi Miyamoto, concentrates on the young warrior's quest for spiritual enlightenment following a violent, turbulent youth.
As Miyamoto becomes more entrenched in the teachings of the Yoshioka school of samurai, he becomes sparer in the use of his sword while his classmates degenerate into thugs.
www.buy.com /prod/samurai-2-criterion/q/loc/322/40097321.html   (362 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Hiroshi Inagaki": Key Phrase page
Samurai I - Musashi Miyamoto - Criterion Collection directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
See all pages with references to "Hiroshi Inagaki".
VFIS: $99.99: DVD: $24.99 Koiiro (1967, 152 min, Japan, Hiroshi Inagaki) Kikunomke Onoe, Tatsuya A'akodai.
www.amazon.com /phrase/Hiroshi-Inagaki   (381 words)

  
 Criterion DVD.com: Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy Collector's Case
Criterion DVD.com: Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy Collector's Case
This Case is designed specially for Hiroshi Inagaki's Classic Samurai Trilogy.
The Collector's Cases are made of either gold or silver anodized aluminum and brushed gold or silver ABS.
www.criteriondvd.com /case_info.php?item_id=312&pid=5   (134 words)

  
 Toshiro Mifune: Films by Title, Page 2
REBELS ON THE HIGH SEA (Shujin-Sen), Hiroshi Inagaki (1956)
RISE AGAINST THE SWORD (Abare Goemon), Hiroshi Inagaki (1966)
SAMURAI: THE LEGEND OF MUSASHI (Miyamoto Musashi), Hiroshi Inagaki (1954)
www.toshiromifune.org /films/bytitle2.htm   (413 words)

  
 Hiroshi Inagaki (I)
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Inagaki's career in film began as an actor--a child actor, in fact, appearing...
Discuss this name with other users on IMDb message board for Hiroshi Inagaki (I)
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