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Zatoichi the blind swordsman, one of Japan&#8217;s most cherished screen characters made famous by Shintaro Katsu&#8217;s irreplaceable performance in a long-running feature film and TV series, gets a feminine reboot as 23-year-old actress Haruka Ayase ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/ichi-2008/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>REVIEW: Goyokin (1969)</title><link>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/goyokin-1969</link> <comments>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/goyokin-1969#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:59:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mark Pollard</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Film and TV Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chambara]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Goyokin (1969)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hideo Goshi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jidai geki]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ronin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[samurai]]></category> <category><![CDATA[swordplay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tatsuya Nakadai]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tetsuro Tamba]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tokugawa]]></category><guid
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The rugged, steely-eyed Tatsuya Nakadai is a former samurai on a mission to stop a massacre in GOYOKIN, from writer-director Hideo Goshi, helmer of chambara classics THREE OUTLAW SAMURAI and HITOKIRI. The film is a ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/goyokin-1969/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Warner Bros. Japan to adapt 47 Ronin</title><link>http://www.kungfucinema.com/news/warner-bros-japan-to-adapt-47-ronin</link> <comments>http://www.kungfucinema.com/news/warner-bros-japan-to-adapt-47-ronin#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:14:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mark Pollard</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chushingura (2011)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jidai geki]]></category> <category><![CDATA[upcoming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Warner Bros. Japan]]></category><guid
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As their first local production, Warner Bros. Japan will produce a big-budget adaptation of the classic tale of 47 Ronin, also known as &#8220;Chushingura.&#8221; This famous story is based on real events in the 18th ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.kungfucinema.com/news/warner-bros-japan-to-adapt-47-ronin/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>REVIEW: Grand Passion, The (1970)</title><link>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/grand-passion-1970</link> <comments>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/grand-passion-1970#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:09:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mark Pollard</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Film and TV Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bai Ying]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jidai geki]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jin Dynasty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Polly Shang-kwan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Song Dynasty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Grand Passion (1970)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Union Film Co.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wuxia]]></category><guid
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Prolific Japanese cult filmmaker Takashi Miike (SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO) is taking on the jidai geki genre in a big way with an internationally-produced remake of Eiichi Kudo&#8217;s 1963 samurai classic, THIRTEEN ASSASSINS.
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Screen Daily reports that Sedic International and Toho have begun production on ZATOICHI THE LAST, starring 32-year-old actor Shingo Katori as the famous blind swordsman, gambler and masseuse living in late Tokugawa-era Japan.
According to the ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.kungfucinema.com/news/toho-takes-on-zatoichi-one-last-time/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>8</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>REVIEW: Lone Wolf and Cub 6: White Heaven in Hell (1974)</title><link>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/lone-wolf-and-cub-6-white-heaven-in-hell-1974</link> <comments>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/lone-wolf-and-cub-6-white-heaven-in-hell-1974#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:54:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mark Pollard</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Film and TV Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chambara]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eichi Kusumoto]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jidai geki]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ninja]]></category> <category><![CDATA[swordplay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tomisaburo Wakayama]]></category><guid
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