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Wednesday, July 4, 2007

The Sword of Doom; aka Diabosatsu Toge

I've been looking long and hard for almost four years in order to get a clean copy of Kihachi Okamoto's classic 'The Sword of Doom'.

What is this you ask?

It is a black and white classic in samurai swordplay released back in 1965. Imagine all the samurai movies you know, and think about how righteous the main character was, how with calligraphic precision he is able to use a single slash to down his foe, and not to mention how honourable he was.

A true samurai. Like Samurai Jack, Kenshin, Afro Samurai or more traditional samurai like, Miyamoto Musashi.

Now forget everything I said well save for "how with calligraphic precision he is able to use a single slash to down his foe" and alter the whole righteous characterization to one of a man who has chosen to devote his life to evil and you have this masterpiece in Japanese film.

The pacing and subtle use of music is on point as the flutes and Taiko drums create such anticipation and aren't overused.

Tatsuya Nakadai stars as Ryunosuke Tsukue, the protagonist who is the one of those archetypal characters who just didn't seem to fit in the Meiji era. You somehow sympathize with this terror because even in the face of change he is uncompromising with his ideals, even if those same ideals are laced with evil intent.

You'll find yourself (or you should) thinking about the congruities that Ryunosuke expresses as he seems to be so withdrawn yet has a ferocity that makes you think he is the instigator, among many other paradoxes.

You know what? I recommend you try to find a copy of this and 'dust off the projector'.

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