Bueno esta vez creo que me he pasado, estoy tentado de felicitarme a mi mismo
. No sé ni que deciros, una maravilla, no paseis de pincharla y espero que algun traductor de francés le meta mano, se lo agradeceria con todo mi corazon. ¡¡¡ Otra de mi dios Toshiro Mifune y con la supervisión del Emperador del cine Akira Kurosawa !!!
Plot:
Well, you all know the original 1943 version (uploaded by Nikko not so long ago) by Akira Kurosawa.
While he was finishing Red beard, Toho suggested him a remake.
He accepted the project with some conditions :
-full control on the cast & all productions aspects (he was so pleased by the shots he also decided to edit the film)
-chosing another director as he always refused to remake his own films.
This 2nd version is something like Sugata Sanshiro (1943) + his follow-up Zoku Sugata Sanshiro (1945) in one film, thus the length (152 minutes...).
The two major differences are :
-the american boxing part removed (no more military propaganda needed)
-the romance parts added (planned in the 1943 version, but not included due to military censorship).
A nice addition is the superb soundtrack by Masaru Sato, always in his western trip, but less parodic than the musics he wrote for Hideo Gosha (Samurai Wolf & al...) and even better (yep !) than he did for previous Kurosawa (Sanjuro/Yojimbo...)
Sadly, the film was a huge flop and it was forgotten during the next 40 years...
In 1995, a french editor heard about it and wanted to release a video. They contacted Toho...who replied that 1965 version didn't exist :lol:
After those arrogant frenchies sent a bunch of proofs, Toho made in depth searches and finally, a copy was found !
And thus, the video release and subsequent cinema distribution in France in 1999...and some years later, finally this french DVD.
Poster de la versión de 1943
Poster de la version de 1965
Unas capturas para que veais que maravilla.
