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A Japanese ‘Seven Samurai’ remake released
23 July, 2008 (3 comments)It seems that, somewhat out of the blue, a new Seven Samurai remake has been released in Japan. The film was directed by Hiroyuki Nakano (Samurai Fiction), and stars an More...
Daily Yomimuri review of ‘The Last Princess’
9 May, 2008Daily Yomimuri Online has a review of the new Hidden Fortress remake The Last Princess. Unlike the Mark Schilling review that I linked to earlier today, the Daily Yomimuri piece, More...
The Last Princess: US premiere, The Three website
18 April, 2008Before its official May 10 opening in Japan, The Last Princess (the new remake of The Hidden Fortress) will have its US premiere in Los Angeles. The screening will take More...
Filming of Weinsteins’ Seven Samurai to start this year?
16 April, 2008The “Thompson on Hollywood” blog on Variety reports about the latest developments with The Weinstein Co.’s Asian Film Fund. While most of the article is about The Forbidden Kingdom, the More...
The Last Princess, plus more remakes in the horizon
29 March, 2008 (1 comment)Nikkei News has an article on The Last Princess, which as most readers should by now know is a remake of Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress to be released in Japan More...
Second teaser trailer for The Last Princess
18 March, 2008 (1 comment)The second teaser trailer for Shinji Higuchi’s remake of Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress, renamed The Last Princess, has been made available on the updated official website. The trailer is also More...