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John Woo wanted to remake Yojimbo
15 July, 2008 (4 comments)In an interview for Malaysia’s Star Online, John Woo who is currently promoting his latest film, the $80 million martial arts extravaganza Red Cliff, mentioned that at some point in More...
Online Film Club #3: Yojimbo
3 July, 2008 (3 comments)So, July is here (has actually already been for a couple of days) and it is therefore time to turn our Film Club’s attention to Yojimbo. Consequently, and as always, More...
Akira Kurosawa Film Club #3: Yojimbo
22 June, 2008 (5 comments)After discussing Rashomon and Drunken Angel in the past two months, the Akira Kurosawa Online Film Club will move on to Yojimbo in July. Perhaps Kurosawa’s most popular film, Yojimbo More...
An Indian Kurosawa box set to be released
9 January, 2008The Indian film company Palador Pictures has announced the release of an Akira Kurosawa DVD Box Set comprising five of the director’s best known films. The box set is exclusively More...
Amazon.com exclusive Kurosawa collection
29 November, 2007 (4 comments)Thanks to a tip from a reader (whose name I’m not all that certain about, but I’d guess either “Christopher” or “Julie”!), I’ve found out that Amazon.com now lists a More...
YouTube: A Yojimbo “trailer”
2 May, 2007 (3 comments)Someone over at YouTube has made a pretty good job at re-editing the Yojimbo trailer to reflect what it would most probably be like if it was made today. Take a look here. I somehow have the feeling, though, that the upcoming Sanjuro remake will be nothing like this.