Suna no utsuwa
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Luxe MuseSat, Aug 15
PawngameSat, Aug 15
Luxe MuseSat, Aug 15
PawngameFri, Aug 14
banpeiFri, Aug 14
KuraiKyaThu, Aug 13
To me, Suna no utsuwa (castle of sand) is the greatest movie ever made.If anyone has anything to say about this masterpiece which changed my life decades ago, feel free to share it here.Spoiler alert: Watch it first. Please, this is the kind of movie which will change your life.
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PS: this movie is the reason I released a lot of showa era related environments and props.
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I have viki rakuten, maybe is there, or not sure if amazon? I'll find it, but, challenge accepted!
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Luxe Muse
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Wed, Aug 12Shame, can't find the 1974 original, only the adaptation and no subtitles 

Pawngame
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Wed, Aug 12Then wait, the adaptation is "ok" but don't rush it, wait until you find the 1974 version. It may take years but is is so worth it.
Thank you for taking the time looking up one of the greatest movie ever made.
Thank you for taking the time looking up one of the greatest movie ever made.
Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with the movie. Can you get a sense of its general tone or style based on the following directors? I'm a bit picky when it comes to movies 
Takashi Miike-so, more on the unusual and offbeat side?
Akira Kurosawa-more subdued, with long, static shots?
Takeshi Kitano-subdued, with dark humor and sudden bursts of violence?

Takashi Miike-so, more on the unusual and offbeat side?
Akira Kurosawa-more subdued, with long, static shots?
Takeshi Kitano-subdued, with dark humor and sudden bursts of violence?
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Pawngame
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Wed, Aug 12Hot damn, you do know my favorite directors 
Nomura turned Seichō Matsumoto's novel into something else (read it first, then watch the movie, then read it again)
Matsumoto supplies the intricate crime and its social wound; Nomura turns it into a vast, mournful investigation of identity, stigma, poverty, and postwar guilt even if some of .Matsumoto's elements are left off (the way ****** killls offf people).

Nomura turned Seichō Matsumoto's novel into something else (read it first, then watch the movie, then read it again)
Matsumoto supplies the intricate crime and its social wound; Nomura turns it into a vast, mournful investigation of identity, stigma, poverty, and postwar guilt even if some of .Matsumoto's elements are left off (the way ****** killls offf people).
I can't watch another- i just watched Hotaru no Haka.
and knwoing the in Real life his sister was just a baby and he had never a chance of saving her... god damn....
and knwoing the in Real life his sister was just a baby and he had never a chance of saving her... god damn....
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How did you watch it? I couldn't find it on any of the streaming sites and I couldn't even find a pirate torrent of it....
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These guys have a ton of the director's movies, but I don't see Suna no utsuwa listed unfortunately
https://www.criterionchannel.com/directed-by-akira-kurosawa
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Pawngame
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Sat, Aug 15Mostle because the director is Nomura Yoshitarō, not Kurosawa Akira 






