I ended up going to this elderly man’s house which was fairly big and had a nice ocean view because he’s a rich mf. His wife said she was making sushi but she ended up ordering a Benihana alternative which made my gf sad because the only reason we went to their place was because she wanted sushi. Oh well.
I’m still here and the guy just put on Malhação which is some shitty novela from the 90s and my gf looks like she might cry. I think this old man never had any kids so he’s trying to bond with me and throughout the movie he kept looking over for approval at his favorite scenes. He must love this disgusting filth film because he recites the lines really well and it felt like a dual audio situation where Tom cruise and old man were speaking the same lines. I wanted to jump into the ocean and drown.
Such a bad movie I only like Tom cruise in mission impossible 1 and 3 and the rest suck.
Last samurai is about whitey Vietnam vet who tries to train some samurai soldiers how to fight and he ends up dying of disentary at the end of the movie. I think my fate will be the same after eating the Benihana because I don’t feel too good.
We’re still at his house and he want to show me his aged soy sauce collection.
What's wild about The Last Samurai is that it's even more popular in Japan than in America. Reason being that it recounts a kind of national myth that a lot of Japanese people want to be true about the honorable Samurai who definitely didn't use guns or own factories or treat their peasants like shit. I would be curious if a remake that accurately portrays the "fuedal landlords versus new money bourgeoisie" nature of the rebellion would do well with anyone beyond weirdo marxists like me.
You seen Shiguri: Death Frenzy? It's an anime series about a lord who's gone mad and wants to have a tournament where people fight to the death. But that's not really what the series is focused on. Instead, it's the history behind the rivalry between a blind ronin and a one-armed samurai, who have made their way to the tournament with the intention of killing each other. The series shifts into a flashback to their younger days as students before their injuries.
It's one of the most unapologetic depictions of the samurai I've ever seen or even heard of. The series depicts them as little more than thugs who terrorize peasants while trying to LARP the days of the Sengoku Period.
Be warned, it's a slow burn and the anime was never finished. The manga has no official translation in English (though it does for a few other languages if you're multilingual). Fan translations exist, but they can be inaccurate or unprofessional/messy (typos, grammar, etc.).