A Century of Japanese Cinema - Hunter in The Dark (Hong Kong Version) VCD
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| Product Title: | A Century of Japanese Cinema - Hunter in The Dark (Hong Kong Version) 日本映畫百年史：江戶教父 (香港版) 日本映画百年史：江户教父 (香港版) A Century of Japanese Cinema - Hunter in The Dark (Overseas Version) A Century of Japanese Cinema - Hunter in The Dark (Hong Kong Version) |
| Artist Name(s): | Nakadai Tatsuya | Chiba Shinichi | Tamba Tetsuro | Kishi Keiko 仲代 達矢 | 千葉真一 | 丹波哲郎 | 岸惠子 仲代 达矢 | 千叶真一 | 丹波哲郎 | 岸惠子 仲代達矢 | 千葉真一 | 丹波哲郎 | 岸恵子 Nakadai Tatsuya | Chiba Shinichi | Tamba Tetsuro | Kishi Keiko |
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| Release Date: | 2002-10-11 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Subtitles: | Traditional Chinese |
| Country of Origin: | Japan |
| Disc Format(s): | VCD |
| Publisher: | Panorama (HK) |
| Other Information: | 2VCDs |
| Package Weight: | 110 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1001862473 |
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主演：仲代達矢╱岸惠子╱千葉真一╱丹波哲郎
Cast: Nakadai Tatsuya/ Kishi Keiko/ Chiba Shinichi/
Tanba Tetsuro
導演：五社英雄
Director: Gosha Hideo
你死我活，敵殺友亡！
江湖：一個嗜血的新暴力世界！
武士：一個被遺忘的名字！
英雄：一個來不及哀悼的年代！
《江戶教父》是五社英雄第二次把武俠小說名家池波正太郎的著作搬上銀幕的作品（第一次是《雲霧一族之陰謀》，同樣由松竹公司投下重資，演員陣容比《雲》片而龐大，被宣傳為「難得一見的超級豪華大作」，再進一步奠下了五社往後的華麗風格。
本片故事也是發生在江戶時代，描寫兩個民間恐怖組織互相仇殺的經過，情節豐富多采，曲折離奇，有激烈的性愛場面，也有血腥的殺陣動作，其中尤以五社愛將仲代達矢的演出最為人激賞，有論者甚至認為他在五社的手上，即如三船敏郎之於黑澤明。本片曾在香港公開上映過，但被刪超過30分鐘，今次推出是足本版本，長137分鍾。
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but finds his boss's enemies almost overwhelming... Yet another action-packed samurai picture from genre director Gosha Hideo, the film is his follow-up to the highly successful Bandits Vs Samurai Squadron. It boasts an even bigger cast and bloodier action sequences. The film is acclaimed for the performance of Nakadai Tatsuya, Gosha's most favorite actor. Their relationship of director and actor has been compared to that of Kurosawa Akira and Mifune Toshiro.
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January 22, 2008
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Greed rules in a lawless world
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"Hunter in the Dark" is a dark, violent, lurid film set in an age in which the law of the jungle prevailed; it is every man for himself and no one can be trusted. The story at its heart is about a battle over the rights to control and develop the land of Ezo (what we now know as Hokkaido). Director Gosha Hideo deploys many of the same actors that he used in the previous year's film, "Bandits v. Samurai Squadron". He also employs a very similar story-telling technique; he slowly unfolds a complex plot and, just when you think the plot is reaching its culmination, you find that there is another plot hidden within it and the film continues on with the newly revealed plot. It requires careful viewing to follow this "wheels within wheels" approach to story-telling, particularly because the English subtitles sometimes are less than satisfactory. (The film also would have benefitted from being presented in letterbox format.) Director Gosha draws a finely nuanced performance from Nakadai Tatsuya, the clan leader at the heart of this film. Sonny Chiba delivers a riveting performance as Nakadai's chief rival; he commands every scene in which he appears. Also outstanding are the otherworldly Ishida Ayumi and the treacherous Kishi Keiko. While "Bandits v. Samurai Squadron" covers much the same landscape in a more involving fashion, fans of Gosha Hideo's complex movie-making magic will want to own and view (repeatedly) this amoral tale of greed unleashed. |
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