Seven Samurai
Oct. 14th, 2007 02:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meganbmooreI have started watching (for the first time...I know I know) Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. For some reason, I find Toshiro Mifune's running around(I think he almost skipped at one point) with his hand wrapped around the bottom of his sword sheath oddly endearing. I have to wonder, though, how practical that is and if it was common practice. I mean, it LOOKS odd(but strangely cute) with the entire sword sticking out over his shoulder, but it's a rather long sword, and the hilt is a good 3 to 4 feet out of reach...
I also have to wonder if I'll ever see him in anything where he isn't covered in layers of dirt and sweat...I mostly recognize him from role to role by mannerisms more than appearance. Maybe in Throne of Blood. That's based on MacBeth, and surely if it follows the plot at all, he has to bathe at SOME point after murdering his political rival/enemy and becoming lord...
ETA: Why, exactly, does a Criterion Collection edition DVD have "Please! I have fever to ask!" in the subs...
I also have to wonder if I'll ever see him in anything where he isn't covered in layers of dirt and sweat...I mostly recognize him from role to role by mannerisms more than appearance. Maybe in Throne of Blood. That's based on MacBeth, and surely if it follows the plot at all, he has to bathe at SOME point after murdering his political rival/enemy and becoming lord...
ETA: Why, exactly, does a Criterion Collection edition DVD have "Please! I have fever to ask!" in the subs...
