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Information
- Year
- 1924
- Runtime
- 28 min.
- Director
- Buntaro Futagawa
- Genre
- Short
- Rating *
- 6.4
- Votes *
- 41
- Checks
- 25
- Favs
- 0
- Dislikes
- 0
- Favs/checks
- 0.0% (0:25)
- Favs/dislikes
- 1:1
Top comments
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monty
" Even this early in his film career, Bantsuma's individualistic style of fight choreography is in place. Whether playing a noble skillful samurai, or a 'natural' swordsman with imperfect stance & posture, the secret of Bantsuma's seeming invulnerability seems to be where he 'looks' as he kills. He rarely gazes at the man he is killing, but sizes him up & as the sword strikes, he is already facing another direction, sizing up his next victim.Once one understands this "key" to Bantsuma's method, a lot of what makes his action scenes so amazing gains a deeper clarity, & it's something rarely seen in cinematic choreography.
Th[e] tragic monster who horrifies us at the end is in stark contrast to the naive young samurai we met at the beginning. Gyakuryu possesses extraordinary power to disturb even today, even in the fragmentary state of what survives."
9 years ago