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Question 2: Most recent example is Yimou's HERO, IIRC a big Kurosawa fan. (well, who isn't)<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR><BR>> Query: Does the final death scene of Toshio Mifune, playing Lord <BR>> Washizu, in Kurosawa Akira's Throne of Blood (Kumonosujo 1957) quote a <BR>> particular previous Japanese samurai or chambara death, or does it <BR>> quote a particular western? <BR>> <BR>> The question of the specific "bonny and clyde" -level overkill of <BR>> Mifune's character, assaulted by an almost cobweb of arrows was raised, <BR>> and I am not sure who has used it before and/or after Kurosawa's <BR>> landmark. <BR>> <BR>> Thanks! <BR>> Cathy <BR>> </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>