Best samurai movies

[Lewis Saul]

>1. Kokushi muso (Itami)
>2. Mito Komon (Arai Ryohei version)
>3. Tange Sazen Hyakuman-ryo no tsubo (Yamanaka)
>4. Chikemuri Takadanobaba (Makino/Inagaki)
>5. Oshidori utagassen (Makino)
>6. Shichinin no samurai/Seven Samurai (Kurosawa)
>7. Chiyari Fuji (Uchida)
>8. Yojinbo (Kurosawa)
>9. Ansatsu/Assassination (Shinoda)
>10. Joi uchi/Samurai Rebellion (Kobayashi)
>


I wish I could study cinema with Aaron. The only ones I have are #6, 8 and
10. There is scant information on the IMDb on many of the remaining seven.
For example, although they list #1, they do not show a director -- I thought
you meant Juzo Itami at first, and you sent my imagination racing!

I notice that #3 stars Denjiro Okochi, one of my favorite actors.

I'm hoping Aaron can answer something else for me -- do you know anything
about the 1965 Sanshiro Sugata in which Mifune plays Yano, the role played
by Okochi in Kurosawa's film?