Kurosawa, Throne, death scene

[William Gardner]

Hello Cathy,
Another recent quotation of this scene is in Satoshi Kon?s anime/eiga
pastiche ?Millennium Actress? (Sennen joyu, 2001).


On 8/18/04 2:48 PM, "tetsuwan at comcast.net" <tetsuwan at comcast.net> wrote:

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

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William O. Gardner
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Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Swarthmore College
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