the love racket is a 1929 american early sound crime drama film produced and distributed by first national pictures .

it was directed by william a. seiter and starred dorothy mackaill .

it is based on a broadway play , the woman on the jury by bernard k. burns , and is a remake of a 1924 silent film of the same name which starred bessie love .

the film is now considered lost .

myrtle stedman reprises her role from the silent version in this film .

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the love racket <EOT> we’d love your help . let us know what’s wrong with this preview of love is a racket by john ridley .

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a tour de force of neo - noir . mr ridley is a master of pace and atmosphere and dialogue . jefty is an old fashioned character in a modern masterpiece . love is a racket is a lean mean taut thriller that punches you in the gut from the first page and never lets up until it ' s incredible conclusion .

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the owner of a rubber plantation becomes involved with the new wife of one of his employees .

broadway gossip columnist jimmy russell is in love with young , ambitious actress mary wodehouse , and promotes her in his column whenever he can . mary has written some bad checks , but before jimmy can make arrangements for her to pay them off , gangster eddie shaw buys them back . shaw is the same gangster who is involved in a milk racket being exposed by jimmy ' s paper , the

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a drunken newspaperman is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play , but he lapses back into dipsomania .

at several points love is a racket is outright offensive in its depiction of jeffty kittridge ' s hollywood skid - row world . yet , jeffty ' s narrative voice is so compelling , so real , that you want to know how he makes out . the novel begins with ty - - a heavy working for the local loan shark , dumas - - breaking jeffty ' s fingers . the fingers become a symbol of jeffty ' s relentless bad luck as he tries and fails time and again to make the $ 15 , 000 he owes dumas . years ago , the reader discovers , jeffty had come

fairbanks plays a newspaper gossip columnist in love with broadway actress dee , but she belongs to a gangster who covers the bad checks dee likes to write . when dee ' s aunt kills the gangster dee runs off with a producer who promises her a part , leaving fairbanks out in in the cold . good caricatures and witty dialog give this picture a fitting atmosphere . . . . read more

i loved his book ! i read it in 24 hours , couldn ' t put it down . the characters and their developments through the book are so enticing . a little graphic in parts but i think it adds to the rawness of the story . the ending . . . the ending . i didn ' t expect it and it literally left my jaw gaping . one of my top 3 books of all time .

in his first novel since stray dogs , john ridley offers up a brilliant noir farce about a small - time con man who finally gets it right just before it all goes wrong . everything ' s a racket for jeffty kittridge , a thirty - seven - year - old ex - wannabe scriptwriter living on the skids in hollywood - - the two - bit cons he pulls for spending money ; the way he convinces himself

alison drake , the tough - minded executive of an automobile factory , succeeds in the man ' s world of business until she meets an independent design engineer .

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gritty story about a very small time conman in debt to a bookie and his efforts to get out that debt . i can ' t say its an enjoyable read as much that what goes on is pretty grim but it is an absorbing one . the pacing is a little odd in that there ' s a dramatic shift in plot direction midway through the book . the plot wasn ' t predictable enough that i knew for certain was coming so even the inevitable climax had enough surprises . this is the second book by the author of stray dogs which became the movie u - turn with sean penn that was filmed in superior , az

i had intended to see this film . due to technical problems on my end , i missed it . please show it again . i loved the comments on the reviews . thank you .

a nurse enlists the help of a petty criminal to foil a sinister plot to murder two children .

a beautiful girl exposes her shameful past to save the life of a girl she has never met .

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this story is about a small time con - man / losing gambler ' s adventures in trying to pay back his haitian loan shark , mr . dumas . our main character , jeffty , always loses - - even when one thinks he wins , he still loses . jeffty ' s old best friend , nellis , drops back into his life and makes him lose hope . mr . dumas makes jeffty lose his friends . mr . dumas ' s apologetic henchman , ty , makes jeffty lose his lunch and dexterity and self esteem . the dirty policemen make jeffty lose any street credibility . and finally , mona , the street urchin , makes him lose his mind . these are only 5 of the characters that cause jeffty to lose , but the book is filled with many more . jeffty just may have the where - with - all to pull out one last con and get out of the racket .

after telling mackaill that she is not legally married to him , the woman ' s husband walks out on her . years go by , and mackaill ends up on a jury for a murder trial involving a woman in similar circumstances . as it turns out , the murder victim proves to be the very man who walked out on mackaill in the first place . unfortunately , lack of strong direction . . . read more

after accidentally killing the man who raped her and forced her into prostitution , a new orleans woman flees to a caribbean island . while she awaits her fiancé , the vicious local police chief sets his sights on her .

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jimmy writes the ' up and down broadway ' column for the new york globe , and he is head over heels for mary . but mary is more interested in her career and is looking at starring on broadway . . . see full summary »

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jimmy writes the ' up and down broadway ' column for the new york globe , and he is head over heels for mary . but mary is more interested in her career and is looking at starring on broadway with the help of boncour . however , there is a problem with the rubber checks that she has written . when jimmy tries to see if they will be held until she can pay them , he finds that they were paid in full by shaw and now he wants mary to show her appreciation . but no one except shaw wants shaw involved with mary and it could mean trouble for everyone .

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this story started out kind of slow . i started to enjoy it about half way through and kept reading until the end . i was surprised at the ending at first , but , once i thought about it , it really should not have been a surprise . maybe a two and a half star rating .

oh my gosh , when i saw this film a few years ago and then when i saw it last week , it has quickly become one of my favorite classic movies . the only two . . .

hard - hitting news editor jim branch falls for high - society type sharon norwood but can ' t get to first base as he continually makes use of her knowledge of the rich and famous to try to . . . see full summary »

this is a highly entertaining film that just misses being a pre - code era classic . doug jr . is a broadway columnist and tracy his sidekick in this comedy - melodrama told in wellman ' s odd straight - ahead style . doug ' s a winning hero , and frances dee perfect as a truly sexy , selfish bitch who could string anyone along . warren hymer is better than usual as a doofus who ' s nonetheless fairly quick witted . tracy is a bit muted , but , as always , is a joy to watch . in this cynical world , the high road is not doing an expose of milk price - fixing . the wise - cracks are plentiful and fun , but they don ' t quite jump up off the paper .

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travelers of different and varied backgrounds meet and interact on one night in a metropolitan train station and its environs .

attractive nan , member of a bank - robbery gang , goes to prison thanks to evangelist dave slade . . . who loves her .

an attractive dancer is rescued from jail by a rich man , who helps her to have her first big opportunity at a musical play on broadway .

mary ' s $ 3 , 000 in bad checks she tells jimmy about would equate to over $ 51 , 000 in 2017 .

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a beautiful girl convinces a reporter to cover up her involvement in a murder .

a memorable fairbanks , jr . performance in this wellman gem . vintage dvorak and tracy . warren hymer is in rare form , talbot and dee are also stellar . casual . . .

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marlene dietrich ' s 1930 ' s home movies with john f . kennedy and douglas fairbanks jr .

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ieri , 4 agosto 2017 , mentre sul mare di fronte a umago si stava alzando il sole , i turisti tedeschi si lanciavano ad occupare le sdraio in piscina come i progenitori nelle ardenne e l’impianto di condizionamento dell’albergo dava i primi segni di cedimento , alle ore 8 . 25 circa l’urlo “è giunto il momento della vaccata letteraria” attraversava le mie sinapsi rese pigre dal sonno . è un appuntamento quasi irrinunciabile : terminate le prime e sospirate giornate di lettura compulsiva , generalmente appaganti , giunge il momento in cui la mia materia celebrale brama un testo di timbro estivo , uno di quei romanzi in cui volti una pagina dopo l’altra inseguendo un improbabile protagonista e rendendoti perfettamente conto che di quelle frasi fra meno di una settimana non sarà sopravvissuto nulla . la vaccata letteraria dell’agosto 2017 è stata “cose che capitano solo a los angeles” di john ridley . cose che capitano solo a los angelesil protagonista , jeffty kittridge , è uno sceneggiatore fallito che vive di piccole truffe ed espedienti a los angeles . presto – direi a pagina uno – scopriamo che deve un sacco di soldi al ras di turno ( un mafiosetto dal nome improbabilmente letterario , dumas ) e che ogni suo tentativo di estinguere il debito va incontro a risultati rivedibili . è l’occasione per dare il via a un romanzo ricco di elementi che contraddistinguono la vaccata letteraria : risse e rumori di ossa infrante , spari inevitabilmente indirizzati alla fronte ( e relativa disgustosa descrizione degli effetti ) , sesso a capitoli alternati . ma – mannaggia a ridley – il romanzo si riempie imprevedibilmente di riflessioni sulla vita , sull’amore e sul destino che potrebbero persino essere profond , ma cavoli ! no ! io volevo solo una di quelle robe che leggi e il tempo passa e tra due giorni non ti ricordi un tubo , e invece il finale mi ha persino lasciato l’amaro in bocca . quindi ora non so se ho letto una vera vaccata letteraria o no . e mi toccherà approfondire . urltoken

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not my usual kind of thing , but i loved it . gangsters , poverty , drunkenness and violence . very well done .

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samurai cowboy is a film shot with the participation of the alberta motion picture development corporation and monarch home video .

the movie was filmed in 1993 in waterton lakes national park , alberta .

the film was directed by michael keusch .

the screenplay was by dave hunsaker and rick pont ] ] .

the film stars hiromi go .

also starring in the movie was robert conrad , matt mccoy , catherine mary stewart and conchata ferrell .

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samurai cowboy <EOT> andy , the crazy cowboy from the " cowboy funk " episode of cowboy bebop decides to become a samurai ( complete with katana ) at the end of the episode , after spike beats him .

compare street samurai , corporate samurai , cyber ninja , the gunslinger , ronin , sword and gun , space western , western samurai .

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assassins creed rogue : frontiersman outfit + katana = this , effectively turning shay cormac into an assassin / templar privateer cowboy samurai .

cowboy versus samurai was first produced by the national asian american theater company ( naatc ) in new york city in november , 2005 .

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robot cowboy samurai is a 2 + player card game that lets you choose your way to play , from simple to strategic with infinite outcomes .

the charles bronson film red sun is about a cowboy who must help a samurai ( played by none other than toshiro mifune ) recover a stolen sword .

azuma mutsu ' s arc from shura no toki is arguably this . azuma , while isn ' t a samurai or a cowboy , is a japanese man thrown into a cowboy / frontier setting and ended up mixing characteristics from both sides .

following his fight with spike , andy abandoned his cowboy character and adopted the character of samurai miyamoto musashi . he appeared in the final scene of the episode wearing a samurai - style kimono , riding his horse , which he renamed jiroumaru .

the title character from the comic book ninja viking cowboy is this , plus a viking .

with controversies raging in both hollywood and toronto about the lack of ethnic diversity in film and theatre , the timing for michael golamco ' s cowboy versus samurai couldn ' t be better .

seven samurai is available for the first time on blu - ray from 21 october .

japanese villagers hire a team of traveling samurai to defend them against a bandit attack .

the story and title are based on akira kurosawa ' s " seven samurai " .

a japanese man who always wanted to be a cowboy arrives in montana and teams up with an african american singer , a bullied native american , a cute veterinarian and an old cowboy to save a ranch .

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i thought champloo was kind of mediocre , until about the last ten episodes . samurai champloo is very good , but cowboy bebop is legendary . sc : 4 / 5 cb : 5 / 5

watanabe’s background involves directing the award winning and popular anime mini - series cowboy bebop . cowboy bebop ’s story involves four vastly different people who travel together as bounty hunters through space while simultaneously dealing with their own pasts .

“a samurai with spectacles , a breakdancing swordfighter , and a girl with a squirrel in her bra are looking for a samurai who smells of sunflowers , yea its like that . ”

originally posted by nemebro i love both , but cowboy bebop without a doubt in my mind . pretty much .

cowboy versus samurai , a 2005 comedy by michael golamco , is set in a small town in wyoming called breakneck . its cyrano is not a neck - breaking , swashbuckling gascon with a large snout , however , but a korean - american english teacher who moved to cowboy country from los angeles after a broken engagement .

cowboy v . samurai is a contemporary retelling of cyrano de bergerac set in the mythic american west . when a beautiful asian american woman moves to breakneck , wyoming , everyone’s in love – the samurai who doesn’t know who he is , the cowboy with the chew and blue jeans , and especially our cyrano , an asian american hero who doesn’t stand a chance . in this lyric romantic comedy from one of asian america’s most exciting young playwrights , love letters are sealed and bound , horses set ablaze and the history of railroads deconstructed . cowboy v . samurai makes the problems of race as plain as the nose on your face .

bunraku features a gunslinger without a gun and a samurai without a sword as its two heroes .

this year’s remake of the magnificent seven , based on akira kurosawa’s seven samurai . photograph : sony

he appeared later in his samurai outfit at the halloween celebrations in alba city . [ 2 ]

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cowboy versus samurai is directed by ins choi , the playwright of kim ' s convenience – the hit warm - hearted comedy about a korean - canadian family running a corner shop in toronto ' s regent park neighbourhood .

if you enjoy aziz ansari ' s netflix show master of none , you may like cowboy versus samurai . both mix light satire about race in america with romantic comedy that is very gentle – save for the occasional casual explicitness .

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kurt elling with two long - time musical colleagues ; pianist , laurence hobgood , and guitarist , john mclean . this was the first song of the performance , " samurai cowboy , " kurt ' s vocalese reworking of a composition by marc johnson called " samurai hee - haw " on april 15 , 2011 in the knkx seattle studios .

he later on develops a new code , following the code of a samurai and dons a new look .

another acclaimed work of watanabe’s is samurai champloo , which is about a girl named fuu and her two companions , mugen and jin . the three journey to find an old samurai who fuu remembers smelling like sunflowers .

i loved samurai champloo . and cowboy bebop . it just your preferrence . samurai ending touched me the most . how they both found peace within their hearts and finally cound true companions . even thought they all split up . i hated how spike died . & gt ; _ & lt ; even though i loved it at the same time .

can easily be this ; wearing cowboy hats and dusters while wielding a katana , all while adhering to a strict code of honor . this is even lampshaded by the achievement for dealing damage with melee weapons , ' new vegas samurai . '

note that a cowboy moving to old japan , or a samurai or kung fu master moving to the old west , does not count . such situations often lead to this trope , which is about explicitly blending the two — but not always .

a black samurai goes on a mission to avenge the wrongful death of his father in a futuristic feudal japan .

andy has a tall , thin build , very similar to spike ' s . his blonde hair is grown out and fluffy . in keeping with his adopted cowboy character , andy invariably wears a full cowboy costume . this consists of a white coat and chaps , grey double breasted shirt , jeans , grey gloves , and a large red ascot . the costume is completed with a large traditional grey cowboy hat .

cowboy versus samurai by michael golamco ( soulpepper ) . at the young centre for the performing arts ( 50 tank house ) . runs to february 20 . $ 25 - $ 60 . 416 - 866 - 8666 . see listings . rating : nnn

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star wars , having a chronic habit of mixing pre - existing settings like gumbo , often features gunslingers like han solo teaming up with shaolin monk / knight templar / samurai like obi - wan kenobi . luke skywalker is the closest thing to a direct samurai cowboy in the series , equally at ease with a lightsabre or a gun by the time of return of the jedi .

hanaryo in westworld becomes this when she leaves shogunworld with maeve ' s party , adopting apropos gunslinger attire and a gun for westworld but also keeping her katana and bow handy . given that she ' s also a host this makes her a samurai cowboy robot .

the earliest association between samurai and gunslinger tropes was probably akira kurosawa , who modeled several of his samurai films after american westerns . fittingly , several of his films were remade as actual westerns ( e . g . yojimbo into a fistful of dollars , and seven samurai into the magnificent seven ) . this helped tie in the close association between these eras .

this anime tells the obscure story of 2 samurai bound to a girl on a quest for a samurai who smells of sunflowers . she constantly conceals her motiviation for doing so . the comedy element in this anime is excellent . a deliberate pairing comparable to spike and jet in cowboy beebop exists with one vagabond samurai and one honorable samurai . both samurai have a completely contrasting fighting style which makes for great action scenes and simultaneous plots ( where one is fighting on one side of a city and another is fighting on the other ) . similar plot style to cowboy beebop , via meetings with people from their past , both characters pasts are slowly revealed with a clear direction toward finding the samurai who smells of sunflowers . there ' s a constant struggle to find the basic necessities like food and a real feel to the plot as opposed to anime where you ' re left wondering if they ' ve gone six months without a shower or a bath . as i said , best anime i ' ve ever scene , hilarious : d

a japanese farming village , constantly beseiged and pillaged by an army of bandits , recruits seven independent samurai to defend it .

a politically edgy examination of inter - racial dating and identity through irony , humor , and social commentary , cowboy versus samurai is a laugh - out - loud , romantic comedy exploring the sexual dynamics that surface around race when an attractive korean american woman moves to town .

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samurai champloo is about the journey of a girl named fuu and her two bodyguards / traveling companions , mugen and jin , as they travel across edo era japan in search , at the girl’s behest , of a particular samurai who smells of sunflowers .

the worlds they live in for instance are vastly different from each other . cowboy bebop takes place in the future where space travel is commonplace . on the flip side , samurai champloo takes place in feudal ( back in the day ) japan where people still use swords more than guns .

the first of yamada’s ‘samurai trilogy’ , comprised of the hidden blade ( 2004 ) and love and honor ( 2006 ) , twilight samurai received a record - breaking 12 japanese academy awards , and was nominated for best foreign - language film at the 2004 academy awards .

the word , champloo , comes from the okinawan word “ chanpur ? ” ( as in g ? y ? chanpur ? , the okinawan stir - fry dish containing bitter melon ) . [ 2 ] chanpur ? , alone , simply means “to mix” or “to hash . ” therefore , the title , samurai champloo , may be translated to “ samurai remix ” or “ samurai mashup . ” [ 3 ]

" michael golamco is the author of cowboy versus samurai , " said madison mooney , executive director for the playhouse . " he ' s of filipino and chinese descent and grew up in a mostly - white small town in northern california . it ' s easy to imagine he writes from some experience .

“in cowboy v . samurai , michael golamco’s freshly acute ( and hilarious ) reinvention of the classic cyrano de bergerac story , characters negotiate the sketchy terrain of romantic attraction as they wrestle with expectations , reservations , pride , and prejudice . the national asian american theater company has produced a superb incarnation of golamco’s script .

often utilized in samurai jack ; the title character would often take the role of the lone stranger who comes to help a town in need .

the quintessential samurai film and director kurosawa ' s greatest achievement . a band of ronin offer protection to a village being raided by . . .

though inspired by cyrano , cowboy versus samurai lacks a main character with his trademark panache . in tan ' s performance , travis is only personable at his best – and often unattractively resentful in his interactions with the woman we ' re to believe he ' s secretly fallen for . he ' s hard to root for .

with akira kurosawa’s seven samurai fighting its way onto blu - ray , we delve into japan’s heroic past with 10 classic tales of swords and chivalry .

cowboy versus samurai opens on july 22 and runs through august 19 . performances are 8 p . m . friday , and saturday and 2 p . m . sunday . the box office is open wednesday - saturday from 3 : 00 - 8 : 00 pm and sundays from 1 : 00 - 2 : 00 pm on scheduled matinees .

i am compelled to confess that , in an ideal world , i’d planned to write this months ago and much closer to my last newbie recap for cowboy bebop ( whose ending still has me reeling ) . instead , it’s now mid - april , i’m only beginning the first half of my review ( newbie review * ) for samurai champloo .

the opening theme sets the tone for the series : samurai champloo is an anachronism - infused period piece that takes place in japan ' s edo era . blending elements of samurai and modern action with comedy ranging from slapstick to complete irreverence , champloo is topped off with elements from old school hip - hop and other countercultures .

bottom - line : it ' s no cowboy bebop , but what is ? despite a linear plot , pacing that doesn ' t build anticipation or tension , and a throw away supporting cast , samurai champloo is still one of the best anime series of the decade thanks to its amazing anachronistic setting , top - notch production values , and personality to spare .

this is a anime unlike any other after cowboy bebop every one couldn ' t wait for shinichiro watanabe ' s next anime . what this anime has in common with his other works is the blend of music and action . like cowboy bebop music plays a big part in this anime . 1980s / 1990s hip hop plays a big part of this anime for example the samurai mugen ' s sword - style is a mix break dancing and aggressive swordplay . much like the fact the blues of the 1940s and 1950s played a big part in cowboy bebop . from beginning to end this series will make you watch it again and again which is something you can always expect from shinichiro watanabe . this is an anime you will definitely want to want to pick up ! !

it ' s a small cast , just four characters . travis park , our english teacher , his friend chester , who ' s an asian che guevara , veronica , the love interest and cowboy del . "

stylish , lethargic , and graced with one of the best television scores i’ve ever heard full - stop , samurai champloo has been a fun enough watch so far for this anime newbie ( i think now i’ve seen three series in their entirety in fullmetal alchemist : brotherhood , attack on titan , and cowboy bebop ) , but i’m still waiting for something or someone to hook me in .

like many anime television series , the story of samurai champloo is finite in length , and the final episode depicts the end of the narrative without allusion to a successive season .

“cowboy v . samurai , the new play by michael golamco at national asian american theatre company ( naatco ) , is a very funny , very pertinent , and very smart riff on rostand’s classic romance cyrano de bergerac . naatco’s production of cowboy v . samurai is excellent , featuring sharp , well - paced direction by lloyd suh , a terrifically spare but evocative set by sarah lambert , and outstanding production values . joel de la fuente , c . s . lee , and timothy davis all do fine work as travis , chester , and del , respectively . overall this is really commendable work , not least for bringing a provocative and entertaining play to the stage that raises some valuable questions about the potent side effects that racial identity and stereotyping can have on how we see each other and ourselves . ”

set in an alternate feudal japan where mechas and giant airships are a common thing for humans to see . with in this time period is a small village that gets raided by bandits during every harvest season . the villagers can ' t take it anymore , so they decided to send out some volunteers to the city to recruit some samurai to help defend their land . in exchange for defense , the samurai that get hired for the job will receive rice for free of charge . since the village is too poor to offer any money , the only samurai who would accept their proposal would be the kind who are down on their luck . will the villagers find any samurai who would help free them from being robbed by bandits ?

first of all , you have to understand that samurai champloo was done by shinchiro watanabe , creator of cowboy bebop . now that it ' s outta of the way , u can obviously tell this show will have hip - hop fusion along with great animation . watanabe has done it again . this time , he heads toward the samurai - era with 3 wonderful characters . jin ( the passive , quiet , stern and traditional samurai master ) , mugen ( the hyperactive ( jumps a lot ) , violent , and agile criminal / samurai ) , and fuu ( the calculating , crafty , and often persistent girl ) . fuu saves jin and mugen ' s life and as a debt , they have to help her find a " samurai who smells like sunflower " . it may sound average but believe me , this show is extraordinary . the fights are animated so fluidly ( kill - bill - animation ) , the story is funny a s hell , and the music is " interesting " ( rap opening ) . there ' s even beat - boxing in one ep . watch this show ! ! ! you will never regret it

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fuu , a waitress who works in a teahouse , rescues two master swordsmen , mugen and jin , from their execution to help her find the " samurai who smells of sunflowers . "

while it might be a push to describe red sun as a samurai film per se , this oddball french - italian - spanish co - production , billed as “the first east - meets - west western” , is of interest as an indication of just how interlinked the mythology of the western gunslinger and the masterless samurai had become in the popular global imagination by the 1970s .

compare and contrast , people . this thought has been going through my head for days now . i ' m halfway done with the champloo series , and so far i ' m lead to believe that it is superior to cowboy bebop in many ways . here ' s some pro ' s and con ' s favored in my personal opinion . cowboy bebop + space jazz + sweet shootouts + vicious + spike & jet + space battles - ed - the episode , ' brain scratch ' samurai champloo + newer , better , animation + sword fights + + sound track ( hip hop samurai ) + amazing story put into each episode + humor + cinematography - can ' t think of any . maybe some of the fillers . don ' t put in an opinion unless you ' ve seen both . mark all spoilers .

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the critical and commercial success of yoji yamada ’s twilight samurai saw a long - overdue resurgence in interest in the samurai film . as in his takes on yakuza gangster films in the late - 1990s , takashi miike ’s revisionism veers more towards the stylistic rather than the socio - political end of things , in this remake of eichi kudo’s 1963 classic of the genre of the same name .

in samurai assassin , set in 1860 in the dying days of the tokugawa shogunate , toshiro mifune plays a roguish ronin unaware of the identity of his nobleman father , and who’s driven with ambitions of securing samurai status at a time when this warrior class is on the cusp of being abolished . he becomes involved in a plot to assassinate ii naosuke , a powerful official in the shogunate’s military government whose calls for opening up the country to foreign trade anger nationalists . the scene is set for the final implosion , and one which will see the age of the samurai over once and for all .

, john sturges’ rip - roaring 1960 reworking of the japanese director’s 1954 classic seven samurai , labelling efforts to relocate the epic to old west - era mexico , a “disappointment” , albeit an “entertaining” one .

born into the wealthy oniyate family , andy used his family ' s wealth to facilitate living his life as various character archetypes that appealed to him . for a good portion of his time as a bounty hunter , he has assumed a cowboy character . he was a member of the young men ' s cowboy association for a time , but was kicked out for his ineptitude and recklessness . his blundering style caused hundreds of cases of public and private property destruction , as well as numerous injuries .

with kambei pardoned , sanae and muzuki freed , and peace promised to kanna , it seems the samurai ' s work is done . but maro has a warning : the true struggle has only just begun .

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as fuu finally confronts the sunflower samurai , mugen and jin face their ultimate tests . while mugen must face the remaining brothers , jin continues his battle with kagetoki kariya . and there ' s the . . .

i ' m not really drawn in by many animes , they all seem ( no offense , anime lovers ) a bit nerdy , however i really liked cowboy bebop and hellsing . life after shinichiro watanabe after cowbow bebop ? samurai champloo . samurai champloo follows the distraught , weird and sometimes tragic lives of mugen , jin and fuu . what instantly makes you take a liking to these characters is their styles , mugen , the crazy , dirt - mouthed warrior , jin the master samurai and fuu , the annoying girl . the series is full of twists and turns as fuu struggles to find a samurai who smells of sunflower and mugen and jin ' s blurry past , which is slowly revealed throughout the series , which brings me to another plus ; the story . i found this story to be one of the most progressive stories ever , keeping you on your toes and revealing a little bit about the character every episode . the animation style is great , it ' s got violence , humor and a nice hip hop soundtrack to go along with it . a must for all ( except the kids ) !

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in this comedy western , a japanese businessman aspires to be like the cowboy heroes he sees in his beloved american western movies and decides to buy a ranch in montana . mayhem ensues as he discovers the screen version of western life is quite different from reality .

such as it was with cowboy bebop , the music the show utilizes to tell its story and influence the mood is a highlight . i might even go as far as to say that the music is even more integral to the very essence of champloo than bebop .

imo , i think they ' re both not very good , but i guess samurai champloo because it ' s kind of funny . i just don ' t like either because they ' re both really boring to me .

in terms of a sword fight , i don ' t think this is a good argument because mugen ' s rival / equal on the show lives and breathes the way of the samurai or whatever his fighting style was .

( 1954 ) . the samurai genre was the japanese counterpart to american westerns and just as pervasive in japan as westerns were in this country . director akira kurosawa conceded in interviews that he was influenced by american movies , and his “seven samurai” was an epic - length tribute to the values of westerns as well as a film of transcendent artistry . it’s a poetic , elegant tale of a band of itinerant warriors who defend a village against bandits .

sazanami in naruto is a former swordsmith turned bounty hunter . his katana has a hilt shaped like a rifle stock and he wears a cowboy hat . in the english dub , he ' s voiced by steve blum and gets an actor allusion for that other bounty hunter he played .

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the man responsible for bringing the loveable travelling salesman tora - san to the screen in the long - running it’s tough being a man ( 1969 - 97 ) series might seem an unlikely candidate to turn to jidaigeki . as an antidote to hollywood’s post - 9 / 11 attempt to reframe japanese feudal history in edward zwick’s the last samurai ( 2003 ) , the left - leaning yamada ’s affable take on the samurai as low - ranking everyman , twilight samurai stems from a similar political standpoint as the director’s earlier comedy dramas . its hero is a petty bureaucrat forced to react against the personal and wider historical circumstances he finds himself beset by in the twilight years of the feudal era preceding the meiji restoration of 1868 .

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the prequel chapter of silver spoon either manages to be an example or an aversion , depending on how you look at it , since the story centers on the lives of the actual samurai cowboys ( and cowgirls ) of historical hokkaido . after the conflicts that began the meiji period , many samurai families were driven north to the province of hokkaido , where they began new lives as farmer pioneers ( with all the attendant tropes . . . including an unfortunate fate for the native ainu tribes ) .

gemini sunrise from sakura wars : so long , my love is a texas cowgirl  right down to having a super - effective horse and a colt peacemaker on her belt . she also carries a katana , and was trained by an exiled samurai .

let’s hope we’ll see some of these missing milestones being released for home viewing in the future . for now , the new blu - ray release of seven samurai , and these nine other readily available genre gems , present the perfecting jumping off point .

cowboy bebop was a commercial success both in japan and international markets , notably in the united states . after this reception , sony pictures released a feature film , knockin’ on heaven’s door to theaters worldwide and followed up with an international dvd release . two manga adaptations were serialized in kadokawa shoten ‘s asuka fantasy dx .

my name is sam ellis , i have worked on animated tv shows for adult - swim and fx , video games that feature marvel comics x - men and avengers , and have even worked on teenage mutant ninja turtles . it has been real fun working with everyone else ' s ideas . seeing them come to life and evolve is great , but i have stories and ideas of my own , so i decided to take the leap and work on my own projects . that is what i have been doing for the past few years with robot cowboy samurai and throwdown !

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i finished this anime in two days and my only regret is that i didn ' t watch it earlier . im a new anime fan as i just recently got into it but still i have watched the big ones such as death note , fullmetal alchemist , one punch man etc . . but i never really heard of samurai champloo until i stumbled on it when i finished cowboy bebop ( same creators ) . let me just say . . it is so amazing . the plot . the visiuals . the music . the characters . just about everyting . i loved watching fuu , mugen and jins journey to finding the samurai who smells of sunflowers . . just pure enjoyment . never had a dull moment . you really grow attached to the characters and its so nostalgic once you finish the show knowing you won ' t get to be with them anymore . . anyway if you are like me and usually read reviews before watching a series then im here to tell you : do it . samurai champloo is worth it and so much more . now that ive finished it i cant wait to rewatch it again . your fellow anime comrade

del - late twenties / early thirties , caucasian . he is ruggedly handsome , an all - american cowboy . travis - late twenties / early thirties , korean american . chester - late twenties / early thirties , asian american of unknown origin veronica - 28 - 35 , korean american . she ' s beautiful , glasses - wearing .

this strikingly - shot dramatisation of an incredibly complex defining point in history ( one tackled in a number of films , including masahiro shinoda’s first period drama , assassination , in 1964 ) highlights a hurdle western viewers often encounter with samurai films : sorting out the fact from the fiction .

despite the early modern - era setting , the film contains many of the same tropes of earlier samurai films ( albeit with a lot more bloodletting ) , most notably another koike adaptation that preceded it , the seven - film lone wolf and cub ( 1972 - 74 ) series .

samurai champloo is directed by shinichiro watanabe and its sensational ! this story is about kick ass warriors mugen and jin and a funny female fuu on a journey to the find the samurai " who smells of sunflowers " the catch is mugen and jin don ' t really like each other very much but made a deal with fuu that they would not fight each other till they find the samurai " who smells of sunflowers " this is what sets up the show to be very entertaining the show is often hilarious and than thrilling with kick ass sword fights etc . i ' m not a huge hip - hop fan but damn it works its outstanding for this show the music is awesome . . . overall this is a must own dvd go buy it right now it is worth every cent i can ' t wait to get this whole set ! 10 / 10

charles bronson’s gnarly outlaw , link , forms an unlikely allegiance with toshiro mifune’s taciturn kuroda , the fish - out - of - water samurai serving as bodyguard to a japanese ambassador who is murdered during an ambush on a train to washington to present an ornate jewelled sword to the american president .

on paper , cowboy bebop , the legendary cult anime series from shinichirō watanabe , reads like something john wayne , elmore leonard , and philip k . dick came up with during a wild , all - night whiskey bender . ( as wayne famously said , “talk low , talk slow , and … i’m not drunk you’re drunk elmore why’s the room spinning ? ” )

under lloyd suh’s polished direction , the cast delivers crystal - clear performances . cowboy v . samurai successfully avoids becoming a one - joke ( or one - note ) show . instead , the precise performances of four distinct characters eloquently explore how we create identity , all brought into stark focus within the barren landscape ( or blank canvas ? ) of a tiny wyoming town . with exquisite moments of truth , hilarity , and despair , the play is a thoughtful , thoroughly compelling piece of theater that abandons the simple question of whether like attracts like . instead , we are left wondering , should like attract like ? why or why not ? and at what cost ? ”

set in 1844 , 13 assassins follows the seven samurai template , featuring a band of samurais who come together to overthrow a despotic lord for the greater good of society . miike’s version benefits from a far more generous budget , with a wonderful attention to period sets and costumes and some inventively choreographed fight scenes . his subsequent stab at remaking a genre masterpiece , with hara - kiri : death of a samurai ( 2012 ) , a reworking of the 1962 kobayashi classic , was an altogether more sedate affair : the first jidaigeki shot in 3d , it was only distributed in its flat version in the uk .

the picture for the achivment is the vault boy dressed up as buddy the protagonist of the postapocalyptic movie six string samurai where he tries to get to lost vegas and take the throne of rock that elvis presley left behind after forty rockin ' years as the king of rock . therefore its most likely a movie reference

other variant covers ( pictured below ) also arrived this week from a pair of pixar superstars partially responsible for the eye candy of up , wall - e and ratatouille . ronnie del carmen rustled up a steampunk cowboy for invincible iron man issue no . 27 , and bill presing hit escape velocity with a recombined world war ii variant cover for iron man legacy issue no . 3 .

i read a lot of comments in my cowboy bebop reviews that the obvious successor once i’d finished that anime was shinichiro watanabe’s samurai champloo , based on masaru gotsubo’s manga , and on a shallow surface level , i can see why . beyond sharing the same showrunner , with this being his first series after bebop , and steve blum ( the voice of spike ) taking on another key role in the english voice cast , the similarities end with another unlikely band of travelers and a vignette style of storytelling . otherwise , for better and for worse , the series is very much so its own entity from the music , artistic style , and characters that its biggest narrative comparison is what can seem like a meandering pace .

the revolution in chanbara came in the late 1920s , with works such as chuji’s travel diary ( 1927 ) adding dynamic editing techniques and dramatic lighting to emphasise the psychology of the characters , heightening the drama through devices such as the flash of the blade under moonlight . it was from these that the modern samurai film was born .

samurai champloo was created by much of the same talent that made ' everyone ' s favorite anime ' cowboy bebop , including director shinichirō watanabe . the series has aired in numerous countries across the globe , spawned several successful soundtracks , and recently has been re - released in its entirety as a dvd box set - which i got my hands on to review . what i ' m getting at here is that if you haven ' t seen it , or at least heard its praise , you ' ve likely been locked - up for the past 5 years or just discovered anime ( and television ) yesterday . if by some chance you ' ve managed to avoid it until this point , it ' s time that you and champloo get acquainted .

alas , in an early chat with travis , it becomes clear that veronica has a sexual preference – or is it prejudice ? – for white men . and , soon enough , she is dating one – a pot - smoking phys ed instructor in a cowboy hat named del ( the charismatically comic tj riley ) who may use " dumb " as a noun , but is capable of writing extremely eloquent love letters .

when his best friend dies of an heart attack due to permanent stress at work , the japanese businessman yutaka soto quits and fulfills himself a dream : he buys a ranch in montana to live on . however , the ranch turns out to be due for demolition and the welcome by the people is less than friendly : hotel owner cord wingate wanted the ranch and now sabotages yutaka . only veterinarian jessy and an old cowboy help him .

( 1962 ) . kirk douglas turned to journeyman director david miller when the star / producer decided to adapt edward abbey’s novel “the brave cowboy . ” the resulting “modern western” is a poignant , visceral tale of a cowpoke who intentionally gets thrown in jail to help an old friend bust out , only to be pursued by a posse with jeeps and helicopters into the mountains . it’s the best film in the “death of the west” subgenre .

after the second world war , the allied occupation restricted films promoting feudal values , putting the kibosh on this most japanese of action genres . when the occupiers departed in 1952 , the way was clear for the golden age of the samurai film : throughout the ensuing decade , jidaigeki would account for over a third of the local industry’s annual output of some 500 titles .

the premiere in general represents space dandy at its absolute silliest , featuring space dandy’s lengthy paeans to the finer points of the female anatomy and self - aware gags that shatter the fourth wall in the first five minutes . the whole thing feels like a big joke , one that may well be at the audience’s expense . but the crucial achievement of this first episode is that it demonstrates the limitless potential of space dandy ’s format . between cowboy bebop and the hip - hop - infused historical series samurai champloo , shinichirô watanabe has long demonstrated a fascination with mixing styles and genres , and space dandy takes that impulse to its logical extreme . the default version of this show may be an intentionally ludicrous space adventure , but most of the episodes aired thus far lose interest in that premise and explore other narrative possibilities .

the thing is , while sc ' s ending was great ( and the ending song is more than worth pirating ) , it ' s not up there with cbs . cowboy bebop ' s ending made people cry when it first aired , that in itself proved how great a series it is . its ironic really , because all through the series the characters complained how it was going to happen , and when it did , it was completely unexpected .

the one - off antagonist rai - dei the blade of the gung - ho guns in trigun is basically a samurai on a wild west planet . he is treated as outrageous and insane . he dodges bullets . he wears a fringed leather vest with hakama and his katana can fire its blade if necessary . in the manga , he does all of this on rocket skates .

jack in wild arms 1 has more than a bit of this—he wears a classic western duster , jeans , and cowboy boots with a hat to match ( in out - of - game art ) , but is a master swordsman specialising in iaido . of course , his past is as something more like a european knight in shining armor , and his current role before being swept up in the plot is more indiana jones than man with no name . . .

the film depicts seven ronin ( masterless samurai ) as they band together to protect a beleaguered farming community from repeated attacks by marauding bandits . the epic three - and - a - half - hour runtime , on - location shooting , and use of multiple camera set - ups for its action scenes made this release from the toho studio the most expensive japanese production of its day .

while riding in a police wagon , the teddy bomber finally reveals that he blew up the tallest buildings as a protestation against the waste resulting from practicing capitalism without philosophy . a sympathetic policeman comforts him , until andy is revealed to be riding alongside the police wagon , wearing a samurai outfit and riding a horse . the episode ends as both andy and the wagon move into the sunset .

meanwhile , the mad genius genndy tartakovksy takes comics fans on a different kind of head trip in his variant cover for invincible iron man annual ' s first issue . it features the kind of raw mechanical sweetness found in almost of all his impressive work , from dexter ' s laboratory and samurai jack to star wars : the clone wars and his forthcoming animated series sym - bionic titan .

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i don ' t see where all this " best anime ever " - style praise comes from . to be sure , " samurai champloo " is an enjoyable piece of lightweight entertainment , but its also seriously flawed . the good thing about the series is , of course , the animation , which is just gorgeous . especially the fight scenes are flawless and its worth watching the series for those alone . the character designs are quite cool too , with sexy mugen stealing the show . the sets and backgrounds are beautiful , too . the show is one amazing eye - candy . but the story is rather weak and slow . every episode has a little adventure or mystery which is enough to carry the episode itself , but those little adventures never have anything to do with the overall plot . and said overall plot , the search for the samurai who smells of sunflowers , is not only rather boring , but doesn ' t seem to progress at all . therefore , there is no suspense or momentum , no sign that the series is headed anywhere . so , is " samurai champloo " worth watching ? it sure is - its pretty and its fun . but i don ' t think its the masterpiece everyone seems to have seen .

kudo’s work , produced at toei and thus little - known in the west , were made during a decline in popularity in jidaigeki and marked with the era’s concern for a greater degree of gritty realism . his signature samurai action films , based on original stories , vibrantly captured the spirit of the times , with titles like the great killing ( 1964 ) reflecting the turbulence surrounding the leftist student protest movements of the day .