The Sword of Doom

>>84689759
because actual good samurai movies are slim pickings and this one has visuals that weebs think are cool

>>84690019
The fight choreography was good and the effects have aged well. The story just seemed so disjointed.

>>84690072
yeah it was silly the way they made it, as a part of a trilogy without a solid ending as it's own movie.
oh well

>>84689759
I don't know why this movie became a meme on /tv/ but I like it. Even though it's only 1/3 of a whole story it still stands on its own if you view it as a parable about evil. The swordsman keeps getting away with horrible things and eventually ends up involved with a bunch of skeezy bastards who want to kill him while at the same time the decent people who wronged were conspiring to avenge their loved ones, but before any of this is able to come to a head he ends up destroyed by his own guilt and shame. Even if he is able to nothin' personnel 8 guys at once he's still earned himself a shit life through his heartless actions. And halfway through the movie he gets completely humbled by a guy who doesn't seem to be evil at all.

Hara-Kiri is still the GOAT samurai movie but Sword of Doom is up there.

>>84690470
How is Throne of Blood?

>>84690532
Is that the one that's Nippon MacBeth? Haven't actually seen it. Never got why MacBeth was so popular though.

>>84689759
It's the perfect ending. The man is possessed by his weapon and his whole world becomes and unending slash.

It's pretty great, simple and effective. I didn't really care about the plot at all, in fact the way it ends fits the film pretty well.

>>84689759
it's a fantastic film about a nihilistic man who destroys himself through needlessly petty, cruel, and selfish acts. it's not intended to be a revenge film, or anything of the sort. the abrupt ending perfectly fits the tone, and Tatsuya Nakadai's performance is one of his best, which is really saying something if you're familiar with his career.

>>84690532
it's great, one of Kurosawa's better films, though his best Shakespeare adaptation (and my second favorite of his films overall) is Ran. The Bad Sleep Well is also very good.

>>84689759

It's all right there in the title - a samurai movie that dares to suggest that endless violence and killing maybe ISN'T all that awesome. The final shot/freeze-frame, if nothing else, drives the point home. Whether he survives the maelstrom or not is irrelevant - he's been consumed by chaos and blood.

>>84690751
You're thinking of Ran

>>84691117
no, he's thinking of the right film. Ran is based on King Lear, Throne of Blood is based on Macbeth.