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Markson
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#126 Post by Markson » Sun Oct 17, 2010 1:00 pm

Has there been the remotest news on a follow-up Tora-San set? Like many here, the initial box was love-at-first-sight for me and I'm wondering if the first set had substantial enough returns to make a second commercially viable. The AnimEigo site is frugal with updates.

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#127 Post by knives » Sun Oct 17, 2010 1:10 pm

There hasn't been any solid news released. Generally they are real slow with releases though, so that may be part of it.

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#128 Post by Finch » Sun Oct 17, 2010 2:34 pm

If, like me, you think more Misumi and Wakayama is always a good thing, you should be delighted to hear that their 1963 film Shinsengumi Chronicles will be released by Animeigo on 9 Nov (according to Amazon US).

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#129 Post by Mark Metcalf » Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:47 pm

I love Misumi, and I also hope they continue with the Shinobi No Mono series.

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#130 Post by Mark Metcalf » Tue Oct 26, 2010 8:23 am

I am disappointed that Netflix doesn't have the recent samurai films from Animeigo. I'm going to add as many other Animeiogo titles to my Netflix queue as I can. Maybe they will take the hint.

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#131 Post by manicsounds » Tue Nov 02, 2010 2:38 am

Boxset Sale directly from Animeigo, Tora-San set at $39, Miyamoto Musashi at $49, shipping to US or Canada only.

And still no word on a second Tora-San set...

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#132 Post by Vegeta84 » Fri Dec 10, 2010 3:48 pm

If you go to their website they have announced "The Secret Of The Urn" a Hideo Gosha film for a spring release. Also you an pre-order the second sleepy eyes of death box set on Amazon.

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#133 Post by Finch » Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:39 am

Two of the films in the second Sleepy Eyes set directed by Kenji Misumi - think I'll have to get this one..

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#134 Post by knives » Mon Feb 14, 2011 2:27 am

What's the name of the director mentioned in the commentary on Tora-san? If he inspired such a genius work he has to be at least worth a look.

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#135 Post by Finch » Wed Feb 16, 2011 6:56 pm

For those, who are no longer willing to wait on Animeigo to perhaps release another Tora-san set sometime down the line, DDDhouse offer most (or all?) titles individually i9n their Yoji Yamada section.

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#136 Post by Michael Kerpan » Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:03 pm

Finch wrote:For those, who are no longer willing to wait on Animeigo to perhaps release another Tora-san set sometime down the line, DDDhouse offer most (or all?) titles individually i9n their Yoji Yamada section.
These are the (mostly) ghastly-looking Panorama releases. Shochiku did not make good materials available because it was working on its upcoming (far more expensive) remastered set.

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#137 Post by oldsheperd » Fri Feb 18, 2011 5:07 pm

Still a great deal on the Miyamoto box at 49.99. I picked that and Lady Snowblood up today for 57.98 shipped. You get an automatic 5 bucks off plus free shipping if you order over 50 bucks.

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#138 Post by oldsheperd » Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:21 am

Can anyone tell me about the Shinobi No Mono movies. Animeigo has the box set for 34.99. Does it have cool ninja stuff? I've heard the plots are really convoluted.

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#139 Post by Vegeta84 » Sat Mar 19, 2011 9:23 pm

Just to let everyone know, it looks like AnimEigo is going to release the Clone Returns Home this summer. Haven't seen it, but have only great things about it.

Oldsheperd, the first three Shinobi No Mono films are great. They are connected and consider them like one really long film.

The only problem is that the fourth film starts a new story. New characters take over the story, but played by the same main actor of the first three films. The film itself is great, but it has a to be continued time of ending and as of right now AnimEigo hasn't released the fifth film which starts right where the fourth one ends. Still, the boxset is worth it just for the first three films alone.

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#140 Post by Steven H » Wed Aug 03, 2011 6:33 pm

I highly recommend Imai's Revenge (written by Hashimoto) which came out earlier this year. Gorgeous black and white 'scope, looks much better than the average Toei product, and is one of my favorite samurai films.

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#141 Post by Michael Kerpan » Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:15 pm

Steven H wrote:I highly recommend Imai's Revenge (written by Hashimoto) which came out earlier this year. Gorgeous black and white 'scope, looks much better than the average Toei product, and is one of my favorite samurai films.
I missed this release -- but agree that this is one of Imai's best "late" films. It covers the same sort of ground as Kobayashi's Harakiri and Samurai Rebellion and lacks the really first tier stars available to Kobayashi at Toho -- yet I actually prefer this to the more acclaimed Kobayashi films.

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#142 Post by knives » Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:39 pm

Are the films in the Mifune set any fun? Apparently they're having a summer sale for the boxset and the two Lady Snowblood films this month. Additionally if you get all of them you get $5 off.

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#143 Post by Ashirg » Sun Oct 09, 2011 1:09 am

Sword of Desperation DVD 2/14/2012

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#144 Post by knives » Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:28 pm

Lady Snowblood and a handful of the titles in the Mifune boxset are going OOP at the end of the month.

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#145 Post by dwk » Fri Feb 17, 2012 4:35 am

Whole bunch of titles going OOP in March
March 4th: The Wolves, Battle of Okinawa, Kon Ichikawa's 47 Ronin, Shinsengumi and Dora-Heita
March 12th: Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
March 31st: Incident at Blood Pass

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#146 Post by Finch » Sun Feb 19, 2012 5:20 pm

Finally Eiichi Kudo films on pressed DVDs! 13 Assassins (superior original), 11 Samurai and The Great Killing all to come from Animeigo this year, as well as the final Sleepy Eyes of Death set..

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#147 Post by zombeaner » Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:27 pm

dwk wrote:Whole bunch of titles going OOP in March
March 4th: The Wolves, Battle of Okinawa, Kon Ichikawa's 47 Ronin, Shinsengumi and Dora-Heita
Worth noting that The Wolves, 47 Ronin, Shinsegumi, and Dora-Heita are all on sale at the AnimEigo site for $6 each.

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#148 Post by Jean-Luc Garbo » Mon Feb 20, 2012 12:47 am

In all likelihood I'll buy Kon Ichikawa's 47 Ronin, but are Incident at Blood Pass, Shinsengumi and Dora-Heita any good?

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#149 Post by knives » Mon Feb 20, 2012 12:59 am

Incident at Blood Pass is pretty good and a nice closing for the Yojimbo character, but it's not a great film.

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#150 Post by mteller » Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:33 pm

Dora-Heita is decent too, although it has a terrible score

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