Match Cut Director Consensus - Hiroshi Inagaki

[Ezee E]

Unfortunately, this will be the first week where I was unable to find a usable picture of the director.

But rate Hiroshi Inagaki anyways, and see if Derek complains.

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[Kurosawa Fan]

Samurai I - 7.0
Samurai II - 7.5
Samurai III - 8.5
Chushingura - 9.5

[megladon8]

Samurai 1 - 9
Samurai 2 - 7
Samurai 3 - 8

[Derek]

But rate Hiroshi Inagaki anyways, and see if Derek complains.

Nah, I'll only complain when we waste a week with a mainstream hack whose greatest accomplishment by far is somehow nabbing Helen Mirren. :) Inagaki is, you know, an actual director worth seeking out as opposed to someone we all accidentally saw films by.

Samurai I - 7.5
Samurai II - 6.5
Samurai III - 7.0

[Ezee E]

Nah, I'll only complain when we waste a week with a mainstream hack whose greatest accomplishment by far is somehow nabbing Helen Mirren. :) Inagaki is, you know, an actual director worth seeking out as opposed to someone we all accidentally saw films by.

Samurai I - 7.5
Samurai II - 6.5
Samurai III - 7.0
Martin Campbell's coming up in March!

[Raiders]

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) 7.0
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) 6.0
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) 6.5
Chushingura (1962) 7.0

Solid but unremarkable director.

[megladon8]

I found the incredibly artificial sets and skylines in the Samurai trilogy to be very beautiful.

[Ezee E]

Checking out Samurai I this week.

[Stay Puft]

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto - 7.5
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple - 7.5
Samurai III: Duel on Ganryu Island - 7.5

It's been so long, the trilogy just kind of melted together in my brain. I enjoyed them, good but not great, so same rating for all of them I guess.

[soitgoes...]

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) - 5.5
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) - 5.0
Samurai III: Duel on Gonryu Island (1956) - 5.5
Samurai Saga (1959) - 6.0
Chushingura (1962) - 6.5

Inagaki is Japanese for meh.

[Kurosawa Fan]

These low scores for Chushingura are making me sad. I agree that the Samurai Trilogy leaves something to be desired, especially considering it's reputation, but I think Chushingura is immaculate filmmaking.

[Derek]

Martin Campbell's coming up in March!

The opening action sequence in Casino Royale is more impressive than Hackford's entire career, so it's at least a small step up. And I'm sure everyone's interested to see what MatchCut's opinion of The Legend of Zorro is!

[Yxklyx]

Samurai I: Miyamoto Musashi - 7
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple - 5
Samurai III: Duel on Ganryu Island - 4

[Qrazy]

Samurai I - 7.5
Samurai II - 8
Samurai III - 7
Whirlwind - 7.5

Might hit up Incident at Blood Pass for this. Chushingura I've seen most of but unfortunately had to return it before I had a chance to see all of it, so I don't feel comfortable rating it.

[Ezee E]

Samurai I - 5.5

[Ezee E]

Part I seemed very cheap to me. I hear it improves significantly from here on, so I'll probably get to the other ones.

[megladon8]

What do you mean by "cheap", E?

[Ezee E]

What do you mean by "cheap", E?
It nearly looked amateur to me. Not just the sets, but the action, editing, everything felt a little off to me. I kept on looking at it in that way instead of feeling involved. Bad critiquing, I know. With that, it showed promise, and based on the ratings here, it does get better with each film.

[Mysterious Dude]

Samurai I - 6

[Watashi]

Samurai I - 6
Samurai II - 6.5

[Ezee E]

RESULTS:
1)Samurai I - 6.86 (11)
2)Samurai III - 6.75 (8)
3)Samurai II - 6.55 (9)

Did Not Qualify:
Chushingura - 7.66 (3)
Whirlwind - 7.5 (1)
Samurai Saga - 6 (1)

Biggest fan: Meg? Otherwise, Inagaki is certainly Japanese for meh.