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Toshiro Mifune as Kikuchiyo in The 7 Samurai(1954)
« on: July 31, 2017, 07:53:35 »
instead of talking about the history of the Samurai's facial armour,
the happuri,(3D-printed "black-lacquered iron" cheek and chin guard),
I'll focus on the Samurai, Kikuchiyo, from the famous 1954 Japanese samurai adventure drama,
The Seven Samurai, directed by Akira Kurosawa.

(The Magnificent Seven, 1960, was specifically adapted from The Seven Samurai.
Many of The Magnificent Seven's scenes mirror those of Seven Samurai.
Battle Beyond the Stars, 1980, produced by Roger Corman,
was partly based on the plots of The Seven Samurai too.
Some film critics have noted similarities between Pixar's A Bug's Life and Seven Samurai! :P)

The story takes place in 1586 during the Sengoku Period about a village of farmers that hire seven ronin (masterless samurai)
to fight off bandits.

The famous Toshiro Mifune starred as Kikuchiyo(our subject matter), the humorous character who initially claims to be a samurai.
Mercurial and temperamental, he identifies with the villagers and their plight,
and eventually revealed to his group that he is in fact not a samurai, but a peasant
and also proved his worth in the end, before dying for the cause.
(Only three of the other samurai survived; "In the end we lost this battle too. The victory belongs to the farmers, not to us.")

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Re: Toshiro Mifune as Kikuchiyo in The 7 Samurai(1954)
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2017, 07:56:28 »
in case youre too young to have heard of "the Magnificient 7"

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Re: Toshiro Mifune as Kikuchiyo in The 7 Samurai(1954)
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2017, 16:43:39 »
Another nice custom from the Master! That 3D printed mask works well. I don't think a klicky can manage those leg movements in your second pic, though. :o

It's interesting how stories are 'borrowed' from earlier works in the movie industry.
At that moment the ship suddenly stopped rocking and swaying, the engine pitch settled down to a gentle hum. 'Hey Ford.' said Zaphod, 'that sounds good. Have you worked out the controls on this boat?' 'No,' said Ford, 'I just stopped fiddling with them.' (With thanks to Douglas Adams)

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Re: Toshiro Mifune as Kikuchiyo in The 7 Samurai(1954)
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2017, 00:11:28 »
...It's interesting how stories are 'borrowed' from earlier works in the movie industry.

thanks GrahamB!

perhaps this 1977 pose was borrowed too?  :lol:

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Re: Toshiro Mifune as Kikuchiyo in The 7 Samurai(1954)
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2017, 00:41:24 »
 :(o):
"We like things in little." - G. Stein  
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Re: Toshiro Mifune as Kikuchiyo in The 7 Samurai(1954)
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2017, 07:29:47 »
Spot on master cheng! :)

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Re: Toshiro Mifune as Kikuchiyo in The 7 Samurai(1954)
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2017, 17:22:34 »
perhaps this 1977 pose was borrowed too?  :lol:

  :lol:

Both of them lovely movers!
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Re: Toshiro Mifune as Kikuchiyo in The 7 Samurai(1954)
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2017, 01:41:05 »
Is "lovely movers" a phrase? It sounds somehow familiar even though I've never heard it before.
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Re: Toshiro Mifune as Kikuchiyo in The 7 Samurai(1954)
« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2017, 02:33:13 »
Is "lovely movers" a phrase? It sounds somehow familiar even though I've never heard it before.
I think it's a pun of sorts. Movers sounds like movies and kind of has the same meaning - something that moves. Movers is how I imagine some English peasant to say movies.

Nice sam you rye Cheng, as usual.
Maybe a Ran inspired one next? Don't much remember it but I remember someone fighting with an odashi, Mifune's character in Seven Samurai has one too.

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Re: Toshiro Mifune as Kikuchiyo in The 7 Samurai(1954)
« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2017, 10:29:44 »
...Movers is how I imagine some English peasant to say movies.

thanks and also for explaining this, for a moment, I was thinking that here's another 'culture' word I will feel too silly to ask :P