Star Wars: Revenge of the Samurai

[Mrmshilarious]

Mifune could not have played Obi-Wan, he would have slapped Luke, killed Darth Vader, and then sent Luke home to his girlfriend/sister Leia to eat porridge :p

End of series after one film!

[Edhunter665]

@Mrmshilarious

But he could not have killed Duku. I mean that's Christopher Lee right there, but I would have loved to see that. Probably the best fight scene in the history of cinema.

[itsaguinness]

I did an edit of this its in my uploads but now seeing this I am jealous

[pillullis]

TOSHIRO MIFUNE WILL WRECK YOUR SHIT.

[devastateurface]

Lucas couldn't hold Mifune or Kurosawa's jock, get the fuck outta here. Great video though. :)

[kirigi35]

that shit was tight!!!MORE!

[sclctrading]

I love this movie

I know it might look cheezy but.... wow the memories

[artmak5]

ohhh so thats where from lucas got the idea for lightsaber!

[Guerillaradio13]

lmao he jst goes MENTAL

[ispitthetruth]

you clearly dont know the story then

[Guerillaradio13]

obv not cuz i aint seen the movie =[

[ispitthetruth]

trust me its worth it lol

its a great film

[Stumperx]

Lucas admits that he got the idea for Star Wars from the Samurai movie called 'The Hidden Fortress'.

[albee1000]

Yep.  In fact, when Vader chokes the Imperial in New Hope, he does so just as the guy is saying "the rebel's Hidden Fort---". I thought that was cool.

[tubetubetube]

Except the movie in this video is Yojimbo, also from Akira Kurosawa.

[jaydee8st1]

fuck yah good shit

[VannevarBush]

Did you guy know, that Mifune originally was casted to play Obi Wan Kenobi?

[Gahlahad431]

ROFL: MOOOOOOOOOTHER!!!!!

[maryam2009]

looool nice XD

[hawkssens]

LOL! The end credits is hilarious!

[EarthKat30]

LMAO!! I love that! Hell yeah teach those bastards a lesson about the Samurai!!

[pjyg]

lol

[homeruyohomeruyo]

字幕がひどすぎるｗ

[Skywalker00777]

Wow.

[CSGraves]

Obi-wan Sanjuro!

[erigbzh]

Obi wan YOJIMBO not sanjuro...

[CSGraves]

Yojimbo is the name of the film, and means "bodyguard", whereas Mifune's character goes by the name Kuwabatake Sanjuro. So yes, Obi-wan Sanjuro. :-p

[erigbzh]

Ell... I don't think you're right... In Sanjuro and Yojimbo, the character played by Mifune Toshiro is the same, but in the first movie, when the women ask him his name he doesn't want to answer, and noticing flowers on the wall of the garden he gives the name of the flowers as a last name and as first name he says "sanjuro" wich means " "thirty years old". It is obviously an alias. I think I remember (but I have to watch the movie on DVD tonight ) that he gives an other

[erigbzh]

alias in Yojimbo (40 years old?)

The first who has a certain answer tells to the other ok?

[yetwistedbastards]

Sanjuro is the sequel to Yojimbo; I know Japs are funny people, but I don't think they age backwards. Lol

[Cephriel1979]

one  samurai..500 years ago....with a lightsaber...we'd all be speaking japanese right now.

[7mf3]

That was awesome.

[RoninDave]

alot of sword fighting in movies are chanbara - movie style fighting which is over dramatic for cinema.

The light saber battle in SW4 is more like kendo though a little slower - Guinness was old and Prouse in an uncomfortable suit of fake space armor.

[filmfanatic99]

The music on this video is pretty high quality. When ever I upload something to youtube I edit it in windows movie maker, this converts the AVI to WMV but the quality of the picture and image is considerably lower than the high quality AVI. Is there better editing software out there that can have me upload high quality movies to youtube as well as be compatable for windows XP sp2?

[driftbeyond]

Request for moar!

[Gosling3]

Yojinbo...Turns into Italian Western movie with Clint Eastwood plays gunman...forgot a title.

[Ndolkah]

Fistful of Dollars

[KancerKowboy]

This is absolutely wonderful. I think Mifune is smiling in his grave or from the next dimension.

[kentafication]

Did Lucas base Jedi on Samurai?

[TonyNhollywood]

The word Jedi comes from the Japanese word "Jidai Geki" Its basically the genre of the samurai movies.

[kentafication]

Thanks, I never thought about that.

[ViriathusVingathor]

Of course ,just look at the jedi moves,the jedi ideology,its almost the exact copy of the samurai,despite samurai in combat tend to the dark side.

[hunterkiller1440]

yup, in the prequels, jedi and sith moves are based on japanese samurai sword skills. but the original ones are a mixture of samurai and old english sword fight (you could tell in SW4, the duel was almost like fencing)

[Intranetusa]

not at all. the jedi moves are way too showy...they really aren't based on any actual sword combat. Definitely not samurai sword skills and probably not fencing either

[pyrohomunculus]

Only in Prequel Trilogy, when Jedi were in their prime and physics were easily broken by Force Powers.

[fightforlycanfreedom]

if you look how dooku fights his styles based on fencing

[Intranetusa]

they are somewhat similar, but they have glaring differences.

the jedi philosophy is quite different from the samurai bushido ideology w/ the rigid confucian background...

[drcoxcentral]

Yeah, can totally picture Mifune playing General Kenobi.

[MichaelRebus]

shit

[vicepresidentfru1tly]

If Mifune was cast Obi Wan would have never died!

[Galilewo]

lol

nice colaboration.

[AsiaUnitAsia]

lol

but u must put laser in the gun^^^

[cscentrlTV]

Come to think of it, a bullet is more difficult to see coming at you than a laser bolt. If tested against a jedi, can he/she deflect a bullet with a lightsaber? You see, I have this theory that a laser sword was made to counter blasters & such. But against a bullet? What do you think?

[zihgir]

the movie starts with a scene in a village-road and that boy who mifune saids "go home" fights with his father and say that " i dont want to live in here. i dont want to eat mush till i die"

[zariganiman]

He is bodyguard's post

[RazzorAZ]

ja ja ja ja ja... that was great!!!! He wanted to be Obi-wan or Darth Vader.. I say it because of the color of the light saber (red).... xD

[Neiko410]

Is that big guy in the back right mr gold teeth from 007?

[cscentrlTV]

No. That is not Jaws (a.k.a. Richard Kiel) from the 1970's Bond movies.

[cscentrlTV]

Alec Guiness was a refined British actor that really gave credibility to Star Wars when it first came out. However, if Toshiro Mifune bagged the role of Obi Wan, Star Wars would've been elevated beyond masterpiece status. WHy? Toshiro Mifune is pure screen presence personified. At least this interesting "what-if" scenario is interestingly played in this vid. Thanks KidKalpa!

[vegeta2332]

wow.. great point. kudos.... nice words for a wonderful actor (GREAT ACTOR)

[NETWORK23STUDIOS]

This was from "Yojimbo"

[NETWORK23STUDIOS]

I'm a life long Kurosawa fan, and seen this movie 6 times. If you notice that Lucas got the inspiration from these old samurai movies. You did this scene justice 5 stars

[SakeKang]

which movies was this was this Musashi?

[pradtheprophet]

This is Yojimbo...

[SUBSTANCEDPKD]

esp Hidden Fortress

[phantom5691]

fail

[StantheGunman]

Only Star wars nerds would paint a C3PO head an Mona lisa and call it '' art ''. Morons...

[StantheGunman]

Sorry, f**king stupid is what it is. Ruining one of the coolest showdowns ever with cheese effects. Lame star wars neerds.

[7b]

Intended to complement, not replace. Get over yourself, and read up on the concept of parody.

[VanaMalldotcom]

Very cool

[NorbuRinchen]

that was the coolest sh@#t ever!! thanks for posting

[kimoisland]

SWEEEET!!!!

[buslady]

I'm cracking up!!! That was perfect!

[mirall2006]

brilliant! loved it

[Onnamusha]

I can only think of one way to improve this great video--give Tatsuya Nakadai a blaster.

[samsam29]

lol yeah, I was expecting a blaster too

[chekist1917]

Very slick. Nice job.

[Maiocchetti]

great!!!!!!!!!

[dragonusn]

Mifunesama as usual- sword play at it's best! This is great! My son enjoyed it too. Thank you for this!

[van76]

Would Toshiro Mifune have been a great jedi or sith lord?

[Amakusa9000]

Jedi master certainly. None of his roles were evil, though some of his films such as Shinsengumi has him as an "anti-hero."

[Kendodude]

Throne of Blood (Hidden Castle)?

[tgnrogue]

Its from Yojimbo.

[Amakusa9000]

I view Throne of Blood more as a study of a man declining into madness, not evil per se. Mifune's role in "The Hidden Fortress" as General Rokurota is not evil, just really focused.

[NYCPulpHero]

throne of blood was a ver. of macbth

[Tobanaman]

Cool stuff. However the translations on the particular dvd are horrible, you should check out the new ones Criterion recently put out

[shdsamurai]

you have just made hero status in my book

[astiagogo]

Wrong colour lightsabre?

[KidKalpa]

well maybe, but he's not a good boy, is he?

[mrliteral]

Long setup, lousy payoff. Make it two minutes shorter and it might be funny.

[takezo1977]

lol

[moviemakerbrett]

lol!

[Skukkuk]

VERY nice!

[Malsadhu]

Sith ronin kick ass!

[achochocho]

cool