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Fans of cult icon Takashi Miike take heart! He's about to have a very good year. Miike has two significant films releasing in 2010 - Zebraman 2 and 13 Assassins - and both are looking very good indeed.
Zebraman 2 we've been feeling good about for quite a while thanks to the very solid trailer and now that sales agents Hanway Films have rolled out the first promo for 13 Assassins at the EFM it's looking - if anything - even better.
One of Miike's most polished looking films to date, there is not a trace of irony to be found in the promo. Unlike Sukiyaki Western Django, the director appears to be playing it straight here as he tells the story of a band of samurai assassins hired to take out a corrupt feudal lord. The cast - anchored by Koji Yakusho - is probably the best he's ever had to work with while the production values are absolutely epic, major sequences shot on a massive standing set with a huge cast of extras. With it's band of rogue killers hired to carry out an impossible mission at any cost, this one feels like a very straight-faced samurai era spin on The Dirty Dozen and that's just fine with me.
Zebraman 2 we've been feeling good about for quite a while thanks to the very solid trailer and now that sales agents Hanway Films have rolled out the first promo for 13 Assassins at the EFM it's looking - if anything - even better.
One of Miike's most polished looking films to date, there is not a trace of irony to be found in the promo. Unlike Sukiyaki Western Django, the director appears to be playing it straight here as he tells the story of a band of samurai assassins hired to take out a corrupt feudal lord. The cast - anchored by Koji Yakusho - is probably the best he's ever had to work with while the production values are absolutely epic, major sequences shot on a massive standing set with a huge cast of extras. With it's band of rogue killers hired to carry out an impossible mission at any cost, this one feels like a very straight-faced samurai era spin on The Dirty Dozen and that's just fine with me.
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Wow! Nothing wrong with this. I'm excited (and to all the haters, I still quite like SWD.)
I didn't realize there was hate for SWD. Don't see why, it was darn entertaining...
Can't wait to see this! Takashi Miike rarely dissappoints. I also dug Sukiyaki Western Django, sure its similar to Yojimbo and its not Miikes best but it still kicks ass
Can anyone tell me who is OST composer?
thanks!