From: Michael Robison Yojimbo looked like the one that I
think has been referred to as an adaptation of RED HARVEST.
There was another called Ran. Can I get a decent
understanding of the movies reading English subtitles?
--While I don't speak more than a few phrases of Japanese
(and those badly), I would say yes. Particularly if you do
get the Criterions or other decently subtitled items, rather
than some of the earlier, public-domain prints from the
'50s/'60s with washed-out white subtitles, of both RASHOMON
and THE SEVEN SAMURAI particularly. HIGH AND LOW, which I
mentioned in response to Mario, is (of course) based on an Ed
McBain novel, only adapted to then-contemporary Japan. Not as
good as his best historicals, but interesting enough.
TM
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