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[1983]
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Video Information
Type.................: Movie
File Validation......: MD5 & SHA-256 HASH
Title................: Legend Of The Eight Samurai, "Satomi hakken-den" (original title)
Studio...............: Ronin Entertainment
Actors...............: Sonny Chiba (Shin'ichi Chiba), Hiroku Yokoshimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada
Directors............: Kinji Fukasaku, Haruki Kadokawa
Writers..............: Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Kamata
Genre................: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Release Date.........: 10 December 1983 (Japan), November 21, 2006 (DVD)
Duration.............: 02:16:11 (
per actual main feature)
Rated................:
Not Rated
Cover(s) Included....:
Yes
Language.............: Japanese
Subtitles............: English
Resolution...........: 480p @ 16x9
Source...............: The Samurai Collection: Sonny Chiba, Retail R2 DVD box set
IMDb Information.....: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086244/
IMDb Rating..........: 6.6
RottenTomatoes.......: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/legend_of_the_eight_samurai/
RT Rating............: 82%
Encoding/Bitrate Information
Format : MPEG-4
File size : 975 MiB
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 1 001 Kbps
Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile :
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Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 8 frames
Bit rate : 896 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Minimum frame rate : 11.723 fps
Maximum frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
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Audio
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 96.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Title : Stereo / Stereo
Language : Japanese
Filename : Legend Of The Eight Samurai [1983].x264.DVDrip(SonnyChiba).mp4
MD5 : 5d4624b54b0416344ee8613128f29bb0
SHA-256 : 5bf331bb64c1eee9bc011549d4e714f556ee4fe95a15e6af448b710af148b53b
File Size : 1,022,261,226
Reviews/Synopsis
Please go to the following website for detailed information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Eight_Samurai
Eight mysterious crystals from the body of a long dead princess now identify the eight samurai who are destined to help a beautiful young princess overcome a curse on her royal family. They are set against an evil queen who is immortal.
The queen and her son live in a castle assisted by two ghouls, first, a blind witch , and second, a snake charmer, and a legion of anonymous samurai.
The eight samurai (called ninja in the film due to the popularity of ninja in the 80's) have individual skills that the princess will require to defeat the queen and the demon who gives the queen her power.
Borrowing greatly from Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, Sonny Chiba's character relies on the earlier portrayal of Kambai. The story focuses however on the love story between the princess and one of her samurai, a very Kikuchyo-esqe farmer turned samurai who fights like a madman in the finale.
The photography is borderline excellent and especially vibrant.
Swordfights are frequent and dazzling, most involve the samurai being vastly outnumbered. Choreography, although not up to modern standards, is adequate and exciting.
Certain scenes are staged very well, including the brief fight in a garden with flowered trees where the wind blowing during the fight cause the petals to fall like snow.
SCREENSHOTS:
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