The Men Who Tread on the Tigers Tail (1945) AkiraKurosawa / Subs: Eng, Spa, PT_br

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger\'s Tail (1945)
(Tora no o wo fumu otokotachi (1945))






Movie Info
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Director: Akira Kurosawa
Country: Japan / Language: Japanese
Color: Color
Runtime: 58 min

SynopsisQuote:The greatest of Akira Kurosawa\'s wartime films tells the story of a nobleman\'s attempt to escape death at the hands of his jealous brother. Based on a celebrated Kabuki play, this dramatic story is drawn from a real-life power struggle in feudal Japan. Kurosawa added his own extraordinary touches, including creating a role for the talented comic Kenichi Enomoto.
Imdb user Comment:Quote:"Akira Kurosawa was, well, a genius.

This early film is only further proof.

Before he made Rashomon, the Seven Samurai and Ran he made this and it\'s great.

The cast is fantastic. Kenichi Enomoto is especially great as the porter. That character is brilliant comic relief, which is especially evident in the scene where he attempts to dance.

Jason Biggs doing a stupid dance in American Pie is not funny. Kenichi Enomoto doing a stupid dance in Tora no o wo fumu otokotachi is.

The rest of the cast is great, too.

The characters are wonderful. There\'s of course the cowardly porter, and the clever character who, pretending to be a monk, has to think quickly and it\'s fun to watch.

Not only that, there is some very fine music and dialogue in this.

Only problem: Too short. . . but then again, I could say the same about the Seven Samurai and Ran. A great movie is always too short.

Highly recommended."
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Video Codec: DivX 5 / Video Bitrate: 776 Kbps
Audio Codec: MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 / Audio Bitrate: 32 Kbps
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