Movie Night Presentations

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Date: Sunday, 20 December 2020.

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Title: Ken (1964)
Director: Kenji Misumi
Summary: Based on author Yukio Mishima's story about a university student and his struggle to lead and control his fellow Kendo club members. Not-so-subtle Japanese nationalism propaganda.

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Summary: A brief history swords and techniques, and the romanticisation of the "martial culture". A brief look at jidaigeki and chanbara genre in Japanese cinema history, and their influences in modern media. A small biography of author Yukio Mishima, and what a cringe weeb he really was.
Download: Darwin Kendo Club - Movie Night - Sun 20 Dec 2020 v.1.1 - Linked Videos.pptx (3.6 MB)

Date: Saturday, 2 October 2021.

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Title: Yojimbo (1961)
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Summary: Starring Toshiro Mifune, this is one of Kurosawa's most successful films. Set during the end of the Edo / Tokugawa period, a nameless wanderer (ronin) stumbles upon a town beset by conflicts between two rival gangs. This film was later remade by Sergio Leone in A Fistful of Dollars, and Mifune's acting and characterisation heavily inspired "The Man with No Name" portrayed by Clint Eastwood over the many Spaghetti Western movies that followed.

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Summary: The definition of "Bushido", and the history of how "jutsu" (technique) evolved into "do" (way or art of). Influences of the romanticisation of the bushido in modern story or movie tropes.
Download: Darwin Kendo Club - Movie Night - Sat 2 Oct 2021 v1.0 - Embedded Videos.pptx (22.8 MB)

Date: Saturday, 18 December 2021.

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