As a sucker for Samurai culture and movies i really enjoyed this semi fantasy tale.
Watched the anime as a teenager but the new movies were also very good imo.
Covers the western influence on Japan and the birth of the opium gangs etc.
Not close to a historic correct story.
But has some very good spirutual messages etc.
In 1868, after the end of the Bakumatsu war, the former assassin Kenshin Himura promises to defend those in need without killing. Kenshin wanders through Japan with a reverse-edged sword during the transition of the samurai age to the New Age. When Kenshin helps the idealistic Kaoru Kamiya from the gangsters of the powerful opium drug lord Kanryuu Takeda that wants her school for his production of opium, Kaoru invites Kenshin to stay in the school. But the drug chemist Megumi Takani escapes from Kanryuu and seeks shelter in the school. Meanwhile the killer Battosai is murdering police officers and leaving messages attached to their bodies. When Kanryuu poisons the population to get the school, Kenshin and the street fighter Sanosuke Sagara join forces to attack their common enemy.
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So the nude thing is bad, but the corpses are all fine? 
Most in The US have seen this film but others might not have. Jeff Bridges won his first, very well deserved Oscar for this film with a wonderful performance as an âoddâ Texas Ranger, modeled after TR Joaquin Jackson. The theme song in the 2nd link briefly renewed the short career of Townes Van Zandt (Van Zandt County, TX) in modern times, although heâs been gone for decades. Fantastic cast, lots of action, humor and you might wish youâd thought of their scheme first! Rent it when youâre able.
⌠Ok, here are a few âŚ
The November Man - based on a Bill (William) Granger novel. His other works are interesting reading as well. His novel âHemingwayâs Notebookâ is also part of the November Man series.
The Presidentâs Analyst - 1967. - What if JFK had a shrink? One of the best lines in the movie âŚ
James Coburnâs (the presidentâs analyst) girlfriend Joan Delaney (Avengers wannabe) asks him
âAnxieties, are they catching?â . Great movie. Pay special attention to the scenes with Pat Harrington (Arlington Hewes) ⌠they are 50 years ahead of their time.
The Magus - Ok, I guess. A bad adaptation of the novel. In this case read the book and make the film in your head as you read.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - 2004 - when watching this think in terms of what it might mean if one had a non-material âmethod(s)â of reorganizing (re-bonding or non-temporal re-logicizing) of the bundle of relations that we refer to as âthe selfâ.
Enjoy!
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An old Ginger Rogers Hollywood Fluff:
Lucky Partners (1940)
This one inspired by the recent thread on marriageâŚ
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Phantom Parrot is now screening in the US:
Cute name for a sinister idea.
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Freudâs Last Session:
⌠since you brought up Jeff Bridges ⌠may I recommend The Fisher King (script by Richard LaGravenese, Directed by the great Terry Gilliam)
The following is one of my favorite runs of movie dialogue âŚ
Parry (Robin Williams) - They came to me about a year ago.
I was sitting on the john having one
of the most satisfying bowel
movements â you know the ones â
where you just see God⌠And I saw
them⌠just floating aroundâŚ
hundreds of these⌠cute little fat
people⌠And they spoke. They said
âIâ was chosen to help them get back
something very important they lost.
But my part might be very dangerous.
I said âWhoahâ⌠slow down⌠ya
start hearing voices from floating
little fat people that tell you
youâre on a mission for God and you
wind up in a mini-series. Then they
said âLook in Architecture Today, Feb
'88⌠page 33âŚâ âŚ
Jack (Jeff Bridges): The Holy Grail? Some billionaire has
the Holy Grail sitting in a commode
on Madison Avenue?
Parry: I know! You canât imagine how
surprised I was. Who would think you
could find anything divine on the
Upper East Side.
If anyone doubts Williamâs acting chops this film and Good Will Hunting should remove that doubt.
The scene where Grand Central Station is transformed into a ballroom is transcendental.
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A real enjoyable movie, Newman was great and I believe this was Jessica Tandyâs last role before passing away. Anyone whoâs ever worked construction will appreciate the realism of it, also itâs funny and heartwarming. A good watch.
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⌠If memory serves Gilliam was responsible for the scene you mention. 
Oh of course. TG was/is a genius.
12 Monkeys, Fear and Loathing, Baron Munchausen, Doctor Parnassus, I love his stuff.
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a couple of classics,I love âNetworkâ, lots of great acting and good lines.
I dropped SoF elsewhere in the forum with my personal thoughts on it.
Iâm more skeptical to the project,with the links to WEF / Mex mafia on the producer side.
But the movie is watchable.
And how close are we not to âEquilibriumâ today?
I remember watching this upon release thinking it was,thank God, years and years ahead,but here we are.
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For our Giza romantics:
A 1993 film about C.S. Lewis and his wife.
âShadowlandsâ with Anthony Hopkins
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THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS
Very solid John Carpenter film, bit of a weak ending but well directed. Most interesting thing is the advent of a Satanic A.I. through the Church and how it is an âinfluencerâ on the environment, insects and cult-like homeless, but scientists canât seem to understand it and their obliviousness unleashes it. Emergency broadcast warnings from the future through dreams is another nice element.
Parodies allways reveal more and more.Donât they? 
And that dramatic musicâŚ