Orochi (1925) DvDrip.Avi (English Subtitles)

This is one of the few silent era Chambara films to survive in relatively good condition and complete form. The final extended fight scene is wonderful. Chambara (from the sound of swords striking one another during a fight) is the Japanese name for samurai warrior pictures. Orochi (“Serpent”) is the story of a samurai who falls on hard times due to misunderstandings and and follows the plots of his enemies. This film is representative of the work of Japanese actor Tsumasaburo Bando, a superstar and icon of the early days of Japanese cinema. In this one Tsumasaburo Bando plays a young but hotheaded samurai who falls in love with two women but cannot convince either that he is a good man. He becomes a killer trying to save one of them from a criminal who had rescued him after some time in jail.

*This print comes with a 'benshi' (film explainer) performance in which a single male and a single female narrator do the voices of all the characters and explain the action.

The Chambara genre has spawned such Japancese films as the masterpiece “Shichinin No Samurai” (“Seven Samurai”) made by Akira Kurosawa in 1954, on which the great Hollywood movie “The Magnificent Seven” (1960) was based. In more recent times it has become the basis of a series of action computer/video games, “Warriors Orochi”.

Language .........: Japanese (Silent,*Benshi Narratio)
Subtitle .........: English
DVD Runtime ......: 74 Mins
Film Genre .......: Action/Adventure
IMBD: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016185/
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10 ( 14 votes)
DVD Retail Date ..: November 2007
Theater Release Date: November 1925