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S A P H i R E

PRESENTS: SAMURAI ASSASSIN (1965)
Samurai

MOViE iNFORMATiON

[ THEATRE DATE....: 1/3/1965
[ RELEASE DATE....: 2/12/2005
[ STORE DATE......: 2/8/2005
[ GENRE...........: Samurai/Action/Drama
[ RUNTiME.........: 122 Minutes
[ RATiNG..........: 7.7/10
[ NO. SCREENiNGS..: ???

[ ViDEO BiTRATE...: 716 kBit/s XviD at 23.976fps
[ AUDiO BiTRATE...: 80 kBit/s VBR Mono MP3 at 48KHZ
[ ASPECT RATiO....: 2.35:1
[ RESOLUTiON......: 640x272
[ ARCHiVES........: 1 sph-samurai.assassin.rar*49x15*
[ AVi SiZE........: 700 MB * 717,382 KB * 734,599,168 B ]
[ SUBTiTLES.......: English in Vobsub format

M O V i E   S U M M A R Y

Based on a true historical event, "Samurai Assassin" stars Toshiro
Mifune in one of his greatest roles. Niiro Tsuruchiyo is a masterless
samurai - a ronin - desperate for a last chance to gain a position
with one of the great houses. To curry favor, he joins an assassina-
tion plot against a Shogunate Elder

Director ...........  Kihachi Okamoto

Toshiro Mifune .....  Tsuruchiyo Niiro
Keiju Kobayashi ....  Einosuke Kurihara
Michiyo Aratama ....  Okiku/Kukuhime
Yunosuke Ito .......  Hoshino Kenmotsu

M O R E   I N F O R M A T i O N

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059673/
RETAIL DVD: http://www.dvdempire.com/exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=644477

N O T E S

Good movie; crap DVD from AnimeEigo. It's heavily edge enhanced, and
very soft looking, but the worst is that it was fieldblended from
24->30fps. The unblenders I tried didn't work. I was able to get it
back to 23.976fps OK, but it's still blended all to hell.

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