Samurai Champloo - Volume 3 (2004) Japan
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Director:Shinichirô Watanabe
Studio:Geneon [Pioneer]
Producer:Sanae Mitsugi, Shinichirô Kobayashi, Takashi Kochiyama, Takatoshi Hamano, Tetsuro Satomi, Yoshimoto Ishikawa
Writer:Kristi Reed, Dai Sato
Rating:4.5
Rated:Unrated
Date Added:2006-04-08
Purchased On:2006-08-04
ASIN:B0007Z0O54
UPC:0013023229693
Price:$29.98
Genre:Geneon
Release:2006-07-03
IMDb:0423731
Duration:23
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.78 : 1
Sound:Dolby
Languages:Japanese, Dutch, English
Subtitles:English
Features:Animated
Subtitled
Shinichirô Watanabe  ...  (Director)
Kristi Reed, Dai Sato  ...  (Writer)
 
Samurai Champloo  ...  
Kazuya Nakai  ...  Mugen (8 episodes, 2004)
Ginpei Sato  ...  Jin (8 episodes, 2004)
Ayako Kawasumi  ...  Fuu (8 episodes, 2004)
Steven Jay Blum  ...  Mugen (8 episodes, 2004)
Kirk Thornton  ...  Jin (8 episodes, 2004)
Kari Wahlgren  ...  Fuu (8 episodes, 2004)
Tsuguo Mogami  ...  Dice Roller / ... (4 episodes, 2004)
Takehiro Murozono  ...  Hikoichi / ... (3 episodes, 2004)
Eisuke Asakura  ...  Store Owner / ... (2 episodes, 2004)
Takayuki Ayanogi  ...  Nagatomi Gang (2 episodes, 2004)
Darrel Guilbeau  ...  Sousuke Kawara (2 episodes, 2004)
Satoshi Katôgi  ...  Kawara Gang / ... (2 episodes, 2004)
Otoya Kawano  ...  Ryujiro Sasaki (2 episodes, 2004)
Reiko Kiuchi  ...  Fortune Teller / ... (2 episodes, 2004)
Hiroshi Ôtake  ...  Stop Owner / ... (2 episodes, 2004)
Ryûzaburô Ôtomo  ...  Ishimatsu (2 episodes, 2004)
Sayuri  ...  Osuzu (2 episodes, 2004)
Hidekatsu Shibata  ...  Heitaro (2 episodes, 2004)
Tarusuke Shingaki  ...  Kawara Gang / ... (2 episodes, 2004)
Yoshinori Sonobe  ...  Merchant / ... (2 episodes, 2004)
Fumihiko Tachiki  ...  Rikiei (2 episodes, 2004)
Mayumi Yamaguchi  ...  Sosuke / ... (2 episodes, 2004)
Steve Blum  ...  Mugen (26 episodes, 2004-2005)
Kazuhiro Yamada  ...  Cinematographer
Comments: Death, betrayal, and... hip hop!

Summary: Mugen, Jin, and Fuu careen through time and cultures like pool balls on a wild carom as Shinchiro Watanabe's Samurai Champloo continues. In the accompanying notes, writer Dai Sato comments that he and Watanabe "like counterculture and rebellious music." No wonder Mugen stumbles onto an anti-government cabal of medieval warrior-priests--and shares a Jimi Hendrix song with them. In the darker episode 11, taciturn Jin falls for a woman who has been sold into prostitution to pay her husband's gambling debts. Mugen and Jin finally realize that they're getting no closer to finding the mysterious "samurai who smells of sunflowers," so they take advantage of a lull to read Fuu's diary. Her blunt comments about their looks, demeanor, and behavior don't please her prying companions, but they add a dose of humor to an episode comprised of flashbacks. (Rated 16 and older: violence, profanity, brief nudity, sexual situations, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon