Samurai Champloo - Volume 5 (2005) 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:NR
Date Added:2006-04-08
Purchased On:2006-08-04
ASIN:B0009PVZZK
UPC:0013023229891
Price:$29.98
Genre:Geneon
Release:2006-07-03
IMDb:0423731
Duration:100
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.78 : 1
Sound:Dolby
Languages:Japanese, Dutch, English
Subtitles:English
Features:Animated
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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: The outrageous comedy-adventure Samurai Champloo reaches new heights of absurdity in episode 18, a showcase for creator Shinichiro Watanabe's interest in hip-hop culture. While Mugen belatedly learns to read in a smackdown elementary school, Jin tries to settle the rivalry between two brothers who inherited the dojo of a former sensei. The two seemingly unrelated storylines collide in a hilarious, no-holds-barred anachronistic graffiti contest that features Tokugawa-era rap lyrics, gang signs, ink-brush tagging, Hiroshima homeboys, and a designer-connoisseur who's a caricature of Andy Warhol. Only Watanabe could pull off these anachronistic high jinks so effortlessly. In the darker episode 19, Jin and Mugen learn a bit more about the mysterious "samurai who smells of sunflowers," the curious skull-shaped charm he left behind, and why Fuu is so determined to find him. The mismatched trio also encounters a group of hidden Christians, who were persecuted by the Shoguns, in part for their links to gunrunners. (Rated 16 and older: violence, profanity, brief nudity, sexual situations, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon