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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 Subtitled |
Shinichirô Watanabe | ... | (Director) |
Kristi Reed, Dai Sato | ... | (Writer) |
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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
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