Guest kungfusamurai Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 I just finished watching episode 1. First of all, I was under the impression that the character Chiba would be playing would also be called 'Hattori Hanzo', but his name is Shinpachi. Damn that Quentin Tarantino and his misinformation! Second, I noticed during the massacre scene (the Iga villagers seem to get massacred a lot), things looked familiar, including the two kids who fall on top of each other and get skewered by a katana. I realized it was completely taken from Yagyu Conspiracy (the film). How the heck did Sonny Chiba get permission to use that? Then I saw it in the final credits - directed by Kinji Fukasaku. I take it Chiba and Fukasaku had a great working relationship since they worked together quite a bit during the late 70s/early 80s. KFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chiba2000 Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 As for Mr. Tarantino being right or wrong, these are the characters Chiba played in Kage 1-5: Kage 1 - Hattori Hanzo Kage 2 - Tsuge Shinpachi Kage 3 - Tarao Hanzo Kage 4 - Hattori Hanzo Kage 5 - Hattori Hanzo Short Hanzo/Kill Bill info: Hattori Hanzo was a Iga ninja who served TOKUGAWA Iyeasu. So it's a bit disappointing that he is portrayed by Chiba in Kill Bill as a "sword smith"...eh what?! You can find a very interesting summary about Hattori Hanzo's life here... www.skhquest.com/articles...ttori.aspx /Chiba2000 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kungfusamurai Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Yeah, he could have still had him as a ninja. Perhaps he could have played a corporate spy? Does anyone know why Season 5 is so short? I saw one website that said there were only 4, but they tagged on episodes from 5. So was 4 a longer season or did 5 get cancelled? KFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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