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If I had the time I would surf the net learning all about HALCALI.

I have a tape with the Great Sasuke on it. Insane stuff. Along the lines of a special "No Rope Barbwire Explosive Electrified Land Mine Double Hell Death Match." Now he's a politician. Japan is dope.

Yahoo! News - Masked Politician Arrives for Work

I finally saw the original Japanese version of The Ring, and it was amazing. I wish I'd made more of an effort to check it out when it was released. I would have been banging the drum for this movie for the past three plus years. On a "creepy scale" of 1-10, this movie rates a 906. The least scary two minutes of this film are scarier than 95% of all the horror movies ever made and the two scariest minutes are the sort of stuff that makes you sleep with the lights on (just in case.) My highest recommendation.

The greatest movie ever?

In this interview Takashi Miike talks about making a Zatoichi movie with Takeshit Kitano…

Q: How about remaking Zatoichi? I heard once that Takeshi Kitano
wanted to remake it, but gave up because Shintaro Katsu [who played
the original Zatoichi] didn't want anyone to play him until after he
died.

"TM: Yes, Katsu-shin was the last star of a time when an actor playing
a character who was totally out of control could become a star. I
loved him. So I finally got the cooperation of Katsu's production
company to remake Zatoichi. He's such a great and famous character,
known throughout the world, that the movie should get shown
internationally. So far, I can't reveal anything about what I want to
do, but at least I can say that my mission is to close the long saga
of this great legendary hero."