you know memes aside i think it actually does mean sword in japanese. that is to say it doesnt seem to mean a specific sword like it does in english ie the long handle medium length curved single edged sword.
i was watching some nihonjin sword dojo instructor guy on youtube and he keeps talking about "long katana", "short katana", "medium katana" when talking about sword lengths instead of using specific names like a westerner would ie odachi, katana, wakizashi
the point of my post is that i think it technically does. the final point would be to see if a trveblood nihonjin would use katana to ever describe a non-japanese sword. i dont think they would but thats just a guess
>you know memes aside i think it actually does mean sword in japanese. that is to say it doesnt seem to mean a specific sword like it does in english ie the long handle medium length curved single edged sword.
You are correct, it generically means "sword" and doesn't necessarily mean the typical single-edged curved japanese sword (which if one wants to be specific can be called "nihontou").
Japan has a lot of words for sword/blade though. Tsurugi, iaiba, tachi, ken, -tou, etc. Some words are synonyms for both "fist" and "sword" because they each represent the might of the ruler.
It isn't, he's credited like that on some websites because fans thought it would be funny. He very clearly fumbles the line, you can fricking see him think go "frick this" mid sentense
He explains it in a couple of interviews. And he was very clear how moronic they thought everything was about 1/2 way thru the shooting, which was a massive clusterfrick.
It got to the point, they just started screwing around, and didn't care.
And now he lives in a small niche of infamy. As he has said...they thought nothing of it after it was done, and it came back around decades later for him to make some really good paychecks off of. He got to tour the world for the second one, met lots of people, and he was extremely happy about it.
He got to be a producer, a director, an actor again...set work, you name it, on the second one. He got to partially do some casting as well. All things he and Mark always wanted to do, along with make their own movie (2nd one).
You can't really beat that, because it was exactly what they wanted, only 25 years late.
He explains it in a couple of interviews. And he was very clear how moronic they thought everything was about 1/2 way thru the shooting, which was a massive clusterfrick.
It got to the point, they just started screwing around, and didn't care.
And now he lives in a small niche of infamy. As he has said...they thought nothing of it after it was done, and it came back around decades later for him to make some really good paychecks off of. He got to tour the world for the second one, met lots of people, and he was extremely happy about it.
He got to be a producer, a director, an actor again...set work, you name it, on the second one. He got to partially do some casting as well. All things he and Mark always wanted to do, along with make their own movie (2nd one).
You can't really beat that, because it was exactly what they wanted, only 25 years late.
ahh okay i rescind my statement then.
I am wrong, you guys are correct.
The actor actually said that he purposefully tried to frick up every single take when he realized that the movie is complete shit but the director was so insane that he liked those scenes the most and wanted more. The whole story is fricking hilarious.
I'm fairly sure that the theory about the director being an alien that wanted to direct a movie in 'human way' is true.
Just watch the RLM interview with him, it explains everything. The whole thing very similar to the filming of the Room and the relationship of Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero.
Holy shit. I was watching FIRESTARTER two days ago (the original, not the Zach Efron bullshit remake) and I swear Charlie has this in her room when she's been captured by The Shop.
He was just a weirdo Iranian immigrant who didn't really understand the English language or the fundamentals of American society and the justice system, and that's before we get to his unusual ideas on filmmaking.
>He was just a weirdo Iranian immigrant who didn't really understand the English language
This. The dialogue is in English yes, but it's using Persian idioms and grammatical structures that make it seem silly when in English. The monologue about "LEGITIMATE business" stands out. It's a white guy in a woman's wig talking like my 93 year old grandfather and that's hilarious
I chose to soft-pedal that to point out his idea of how American law enforcement works seems to have been colored by his life in Iran, if the protagonists gunning down everyone and turning into a straight up death squad at the end of the movie is any indication.
It sounds moronic, but this movie feels like it's a decade younger than it actually is. Like 2000 instead of 1990. The expressions, the comedic timing of shots, the general portrayal of characters, framing, writing... Am I fricking crazy?
This is just a straightforward action movie, just a really bizarrely incompetent one. The Room and Breen have that extra layer of the creator being a really unique kind of batshit and making a movie that exists completely outside of the conventions of filmmaking.
It's like chet hanks starred in an action movie but nobody told him he's in it because he was busy putting olive oil in his hair. It's unwatchable. Z'Dar carries this so much his jaw became larger from the strain.
I can't remember if this is Killing American Style or Terror in Beverly Hills, but whichever one has Robert Z'Dar features this interesting portrait on the wall.
I want the text of that speech he gives about how he's not racist against the Japanese community but instead is specifically concerned with Japanese drug gangs.
Now I'm telling these son-of-a-bitches that we respect the Japanese of this country, who are honest businessmen. And yeah, this is the land of opportunity for legitimate business, not for death merchants who distribute drugs to our children through schools and on the streets. Now I'm telling these motherfrickers that if they continue killing our children to make their precious millions that they deposit in their secret Swiss bank accounts, counselor, before your last suit even gets off the court clerk's desk, I'll have their stinking bodies in garbage bags and ship them back to Japan for fertilizer. Got it?
Don't bother, OP. Only newbies here.
Samurai cop
So what?
Try anything and I'll release you of this gift... this BLACK gift
everybody knows what samurai cop is you gay
no, everybody watched the reddit letter media video
>reddit movie references
>baits me into replying
ok
Katana...It means sword in Japanese
you know memes aside i think it actually does mean sword in japanese. that is to say it doesnt seem to mean a specific sword like it does in english ie the long handle medium length curved single edged sword.
i was watching some nihonjin sword dojo instructor guy on youtube and he keeps talking about "long katana", "short katana", "medium katana" when talking about sword lengths instead of using specific names like a westerner would ie odachi, katana, wakizashi
Well it certainly doesn't mean "Japanese sword"
the point of my post is that i think it technically does. the final point would be to see if a trveblood nihonjin would use katana to ever describe a non-japanese sword. i dont think they would but thats just a guess
>you know memes aside i think it actually does mean sword in japanese. that is to say it doesnt seem to mean a specific sword like it does in english ie the long handle medium length curved single edged sword.
You are correct, it generically means "sword" and doesn't necessarily mean the typical single-edged curved japanese sword (which if one wants to be specific can be called "nihontou").
Japan has a lot of words for sword/blade though. Tsurugi, iaiba, tachi, ken, -tou, etc. Some words are synonyms for both "fist" and "sword" because they each represent the might of the ruler.
He speaks japanese, but he doesn't understand it
he's not making a stumbling trying to say the name. The character's name is Fuj Fujiyama.
It isn't, he's credited like that on some websites because fans thought it would be funny. He very clearly fumbles the line, you can fricking see him think go "frick this" mid sentense
He explains it in a couple of interviews. And he was very clear how moronic they thought everything was about 1/2 way thru the shooting, which was a massive clusterfrick.
It got to the point, they just started screwing around, and didn't care.
And now he lives in a small niche of infamy. As he has said...they thought nothing of it after it was done, and it came back around decades later for him to make some really good paychecks off of. He got to tour the world for the second one, met lots of people, and he was extremely happy about it.
He got to be a producer, a director, an actor again...set work, you name it, on the second one. He got to partially do some casting as well. All things he and Mark always wanted to do, along with make their own movie (2nd one).
You can't really beat that, because it was exactly what they wanted, only 25 years late.
Wholesome
>Getting angry over an obvious joke post
Go back, mate
No, that was a joke added in the sequel movie made like 25 years later.
ahh okay i rescind my statement then.
I am wrong, you guys are correct.
The actor actually said that he purposefully tried to frick up every single take when he realized that the movie is complete shit but the director was so insane that he liked those scenes the most and wanted more. The whole story is fricking hilarious.
I'm fairly sure that the theory about the director being an alien that wanted to direct a movie in 'human way' is true.
>The actor actually said that he purposefully tried to frick up every single take
and then he went on to become a succeful actor right?... right?!
People thought he was dead until the sequel was made.
Just watch the RLM interview with him, it explains everything. The whole thing very similar to the filming of the Room and the relationship of Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero.
He actually went to prison for theft of a painting or something.
Probably that lion head "art" in the movie.
mfw
Looks cool, I'd steal it too
literally me
Holy shit. I was watching FIRESTARTER two days ago (the original, not the Zach Efron bullshit remake) and I swear Charlie has this in her room when she's been captured by The Shop.
sauce?
He was just a weirdo Iranian immigrant who didn't really understand the English language or the fundamentals of American society and the justice system, and that's before we get to his unusual ideas on filmmaking.
>He was just a weirdo Iranian immigrant who didn't really understand the English language
This. The dialogue is in English yes, but it's using Persian idioms and grammatical structures that make it seem silly when in English. The monologue about "LEGITIMATE business" stands out. It's a white guy in a woman's wig talking like my 93 year old grandfather and that's hilarious
>unusual ideas on filmmaking
That’s one way to call out the bat shit insane process he used for all of his movies.
I chose to soft-pedal that to point out his idea of how American law enforcement works seems to have been colored by his life in Iran, if the protagonists gunning down everyone and turning into a straight up death squad at the end of the movie is any indication.
They call him CIA. He speaks fluent Bigguyese!
>No, I'm Tak Takahashi.
No, I am fuujoshi
😮
It's big.
I want bigger.
It sounds moronic, but this movie feels like it's a decade younger than it actually is. Like 2000 instead of 1990. The expressions, the comedic timing of shots, the general portrayal of characters, framing, writing... Am I fricking crazy?
I think the high-quality restoration gives it an appearance of a late 90s/early 2000s movie (like the room for example).
8| o:
Now I'm tellin' these sonuva b***hes...
They call him Samurai.
for some reason this doesn't speak to me like the room or the kinos of neil breen
This is just a straightforward action movie, just a really bizarrely incompetent one. The Room and Breen have that extra layer of the creator being a really unique kind of batshit and making a movie that exists completely outside of the conventions of filmmaking.
One of the few legitimately “so bad it’s good” movies
Are you circumsized?
no he was a good doctor
>hits on 55 year old nurse
Emma Stone
Mitt Mitsuhiro
Fricking love Samurai Cop lol backstory is more interesting than the film itself
He still looks the same. Even younger. What is his secret?
Is “killing American style” any good ?
It's like chet hanks starred in an action movie but nobody told him he's in it because he was busy putting olive oil in his hair. It's unwatchable. Z'Dar carries this so much his jaw became larger from the strain.
I can't remember if this is Killing American Style or Terror in Beverly Hills, but whichever one has Robert Z'Dar features this interesting portrait on the wall.
Yeah that’s killing American style
That painting was …odd
Z’Dar the as great
SHOOT HIM
SHOOT HIM
GOT IM
YEAH I GOT THE BASTARD
Are you Tan Tanahashi?
Budget: 7,000 USD
Box office: 384,000 USD
why didnt they make more?
soulless
>Tommy Wiseau and Lexi Belle are in this
I gotta watch this
What does katana mean?
Knife money
IT MEANS JAPANESE SWORD
I don't think that's true.
wig!
>Are you Pahv...Dr. Pavel?
Checked (Can't post pic because mods are massive homosexuals)
>Let's frick.
Okay!
Is it that easy?
Sometimes
it's a male shit test. If she says yes you know she's incubating a couple dozen STD's and should get as far as possible form the biohazard.
She is cute as hell, any good pics from her?
NOW IM TELLING THESE MOTHERFRICKERS
The sneer tells the whole story. He was pretending he almost forgot his name in order to downplay Fujiyama's influence. It was an insult.
Sa-SaaaaaAaAAAally!
He speaks fluent Japanese!
For me it's that guy who takes like ten seconds to fall over and die.
His hair is impeccable. Frick, man. Wish I had that length.
I want the text of that speech he gives about how he's not racist against the Japanese community but instead is specifically concerned with Japanese drug gangs.
Now I'm telling these son-of-a-bitches that we respect the Japanese of this country, who are honest businessmen. And yeah, this is the land of opportunity for legitimate business, not for death merchants who distribute drugs to our children through schools and on the streets. Now I'm telling these motherfrickers that if they continue killing our children to make their precious millions that they deposit in their secret Swiss bank accounts, counselor, before your last suit even gets off the court clerk's desk, I'll have their stinking bodies in garbage bags and ship them back to Japan for fertilizer. Got it?
Oh my god, thank you, that is so beautiful. And then they shoot up a tiny parking lot in Beverly fricking Hills with full auto.
stood up and saluted
Actually a pretty kino line.
>No, i'm not Fujiyama, why do you think that? because you think we all look the same? you racist piece of shit!
*blocks your path*
mirin' his arms
Can be achieved natty but prob took some roids right?
I am Fudge
But how did they know that we... were after their ass???
It means Japanese prostitute
You have to explain the joke OP, i don't watch boomer movies.