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Old 04-27-2003, 12:13 PM
Slithy Tove Slithy Tove is offline
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Any Scottish "samurai" movies?

There're more samurai movies than one can count, but, besides "Braveheart," and "Rob Roy," no Scottish equvalents come to mind. Which seems strange, since all the same ingredients are there: clan rivalries, martial culture, claymores instead of katenas. Heck, even Kirosawa's "Red Beard" was based on "MacBeth;" so it would seem that there's no shortage of material, and, with the popular market for things Celtic, a ready audience. But I couldn't find anything on Google or imdb.com.
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Old 04-27-2003, 06:11 PM
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I thought it was Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood" that was based on Macbeth.
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Old 04-27-2003, 06:22 PM
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Quentin Durward?

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0048528
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Old 04-27-2003, 07:51 PM
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Highlander?
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