eleven samurai ( japanese : 十一人の侍 romaji : jūichinin no samurai ) is a 1967 japanese jidaigeki ( period drama ) film directed by eiichi kudo .

it is also referred to as 11 samurai .

this is the third and final chapter in kudo 's samurai revolution trilogy .

the plot is a samurai epic with a loose historical basis .

" the young lord nariatsu was probably modeled after the real life figure of matsudaira nariyoshi , also known as matsudaira tokunosuke ( 1819-1839 ) , " who was the 19th or the 20th son of the shogun ienari ( 1787-1837 ) and the younger brother of the shogun ieyoshi ( 1837-1853 ) .

" nariyoshi died when he was 19 years old -- a perfect fit for this story .

the circumstances surrounding his death are obscure , which is also very convenient for dramatic purposes . "

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samurai in ninja town : the english version , with the changed samurai fighting ninja crows .
animeigo presents the dvd for eleven samurai . eiichi kudo , the director of the original the thirteen assassins , closes his chapter of the samurai revolution trilogy with eleven samurai . the plot is very similar to the previous films in the trilogy ( the thirteen assassins and the great duel ) , which isn’t necessarily a bad thing .
in the less innocent and more skeptical world of the 1960’s , it wouldn’t be seven samurai that would get the job done . it called for eleven
halloween may be over , but the ‘claret continues to flow’ . it’s another dose of in - your - face , bloody group vengeance in animeigo’s release of “eleven samurai” ( “ju - ichinin no samurai” , toei 1966 ) the final film in kudo eiichi’s “samurai trilogy” . the first two films in the trilogy , the original “13 assassins” and “the great killing” , both featured meticulous plans to ambush the numerically superior enemy . they’re often compared to kurosawa akira’s “seven samurai” for this reason . “eleven samurai” also includes this aspect , but this is after all japanese film - there’s no guarantee that the third time will be the charm . with an army of samurai retainers forming the opposition rather than the kurosawa film’s ragtag band of bandits , seven samurai would not be enough . bring on the eleven samurai !
eleven arts is a film production and distribution company located in los angeles that has brought ma . . .
eleven samurai who fought themselves and their clan leadership as much as they did the enemy . but when everything was said and done , they pulled together to attack their common enemy , concluding the samurai trilogy with an appropriately brutal and bloody finale . it combines the best of the classic jidaigeki of the 50’s with the increasingly violent large scale chanbara films of the 60’s . you can pick up eleven samurai at a discount on the
eleven arts’ major film titles include japan academy awards winner memories of tomorrow , starring ken watanabe and the samurai film love and honor , directed by yoji yamada , who received an oscar nomination for the twilight samurai ( 2004 ) . eleven arts is also the distributor for popular animation titles such as the evangelion franchise , fullmetal alchemist : the sacred star of milos , and puella magi madoka magica : the movie . eleven arts also recently distributed the award - winning uzumasa limelight , directed by ken ochiai .
as rumor has it , the story follows a group of bounty hunters who were hired for the job — think the seven samurai or suicide squad meets ocean’s eleven in the world of star wars .
nui has her brave moment . another of the eleven loses his sword & kills one more enemy with a stick before dying .
time travel : the theme for the episode ,
samurai savings time
.
faeryville , a singapore dystopian feature film represented by la - based distributor eleven arts , received an amazing audience reception at its hollywood debut .
gosh dang it to heck ! : the last line of the samurai pizza cats oath .
in samurai pizza cats , speedy ' s companion ginzu sword is named
binky
.
eleven arts celebrated the distribution deal with a lavish red carpet premiere of tatara samurai at grauman’s egyptian theatre in los angeles on monday , may 8th . writer / director yoshinari nishikori attended , as did a large number of the film’s japanese celebrity cast .
their favorite anime shows and films on the big screen and it was amazing when i went to see the last : naruto the movie . thanks eleven arts !
along the lines of the oft retold 47 ronin . a good old - school samurai flik .
1966 ) , constituting his
revenge trilogy
also called the
samurai revolution trilogy .
artistic license - martial arts : the gag dub calls the cats samurai , but they ' re actually ninjas . there is however , one single samurai in the original japanese version . . .
eleven arts is a film distribution company based in los angeles which has brought many acclaimed japanese and asian films – both live - action and animated features – to north american audiences .
47 samurai avenge the death of their lord in kenji mizoguchi ' s take on the famous historical event .
. this is the third and final chapter in kudo ' s samurai revolution trilogy . the plot is a
evil counterpart : the rude noise ( the four dark ninjas ) to the samurai pizza cats rescue team .
this film is nothing whatsoever like akira kurosawa ' s seven samurai , except for the trivial facts that it ' s in black and white , involves samurai , and has a big battle scene at the . . .
inri studio and eleven arts is proud to announce that faeryville , the first singapore film in singapore’s landmark sg50 year , made its world premiere in los angeles , california on 14 january 2015 .
‘i was surprised by the reaction from the crowd ; the film resonated with both young and mature audiences , ” said ko mori , ceo of eleven arts . “eleven arts is definitely going to explore a realease in more cities , perhaps san francisco , austin , texas , chicago and new york . we may take this to colleges and university campuses , where the bullying problem is very real . ”
gyobu ' s men are too nkumerous & the brave eleven are being picked off one by one . hayato & gyobu have their one - on - one duel , two powerful men as worthy opponents .
—which got so popular that the series is better known outside of japan in its
samurai pizza cats
form .
the lord of the oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbor , nariatsu . but when the oshi clan is blamed for the incident , eleven of their best warriors decide to trade their lives for justice .
the legendary samurai sasuke sarutobi gets caught in a web of political intrigue , deception and espionage during the early 17th century .
the japanese character that the taka ' s elder son paints and gives to algren is the character for
samurai
.
the lord of the oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour , the cruel and despotic nariatsu , son of the former shogun . after an investigation , the oshi clan is blamed for what happened and sentenced to be disbanded . eleven of the best samurai of the clan refuse the sentence and are willing to give their life for justice .
from source : result of livestream and moar samurai dad . geez , and this isn’t even half of what i wanted to draw . you have no idea how much more i want to draw . so i’ll continue next week with more samurai dad .
after killing a counselor of his clan , a fugitive samurai befriends a couple poaching the shogun ' s gold in the mountains .
contrary to a popular misconception , the title of the film does not refer to nathan algren , or even katsumoto , as the last samurai . the word
samurai
here is in its plural form and is actually referring to katsumoto ' s clan as a whole .
depicts the early life of the legendary warrior musashi miyamoto ; his years as an aspiring warrior , an outlaw and finally a true samurai .
eleven samurai are sent to avenge the murder of their lord and guard the future of their small clan who was murdered by the arrogant and cowardly brother of the shogun , in this little - known , superbly - directed and acted 1960 ' s samurai classic . the film features several intriguing plot - twists as well as provide authentic glimpses into both the samurai ethos and , interestingly , its interplay with hostile political forces which two decades later ( following the story ' s own periodization ) would spell the end of the tokugawa shogunate and the beginning of the meiji restoration ( as seen , namely , through one antifeudal and inventively modern character who joins the protagonists in their quest ) .
guido : ( to speedy ) you may be an ungrateful , self - centered little jerk , but you ' re still a samurai pizza cat .
a timeless tale of honor and revenge , the loyal 47 ronin is the true story of a group of samurai who became ronin ( masterless samurai ) after their lord was forced to commit seppuku ( ritual suicide ) for assaulting a court official . after patiently waiting and planning for over a year , they…
ichi kudo ( 1929 - 2000 ) , descended from samurai , made a handful of classic samurai films that had subtitled prints in the us , canada , & hawaii in the 1950s & 1960s , seen almost exclusively in ethnic movie houses , & rerun periodically until those cinemas began dying off late in the 1970s .
from place to place , through stunningly beautiful landscapes . this also sets samurai films apart from westerns , which are almost always populated with more horses than people .
the lord of the oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbor , the cruel and cowardly nariatsu , son of the former shogun . but when the oshi clan is blamed for the incident and sentenced to be abolished , eleven of their best warriors decide to trade their lives for justice !
cherry blossoms , a . k . a . “sakura , ” are an important part of japanese life , and show up throughout samurai vendetta . the original japanese title of this film is “hakuoki , ” which can be translated as “a chronicle of pale cherry blossoms” ; “samurai vendetta” is the title under which it is best known in the west .
— following a massively successful festival circuit , eleven arts has licensed north american distribution rights to yoshinari nishikori’s award - winning period action - drama tatara samurai . the l . a . - based distribution company , whose recent titles include the legend is born : ip man , uzumasa limelight , sailor moon r : the movie , and sword art online the movie – ordinal scale - , have set a june 2nd theatrical release for the film , which is produced by exile hiro .
episode eleven of the english dub where the big cheese is watching the movie ( or clips ) to study the samurai pizza cats and learn from their mistakes , the cats ' information shows up alongside labels of their body parts . when it gets to polly esther , the labels were
mimi
( ear ) ,
oppai
( breasts ) and
xxxx
( xxxx ) . it was written in romanji , probably why it was able to stay in the english dub .
13 assassins was a kind of reworking of akira kurosawa ' s seven samurai . the film was even deemed by the movie press of the time to be a pale copy of kurosawa ' s masterpiece . on the minus side , it ought to be reckoned that 13 assassins feels too much like a transitional film , meaning that kudo had not yet fully developed his own realistic style ; all the more so as the production was backed by the great star chiezo kataoka , who was then a member of the toei administration board . chiezo kataoka ' s role in the film , that of a sacrificial , heroic samurai , is probably what makes the film more traditional than daring in form and content . now , on the plus side , it should be stated that kudo - and scriptwriter kanao ikegami - brought a different perspective to the seven samurai story ; whereas kurosawa ' s film pitted lowly samurai against each other for the benefit of a despised class - namely , the peasantry - , kudo ' s film sees samurai fight merely among each for the benefit of samurai society - the bakuhan . in a way , kudo ' s film is darker than kurosawa ' s as it describes a corrupt world fostering unrewarding violence . in the great killing , kudo took more liberty and replaced the high rank samurai of 13 assassins with characters of a condition more suited to his social conscience : poor , marginalized samurai , whom he might have looked on as the students of the conflicted 1960s .
situated by the ocean , this hostel is steps from myall lakes national park and tomaree national park . samurai beach and toboggan hill park are also within 3 mi ( 5 km ) .
lady nui ( eiko okawa ) with sword begs to join the plot against nariatsu . as swordswomen go , she is weakly cast & doesn ' t quite live up to the promise of her introduction to the story . but as stories go , it ' s nice that of the brave eleven of oishi is a woman .
the filming in taranaki coincided with a summer of many days without rain , to the benefit of the filmcrew . taranaki locals use the term samurai summer as reference for a summer with many clear days .
much of the cast for “eleven samurai” had appeared in the previous two films - two of them , satomi koutaro ( playing mitamura kenshin , leader of the hotheads ) and nishimura ko ( playing ronin ido daijyurou ) are probably best known for essaying the title role in the “mito komon” tv series . suga kantaro is the surly nariatsu , in effect reprising his role from “13 assassins” . while at times he goes a bit over the top in acting despicably , he certainly succeeds in making his character come across as an entitled , petulant and sadistic rich boy who takes everything for granted and treats even his vassals as disposable objects . this is one guy you really , really want to see get killed . otomo ryutaro played the evil lord’s loyal samurai akiyoshi gyobu after being the prime baddie in “the great killing” - he also appeared in the first example of ‘samurai group assault’ films , “seventeen ninja” . having a cast that was used to working with the director and each other gave the film solid performances even for the smaller parts .
banshu , also known as harima , was an edo period province of japan that included ako . its capital was himeji and it was also the home of the samurai miyamoto musashi , who wrote the book of five rings .
critical reception in japan was generally positive . tomomi katsuta of
the mainichi shinbun
thought that the film was
a vast improvement over previous american attempts to portray japan
, noting that director edward zwick
had researched japanese history , cast well - known japanese actors and consulted dialogue coaches to make sure he didn ' t confuse the casual and formal categories of japanese speech .
however , katsuta still found fault with the film ' s idealistic ,
storybook
portrayal of the samurai , stating :
our image of samurai is that they were more corrupt .
as such , he said , the noble samurai leader katsumoto
set his teeth on edge .
in one of the greatest films to come from japan , the lord of the oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbor , the cruel and despotic nariatsu , son of the former shogun . after a biased investigation , the oshi clan is blamed for what happened and sentenced to be disbanded . eleven of the best samurai of the clan refuse the sentence and are willing to give their lives for justice . noted director kudo eiichi reached the zenith of his career with this exciting film about the turbulent days of the oshi clan ! featuring an all - star cast in one of the most memorable motion pictures from the toei studio .
pretty much a standard samurai flick . overly political , as these movies tend to be . we learn a lot ( some would say too much ) about the machinations of corrupt government leaders , and the rebel forces fighting against them .
the kanji characters that appear on the posters , often beneath the title , do not say
the last samurai .
they say
bushido
(
the warrior way ,
i . e . , japanese chivalry ) .
afro samurai is a 3d brawler with platforming elements . using light hits , power hits , kicks , and blocks the player fights various enemies . most levels culminate in a boss fight , and in - engine cutscenes advance the story .
wow , just finished this film , and i have to say wow . up until the finale i was thinking that it was a pretty good but pretty unoriginal samurai revenge flick , then came the amazing final act and i was like holy crap and sat on the edge of my seat . i think this is a must see for any lover of samurai or historical revenge films . it ' s a little too similar to the same directors earlier 13 assassins to be truly phenomenal .
eventually , and most ironically , kudo ' s jidai geki are also the achievements of a director who seemingly looked on his samurai legacy with disfavour but found himself most at home in samurai epics . this made him very different from , for example , the venerable director masahiro makino , who had a much more favourable view of his own personal samurai lineage . in a way , kudo proceeded to do what he wanted the protagonists of his samurai films to do : try to subvert a near corrupt world from within , by waging a clever - but often desperate and unrewarding - guerrilla approach . ' he was a b - class moviemaker in terms of hierarchy ' , masaaki ito concludes ' but he certainly viewed himself as an auteur director . he had certain privileges which other toei directors envied . but on the set , he would do things which directors did not normally do , like clean up the set , carry spotlights , etc . all the actors and technicians truly loved him . he was a great director . '
complications with the shikimori slow our heroes briefly but give them a deeper understanding of the relationships extant between the bandits , merchants , farmers and the shikimori themselves . combine it with the need to elude bandit scouts , who have heard rumours of samurai being hired to aid kanna village , and our heroes have an interesting trip to kanna . once there they find the reception less than cordial . here kikuchiyo ' s past comes to the fore and he proves crucial in letting the samurai and farmers understand each other .
the film superficially resembles the previous two ‘samurai trilogy’ entries , “13 assassins” and “the great killing” , but in spirit is more akin to a chushingura / 47 ronin film . here the samurai are working outside the law to gain revenge for the death of their lord and the subsequent confiscation of their fief ( an insult compounded by having it awarded to the man who killed their lord in a fit of pique ) . it’s particularly mirrored in the moral dilemma of whether to work towards revenge or the restoration of their clan .
historically , the only westerners fighting in the japanese civil war were french military advisers under jules brunet who joined the shogun ' s army . even if most of them were fighting with french equipment , some did wear the samurai attire ( like eugene collache ) .
this is the story of
the forty - seven ronin .
based on historical events in 1701 - - 1702 , the movie tells the tale of the asano clan ' s downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the . . . see full synopsis »
however , kudo ' s great - grandfather went to hokkaido after the dissolution of the samurai class & became a horse rancher . horses remained a family business , & even in his films kudo was not apt to pass on a chance to place horses into a story .
effort at a ‘group assault’ film . “13 assassins” was cold and calculating , precise and surgical in its planning and counter - planning . “the great killing” was an exercise in chaos , from the opening that drew in a character totally unrelated to the plot to the closing assault that didn’t look at first to have succeeded . “eleven samurai” blends these disparate approaches and adds the hayato / orei relationship , an aspect that was somewhat missing in the first two films ( especially 13 assassins ) . there are some excellent shots and composition in the film , particularly in the massive , almost expressionistic imperial forest that the ambush is to take place in . light and shadow is used to great effect and there are nice flourishes , such as letting a billowing wave of fog effect a virtual wipe of the screen . kudo is also smart enough to give his leads a bit of screen time to flesh out their characters , not just the hayato / orei / nui angle but hayato’s position as an outsider among the ‘hotheads’ , gyobu’s travails as nariatsu’s chamberlain , and daijyourou’s scathing indictments of the samurai lifestyle .
toshiro mifune furiously embodies swordsman musashi miyamoto as he comes into his own in the action - packed middle section of the samurai trilogy . duel at ichijoji temple furthers miyamoto along his path to spiritual enlightenment , as well as further from the arms of the two women who love him : loyal otsu…
raizo was born august 29 , 1931 in kyoto , japan , and had a highly successful film career in mostly period dramas , however his roles as ishikawa goemon in the shinobi no mono film series and the nihilistic samurai nemuri kyoshiro in the sleepy eyes of death films catapulted him to true stardom .
the tale of the 47 ronin is by a wide margin the most popular story in japanese history , and is described by some as the country’s “national legend” . its lasting resonance in the hearts of the japanese can be attributed to the timeless appeal of the samurai code of honor , known as bushido . this true story of vengeance is recognized as emblematic of the loyalty , sacrifice , persistence , and honor which all should make prominent in their daily lives , samurai or not . the 47 ronin saga became particularly popular during the meiji period of japanese history , when many citizens longed for a return to their cultural roots .
tatara samurai is the latest feature from visionary director yoshinari nishikori , whose films , konshin and railways were box office smashes in their native japan . his latest historic epic stars sho aoyagi ( yakuza apocalypse ) , pop star naoki kobayashi , akira ( legend of the fist ) , tomoko tabata , and anna ishii .
samurai beach bungalows port stephens yha features an outdoor pool , a library , and tour / ticket assistance . wireless internet access is complimentary . this one mile hostel also offers barbecue grills , a garden , and laundry facilities . limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first - come , first - served basis .
in the first part of the epic samurai trilogy , toshiro mifune thunders onto the screen as the iconic title character . when we meet him , miyamoto is a wide - eyed romantic , dreaming of military glory in the civil war that is ravaging the seventeenth - century countryside . twists of fate , however , turn him into…
a disillusioned musashi miyamoto ( toshiro mifune ) has turned his back on the samurai life , becoming a farmer in a remote village , while his nemesis kojiro ( koji tsuruta ) now works for the shogun . circumstances bring them back together for one final face - off . though it ' s marked by a memorably intense final battle…
jaw drop : happened to the pizza cats in
samurai savings time
, after they failed to prevent the big cheese from meeting jerry atric . also , in the japanese version of
pizza cat performance review
, bad bird was laughing so hard that his jaw dropped , and he had trouble talking for a while .
a fascinating samurai film by the director of the original 13 samurai . the evil character is presented as a ruthless lord from the beginning as he attacks anyone who slightly offends him . in order to preserve the alliances among clans , the transgressions of the lord are retold to exonerate him and lay the blame on a minor clan . such an action will abolish the clan ' s autonomy and place them under the clan of the offending lord . when the intentions of the alliance are known , the representative of the minor clan asks for a 30 day notice which is granted . in that period the clan will try to kill the ruthless lord in order to expose the injustice and brutal tactics…
the decline of the mass - produced goraku ( entertainment ) jidai geki coincided with the career end of big pre - war stars of the genre like utaemon ichikawa and chiezo kataoka . what happened was that , like in the pre - war period , the jidai geki films became increasingly realistic and poignant in their content and messages . the camera became free from theatrical forms again while the message about the cruelties of the samurai society was more adamant . masahiro shinoda once commented that he felt the need to ' do away with the nonchalant flippancy with which toei jidai geki explored the historical background of the edo era ' , and set out to show how the bakufu period reflected the excesses of modern japanese society . eiichi kudo set out to break the toei mould from within in three major films : 13 assassins ( jusannin no shikaku , 1963 ) , the great killing ( daisatsujin , 1964 ) and 11 samurai ( juichinin no samurai , 1966 ) . these were all filmed in black and white , while their stories functioned as mirrors to the hot topics of the 1960s : rebellion and political assassination .
samurai vendetta is a chushingura side - story , which intersects with the main story at key points . the film was made for japanese audiences , who would be extremely familiar with the details of the story of the 47 ronin . western viewers are thus well advised to take a crash - course in 47 ronin lore in order to get the most out of the film .
kazuo mori was born january 15 , 1911 , and had a prolific career as a film director from the 1930s to the 1970s . over his long career , he directed 131 films , including the blind menace , four zatoichi films , and three shinobi no mono films . samurai vendetta is regarded as one of his best films . kazuo mori died on june 29 , 1989 .
this revelation would seem to imply that the great killing is the triumphant expression of kudo ' s ideals . but the three films are far from that ; their revenge plots lead merely to chaos and despair . there is no triumph in killing . moreover , the great killing of the film will not change much about the social order . as dirty kudo puts it , ' the movie shows but mangy dogs nibbling at the political system ' . the pessimistic view of violence , once again , makes the great killing more than just another swordplay movie . it is also a nouvelle vague film with a political and moral bias . it may be seen both as a metaphor of student activism but also as the moral stance of a director who stemmed directly from samurai lineage and saw violence as the twilight of enlightenment . 11 samurai , as arai put it , ' shows human beings dazed and alienated by their own violence in a metaphorical environment ' . but the three films also follow a commercial formula along the lines of the traditional chushingura / 47 ronin story , especially the third film , 11 samurai , about a violent vendetta in the midst of existential uncertainty .
“tasuki” are short , thin sashes worn with kimono which are wrapped around the shoulders in order to keep the long , wide sleeves of the kimono out of one’s way when trying to do something with one’s hands , like tidying up around the house , or slaughtering a group of rival samurai . tasuki are not to be confused with “obi , ” which are longer , wider sashes also worn with kimono .
the swords used in the film are the folded steel orchid katanas by paul chen . originally blue , they were painted red to match the armor of the samurai that algren kills in his first engagement with katsumoto ' s men . it it the same armor that taka dresses algren in for the final battle . in all , 7 live blades were purchased for the production from ameurasiart in the united states .
born october 12 , 1898 , in uwajima , ehime , daisuke ito was one of the top directors and screenwriters of his time in japan . often regarded as the “father of jidaigeki ( period drama ) , ” he particularly laid his bricks in samurai cinema , building the foundation of modern jidaigeki from the era of silent film ( his first screenplay was produced in 1921 ) , to his final film in 1971 .
hip hop producer rza is credited as music director , but due to time constraints , he was unable to contribute fully . instead he told the team how he went about scoring afro samurai , and put them in contact with various individuals to assist them in delivering a sound similar to what he created for the anime . he did , however , send the team a couple of tracks to use in the game .
an episodic sequel was announced in june 2015 , called afro samurai 2 : revenge of kuma . [ 18 ] volume 1 was released on playstation 4 , and pc on september 22 , 2015 and the xbox one on october 8 , 2015 . in november 2015 , the game was removed from the playstation store , xbox marketplace and steam and volumes 2 and 3 were cancelled due to poor reception . [ 19 ]
the other character development of note is katsuhiro who is rapidly begining to understand the true costs of being a samurai . by volume end he is forced to grapple with the ugly reality behind the noble concepts and i am not entirely sure he likes what he has discovered . it is going to be interesting to see how he develops over future volumes . the stage is now set for the arrival of the oft referenced but infrequently seen nobuseri .
not all those directors were staunch believers in democracy . some , like gosha , were quite defiant , others , like shinoda , were more confident ; they all felt that they had been betrayed by the kokutai system - blind obedience to the emperor based on samurai ideology - but they could not always adhere to democratic principles which they felt formed merely a new system imposed upon the people . their jidai geki reveal both their pessimism and faith in the shape of individualistic rebellion against authoritarianism . to top it all , eiichi kudo ' s films sprang from the most improbable source : the toei kyoto studio , the realm of entertainment jidai geki for children and the masses . but the sheer strength of films like 13 assassins , the great killing and 11 samurai , although deemed b action jidai geki at the time of their production , deserves a brand new evaluation in the light of political history .
the relationship between hayato ( natsuyagi isao ) and orei ( miyazono junko ) . it’s very affectionate and much more up - front than similar relationships in most chanbara films and is given a good chunk of time to play out as a subplot in the film . shots of hayato’s hands lovingly caressing orei’s face and his obvious sense of shame when she believes him to have taken up with another woman give a real sense of two people who care deeply for each other . someone at toei obviously thought so , as the two went on to appear together in “samurai wolf” and “samurai wolf ii” . miyazono later starred in “quick draw okatsu” , one of the best ‘swordswoman’ films to come out of japan ( not to mention costarring the awesome oshida reiko as a ninja babe ) . natsuyagi is still active in japanese film , recently appearing in the azuchi castle / nobunaga jidaigeki opus “ castle under fiery skies ” .
during his early filmmaking days in the silent era , he was known for his mobile camera style , and earned himself the nickname “ido daisuke” ( “i love motion” ) , a pun on “ito daisuke . ” over his many years of filmmaking , he worked with such legendary stars as kinnosuke nakamura , raizo ichikawa , shintaro katsu , denjiro okochi , and tsumasaburo bando . the director of samurai vendetta , kazuo mori , was also a beloved student of daisuke ito .
the last film in kudo ' s informal samurai trilogy turned out to be the most enjoyable for me if not necessarily the best . it seems that , as running time for the films in the trilogy decreased , kudo became more efficient in his storytelling and the films gained upon it accordingly . the conclusion still is that the films are similar in style and in plot , but without being repetitive in any way . they are just variations on a theme and very well executed as such .
in 2013 , discotek media released a dvd boxset of the original kyattou ninden teyandee in its entirety ( uncut and with subs , of course ) . discotek also released a boxset of samurai pizza cats in 2013 , and followed that up a few years later with a one - disc blu - ray release ( made possible by all the episodes being in standard definition , natch ) . and as of late december 2015 , the dubbed version is available on crunchyroll for viewers in the us and canada .
the characters of viggo mortensen ( frank t . hopkins ) in hidalgo and of tom cruise ( nathan algren ) in the last samurai have very similar traumatizing backgrounds . they both suffer from p . t . s . d . from helping , or aiding in the massacre of native americans , they lose themselves in alcohol , and work 1800s wild west - type shows , followed by receiving an offer to travel to a foreign land for a large amount of money , and are wholly changed by the experience .
juichinin no samurai starring isao natsuyagi ( hayato ) , ryutaro otomo ( gyobu ) , kotaro satomi ( mitamura ) , kantaro suga ( lord nariatsu ) , koji nambara ( tatawaki ) , ko nishimura ( daijuro ) , kei sato ( mizuno ) , junko miyazono ( orie ) , eiko okawa ( nui ) , minoru oki screenplay by takeo kunihiro , noribumi suzuki and kei tasaka music by akira ifukube toei company , 95 minutes b & w ; , 2 . 35 : 1 scope ratio english - subtitled dvd : animeigo
) leaves the clan to become a ronin , then rounds up ten samurai to help him . he starts be enlisting six retainers who are on the verge of taking revenge themselves before hayato intervenes . hayato orders them to commit seppuku for their plot , just as a test to make sure how serious they are . also joining the team along with those six is lady nui , the sister of an abe retainer who has just died from tuberculosis , and her commitment to the cause is as strong as the men ' s .
the real - life counterpart to katsumoto ( played by ken watanabe ) is takamori saigo , who led a samurai rebellion in 1877 . as in the movie , saigo ended up committing suicide in september 1877 after defeat in battle . the emperor ' s attitude in the film toward katsumoto ' s struggle and death reflects actual japanese popular sentiment toward saigo , who though defeated , was regarded as a hero ; a statue of saigo was erected shortly after his death , and can today be seen in ueno , in northeast tokyo .
as a director , he’s perhaps best known for his award - winning hangyakuji , a . k . a . conspirator ( 1961 ) , and benten kozo , a . k . a . the gay masquerade ( 1958 ) . as a writer , he’s best - known for his adaptation of yukinojo henge , a . k . a . revenge of a kabuki actor , as well as his single contributions to long - running samurai series such as sleepy eyes of death 8 ( 1966 ) , and zatoichi and the chess expert ( 1965 ) .
after yattarou and karamaru ( aka :
bad bird
in the samurai pizza cats version ) return safely after destroying the comet that would have wiped out edoropolis ( aka :
little tokyo
) , omitsu is so happy to see yattarou alive that she lets out a mega huge missile , which heads toward edoropolis , blowing it up in the process ( ironically , the missile is labelled
omitsu is so happy ~ ! !
) the townspeople are seen rebuilding the city in the end of the episode , however , but still .
elemental powers : the samurai pizza cats rescue team each represented one of these . meowzma ( gotton ) was earth , general catton ( rikinoshin ) was fire , bat cat ( mietoru ) was wind , and spritz t . cat ( nekkii ) was water . similarly , the three of the four rude noise members each represent the elements : cannonball battery ( bonkaa ) represents fire , ronnie geissmuller ( wokkaa ) represent water , and mojo rojo ( rekkaa ) represents wind . the lone exception is bad max ( zankaa ) , who represents the darkness .
it is the early 19th century in japan . nariatsu , a high ranking official and son of the former shogun , is engaged in an animal hunt . in his reckless pursuit of the game , he crosses borders to a neighboring fief and kills a peasant who happens to be in his way . the lord of that fief also happens to be nearby , and witnessing the incident , calls him out on his ruthlessness . nariastu kills him as well . this murder is covered up by the government , and blame is placed on the dead lord and his fief is slated for disbandment , to be incorporated by the shogun . the dead lord ' s samurai will not accept this fate . reckless attempts are made against nariastu , who frequents a local brothel . a semi organized attempt by a group of samurai is thwarted by the dead lord ' s chamberlain , who through a contrived sentencing of his own men to commit seppoku , is looking for recruits himself . ten men and one woman are brought together , later , a ronin joins them , and they bide their time until the time to strike is ripe .
gyobu’s not the only one struggling with the contradictions of bushido . hayato’s group takes refuge in an old dwelling where the hothead faction clashes with hayato over how things are being handled . they accuse him of being standoffish , happy to set up shop with lady nui and not taking the opportunities presented them . things seemingly get worse when it’s revealed that a scruffy ronin , ido daijyurou , has overheard their conversation and deduces what their objective is , but he proves sent from the gods when a group of nariatsu’s samurai suddenly attack . with his help , the oshi ronin make their escape .
extras are light this time around - trailers for the three films in kudo’s ‘samurai trilogy’ , a handful of historical notes , short bios of some of the cast and crew , and a small image gallery ( only five images ) . toei must not have had much archival material on the film since not only is there a lack of stills on the disc but the trailer is one that animeigo put together themselves . otherwise , the disc is what we’ve all come to expect from animeigo - a top rate translation with cultural notes onscreen , the best possible transfer , and solid sound .
the conflicted sixties were a golden age for a few directors , who renovated an oft - criticized genre thriving on nostalgia and clear - cut depictions of the samurai tate - shakai ( vertical society ) . in japan , their films were either hailed as groundbreaking works or criticized as ' bastardized ' productions tarnishing the jidaimono tradition with impure blood . very often , those films would be reevaluated from 10 to 30 years after their release , as avant - garde or underground gems . although hideo gosha ' s delightful samurai wolf ( kiba okaminosuke ) movies and his potent reworking of tange sazen ( 1966 ) were produced by toei , the most commercially and critically successful films at the time were kudo ' s ' action jidai geki ' , as they were labelled . those films , parallel with the taisaku mono ( prestige productions ) helmed by tadashi imai , signified , like in the heavily politicized 1920s and 1930s , the introduction of more realism and social conscience into the sanitized and kabuki - esque jidai geki productions stemming from the kyoto movie studios , together with more experimental visuals ( keisuke kinoshita ' s absolutely masterful river fuefuki / fuefukigawa was both very realistic in feel and remarkably experimental ) .
afro samurai is a video game for the playstation 3 and xbox 360 video game consoles , loosely based on the manga and anime series of the same name . it was announced in the february 2008 issue of play magazine [ 2 ] and released on january 27 , 2009 . [ 3 ] the game was developed by namco bandai games [ 4 ] and in north america , it was the first ( and would end up being the only ) game published under their western label , surge . in europe and australia the game was released under the namco brand instead and was distributed by atari europe .
eiichi kudo was born into a family of samurai lineage . in fact , his great grandfather had been sent by the government to hokkaido to cultivate the land , probably shortly after the hokkaido colonization commission was established , in 1869 , and started to promote ranching in the area . it was the time , after the meiji restauration , of the ' rehabilitation of samurai ' , and so the kudo family had a farm and bred horses . eiichi kudo ' s brother - in - law , masaaki ito , a production manager at the toei kyoto studio , explained how kudo ' s family actually raised race horses typical of the area , probably hokkaido washu horses , for the purpose of banei keiba races , that is , ' traditional draft horse races which involve horses pulling iron sleighs of a similar weight while racing each other ' ( quoted from yomiuri ) . so in his infancy , eiichi kudo became very familiar with horses and , according to his biographer dirty kudo ( the author of the book hikari to kage eiga kantoku kudo eiichi [ light and shadow : film director eiichi kudo ] , published by wise shuppan in 2002 ) : ' he was the one director who , at toei , started to use horses to better effect in action sequences . '
for younger directors like kudo , the opportunity to show their mettle came with the decline of that founding genre of japanese cinema , the jidai geki . this forced the studios to rejuvenate the genre and make it more violent and realistic to fit the times of social anarchy . the year 1960 , for instance , was the year inejiro asanuma , leading figure of the socialist party , was assassinated by a right - wing extremist , in front of tv cameras . it might be said that , to some extent , the extreme brutality of this murder set the tone for some of the most realistic jidai geki produced in the 1960s - not so much akira kurosawa ' s sanjuro ( tsubaki sanjuro , 1962 ) , which , despite its anti - violence message , remains quite playful , as films like the executioners ( bakumatsu zankoku monogatari , 1964 ) by tai kato or kudo ' s the great killing . those black and white films are also partly in the line of the zankoku - or cruel - jidaimono of the 1960s , in literature and movies , a line of works exemplified by the novel todaiki by norio nanjo in 1956 ( norio nanjo also penned tadashi imai ' s bushido : samurai saga / bushido zankoku monogatari in 1963 ) . todaiki is a novel about a mangled samurai abandoned in latrines . it is a very dark novel much appreciated by filmmakers including kenji misumi .
i took a break from the zatoichi series for this week to check out this film from eiichi kudo . a young , brash , greedy , and violent daimyo , favorite son of the retired shogun , wanders into a neighboring fief while hunting , and in a fit of anger kills a peasant farmer and that clan ' s lord . not wanting to embarass the shogunate , the official story is rewritten and the injured clan is ordered to be abolished . a group of samurai defect from the clan and begin plotting the assassination of the offending daimyo . honestly the plot is pretty standard for this style of jidaigeki , but that plot is also plenty satisfying when well executed . i would say , for the most…
at the beginning the japanese soldiers , who are trained by the americans , are using american - made model 1861 springfield muskets and british - made pattern 1853 enfield muskets , no doubt surplus from the american civil war ( which ended eleven years before the beginning of the movie ) . at the final battle , however , the now better trained and better equipped army can be seen using prussian - made gewehr 1871 bolt - action mausers , a single - shot , bolt - action , black - powder cartridge rifle . this rifle , unlike modern bolt - action rifles , had no magazine ( the model 1871 / 84 would add a tubular magazine ) . this equipment update is also reflected in the dress of the japanese soldiers , which abandoned the american 1870s look of the first part of the movie and adopted a stern , militaristic prussian look ( dark blue blouse , white gaiters , the more military style cap of a professional army instead of a french - style kepi then used by the u . s . army ) . this is because the elite japanese units during this time were trained by prussia , and the model 1871 mauser was widely exported during the 1870s - 1880s and was not fully replaced even in prussian / german service until 1889 .
when war broke out , kudo was too young to be drafted , but while at college , like his future toei colleague kinji fukasaku , he had to perform mandatory work to sustain the war effort . he found himself building , in the company of korean immigrants , a brand new airport near the port of tomakomai in hokkaido . nobody knows exactly how kudo felt after this tough period - although he once said that ' it strengthened the sickly kid i once had been ' - , nor how kudo actually felt about the fact that his family , like other samurai or agricultural families , was later labeled by the american occupation forces ' the enemy of democracy ' , on the grounds that they owned a vast amount of land .
these minor originalities do reveal one of kudo ' s talents : his ability to renovate the visual forms of jidai geki . he was one of the first - and maybe also the first - to introduce a lot of hand - held camera in toei ' s chanbara , as can be seen in the great killing . this hand - held camerawork may have served to evoke the tv coverage of streets demonstrations in the 1960s . kudo also appropriated the low - angle approach of his director friend tai kato and , according to misao arai , ' used it even more effectively than kato ' . he also tried to bring a twist to traditional jidai geki framings and compositions . dirty kudo reveals how kudo derived inspiration from toei ' s kyosho tomu uchida , the director of a bloody spear at mount fuji ( 1955 ) . ' in the kuroda affair ( kuroda sodo , 1956 ) , ' he explains , ' there is a notable reunion scene between samurai where uchida placed the top rank samurai not at the center but in one corner of the room . this original composition made kudo realize that he could try out new visual approaches in his jidai geki films ' . another japanese critic and film historian noted that kudo took a decisive counter - approach to tv filming . ' generally , tv jidai geki were much more brightly lit than their film counterparts . but kudo liked shadows very much . here and there , he would place his actors in shadows and hide their faces ' .


last will and embezzlement is a 2012 documentary film about the financial exploitation of the elderly .

it stars veteran actor mickey rooney and is narrated by artie pasquale .

one year earlier , rooney testified before the united states senate special committee on aging about the years of financial abuse he said he suffered at the hands of his step-son , against whom a restraining order was subsequently issued .

last will and embezzlement

the late mickey rooney . . . last will and embezzlement’s very special guest star . for more details click here
this last weekend saw the premiere of the documentary film last will and embezzlement , a chilling account of how the senior population in this country is being vampirized .
come out and see , without cost , the indiana premier of the documentary ( featuring mickey rooney ) , “last will and embezzlement . ”
introduction and welcome reception followed by screening of “last will and embezzlement” , which will by an audience q & a featuring film producer pamela s . k . glasner . after that there will be a panel discussion with professionals
given the overarching structural messiness that defines its examination of elder financial abuse , the only thing last will and embezzlement has in the right place is its heart .
starjack entertainment ' s ' last will and embezzlement ' - official trailer urltoken directed by highway star pictures ' deborah louise robinson produced by pamela s . k . glasner and deborah louise robinson
introduction and welcome reception followed by a performance by ms . senior arizona . after that , there will be a screening of “last will and embezzlement” , followed by comments from keynote speaker , film producer pamela s . k . glasner .
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is a feature - length documentary which examines the financial exploitation of the elderly . its creation was inspired by the recent , true - life events in the . . . see full summary »
as a victim’s daughter and also one of the two producers of the ground - breaking documentary “last will and embezzlement” , pamela s . k . glasner will be addressing audiences in washington dc ( hosted by wells fargo advisors , at the mayflower renaissance ) and phoenix arizona ( hosted by the area agency on aging , at the chandler fashion center ) at events where the topic of the day will be the growing epidemic of elder financial abuse .
hollywood icon mickey rooney stars in last will and embezzlement , a 72 - minute feature - length documentary inspired by the recent true - life events in the family of starjack partner , pamela s . k . glasner . our hope is that last will and embezzlement will shine a light on this global problem , help those who have potentially - vulnerable adults in their lives to be on the look - out for signs of victimization , and maybe even make some waves in the communities where the rights of these citizens are not being looked after and protected by the public servants and law enforcement officials who are charged with that responsibility . - - ( c ) starjack entertainment
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elder abuse robs our families and our community ! this newly released documentary , “last will and embezzlement” , was inspired by true - life events in the family of producer pamela s . k glasner . it stars hollywood icon mickey rooney who was a victim of abuse . it is our hope that this documentary will shine a light on the pervasive problem of financial exploitation , and will help those who have potentially - vulnerable adults in their lives to be on the look - out for signs of victimization . those who attend this film event will be educated , challenged and inspired to action .
it ' s official : on july 16 , us president donald trump and kremlin chief vladimir putin will meet in helsinki . dw ' s miodrag soric already knows who will come out on top .
glasner’s story and others , including that of actor mickey rooney , are chronicled in her first film , “last will and embezzlement , ” which recently premiered in new york city to a packed theater and a standing ovation . in the documentary , the new york city - born author and filmmaker details how a man in his 60s had befriended glasner’s parents , who were both in their 80s , at their local synagogue . in time , the stranger drew up a will giving him the ability to make all of glasner’s parents’ financial decisions “unconditionally . ”
while the results will be moderated , designed , cut and sub - titled the team are still steadfast in their belief that it is the women ' s voices that should be to the fore . to this end the full recording archives will remain online as both resource and reminder .
the law won ' t help , so i ' ve decided to avail myself of the one medium i have left to me : film . in conjunction with a sarasota - based production company , my partner and i are making a documentary about the issue . our hope is that last will and embezzlement will shine a light on this global problem , help those who have potentially - vulnerable adults in their lives to be on the look - out for signs of victimization , and maybe even make some waves in the communities where the rights of these citizens are not being looked after and protected by the public servants and law enforcement officials who are charged with that responsibility .
director deborah louise robinson says of the review , “what an honour to receive such praise from this highly respected publication . getting such a fantastic review from a completely objective source reaffirms our belief that “last will” is truly needed by our society . ”
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called “the best single all - around source of video information available , ” video librarian has been the review publication of choice among librarians for over 25 years . and mr . phil hall , the well - respected author of “the history of independent cinema” and “the encyclopedia of underground movies” — and one of video librarian’s more prolific contributors , who also regularly reviews films for such notables as edge boston , american movie classics magazine , and the new york times — has given “last will and embezzlement” 3 & ½ stars out of a possible 4 , and has proclaimed to his readers that our film is a “timely look at a serious social issue , ” and is “highly recommended . ”
in yet another instance , this time regarding last will ' s producer , pamela s . k . glasner ' s own father , and one impetus for the film , involved a man walking into the senior center and getting her father ' s signature on a power of attorney . sounds like a simple tale of reversal and fraud but in this arena , nothing is simple .
this free - admission event will be open to the public to raise awareness of financial exploitation of our elderly . the statistics are staggering . “ financial abuse robbed elder americans of an estimated $ 2 . 9 billion last year , up 12 percent from 2008 . ” *
this free - admission event will be open to the public to raise awareness of financial exploitation of our elderly . the statistics are staggering . “ financial abuse robbed elder americans of an estimated $ 2 . 9 billion last year , up 12 percent from 2008 . ” * elder abuse robs our families and our community !
recently we asked some naela members what it means to be an elder and special needs law practitioner . as you will see our members are passionate about what they do !
, was inspired by true - life events in the family of producer pamela s . k glasner . it stars hollywood icon mickey rooney who was a victim of abuse . it is our hope that this documentary will shine a light on the pervasive problem of financial exploitation , and will help those who have potentially - vulnerable adults in their lives to be on the look - out for signs of victimization . those who attend this film event will be educated , challenged and inspired to action .
the absolutely stunning nancy tessman auditorium seats 300 — that’s 300 people who will learn , just four weeks from now , how to protect those they love and those they care for .
while it may not be right in your backyard , it ' s still a worthy ( and free ! ) event that will be raising awareness of the exploration of the elderly .
in some states , glasner says , there is a threshold where the “the state doesn’t even bother prosecution , ” such as if the amount of embezzlement is less than $ 100 , 000 .
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this tactic has a familiar ring to it - one which must have sent a shudder down prokhorov ' s spine as he recalled the fate of the oligarch , mikhail khodorkovsky , who spent 10 years in prison on tax fraud and embezzlement charges after falling foul of the kremlin .
manchester — it wasn’t until resident pamela glasner traveled 1 , 300 miles to florida to bury her mother last april that she began unraveling a web of mistrust in which she learned a complete stranger had embezzled her parent’s life savings .
“i was working for amnesty international in peru in the 1990s and nobody knew this was going on , ” says matthew brown of the university of bristol . “awareness has been growing in the last three years , partly because of our project and partly because of the efforts of victims groups . these women were sterilised at 20 and now they are coming up to 45 with no one to look after them in old age . that
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the raids were apparently part of an investigation into another bank that ifc had bailed out last year and onexim had a stake in , but the
moscow times
reported the fsb as saying that it had found tax law violations at
a number of commercial structures
although it didn ' t say exactly which ones .
“the day of my mom’s funeral in orlando , the perpetrator came to my parents’ house and told me what he had done , ” glasner said . the man calmly explained that years earlier he had become executor of her parents’ will , had put his name on their checking account , and visited the nursing home where her father was and had the power of attorney transferred to his name . “he told me he was going to sell my parents’ house and put the proceeds into the checking account and said there is nothing you can do to stop me because i have more money than you and i can keep you tied up in court forever , ” glasner said . “and he was exactly right . ”
armed with the bogus power of attorney and the new will , this man boldly bragged to my brother and me , separately , privately so as not to be overheard , that he was putting the now - vacant house on the market and had every intention of putting the proceeds of the sale into the checking account which , now that our mother is dead , is in his name only . and with a smile which would freeze even satan ' s blood , said ,
and there ' s nothing you can do to stop me . i have more money than you , and i can keep you tied up in court for years .
the political pressure that the quipu project has unwittingly become a part of could well swing the 2016 elections , where keiko fujimori , daughter of alberto , is attempting to become president . many are concerned that she would use a win to release and excuse her father , who is currently serving a lengthy prison term for embezzlement and bribery . opponents are primed to bring the issue of the forced sterilisations to the hustings , with international attention and pressure being drawn by the testimonies of the women who feature in this new form of documentary .
another elderly couple was coerced into a reverse - mortgage loan , which sucked them dry of their last asset , their home , when they had been in a fairly stable financial position . but alzheimer ' s diminished the wife ' s comprehension and by the time her daughter stepped in to try to salvage the situation , it was almost too late .
: feeling sorry for — and going so far as contemplating forgiveness for — someone who victimizes and devastates you , or those you care deeply about .
the group ' s leaders say their signatures were forged and they now want their land back . ikea maintains the deal was above board and is cooperating with the investigation . but the fact that these types of raids - whether they be for tax or any other reasons - are happening with seemingly increasing regularity must set alarm bells off for any prospective companies looking to invest in russia . and as for the oligarchs - they must be wondering for whom the bell will toll next .
a few weeks after my mother died , i contacted the county probate office and found out that a new will had come out of nowhere , a will which benefited the perpetrator , actually giving him carte blanche to do anything he chose with any of my parents ' property , real or personal . i also learned that this individual had gotten himself appointed my mother ' s medical surrogate - - the person who makes medical decisions in the event of another ' s incapacity . and make those decisions he did . less than two weeks after those two documents were executed , my mother was in a coma . four days later , this man ordered the termination of my mother ' s life support .
“i said , you know what we really need to do is make a documentary about this because it’s a bigger problem than i made it out to be , ” glasner said to her friend soon after her mother’s death last year . “we wanted to make the point that this crime doesn’t know any bounds . ”
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further down the food chain , but also sending an unsettling message to anyone wanting to invest in russia , is a court case involving ikea . like prokhorov , its offices were also raided last week by officers looking for documents for a case that has been brought against the swedish company over the 16 hectares of land it acquired from an agricultural consortium , and which it turned into a mega store back in the early 2000 ' s .
first - person essays , features , interviews and q & as ; about life today .
excellent article by renowned journalist and prolific writer elizabeth o’brien ( wall street journal’s marketwatch ) .
the new york times called the film ,
eye - opening
and
moving
, and described the film style as
seesawing between concerned experts and moving case histories
and said
the film has a bare - bones look that only intensifies its nearly painful sincerity .
the huffington post called it
a chilling account of how the senior population in this country is being vampirized
, and claimed that
it should be required viewing
.
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this film is available to ( and is already being utilized by ) all scholastic , municipal , non - profit , or other organizations or entities who wish to conduct conferences or forums or classes to educate senior citizens as well as baby boomers so they don ' t become victims in the first place ! the manhattan da has it , penn state law school has it , holy cross college has it - - - please pass the word . . . . . and hopefully more will take advantage of this important resource .
several days before their mother’s death in april 2011 , glasner’s brother called up the nursing home and said he was going to take care of his parent’s finances . though glasner has only one sibling , “the social worker said you don’t need to worry about it , your brother is taking care of it . ” they learned that a new will had been generated by a man they would soon meet face - to - face .
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within months the team were heading off to peru , teaming up with victim support groups and launching their ambitious plan to mix new tech with old and give those women a voice via £50 , 000 of ahrc funding .
it ' s a simple story on the surface : scam artist meets senior , scam artist befriends senior , scam artist takes senior for all he or she is worth . this particular horror tale only portends to get darker and darker . the surface simplicity has complex roots such as reverse - mortgage loans , alzheimer ' s and other psychological instabilities , and a legal and financial system ill - equipped to offer an antidote to the encroaching leeches .
pamela s . k . glasner is a published author and a filmmaker . learn more about ms . glasner at
the question i posed last time was : after everything the perpetrator has done , in light of all the wreckage he has left behind , does he not deserve every bit of hate and venom my wounded heart can dredge up ? i used to think so . in fact , i was certain of it . but then a dear friend said something to me , one single , simple sentence which i must have heard a million times throughout my life , and probably a million more since 2011 , when i joined the ranks of those who wear the label of “victim” on their backs , just slightly below the hastily - scribbled sign which reads “kick me ! ” she said she felt sorry for the man , and it was clear , in the way she said it and in they way she looked at me as the words passed her lips , that she was suggesting i follow suit .
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slant magazine was harshly critical of the film , calling it
inept , unwatchable , and sometimes tastelessly exploitive
, and concluding that it is
obnoxiously simplistic .
the village voice was also negative in its coverage , commenting that the clips from the interview with rooney
merely exacerbate the earnest but graceless documentary ' s editorial clumsiness , aesthetic flatness , and endless repetition .
this film is about financial exploitation . a trailer is urltoken and more info of this event can be found here : urltoken .
mickey rooney , a beloved film star for most of the 20th century , from national velvet to breakfast at tiffany ' s - - has a similarly complex story , in that the perpetrator of financial fraud on his earnings and livelihood was a relative - - so rooney and his wife were trapped into a life of virtual poverty rather than confront an intricate web of pain , betrayal and exploitation .
in a candid and unflinching portrait of palestinian prisoners , shimon dotan takes viewers inside the hot house , the highest security . . .
brown had been looking for a creative way to get the story out there via social media , but it was not until he and fellow researcher karen tucker met with the team behind production company chaka studio that the solution became clear . the teams hooked up via arts and humanities research council ( ahrc ) - funded react hub , an organisation set up to bring academics , artists and creative businesses together .
rumors about what he could have done to bring this upon himself have run rife - but the one that seems to be congealing best is that the kremlin wants his media holdings , rbc - which has tv , print and online interests . according to its 2013 annual report , rbc had considerable debts , about $ 208 million ( 185 million euros ) , but it has influence , and , in a sea of otherwise bland and controlled media outlets , it is one of the most liberal , and that may have been its achilles heel .
world elder abuse awareness day , in support of the united nations international plan of action acknowledging the significance of elder abuse as a public health and human rights issue , was launched on june 15 , 2006 , to provide an opportunity for communities around the world to promote a better understanding of abuse and neglect of older persons by raising awareness of the cultural , social , economic and demographic processes affecting senior citizens .
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“many women just want to tell their story as a personal process and many had no idea it had happened to others , ” says lerner . “others see the benefit of sharing as adding political pressure . they want an apology and they want things to change . right now the politicians want to blame the doctors who carried out the sterilisations and vice versa . many women see these sterilisations as being carried out to control the population and stop uprisings . it was the poorest who were hit . those who had no option but to use the public health programme . ”
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eir entire legacy to their children and their grandchildren … stolen by a stranger who’d worked his way into their lives , and the authorities would do nothing . had i known the signs , i’d have done something ! i just didn’t know . please … don’t let this happen to your family . ”
join me next time when i discuss , in greater depth , actually letting go of the hate , finding a way to forgive , and healing my heart . one footnote : please indulge me as i take a moment to extend a very special thanks to that woman - friend i mention above — first for being one of the most insightful women i know and , second , for being a good enough friend to generously share her love and her peace .
imagine discovering that you don ' t own the mineral rights under your land , and that an energy company plans to drill for natural gas . . .
so your normally prudent 69 - year - old mother has taken up with an unemployed salsa instructor half her age , and now he’s living in her spare room . and co - signing her checks . she seems happy , but you’re worried about his motives — not to mention your inheritance . what can you do ?
feeling helpless and having read a story about the millions of dollars that a member of rooney’s extended family had embezzled , glasner decided in the summer of 2011 to write her first film . she runs a production company called starjack entertainment with her friend and screenwriter , deborah louise robinson , who lives in north yorkshire , england .
historically , leeches were applied to the ill and infirm as a sort of restorative , but they didn ' t really work . there is an eerie parallel here .
for the perpetrator , it ' s always “just about the money , ” but for the victims and their families , it ' s about a whole lot more .
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the project is due to be completed in 2015 and is snowballing as the team visit different parts of peru to make contacts and initiate recordings . when women hear their stories replicated by others they are often shocked by the scale of the sterilisations , but this also makes them keen to share their own testimony . the team have so far covered huancabamba in the north andes , independencia district in the south andes and are about to set off for the province of anta in the south andes to work with activists .
this would - be serious exposé of elder abuse is so mishandled it merely becomes an endless , clumsy and finally patronizing litany of woe , offering no real insights or solutions .
pamela s . k . glasner is a published author , historian , filmmaker and social advocate . her website is urltoken . she can also be found on facebook at urltoken .
the americans have helpers around the world , and russia is no exception - people who are prepared to link putin personally to offshore companies in whatever way they can .
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. . . there ' s nothing you can do to stop me because i have more money than you , and i can keep you tied up in the courts forever .
the most common victim of these types of fraud schemes , glasner says , are women between the ages of 80 and 89 , alone , and generally dependent . the most common embezzler is a family member , followed by a stranger . a lack of security at the nursing home where the perpetrator frequently visited glasner’s ailing father also played a role in keeping the fraud secret for several years .
the scale of the heinous medical campaign remained buried until recently , as the village areas most affected did not know that both neighbouring and far - flung areas had also been hit . various legal cases on the issue brought against right - wing former - president alberto fujimori have hit the buffers and the local headlines , but the story has largely remained unknown outside the urban centres of peru .
the most stirring art has the ability to make us stop , think and even act , but a new interactive documentary made in peru may just help decide the political future of the whole country . created as a result of collaboration between the university of bristol and london - based chaka studio , the quipu project relays the story of a recent and very dark moment in peruvian history . as many as 300 , 000 women in rural areas of peru were possibly hoodwinked into being sterilised during the mid - to - late 1990s , all in the name of bringing an end to poverty .
but , as putin spent hours answering questions from across the country in his recent televised q & a ; session , officers of the federal security bureau ( fsb ) and tax inspectors were conducting raids on several of prokhorov ' s businesses including the moscow headquarters of his holding company , onexim group , his investment firm renaissance capital , the power generating company quadra , and the international financial club ( ifc ) bank .
during the 1990s , hundreds of thousands of poor women in rural areas of peru were forcibly sterilised , often without their knowledge - and ahead of the next presidential election , artists are helping campaigners finally find justice .
while the film would benefit from another round of disciplined editing - - there is apparently a punchy 32 - minute version for schools and other institutions - - it should be required viewing regardless . we are an aging population ( the statistics are staggering ) within an unstable economy , and as one interviewee states in the film , law enforcement have little or no training in this kind of crime , so it ' s very hard to prosecute .
she reported the incident to police — but by that point “everything had already been cleaned out of the accounts . ” the detective said he spoke to the man and said he seemed like a really nice guy , glasner said .
politicians are notorious for saving disappointing news for otherwise busy days . and just as the football world cup rolled round , the russian government announced a sweeping pension reform , pushing up the official retirement age . but opposition is already gathering .
moscow was sorry to hear a nerve agent had killed a woman , and was
deeply concerned
about such toxins ' presence in the uk , said kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov . but he described the case as a
british problem .
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glasner’s father , a veteran who served during world war ii in normandy , france , died this year . he was suffering from alzheimer’s disease and was living in a nursing facility in the orlando area . the couple had lived in connecticut for years , but moved south for their retirement . though the care facility was only a short drive away , glasner’s mother was left isolated in their modest home . they had several hundred thousand dollars saved from the father’s pension as a former pharmacist in their checking and investment accounts .
the first of a series of new articles by starjack partner pamela s . k . glasner is now on the huffington post : an uncompromising look at being victimized , the long road to recovery , the hunger to live again , and one woman’s successful journey .
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since the start of 2011 , it is estimated that 11 , 000 americans each day are turning 65 years old . with that aging population is a shifting of money from one generation to the next — and increasingly it is finding its way into the wrong hands .
during the incident , the perpetrator’s wife was also complicit in the scheme , having acted as a witness in the signing over of the power of the attorney , glasner said . pushing the case through court would have likely cost between $ 20 , 000 and $ 70 , 000 — money she didn’t have . “it was ridiculous big business , so i could never get the court to challenge those documents , ” she said . “the perpetrators exist just within the law and exist with impunity because they know what the law is . ”
privatizing that pool would be a much more interesting proposition for a cash - strapped treasury . and it seems the government has multiple interests in acquiring a variety of businesses at the moment , including one of moscow ' s largest and privately owned airports , domodedovo . one of its owners , dmitry kamenshchik , is under house arrest awaiting a trial for alleged security violations at the airport that allowed terrorists to carry out a bombing in 2011 which killed 37 people . it ' s not unreasonable to investigate the possible laxness of security , but questions about the timing and motivations behind of the arrest of russia ' s 27th most wealthy man abound , with many analysts saying it ' s little more than a crude attempt to get him to cede control to a kremlin friendly organization - like say , gazprom .
glasner graduated from eastern connecticut state university with a degree in english after moving to the nutmeg state at the age of 18 . her second film , a “rockumentary” that chronicles a heavy metal music festival in leeds , england , is set to be released later this year or in early 2013 . her first book , “finding emmaus , ” was released in 2009 and is a historical novel that covers the treatment and mistreatment of mentally ill patients over the course of 300 years . she is currently working on the second part of that trilogy .
“now looking back , i see the signs , but i didn’t at the time , ” glasner said . in hindsight , she says , she should have recognized something was wrong when her parents called and said they didn’t need her to fill out their tax filings any more .
“a friendly neighbor offers to go pick up an elderly couple’s license plates . he has them sign a specific power of attorney for that sole purpose , printed from an automobile - club website . he takes that to the bank and uses it to withdraw money from the couple’s account . ”
yes , he may well be deserving of hate but , what he is , even more than that , is pathetic , and if i am going to spare him any part of myself at all , better it be my pity than my venom — better for me , if nothing else .
i also learned , after my mother ' s passing , that several months ago , this man waltzed into the nursing home where my dad resides , handed my dad a boiler - plate power of attorney - - you know , the sort anyone can print off the internet - - and walked out with my dad ' s signature . my father has alzheimer ' s . he ' s had it for a while . much as i adore the man and it pains me to say it , much as i still think of him as my hero , my father is not competent to sign anything .
in one story , an elderly woman had been befriended by a new neighbor who eventually insinuated herself into all her financial affairs and was systematically siphoning away her money . when told that she was being taken advantage of , the woman declined to prosecute , saying ,
she ' s my friend .
florida law is crystal clear on the matter : a durable power of attorney can survive incompetence , but absolutely , unequivocally , cannot be created by an incompetent person . that ' s the law . only ' the law ' won ' t help me . they refuse to investigate . in a state with such an enormous elderly population , this sort of exploitation is just all - too - common for them . i cannot tell you how many times since my mother ' s death i have heard the words ,
it ' s unfortunate , ma ' am , but i hear about this kind of thing all the time .
and then nothing . and that ' s exactly what the perpetrator was banking on .
its print version was the only daily newspaper to dedicate its whole front page to the panama papers and the alleged involvement of people close to putin ' s inner circle in money laundering schemes . it was a point not lost on the vitriolic head of russia today who , in his own tv program , intimated that rbc was acting as a stooge for us interests .
“i ' ve come across lots of anthropological and ethnological studies where collected testimonies don ' t even make it into the appendix of publications , ” says brown . “we don ' t want everything mediated through the researcher . we want the words spoken to be available . we may have sub - titles , but it is so important to have these particular voices . ”
so there ' s a reason , but is there a bigger fish to be had ? onexim owns a majority stake in rbc , but its more lucrative investment is renaissance capital , an investment bank that focuses on emerging markets . in the first half of 2014 it reported an 81 percent year - on - year increase in its net profit to $ 8 . 7 million , up from $ 4 . 76 million for the same period in 2013 . onexim is a private investment fund with a portfolio that focuses on mining , financial services , real estate , media , utilities and technology . it owns shares in the bank vtb , several billions of dollars worth of the potash company , uralkali , and at the time of launching in 2007 has assets estimated to be worth $ 17 billion - including a large stake in norilsk nickel , one of the world ' s largest nickel producers .
mikhail prokhorov must be wondering what on earth he did to draw the ire of russian president vladimir putin . he ' s a quiet billionaire who doesn ' t seem to tread on anyone ' s toes . it ' s true he did run against the president in the 2012 presidential election , but it was generally considered to be a mutually agreed staged attempt to convince the world there was an opposition , and since then the 50 - year - old businessman has barely muttered a political word .
she said the perpetrator had to be a miserably unhappy man , that every act of hostility and misconduct from him was a pre - determined , ill - fated , piteous attempt on his part to fill a bottomless pit inside himself , a place where love should reside but , because of some twist of fate or some twisted wiring , simply does not . like a heroine addict , he temporarily numbs the pain of his emptiness with another injection of human misery , but as soon as that short - lived euphoria wears off , which is as inevitable as the proverbial sunrise , he is off in search of another fix .
this collaborative solution was to create an online archive of women ' s voices , telling their stories in their native tongue . this would then form the basis of a multimedia documentary with the women to the fore . most importantly , the women could hear the voices of others like them as the project was happening - many speaking quechua rather than spanish , which is the language of government . those who phone in to a dedicated phone line can either listen to a story or record their own . cheap mobile phones have been distributed throughout villages by local advocates and activists , with radio ads also helping to draw in growing numbers of contributors , who can also pass on their stories via landlines .
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they ' re coming for your mom , they ' re coming for your dad , they ' re coming for your elderly aunt or nice neighbor .
the
healing
leech is lethal . being scammed it seemed , was better than the alternative - - loneliness .
reverse - mortgage loans are complex financial instruments that even a layperson can ' t understand , much less a compromised elderly couple ,
she said . even now the exhaustion from lengthy legal machinations has made keeping up the fight a tenuous proposition at best .
heightened awareness is only the first step , but a mandatory one , toward developing a system of financial protection for this fragile population .
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the ' old woman ' we see briefly , mourning at the graveside , is actually a 15 year old boy - the director ' s son , ralph robinson .
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financial exploitation can happen to anyone , regardless of how much money you have . just a few simple steps can help protect everything you ’ ve spent a lifetime working for . don ’ t give fraudsters or embezzlers a chance to harm you . . . or those you love .
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the film has a bare - bones look that only intensifies its nearly painful sincerity .
economic predators are taking advantage of senior citizens who ' ve lost their capacity to responsibly handle their financial affairs . the specific scenario may differ , but the scams are similar , following specific patterns . this film calls them out .
the doc is so obnoxiously simplistic that you find yourself strangely unsympathetic to its objectively inarguable aim to promote greater standards of elder care .
gosh , if it can happen to mickey rooney , it happens to anybody .
elder financial exploitation does not just affect the elderly , it affects everyone in the family – for generations . urltoken
“my parents died penniless , ” says producer pamela s . k . glasner , “everything was gone . the american dream of “the golden years” … completely out of reach once the perpetrator made them paupers . th
let us teach you what to look for , what the signs are , how to avoid it , where to go for help . or what to do if it’s already occurring .
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a few months ago , had someone asked me what i ' d have considered to be the worst event in a person ' s life , i ' d have said , without hesitation , the loss of a loved one . i have since reconsidered . learning too late ( shortly after my 90 - year - old mother ' s death ) that my parents were the victims of elder exploitation beats that six ways from sunday . the pain of living through the wreckage this perpetrator has left in his wake is sometimes all but unbearable .
after my mother ' s death , it came to light that this man had gotten his name added to one of my mother ' s checking accounts .
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if someone shares something in confidence , particularly something that ' s difficult to bear , maybe we should go a step further with our definition than just not bringing it up at the next town meeting . maybe we should not bring it up at all , to anyone , ever ………
except for instances in the entertainment industry , i have never heard the words “i feel sorry for you” used as anything other than a weapon . in fact , i cannot think of a single phrase packed with more
than that one . when i was growing up , mothers used it as a precursor for how their errant children’s hind ends were going to feel as soon as daddy got home from work ; members of the bertha - better - than - you cliques at school used it as reminders of their families’ financial superiority ; i am not proud to admit that during my formative years , i myself bandied it about as an insult when all other verbal methods of humiliating some young foe had been exhausted . i never once thought of that phrase as something which could actually be a positive force in anyone’s life .
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when the hospital gave their records to the chief state’s attorney’s office in seminole county , that office said there was “insufficient evidence to warrant an investigation . ” a paper trail was nowhere to be found — likely burned as part of a finely executed plan .
following her mother’s death , glasner’s father’s health began deteriorating because the family couldn’t afford to transfer him to a more intensive care facility to help him recover from a bout of pneumonia .
similar fraud cases happen to about 5 million seniors each year , in which a reported $ 2 . 9 billion changes hands , glasner said . in some instances , the victim never reports it , for fear of being relocated to a nursing home due to perceived incompetence .
glasner says the response to her film has been overwhelming , including positive reviews from elizabeth loewy , a prosecutor who works in the elder abuse unit of the new york county district attorney’s office , the office that investigated the fraud case involving the socialite brooke astor .
other institutions , like penn state’s law school , have purchased copies of the film , which was produced on a $ 130 , 000 budget , to screen for fraud courses . another theatrical screening is scheduled for los angeles in early august , while a distribution deal is being worked out to bring it to a wide audience .