#Otane

[chernobog13]

A stunning poster for The Tale of Zatoichi (1962), the first of the 26-film series starring Shintaro Katsu as the wandering blind swordsman.

The poster also features Shigeru Amachi as Miki Hirate, the ronin with whom Zatoichi befriends and, tragically, must duel; and Masayo Banri as Otane, the woman who falls in love with Ichi. Otane has the distinction of being the only character to appear in three films in the series.

Man o man, I gotta get me one of these for my wall.

[thingsdavidlikes]

Lifting the Veil - Hawke's Bay, NZ by Jos Buurmans

[fostervold]

Day 2711 /// sensing a pattern

[nando161mando]

📺 MONTREAL VS OTAN & GENOCIDE 📺

Des affrontements ont eu lieu hier soir à Montréal lors d'une manifestation anti OTAN et pour la Palestine. Le palais des congrès a notamment été attaqué.

🇬🇧 Clashes took place last night in Montreal during an anti-NATO and pro-Palestine demonstration. The convention center was attacked in particular.

🇮🇹 Scontri si sono verificati ieri sera a Montreal nel corso di una manifestazione anti-NATO e filo-Palestina. Il centro congressi è stato notevolmente attaccato.

🇪🇦 Anoche se produjeron enfrentamientos en Montreal durante una manifestación contra la OTAN y a favor de Palestina. El centro de convenciones fue especialmente atacado.

🇩🇪 Gestern Abend kam es in Montreal während einer Anti-NATO- und Pro-Palästina-Demonstration zu Zusammenstößen. Insbesondere das Kongresszentrum wurde angegriffen.

🇬🇷 Συγκρούσεις σημειώθηκαν χθες το βράδυ στο Μόντρεαλ κατά τη διάρκεια διαδήλωσης κατά του ΝΑΤΟ και υπέρ της Παλαιστίνης. Το συνεδριακό κέντρο δέχθηκε αξιοσημείωτη επίθεση.

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ووقعت اشتباكات الليلة الماضية في مونتريال خلال مظاهرة مناهضة لحلف شمال الأطلسي ومؤيدة لفلسطين. تعرض مركز المؤتمرات لهجوم ملحوظ.

👉 Via CND (& 3jane.tv)

https://x.com/3janetv/status/1860131111080460476?t=sbvG-2ICeyqjI7UICWKNZg&s=19

t.me/primalinea161

[viejospellejos]

Un soldado ruso herido tira la bomba que le suelta un dron ucraniano (pagado por la OTAN) y se queda tan tranquilo mientras explota.

Dos preguntas:

1) ¿En qué momento hemos normalizado que un dron asesine a soldados heridos o rendidos?

2) ¿Esto no es un crimen de guerra?

[megalofasz]

Nnna vééégre!

[kanelinsuomi]

Törmäsin taas tällaiseen ja päätin lokalisoida. Tällä kertaa perusjätskimaut!

Tägätkää tai kommentoikaa omat lempparit :)

[differenthologramstarlight]

[fraoula-me-psyxologika]

ετοιμαζω κατι καινουργια κονσεπτ για φωτο και εχω καυλωωωωωωωσει τη ζωη μουυυυ χιχι :3

[is-this-working]

Some journalist trying to get a scoop:

"In this context can you tell us how long it would take for Ukraine to build a nuclear bomb and a question to the Secretary General would you understand if Ukraine were to build a nuclear bomb if it cannot become a NATO member thank you."

Volodymyr Zelenskyy:

"Sometimes we create ourselves problems, now you began to do it."

(audience laughs)

[chernobog13]

The Tale of Zatoichi (Zatoichi Monogatari) (1962).

This is the one that started the 26-film series, along with the 100-episode television series.

We are introduced to Ichi, a lowly anma (blind masseur) and yakuza with an uncanny ability to fight with a sword. He's also amazingly good at gambling, as he can hear how the dice fall.

Ichi gets hired to help out a yakuza gang in a brewing war with a rival gang over territory. The opposing gang, knowing Ichi's reputation with the sword, hires the ronin Hirate to aid their side. And, as fate would have it, Ichi and Hirate meet and become friends, despite knowing they are on opposite sides.

Ichi also meets Otane, a young woman engaged to a yakuza, but wishing to escape her fate. Otane finds in Ichi a man she truly loves and admires, and she's willing to leave her village and travel with Ichi for the rest of her life.

This film is much more deliberately paced than the rest of the series. That's understandable, as there's a lot of story to present, but the pace also helps to ramp up the tension. This film plays more as a drama until the gang war finally erupts, and then there's sword fighting a plenty.

Ichi himself is such an interesting, likable and engaging character that you don't mind the lack of action, because you're spending time getting to know him. And as the climax approaches, with the odds continually getting stacked against him, you're worried that there's no way he can possibly survive.

There is no colossal battle featuring Ichi in lone combat against a small army of enemies. That would be introduced in the sequel, The Tale of Zatoichi Continues, six months later. That set piece would become the signature of the series, with the stakes - and amount of enemies to fight - growing with each subsequent film.

[joearlikelikeswrestling]

[otodiklovas]

Jott egy ilyen. Tudom minek hagyom ezeket a szarokat, de akkkr most tali a fronton? Vagy hogyan tovabb?

[lycantropy14]

need more granny fighters

[viejospellejos]

🔴 AHORA: La reacción del presidente ucraniano Zelensky cuando Biden lo llama "presidente Putin".

[guy60660]

Lex Drewinski