Ryuhei Kitamura

[XWykesX]

Ryuhei Kitamura is a Japanese director and is famed for his films housing extensive storylines, sword fighting, martial arts, and action sequences,. He is my all time favourite director and his style i feel is very original and fulfilling.

He has directed a number of movies, including adaptions of the manga Azumi, and the popular Japanese TV drama Sky High, both of which were successful films. Kitamura's rise to international fame came from Versus, which if you have not yet seen, i reccommend you watching in the near future, a real mind blower of a film! What it lacks in plot and budget, it more than makes up with ultimate style and superb action, you can check the details here:
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versus_%28film%29[/url]

Kitamura's future plans holds a sequel to Versus, and preparation for Hollywood, which to be honest i think will ruin him, he ought to keep his flair and carry on creating low-budget films that blow away Hollywoods poor excuses for films.

If anyone else is familiar with Kitamura, what are your thoughts and feeling towards his films? xx

[vegeta rocker]

i know Kitamura, i was pleased to see they will be re-releasing Azumi theatrically in America in October.

He did the action choreography for MGS and Devil May Cry 3 so that says something about his action scenes.

Versus was horrible, storywise anyway. In fact its just too long, you can get the gist of it in about 20 minutes.

He went back up into the mountains and shot extra footage and did Ultimate Versus, i dont know if its been released yet though.

I own the Special Edition of Versus and i even own the t shirt. lol

I also like Godzilla Final Wars; thought he did a great job. He took it back to basics which is really what it needed.

All in all i think he has a lot of potential as a director and i dont think Hollywood will spoil him. I think he is like George Romero; he will have some flops but will pull out just fine.