It sounds like a lame joke but it’s true: it took me all week to figure out that I wanted to post the following bit of wisdom from the Hagakure, via Ghost Dog: In the words of the ancients, one should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths. It is a matter of [...]
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The Hidden Blade
Stately Japanese drama about a samurai who loves his servant and has to fight his friend during the period when Western technology made the warrior caste obsolete. Surprisingly sweet. The Hidden Blade, Yoji Yamada, 2004. ***
Posted by Jürgen on September 19, 2006
http://jurgenfauth.com/2006/09/19/the-hidden-blade/
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