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It won Oscars, so why not make a samurai version in Japan? The premise is already hilarious. It’s similar in time, 1880, but the ousted samurai lives with the aboriginal people of Japan – the Ainu who are in small numbers in Northern Japan. The film, A Thing That Can’t Be Forgiven, will be directed by Lee Sang-Il, a Japanese director of Korean descent. Unforgiven was directed by Clint Eastwood.
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“Paaahfeect.” Yes, Ken Watanabe might end up in Akira. A bone was thrown to an Asian to help this movie from being the piece of shit that it’s moving towards. However, it can still work, it just shouldn’t be “Akira”. It should TRY and stand on it’s own and be it’s own completely different rendition of the film. A psychic, military, and a bunch of kids? It can become Goonies part 2.  
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