KURANDO MITSUTAKE

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Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf

2009 / USA - Japan / HD / 2:33:1 / Color & BW

Cast: Kurando Mitsutake /
Jeffrey James Lippold /
Domiziano Arcangeli
 
Producer:
 		 Kurando Mitsutake /
Chiaki Yanagimoto
 
Screenplay:
 		 Kurando Mitsutake /
John Migdal
 
Camera:
 		 Keiko Nakahara
Music:
 		 Dean Harada
Editor: John Migdal
 
"Sin City" meets "Kill Bill" meets "Grindhouse" - it’s a visual tour de force, and not your standard samurai flick! While camping in the desert, an innocent family is attacked by the personification of evil, Nathan Flesher. After unbelievable brutality, the father, who was witness to his wife and child’s murder, is forced to take out his own eyes in a scene so graphic you will squirm in your seat. The senseless killing of his family plants the seed of vengeance and Blind Wolf is born! Years later Blind Wolf returns as a master samurai. Flesher is about to be released from prison and has arranged for seven assassins to kill Blind Wolf. Deadpan narration adds sly humor to the slicing, dicing and the lobbing off of parts that splatter along The Blind Wolf’s path to revenge.  — Mike Skurko
　

Posted 1 year, 10 months ago at 11:41 am.

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Samurai Avenger Lone Wolf Blood -Episode 24-

2004 / USA / Super 16mm / 1.85.1 / Color, BW

SAMURAI AVENGER -LONE WOLF BLOOD- [EPISODE 24] Cast: Masami Kosaka /
Annie Abrams
 
Producer:
 		 Zachary Welch /
Koodae Kim /
Keach Hogan
Screenplay:
 		 Kurando Mitsutake
Camera:
 		 Teru Yoshida
Music:
 		 Water Method
Editor: John Migdal
　
Stunt Coordinator: Yoshio Iizuka
 
They call him Lone Wolf Blood. Kenzo Togo, a samurai who walks alone, burns to avenge his loved ones who are no longer of this world. For centuries the Togos were entrusted by the Shogun to guard the treasured sword, Raidenmaru. The sword of legends. Hearing of its power from across an ocean, an American swordsman, Johnson, brutally murdered Kenzo’s family to capture Raidenmaru. But Kenzo escaped with his life. Now he alone can restore his family’s honor and seize back Raidenmaru!
Prepare yourself for Episode 24 - Duel in the Desert! Lone Wolf Blood vs. Goddess of Death!



Posted 5 years, 9 months ago at 8:54 am.

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AJINOMOTO USA -Frozen Gyoza- (Commercial)

2004 / USA / Digi-Beta / Standard / Color


Cast: Kazumi Hashimoto /
Mami Tanaka /
Yutaka Takeuchi
 
Producer:
 		 Rin Ueno
Camera:
 		 Hiroyuki Kotaki
TV commercial for
Ajinomoto USA.
Frozen Gyoza Series.

Due to the copyright issues,
    no image is available.

Posted 5 years, 10 months ago at 8:47 am.

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Monsters Don’t Get to Cry

2004 / USA / 35mm / 1.85.1 / Color

Click Here to go to the Official Website of "Monsters Don't Get to Cry" Cast: Dean Simone /
Kyle Ingleman
 
Producer:
 		 Nathan Matheny /
Kurando Mitsutake
Screenplay:
 		 Christopher J. Hansen
Camera:
 		 Hiroyuki Kotaki
Music:
 		 Edward F. Niecikowski
Editor: John Migdal
 
After a brutal senseless high school shooting that left three teachers and eight students dead, a vengeful father kidnaps the shooter from police and takes him to an abandoned warehouse.
His intention: to execute the killer himself.
But he soon realizes the boy doesn’t value human life and has no remorse for what he did.
In his rage, the father feels he is left with no choice but to teach the killer a horrifying lesson through pain and torture, to make him realize the weight of his crimes.



Posted 5 years, 11 months ago at 8:37 am.

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Behind You

2002 / USA / DV / Standard / Color

 
 
Cast: Kristina Koltai /
Keith Page
　
Camera:
 		 Van Flesher
Music:
 		 Jyunpei Tsujimoto
Screenplay: Keach Hogan
　  
 
A 3 minute short digital movie for Japan’s "Yahoo! Broad-band" website. The project was produced as a promotional tool for DSL connections in Japan.



   

Posted 7 years, 8 months ago at 8:18 am.

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@TV

2000 / Japan / DV / Standard / Color

 
Host: Naomi Takimoto
　
Teleplay:
 		 Kurando Mitsutake
　 　
 
A Japanese cable TV Series, which featured pop-culture news from Los Angeles every week.
 
Kurando Mitsutake directed 6 episodes
　

Posted 7 years, 8 months ago at 8:12 am.

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Kyomu Memento Mori

1998 / USA / Hi 8, 8mm, 16mm / Standard / Color

　

Cast: Emma Nagata
 
Camera:
 		 Kurando Mitsutake /
Shugo Fujii
 
Music:
 		 Steven Mack
 
A performance video that was inspired by a stage show with dancer/choreographer Emma Nagata. The video was screened at the American Dance Festival, IDAT Arizona University Film Festival, and the Argentina International Film Festival.

Posted 7 years, 8 months ago at 8:11 am.

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The Killer, The Wounded, and The Liar

1998 / USA / 16mm / Standard / Color

Cast: Charles Gilbert /
Loren Hughes /
Kurando Mitsutake
 
Camera:
 		 Van Flesher
Music:
 		 Blaine Flewin
Screenplay: Astha Ameresekere /
Kurando Mitsutake
　 　
 
Two mysterious men sit at bar talking about a legendary Japanese assassin.
 
Their stories start to differ one to the other.
Who is telling the truth and who is lying?
 
A Suspense Film Noir.
 
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Posted 7 years, 8 months ago at 7:55 am.

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MUJO-JIN

1995 / USA / 16mm / Standard Black&White

 
Cast: Kurando Mitsutake /
Shoko Yokoyama /
Masunobu "Boo" Motokawa
　
Camera:
 		 Van Flesher
Music:
 		 Blaine Flewin
Screenplay: Kurando Mitsutake
　  
 
During the Edo era (17th Century) in Japan, two samurai are in love with one girl.
 
Their love triangle leads them to a tragedy of bloody sword duels.





Posted 7 years, 8 months ago at 2:50 am.

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Art Films

Gai-Gin
While studying at the San Francisco Art Institute, Iwas very much into so-called "art films." I produced 8mm films such as"A Boy And The Beach" (1992), a poetic visualization of environmental issues and the emotions of puberty, "Death" (1992), an attempt tocapture on film the moment of death, a living creature losing its life(a fly in a glass and the camera rolled until it died), and "SevenDinner" (1992), a documentary of the daily diet of a guy (me) livingalone.
“Gai-Gin” (1993) was my first 16mm film. Coming from Japan to study inthe U.S. as a high school student, I experienced the treatment ofbeing a "foreigner" for the first time in my life. I transposed thatsentiment to a Caucasian living in Japan, a "gai-gin" (foreigner),with the film.





It’s more abstract than narrative and I still like towatch it from time to time.
And although I have moved away from the abstract tonarrative storytelling, my roots in fine art films continues toinfluence my style in directing.

　

Posted 7 years, 8 months ago at 2:44 am.

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