1) Why didn't I know that Rashomon is public domain? I love that movie.
2) After finding out (1), I did a Google search and found out that Sanshiro Sugata is also public domain and on Google Video. There's a whole bunch of 1940s Kurosawa films I've never seen, including this one. All Japanese movies pre-1953 are public domain, so now its just a matter of finding them.
3) Regardless, I love my Criterion Collection restorations (even if I end up buying the Seven Samurai from them twice).
4) parakkum sent me the Seven Samurai Drinking Game, which is good if you subtract out references to exact scenes (e.g. Kambei "gets shorn bald" is a silly drinking game rule, but "Has to remind himself he's bald by rubbing his head" is a good rule).
5) Speaking of which, I finally scanned in the painting I had Scott Morse do at APE 2006. Morse noted that he's a bit sadder in this painting than he was in the movie:
6) It goes well with my Yojimbo Comic-Con '05 commission
7) Tacked onto the seven like he was in the movie, Kikuchiyo, from Comic-Con '03:
