http://www.metafilter.com/tags/hagakure Posts tagged with 'hagakure' at MetaFilter. Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:33:40 -0800 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:33:40 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/69553/Having%2Donly%2Dwisdom%2Dand%2Dtalent%2Dis%2Dthe%2Dlowest%2Dtier%2Dof%2Dusefulness <a href="http://users.tkk.fi/~renko/hag1.html">The Hagakure,</a> written by Yamamoto Tsunemoto in the early 1700s, is a guide to being a warrior and servant in a decadent world. It's probably known best to Westerners, at least indie-film folk and Forest Whitaker fans, as being the favorite text of the hero of <em>Ghost Dog</em>. <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=ue_UDHH-EzY">Study it well</a> and you could be as <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=KxcNKHyG2Q4">cool</a> as <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=iFMY4jJ6SVE">Ghost Dog</a>. (NSFW) The Hagakure made Ghost Dog so chill that watching him <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=hqpEXI5C3Ck">drive for four minutes</a> is oddly soothing. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.69553 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:33:40 -0800 bushido forestwhitaker ghostdog hagakure jimjarmusch samurai Bookhouse