Probably could have been even blurrier and lower resolution-wise (and better concealed the fact that we're in New York) and it still would have screamed Zombi 2 to me.
New one sometime later today.

Here it goes.

Battlefield Earth.

Nope.
Correct planet though, and about 1500 years too late.

Ran?

The other one.

Kagemusha?

Hai, sou desu.
Your turn.

US film, had a revised re-release a year after its initial release.

That's what I thought too. It has that old eurohorror look and that part of the film starts the movie.

2nd hint:
Movie is based on a book

let me make it even easier

Hey, the founder of the Rat Pack.

great hint!

sorry, but I felt that was kind of obvious anyway.