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Posted July 29, 2019
If you can find something like this Kurosawa Samurai box-set, you've got a pretty good start
Posted July 29, 2019
Samurai Resurrection
Posted July 29, 2019
Here's my list of favorites

1. Harakiri (Seppuku)
2. Seven Samurai
3. Yojimbo
4. Samurai Assassin
5. Hidden Fortress
6. Twilight Samurai
7. Ran
8. Samurai Rebellion
9. 13 Assassins
10. Goyokin
11. Sanjuro
12. Throne of Blood
13. Sword of Doom
Posted July 30, 2019
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kai2: Lone Wolf & Cub films (aka Baby Cart movies and tv series).
Part of it was released as Shogun Assassin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxAPEyzcCtU
Posted July 30, 2019
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jakandratchet: Here's my list of favorites

1. Harakiri (Seppuku)
Hara-Kiri is a great movie... but hard to watch.
Posted July 30, 2019
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jakandratchet: Here's my list of favorites

1. Harakiri (Seppuku)
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kai2: Hara-Kiri is a great movie... but hard to watch.
How so? I had a copy arrive this morning.
Posted July 30, 2019
Samurai Cop is pretty badass!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8jFaQukUok

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Yx-ebjqCc

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130236/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv

Well, it is bad, and it is ass, making it badass.
Post edited July 30, 2019 by timppu
Posted July 31, 2019
Whilst we're on this, anyone recommend any movies about earlier periods? Most movies appear to be during the Tokugawa reign after the warring states period. I saw that movie about the men who tread on the tigers tail which I would only watch once. Anything on Benkei the Sohei or that Minamoto guy?
Posted August 12, 2019
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kai2: Hara-Kiri is a great movie... but hard to watch.
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darthspudius: How so? I had a copy arrive this morning.
Somewhat graphic scene of seppuku. It's meant to be upsetting. I hope that doesn't put you off from the movie. It might be my favorite of all time.
Post edited August 12, 2019 by jakandratchet
Posted August 12, 2019
Something a little different is The Hunted. Modern day ninjas vs a samurai trying to protect some guy who witnessed a murder. Swordplay isn't bad.
Posted August 12, 2019
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russellskanne: 1. Harakiri
2. Sword of Doom
About Harakiri, there are two. The original and the remake.
Posted August 13, 2019
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De4thstroke: You know, there was once a black man from Africa who became a Samurai?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke
Actually - I didn't know that. Fascinating.

But did you know about the female Samurai?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onna-bugeisha
https://allthatsinteresting.com/onna-bugeisha-female-samurai

As I always say: no matter how long one lives - one learns something new every day. :)
Posted May 11, 2020
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jakandratchet: Here's my list of favorites

1. Harakiri (Seppuku)
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kai2: Hara-Kiri is a great movie... but hard to watch.
There is the original and there is the modern remake. The first one was excellent. The modern is good as well.

Did anybody mention Kagemusha, by Kurosawa Akira. Historical and one of the very best ever. Eventually he might go and make Ran, Kurosawa pace (the value of silence) combined with a explosion of color and powerful images. Inspired on The King Lear. Both movies are excellent.

Rashomon, which earned Kurosawa recognition in the West, based on the short story "In the forest".

Throne of Blood. Based on Macbeth.

Any period story by Kurosawa, really.
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