Samurai Movies

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I enjoy them a lot but I don't know anything about them, or names of any. I was wondering if i could get names of movies you would recommend and directors/writers of movies. I have seen some on sun dance channel that i liked, but i can't remember what they were called.

[DarkKanti]

Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, and Sanjuro are my favorites.

Check them out.

[yotakafish]

Zatoichi is good as well as Twightlight Samurai. There is a modern Zatoichi with Beat Takeshi in it and the other one is a more modern film. The ones listed above are goldie oldies. The Rain will stop is good too. Ummmm...There are more but I can't remember the names.

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I am downloading Akira Kurosawa Right now, Ill Get some of the others after the first is done. I cant wait to watch them.

Thank you

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Im getting Shogun assassin

Any thoughts on that movie?

[laborpilot86]

Seven Samurai, Hidden Fortress, Throne of Blood and Ran all win big.

The Samurai Triliogy about Miyamoto Musashi is also quite good.

[Barrelhaven]

I haven't seen Sword of Doom mentioned yet. One of my favorite chambara films. Here's a summary lifted off amazon.com:

Boasting some of the most impressive swordplay in the history of samurai epics, Sword of Doom is a visceral masterpiece of violent style and powerful substance. Illustrating the timeless adage that "an evil soul wields an evil sword," this highly stylized classic is driven by the fierce and fearsome performance of Tatsuya Nakadai as Ryunosuke, a sociopathic samurai whose soul--and sword--are vicious instruments of evil. Having mastered a highly unconventional style of fencing, Ryunosuke welcomes an exhibition match at a fencing school run by master swordsman Shimada (Toshirô Mifune, in a small but pivotal role), where he kills his opponent after promising not to. Flagrantly violating all codes of honor, Ryunosuke eventually finds himself challenged from all sides; even his own henchmen rally against him, and director Kihachi Okamoto stages confrontations that are as beautiful as they are graphically violent. As Ryunosuke descends into pure, bloodthirsty insanity, Sword of Doom ends with a freeze-frame that's unforgettably intense. --Jeff Shannon

[Le Bread]

Im getting Shogun assassin

Any thoughts on that movie?


That you'd be WAY better off watching the six Lone Wolf and Cub films (available in an affordable Region 1 boxset), than watching the first two movies bizarrely spliced together into a single story in the form of Shogun Assassin.

[laborpilot86]

Oh snap, almost forgot Rashamon!

[Ender]

I haven't seen Sword of Doom mentioned yet. One of my favorite chambara films.

Loved Sword of Doom. And I'm going to have to go with Bread on Shogun Assassin, try to find the six seperate Lone Wolf and Cub flicks if you want the swanky experience.

Kurosawa is my favorite film-maker. So anything by him is always a must. And just because no one mentioned it yet, try to find a copy of Kagemusha.

I'm gonna go ahead and recommend Samurai Rebellion. It's an oldy, and like Twilight Samurai it's more inclined to character drama than sword-choppery. But it's pretty damn good. ^_^

Last, but certainly not least, the old-school Zatoichi films are always a kick. And if you go to the right online stores *cough* deepdiscount.com *cough* you can get them for like 10 bucks a flick.

[Deja~VU]

Oi! I heard that Samuel L. Jackson is making an Anime series called "Alfo Samurai". I really want to see IT!!!!

[Neo-Hunter]

their was an old samuri flick that they had at the college libary the dude always carried this small stroller with a kid he used to protect this kid it was a great movie i wish i rember what it was called.

[Pedro The Hutt]

Those would be the Lone Wolf & Cub movies, based on the manga of the same name, also worth reading.

And well, I could make some recommendations that haven't already been made, but that would depend on wether you want "jidai geki" (aka samurai period) films or films actually about samurai.

For example Azumi certainly takes place in the right time, in the right place... and it certainly has plenty of high octane swordfighting going on... but the characters who are genuine samurai are countable on one hand in this film. =D
(Katana wielding badass =|= samurai)

[animanic_critic]

Oi! I heard that Samuel L. Jackson is making an Anime series called "Alfo Samurai". I really want to see IT!!!!
I don't know if that's such a good idea. I won't stop you from trying but read this (http://www.nihonreview.com/anime/afro-samurai/) and you'll get a better idea at what to expect.

[loner]

Just saw Hidden Blade recently, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Definitely one of the better samurai movies made in recent years.