Samurai Films (8 titles)

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Zatoichi

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• Zatoichi on DVD (2003)
  Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano,  Tadanobu Asano
  Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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  Takeshi Kitano, best known for such gangster films as VIOLENT COP, BOILING POINT, and BROTHER, makes his first period drama with ZATOICHI, an updating of the classic Japanese character portrayed by Shintaro Katsu in movies and television from 1962 to 1989. Zatoichi is a blind samurai who shuffles ..read more »
  
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The Hidden Blade

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• The Hidden Blade on DVD (2004)
  Starring: Masatoshi Nagase,  Takako Matsu,  Hidetaka Yoshioka
  Director: Yoji Yamada
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  Munezo Katagiri is a samurai in 19th century feudal Japan who finds himslef torn between loyalty to a dying tradition and his love for a lowly farm girl...
  
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Twilight Samurai

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• Twilight Samurai on DVD (2004)
  Starring: Hiroyuki Sanada,  Rie Miyazawa,  Nenji Kobayashi
  Director: Yoji Yamada
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  Hiroyuki Sanada, who played Ujio in Edward Zwick's Hollywood epic THE LAST SAMURAI, stars in a different kind of samurai film in Yoji Yamada's poignant drama THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI. Sanada plays the title character (Seibei Iguchi), who gets his nickname because he is a lowly worker who chooses to go ..read more »
  
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When The Last Sword Is Drawn

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• When The Last Sword Is Drawn on DVD (2003)
  Starring: Kiichi Nakai,  Koichi Sato,  Takehiro Murata
  Director: Yojiro Takita
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  Set in the last days of the Edo period in Kyoto amongst the Shinsengumi, the guardians of the imperial capital, there is one man who shows outstanding skills as a swordsman. He is Kanichiro Yoshimura, an economic refugee from the famine in North Japan. His sole pre-occupation is self-preservation, ..read more »
  
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Kagemusha

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• Kagemusha on DVD (1980)
  Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai,  Kenichi Hagiwara,  Takashi Shimura
  Director: Akira Kurosawa
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  In this dazzling epic from Akira Kurosawa, a petty thief named Kagemusha (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets saved from a death sentence because he resembles the warlord Shingen Takeda (also Nakadai). The warlord has been fighting two other leaders for control of 16th-century Japan and impersonators often take ..read more »
  
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Ran

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• Ran on DVD (1985)
  Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai,  Mieko Harada,  Akira Terao
  Director: Akira Kurosawa
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  For his 27th film, the 'sensei' of Japanese cinema, Akira Kurosawa, transposes Shakespeare's KING LEAR to feudal Japan. RAN, which translates as 'chaos' or 'turmoil', is the tragic tale of Lord Hidetora, a warlord who decides to divide his empire among his three sons on the eve of his 70th birthday...read more »
  
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Hidden Fortress

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• Hidden Fortress on DVD (1958)
  Starring: Toshiro Mifune,  Misa Uehara,  Minoru Chiaki
  Director: Akira Kurosawa
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  During a civil war in 16th-century feudal Japan, two cowardly farmers (Minoru Chiaki and Kamatari Fujiwara) stumble upon Makabe (Toshiro Mifune), a fierce army general. Escaping from hostile territory, General Makabe embarks on a mission to rescue both Yukihime (Misa Uehara), the willfull princess ..read more »
  
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Seven Samurai

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• Seven Samurai on DVD (1954)
  Starring: Takashi Shimura,  Toshiro Mifune,  Yoshio Inaba
  Director: Akira Kurosawa
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  Set in 16th Century Japan, Akira Kurosawa's epic SEVEN SAMURAI follows the plight of a defenseless farming village that lives in constant fear of marauding bandits. The farmers know that when their crops are harvested, the thugs will attack, so four men go to town in hopes of employing samurai to ..read more »
  
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