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- Samurai films were constantly made into the early 1970s, but by then, overexposure on television, the aging of the big stars of the genre, and the continued decline of the mainstream Japanese film industry put a halt to most of the production of this genre.
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Harakiri. 1962 2h 13m Not Rated. 8.6 (72K) Rate. 85 Metascore. When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.
Historically, the genre is usually set during the Tokugawa era (1600–1868). The samurai film hence often focuses on the end of an entire way of life for the samurai: many of the films deal with masterless rōnin, or samurai dealing with changes to their status resulting from a changing society.
- Seven Samurai (1954) Director: Akira Kurosawa. Toho Co., Ltd. Akira Kurosawa’s monumental tale of heroism and humanism, set in the late 16th century during the lawless Warring States Period, is the director’s most famous work.
- The Samurai trilogy (1954-6) Director: Hiroshi Inagaki. Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
- Throne of Blood (1957) Director: Akira Kurosawa. Kurosawa’s oeuvre is so well-represented among western releases, so critically regarded and so impressive, it is difficult to know which to single out for individual attention lest this list turn exclusively into a celebration of this most famous of Japanese filmmakers.
- Harakiri (1962) Director: Masaki Kobayashi. The first jidaigeki by Kwaidan (1964) director Masaki Kobayashi, about a young ronin during the early Tokugawa period (c.
Apr 12, 2024 · Whether it's thrilling action films, heartbreaking dramas, or even love stories, filmmakers have followed these mythic characters for almost a century. While the golden era of samurai movies was...
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- 'Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril' (1972) The fourth Lone Wolf and Cub movie, 1972's Baby Cart in Peril, represents the series at its absolute peak.
- 'Throne of Blood' (1957) There are too many great Shakespeare film adaptations out there to count them all, but Throne of Blood is rightly held up reasonably often as one of the very best.
- 'Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival' (1970) Right before Zatoichi met The One-Armed Man, he also went to the fire festival, in the appropriately titled 21st film in the series, Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival.
- 'The Sword of Doom' (1966) The Sword of Doom is unapologetically dark, bloody, and oftentimes shocking. It follows an expert swordsman who doesn't seem to have much sense of morality, taking on various violent tasks, and seeing himself become more and more evil with every violent act he does.
Oct 12, 2020 · The samurai film, otherwise known as chanbara, was undoubtedly one of the highlights of the Golden Age of Japanese Cinema. This was during the 1950s, the postwar decade that witnessed a burgeoning film scene in the Land of the Rising Sun.
Seven Samurai (Japanese: 七人の侍, Hepburn: Shichinin no Samurai) is a 1954 Japanese epic samurai action film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay co-written with Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni.
