It has been questioned if such a contest took part, but both men were tried and executed as war criminals. | Samurai war movie: Ran, directed by Akira Kurosawa is loosely based on the Shakespearian play King Lear.
Action, Drama, History. Director: Drama.
Action, Comedy, Impersonating an Imperial Army officer by wearing a "red lion's mane", a poor servant returns to his village after 10 years of absence to end the village's suffering caused by corrupt ... See full summary », Director:
If you have never seen it I highly recommend it. | As the war progressed the quality of the swords suffered. Jûshirô Konoe,
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Ken Watanabe,
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Director: However, the Meiji Restoration of 1868 led to the abolition of the feudal system.
whoops I almost forgot to put the title it's Zatoïchi. Stars: Zatoichi, having been honor bound to protect the man and his family, must now run against the law. Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.
Shin'ichi Chiba, Yûzô Kayama, Yûzô Kayama, Masatoshi Nagase,
In 1937 during Japan's campaign in China, two officers – Tsuyoshi Noda and Toshiaki Mukai – reportedly took part in a gruesome contest to see who could kill 100 enemy soldiers with their swords.
Misa Uehara, | Often the soldiers yelled "Tenno Heika Banzai," which roughly translated to "long live the Emperor." Even the officer's handles featured simple wooden hilts. The Best Samurai Movies by napoleon03 | created - 26 Aug 2013 | updated - 26 Aug 2013 | Public Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. | Depicts the early life of the legendary warrior Musashi Miyamoto; his years as an aspiring warrior, an outlaw and finally a true samurai. Drama. Action, Adventure, Drama, February 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. Akira Terao, Akira Kurosawa
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Stars: An American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle. | Kihachi Okamoto
Tatsuya Mihashi,
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Action, Adventure, Drama, Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and ... See full summary », Director: Tatsuya Nakadai, Director: Teruhiko Saigô, R After the war, Japanese soldiers were required to surrender all arms, which included swords. Yôko Tsukasa, Not Rated | Kaoru Yachigusa, Not Rated Portraying young samurai Kagetora (Takaaki Enoki) as an …
Stars: Shintarô Katsu, While officer's swords typically featured a traditional rayskin and a wooden base with a cloth wrapping, the NCO swords' handles were cast brass or aluminum.
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In the 1930s as Japan became more nationalist and more imperialist the bushido – "the way of the warrior" – was revived and Japan's military moved away from European style sabers for ceremony to a sword that resembled the samurai katana.
Tatsuya Nakadai, The late war swords featured simpler mounts and nearly all were machine-made.
Action, Comedy, Drama. 105 min Masaki Kobayashi Hiroshi Inagaki Riona Hazuki, Kenji Misumi
Stars: Stars: The latest Kitano movie was pretty good (if you can look past the horrendous cgi blood effect). Billy Connolly, | | Not Rated
Michiyo Aratama, | Kihachi Okamoto Kimiyoshi Yasuda | It is the best filmed account of the Normandy invasion. Director: Yuki Ninagawa, The image does not reflects the real movie/title: "Shogun's Ninja", PG
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It has been reported that many of the soldiers who had taken their family blades to war would eventually have the swords returned.
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Rentarô Mikuni, Shintarô Katsu, Tetsurô Tanba,