The late 1800s were a tremendous time period of great change and modernization around the world especially in the American West and Japan which creates…
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13 Assassins (2010) is a gripping samurai epic by Takashi Miike set in the fading days of Japan’s Edo period. It follows thirteen warriors on a…
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Two of the all-time greatest films were released in 1954 in Japan. One was the start of a 38+ film series and the other was…
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Are Japanese samurai films new to you? Think of them as “Easterns” to Hollywood’s “Westerns”. They have a lot of the same themes – guns…
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