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4 days ago · Kurosawa Akira, first Japanese film director to win international acclaim, noted for such films as Rashomon (1950), Ikiru (1952), Seven Samurai (1954), Throne of Blood (1957), Kagemusha (1980), and Ran (1985). Learn more about Kurosawa’s life and career.
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4 days ago · Seven Samurai, Japanese action film, released in 1954, that was cowritten and directed by Kurosawa Akira and is acclaimed as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made.
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3 days ago · Decades Ago, a Mad Cyberpunk Flick Saved Japanese Sci-Fi. The future is metal. Written by James Balmont. 12 hours ago. Kaijyu Theatre. Inverse Recommends. In the late ‘80s, Japanese cinema was in...
5 days ago · Kagemusha (“The Shadow Warrior”), released in 1980, was the director’s first samurai film in 14 years. It concerns a petty thief who is chosen to impersonate a powerful feudal lord killed in battle.
2 days ago · July 7, 2024, 7:00 AM. By Jordan Hoffman, a film critic and entertainment journalist living in Queens, New York. Toshiro Mifune as Kikuchiyo in 1954's Seven Samurai. Columbia Pictures via Alamy ...
4 days ago · MARUTAKE, which produces more than 90 % of new Samurai armor in Japan, is located in Kagoshima prefecture in KYUSHU island, the southern part of Japan. It started as a fishing tool company and gradually shifted toward armor-making because of the founder’s strong affection for Samurai.
2 days ago · Tokugawa Ieyasu [a] [b] (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; [c] January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow Oda subordinate Toyotomi ...
