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* All the Kurosawa & Mifune films | * All the Kurosawa & Mifune films | ||
** The Hidden Fortress (1958) | |||
** Sanjuro (1962) | |||
** Throne of Blood (1957) | |||
** Yojimbo (1961) | |||
** Seven Samurai (1954) | |||
** Rashomon (1950) | |||
* Zatoichi | * Zatoichi | ||
* Lone Wolf & Cub | * Lone Wolf & Cub | ||
===Links=== | ===Links=== | ||
* [https://www.slashfilm.com/606221/jackie-chans-greatest-fight-scenes-ranked/ 16 Underrated Samurai Movies from SlashFilm.com] | * [https://www.slashfilm.com/606221/jackie-chans-greatest-fight-scenes-ranked/ 16 Underrated Samurai Movies from SlashFilm.com] | ||
* [https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/flower-of-carnage-the-birth-of-lady-snowblood/ Lady Snowblood] | * [https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/flower-of-carnage-the-birth-of-lady-snowblood/ Lady Snowblood] | ||
[[Category:π―π΅]] | [[Category:π―π΅]] | ||
[[Category: Movies]] | [[Category: Movies]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:52, 11 November 2022
γγ£γ³γγ© AKA Samurai cinemaβ In Japan, the term chanbara, also commonly spelled "chambara", is literally "sword fighting" movies, roughly equating to western swashbuckler films. Chanbara is a sub-category of jidaigeki, which equates to period drama. Jidaigeki may refer to a story set in an historical period, though not necessarily dealing with a samurai character or depicting swordplay.
Movies in this genre that we can include:
- Serpent (1925)
- Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937)
- The 47 Ronin (1941)
- Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (1955)
- Samurai Saga (1959)
- Destiny's Son (1962)
- Samurai Spy (1965)
- Kill! (1968)
- Hitokiri (1969)
- Demons (1971)
- Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight (1973)
- Lady Snowblood (1973)
- Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
- Samurai Fiction (1998)
- Taboo (1999)
- The Twilight Samurai (2002)
- Killing (2018)
- All the Kurosawa & Mifune films
- The Hidden Fortress (1958)
- Sanjuro (1962)
- Throne of Blood (1957)
- Yojimbo (1961)
- Seven Samurai (1954)
- Rashomon (1950)
- Zatoichi
- Lone Wolf & Cub
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