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'''チャンバラ''' AKA Samurai cinema 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 ===Links=== * [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] [[Category:🇯🇵]] [[Category: Movies]]
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