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Movie Name
Country
Release Year
Samurai Fiction
Japan
1998
Hiroyuki Nakano
(Director)
Morio Kazama
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Tomoyasu Hotei
Totally dull
(Sunday, September 29, 2002)
Shinobi
Japan
2005
Ten Shimoyama
(Director)
Yuji Shimomura
(Action Director)
Jo Odagiri
Yukie Nakama
Tak Sakaguchi
A tragic romance... with ninjas
(Saturday, November 12, 2005)
Rurouni Kenshin
Japan
2012
Keishi Ohtomo
(Director, Writer)
Kenji Tanigaki
(Action Director)
Takeru Satoh
Emi Takei
Koji Kikkawa
Yu Aoi
Munetaka Aoki
Go Ayano
Genki Sudo
Taketo Tanaka
Nobuhiro Watsuki
(Writer)
Takuro Ishizaka
(Cinematographer)
A slick and fresh take on the martial arts genre
(Sunday, June 6, 2021)
Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends
Japan
2014
Keishi Ohtomo
(Director, Writer)
Kenji Tanigaki
(Action Director)
Emi Takei
Maryjun Takahashi
Tomomi Maruyama
Ryosuke Miura
Kenichi Takito
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Tatsuya Fujiwara
Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Kazufumi Miyazawa
Min Tanaka
Tao Tsuchiya
Yusuke Iseya
Yosuke Eguchi
Kaito Oyagi
Yu Aoi
Munetaka Aoki
Takeru Satoh
Yôsuke Eguchi
Kiyomi Fujii
(Writer)
Nobuhiro Watsuki
(Writer)
Takuro Ishizaka
(Cinematographer)
Naoki Satou
(Soundtrack)
Good if not quite great conclusion
(Thursday, June 17, 2021)
Gemini
Japan
1999
Shinya Tsukamoto
(Director, Writer, Cinematographer)
Masahiro Motoki
Yumiko Sato
Yasutaka Tsutsui
Shiho Fujimura
Tadanobu Asano
Renji Ishibashi
Akaji Maro
Naoto Takenaka
Jun Murakami
Tomoro Taguchi
Koji Tsukamoto
Hisako Ohkata
Edogawa Rampo
(Writer)
Chū Ishikawa
(Soundtrack)
A surreal and sumptuous period horror from Shinya Tsukamoto
(Wednesday, July 7, 2021)
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
Japan
2021
Keishi Ohtomo
(Director)
Kenji Tanigaki
(Action Director)
Takeru Satoh
Kasumi Arimura
Issey Takahashi
Nijiro Murakami
Masanobu Ando
Kazuki Kitamura
Yosuke Eguchi
Nobuhiro Watsuki
(Writer)
A strange film to end the series on
(Friday, July 30, 2021)
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Japan
1974
Toshiya Fujita
(Director)
Toho Co.
(Production Company)
Meiko Kaji
Juzo Itami
Yoshio Harada
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Shin Kishida
Kôji Nanbara
Rinichi Yamamoto
Tōru Abe
Kazuo Kamimura
(Writer)
Kazuo Koike
(Writer)
Tatsuo Suzuki
(Cinematographer)
Kenjiro Hirose
(Soundtrack)
Sequel switches onto a different track
(Sunday, August 1, 2021)
Punk Samurai Slash Down
Japan
2018
Gakuryu Ishii
(Director)
Go Ayano
Keiko Kitagawa
Shota Sometani
Masahiro Higashide
Tadanobu Asano
Masatoshi Nagase
Jun Murakami
Ryûya Wakaba
Kôen Kondô
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Jun Kunimura
Etsushi Toyokawa
Kankuro Kudo
(Writer)
Kou Machida
(Writer)
Toshiyuki Mori
(Soundtrack)
Yoshiyuki Matsumoto
(Cinematographer)
The most bonkers film I've seen in a while
(Saturday, September 18, 2021)
The Hidden Fortress
Japan
1958
Akira Kurosawa
(Director, Writer)
Toshiro Mifune
Minoru Chiaki
Kamatari Fujiwara
Susumu Fujita
Takashi Shimura
Misa Uehara
Eiko Miyoshi
Ryûzô Kikushima
(Writer)
Hideo Oguni
(Writer)
Shinobu Hashimoto
(Writer)
Masaru Satô
(Soundtrack)
Kazuo Yamazaki
(Cinematographer)
Beautifully filmed
(Sunday, November 14, 2021)
Sanshiro Sugata
Japan
1943
Akira Kurosawa
(Director, Writer)
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Susumu Fujita
Yukiko Todoroki
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Takashi Shimura
Ranko Hanai
Sugisaku Aoyama
Tsuneo Tomita
(Writer)
Akira Mimura
(Cinematographer)
Seiichi Suzuki
(Soundtrack)
Fine, if a little insubstantial
(Saturday, January 22, 2022)
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