Period Film Movies

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	Movie Name Country Release Year
	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)
	Rashomon Japan 1950 Akira Kurosawa (Director, Writer) Toshiro Mifune Machiko Kyo Masayuki Mori Takashi Shimura Minoru Chiaki Ryûnosuke Akutagawa (Writer) Kurosawa looks at the blackness of the human heart (Tuesday, November 13, 2012)
	Ugetsu Japan 1953 Kenji Mizoguchi (Director) Machiko Kyō Mitsuko Mito Kinuyo Tanaka Masayuki Mori Eitarō Ozawa Sugisaku Aoyama Yoshikata Yoda (Writer) Akinari Ueda (Writer) Kazuo Miyagawa (Cinematographer) Recommended (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)
	Seven Samurai Japan 1954 Akira Kurosawa (Director, Writer) Toho Co. (Production Company) Takashi Shimura Toshiro Mifune Yoshio Inaba Seiji Miyaguchi Minoru Chiaki Daisuke Katō Isao Kimura Keiko Tsushima Tatsuya Nakadai Shinobu Hashimoto (Writer) Hideo Oguni (Writer) Asakazu Nakai (Cinematographer) Fumio Hayasaka (Soundtrack) One of the best films ever made (Friday, January 31, 2003)
	Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto Japan 1954 Hiroshi Inagaki (Director) Toshiro Mifune Rentarô Mikuni Kuroemon Onoe Kaoru Yachigusa Mariko Okada Mitsuko Mito Eiko Miyoshi Jun Yasumoto (Cinematographer) One of the classic samurai films (Sunday, August 9, 2020)
	Samurai II: Duel At Ichijoji Temple Japan 1955 Hiroshi Inagaki (Director, Writer) Toshiro Mifune Koji Tsuruta Mariko Okada Kaoru Yachigusa Michiyo Kogure Mitsuko Mito Kuroemon Onoe Eiko Miyoshi Jun Yasumoto (Cinematographer) The way of women is to love (Saturday, August 15, 2020)
	Samurai III: Duel At Ganryu Island Japan 1956 Hiroshi Inagaki (Director, Writer) Toshiro Mifune Koji Tsuruta Mariko Okada Kaoru Yachigusa Michiko Saga Takashi Shimura Minoru Chiaki Solid conclusion to the trilogy (Sunday, September 20, 2020)
	Throne Of Blood Japan 1957 Akira Kurosawa (Director) Toshiro Mifune Isuzu Yamada Takashi Shimura Akira Kubo Yoichi Tachikawa Minoru Chiaki Asakazu Nakai (Cinematographer) Kurosawa's interpretation of Macbeth (Friday, January 4, 2013)
	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)
	Enchanting Shadow Hong Kong 1960 Li Han-Hsiang (Director) Shaw Brothers (Production Company) Zhao Lei Betty Loh Tih Yeung Chi-Hing Lee Kwan The original Chinese Ghost Story (Monday, January 19, 2004)