👹 FILMS - CHANBARA / SAMURAI CINEMA
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- [ ] Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972) 7.7 84m
- [ ] Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972) 7.9 81m
- [ ] Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972) 89m 7.5
- [ ] Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972) 81m 7.5
- [ ] Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973) 89m 7.5
- [ ] Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974) 83m 7.3
- [x] Shogun Assassin (1980)
- [ ] The Tale of Zatoichi (1962) 7.6 95m
- [ ] The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962) 72m 7.2
- [ ] New Tale of Zatoichi (1963) 91m 7.3
- [ ] Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963) 86m 7.2
- [ ] Zatoichi on the Road (1963) 85m 7.1
- [ ] Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964) 83m 7.3
- [ ] Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964) 90m 7.2
- [ ] Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964) 87m 7.4
- [ ] Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)
- [ ] Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)
- [ ] Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965)
- [ ] Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
- [ ] Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
- [ ] Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966)
- [ ] Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967)
- [ ] Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967)
- [ ] Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
- [ ] Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968)
- [ ] Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
- [ ] Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
- [ ] Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
- [ ] Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
- [ ] Zatoichi at Large (1972)
- [ ] Zatoichi in Desperation (1972)
- [ ] Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973)
- [ ] The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
- [x] Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (1972)
- [ ] Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973)
- [ ] Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? (1974)
- [x] Kagemusha (1980)
- [x] Samurai Rebellion (1967)
- [ ] The Twilight Samurai (2002)
- [x] Demons (1971) 134m
- [ ] 13 Assassins (1964)
- [x] Red Sun (1971) 114m
- [ ] Kill! (1968) 114m
- [ ] Bôhachi bushidô (1973) 81m - porno period drama
- [ ] Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937)
- [ ] Goyokin (1969) 124m
- [ ] Samurai Assassin (1965)
- [ ] Sword of the Beast (1965)
- [ ] A Boy and His Samurai (2010)
- [ ] Unforgiven (2013) - japanese version of unforgiven
- [ ] Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
- [ ] Rurouni Kenshin (2012)
- [ ] Shogun’s Shadow (1989)
- [ ] Hitokiri (1969)
- [ ] The 47 Ronin (1941)
- [ ] Gate of Hell (1953)
- [ ] When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2002)
- [ ] Blade of the Immortal (2017)
- [ ] Inn of Evil (1971)
- [ ] Bushido (1963)
- [x] Seven Samurai (1954)
- [x] Yojimbo (1961)
- [x] Harakiri (1962)
- [x] Tales of Ugetsu (1953)
- [x] Throne of Blood (1957)
- [x] The Hidden Fortress (1958)
- [x] Rashomon (1950)
- [x] The Sword of Doom (1966)
- [x] Sanjuro (1962)
- [x] Ran (1985)
- [x] 13 Assassins (2010)
Chanbara (チャンバラ) - sword fighting" movies
samurai cinema in English and is roughly equivalent to Western western (genre) and swashbuckler films
Chanbara is a sub-category of jidaigeki
The genre is usually set during the Tokugawa era (1600–1868)
Akira Kurosawa
Shakespearan influence - Throne of Blood based on Macbeth and Ran based on King Lear
yojimbo = bodyguard
Sanjuro = ronin with no name
https://letterboxd.com/oh_dae_su/list/top-100-samurai-films-as-rated-by-the-letterboxd/by/rating/
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