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Help with good Samurai DVDs.
With the new movie out (Last Samurai) im getting more into good samurai movies. I want to pick up some on dvd and am asking you people which ones are worth getting. I do know about the kurosawa films. But are there any other Samurai films I should look into. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Here's a good start list
The Zatoichi films (Animeigo and Home Vision) Sword of Doom The 47 Ronin Samurai Trilogy (Samurai I - III, Criterion) Lone Wolf and Cub films (Animego, first two are available and more to come) Shogun (miniseries, questionable at times but worthwhile) There's a lot more out there but |
I'm sure everyone here will suggest many non-region 1 DVDs for you. But I'm assuming you don't have a region free player.
You said you know about all the Kurosawa movies, so I'd suggest the first DVDs you should get are: Lone Wolf & Cub: Sword Of Vengence Lone Wolf & Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx The Samurai Trilogy Samurai Fiction: 2-Disc set - A bit offbeat but still an excellent film. And you can never go wrong starting on the Zatoichi series. |
If you go to Amazon.com and type in the word "saumrai" in the DVD search box you'll end up with 49 hits. That might be a good place to start. Seems that we are not making too many suggestions for you. I too like the Samurai movies, but I had no idea that there were 49 of them to choose from!!! Good grief! How to choose!
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one word Kurosawa
start with Seven Samurai Ran The Hidden Fortress and just keep going |
Originally posted by travlr one word Kurosawa start with Seven Samurai Ran The Hidden Fortress and just keep going Read the first post in this thread:) |
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