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minus-squareᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝MAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoIf we’re talking jidaigeki (as they include Lady Snowblood) then also up for consideration: Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (2003) Kwaidan (1964) Kuroneko (1968) Onibaba (1964) Lone Wolf and Cub (1972-1974) The Hidden Blade (2004) The Twilight Samurai (2002) When the Last Sword is Drawn (2002) 13 Assassins (2010) Sansho the Bailiff (1954) Shogun’s Samurai (1978) Ugetsu (1953) A Story from Chikamatsu (1954) Goyokin (1969) Irezumi (1966) A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) / Floating Weeds (1959) Samurai Banners (1969) Oniwaban (1978) Unforgiven (2013) - not that one but a samurai remake See also my list: jidaigeki Not a lot survives from before WW2, here’s the earliest I’m aware of: Jiraiya the Hero (1921)
minus-squareTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-28 days agoI’d not really thought of Ozu as director of samurai movies.
minus-squareᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝MAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoAs they included Lady Snowblood (which isn’t really a samurai film) I took it as an excuse to broaden the scope to jidaigeki in general.
If we’re talking jidaigeki (as they include Lady Snowblood) then also up for consideration:
See also my list: jidaigeki
Not a lot survives from before WW2, here’s the earliest I’m aware of: Jiraiya the Hero (1921)
I’d not really thought of Ozu as director of samurai movies.
As they included Lady Snowblood (which isn’t really a samurai film) I took it as an excuse to broaden the scope to jidaigeki in general.