Few movies are as important to the history of color ... and director Teinosuke Kinugasa took full advantage of this new technology by filling the screen with dazzling images.

Few movies have been more influential than ... are inconceivable without Kurosawa's example. I first saw the full version of "Seven Samurai" at the peak of its critical esteem, when it placed ...

She enlists the aid of eight samurai warriors, possessors of powerful magic crystal, led by Dosetsu (Sonny Chiba!) to help rescue the remaining members of her court and revenge her family.

Seki Nobuhide Sensei, a martial arts and katana instructor, rates portrayals of samurai battles in movies and TV shows. He explains why samurai employed different types of spears in battle in ...

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