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1) 13 assassins
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Thirteen brave samurai must face overwhelming odds in an epic battle against a sadistic lord and his army of 200 to prevent him from plunging Japan into war.
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (207 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet.
Description
This epic masterpiece is about a group of 16th century samurai who are hired to defend a small Japanese village that finds itself annually raided by an army of bandits who steal the meager crops harvested by the peasants. Tired of relinquishing their food supply but woefully inept in combat skills, the villagers decide to hire a band of samurai to protect them. In addition to the primary conflict between the villagers and the bandits, much of the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
©2014.
Physical Desc
123 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Description
"What did it mean to be a ninja or a samurai? Did they really have special abilities? What was life like for them in ancient Japan? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts behind some of history's most intriguing and secretive figures" -- Amazon.com.
5) 47 Ronin
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From ancient Japan's most enduring tale, the epic fantasy-adventure is born. Keanu Reeves leads the cast as Kai, an outcast who joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honor to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.
6) Sanjuro
Series
Description
A skilled but slovenly ronin comes to the aid of a group of naive young warriors fighting their corrupt clan leaders and manages to keep them out of trouble and alive in spite of their high ideals.
Series
Criterion collection volume 2
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
2 blu-rays (207 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A sixteenth-century Japanese farming community that has been victimized by bandits year after year hires seven unemployed samurai to help defend them.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine.
11) Rashomon
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in the Middle Ages, the nature of truth and subjective reality are probed in a series of flashbacks from four viewpoints to present the case history of a man's murder and the rape of his wife by a bandit.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
O-Shin, a beautiful young geisha in 19th century Japan, meets a samurai named Fusanosuke, who is on the run for killing a man. She assists him by cutting his hair. Despite the protests of O-Shin's friend, the two fall in love. Eventually he leaves O-Shin, only to return later and reveal that he is engaged. O-Shin, eventually, falls in love again - to Ryosuke, who is also a samurai.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
229 pages ; cm.
Description
"In addition to training to be a super hero, Katana also follows the noble warrior traditions of the Samurai. Now an unknown source has given her the responsibility of guarding a hundred ancient Samurai swords--but why her, and for what purpose? With the help of Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Miss Martian, and some of her other super friends, she intends to find out"--
16) Rashomon
Series
Criterion collection volume 138
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (1 hr., 28 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, Rashomon is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made. Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife, which director Akira Kurosawa presents with striking imagery and an ingenious use of flashbacks. This eloquent masterwork and international sensation revolutionized film language and introduced...
Author
Series
Okko volume 1
Publisher
ASP Comics
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
99 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Author
Publisher
IDW
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
113, 18 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"While fishing for freshwater eels, Chibi Usagi, Tomoe, and Gen rescue a Dogu, a clay creature from Japan's prehistory. The Dogu's village has been enslaved by the Salamander King and his Heebie-Chibi minions and are forced to work in their mines. Chibi Usagi and his friends must rescue the Dogu people and eliminate the threat of the Salamander King forever in this feature-length story of adventure, humor, and slippery eels"--
19) Throne of blood
Series
Criterion collection volume 190
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in..
Description
In medieval Japan, a warlord and his wife stop at nothing to fulfill a prophecy that he become emperor.
Author
Series
Okko volume 2
Publisher
Archaia Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
106 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 27 cm.
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