#samurai film

[redsamuraiii]

Shogun (2024)

Based on James Clavell’s novel, FX’s Shōgun is set in Japan in the year 1600 at the dawn of a century-defining civil war. Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him.

Caught in between, is John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis), an English sailor who finds himself marooned on the land of the rising sun. And how his fateful encounter with Lord Toranaga and Lady Mariko (Anna Sawai) would change his destiny.

While the characters are fictional, they are based on actual historical characters. Take for example, the three main leads:

Yoshi Toranaga is inspired by Tokugawa Ieyasu.

John Blackthorne is inspired by William Adams.

Toda Mariko is inspired by Hosokawa Gracia.

I enjoyed the 1980s film of the same name which is based on the same book and would very much look forward to watch this.

A tumultuous time where a rising Shogun attempts to unify Japan while Europe is at war between Catholics and Protestants.

#shogun #shogun 2024 #shogun 1980 #james clavell #hiroyuki sanada #cosmo jarvis #anna sawai #samurai film #samurai #feudal japan #tokugawa ieyasu #yoshi toranaga #john blackthorne #william adams #toda mariko #hosokawa gracia #Youtube

[csipo]

Yojimbo screenshot redraw from… 2019??

(Kinda want this as a tattoo)

#my art #illustration #artists on tumblr #screenshot redraw #akira kurosawa #toshiro mifune #tatsuya nakadai #Yojimbo 1962 #Yojimbo #film #samurai film #graphite

[cinemaronin]

#japanese cinema #japanese film #asian cinema #stills #japanese movies #Crest of Betrayal #Kinji Fukasaku #忠臣蔵外伝 四谷怪談 #fantasy #kabuto #samurai film

[voidincinema]

The Twilight Samurai (2002)

dir. Yoji Yamada

#The twilight samurai #cinematography #cinema #movie quotes #film stills #cinephile #japanese cinema #samurai #japanese culture #yoji yamada #hiroyuki sanada #rie miyazawa #samurai film

[w-armansky-blog]

Kurosawa was a person who wouldn't take a no for an answer, who would work to get something right, who would get up and dust himself off and give a difficult problem another go. 'You can fall down seven times in the same place,' Kurosawa said, quoting an ancient Japanese proverb, 'and if you stand up the eighth time you have won.'

source:  Akira Kurosawa by Peter Wild

#kurosawa #yojimbo #japanese #samurai film #toshiro mifune #crime #spaghetti western #character #sanjuro #woman #japan #Black and White #classic films #cinematography

[matyas-ss]

Seven Samurai (1952) [七人の侍]

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Cinematography by Asakazu Nakai

#art #art history #film photography #cult film #film #beautiful photography #classic film #movie #art film #movies #akira kurosawa #toshiro mifune #seven samurai #japanese cinema #japan #samurai film #samurai movies #japanese film #japanese culture #japan aesthetic #japanese #japanese movie #film scenes #film screenshots #film stills #movie stills #movie serials #50's film #50's #20th century art

[nine-frames]

“I'm not dying yet.”

用心棒 (Yōjinbō - Yojimbo), 1961.

Dir. Akira Kurosawa | Writ. Ryūzō Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa & Hideo Oguni | DOP Kazuo Miyagawa

#用心棒 #yojimbo #akira kurosawa #toshiro mifune #japanese film #1960s #chanbara #samurai film #10 frames

[schlock-luster-video]

On March 27, 1974, Lady Snowblood debuted in Honolulu, Hawaii.

#lady snowblood #toshiya fujita #meiko kaji #jidaigeki #action thriller #samurai film #japanese film #1970s #grindhouse #tcm underground #action movie #movie art #art #drawing #movie history #pop art #modern art #pop surrealism #cult movies #portrait #cult film

[brokehorrorfan]

The Sword of Doom's original motion picture soundtrack is available on vinyl for the first time via Waxwork Records. The score is composed by Masaru Sato (Yojimbo, Godzilla Raids Again, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla).

Priced at $30, the album is pressed on 180-gram "Snow, Blood, Flames, and Katana" swirled color vinyl. It's housed in a gatefold jacket with matte satin coating featuring art by Yuko Shimizu and a 12x12 print.

#the sword of doom #jidaigeki #toho #samurai #samurai movies #samurai film #toho studios #waxwork records #masaru sato #vinyl #gift #soundtrack #tatsuya nakadai #yojimbo #godzilla

[browsethestacks]

Arthouse Muppets

Art by Bruce McCorkindale

#Comics #Arthouse Muppets #Bruce McCorkindale #Film #Muppets #The Muppets #Sesame Street #Jim Henson #Art #The Good The Bad And The Ugly #Seven Samurai #Network #Ringu #The Ring #Pulp Fiction #Ocean's Eleven #Clue #Princess Bride #An American Werewolf In London #Star Trek II The Wraith Of Khan #The Wrath Of Khan #Star Trek #Humor #Humor Comics #Bert And Ernie #Statler And Waldorf

[redsamuraiii]

Shogun (2024) Trailer 2

"Death is in our air, and sea, and earth. It can come for us at any time."

#shogun #shogun 2024 #shogun 1980 #james clavell #hiroyuki sanada #anna sawai #samurai #japan #Youtube #feudal japan #samurai film #cosmo jarvis #tadanobu asano

[blumineck]

Does adding a blade make your bow an effective melee weapon?

It definitely makes it an iconic one!

Patreon - YouTube

#fantasy #archery #nerd #hazu-yari #samurai #history #archer #gaming #film #trope

[cinemaronin]

Samurai Rebellion (1967)

上意討ち 拝領妻始末 Samurai Rebellion (1967) directed by Masaki Kobayashi

#上意討ち 拝領妻始末 #samurai rebellion #masaki kobayashi #japanese cinema #japanese movie #stills #asian film #japanese movies #samurai film

[shinkleitus]

When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2002), dir. Yojiro Takita.

Review originalmente postada: 16/Fev/2023 no Letterboxd.

Convencionalmente os filmes pautados sobre o Shinsengumi tem como protagonista os principais membros deste grupo. Neste caso, procurou destacar membros, como Kanichiro Yoshimura e Hajime Saito. O segundo é um dos poucos sobreviventes deste grupo, e o filme se molda em flashbacks do Saito e de outros personagens com envolvimento com o Yoshimura. O filme desfruta de um sentimento nostálgico dos personagens, toda uma aura do filme dispõe desta nostalgia. O que pode florear muito da visão que passa sobre a Shinsengumi. Dependendo do jidaigeki, a Shinsengumi é transposta como grandes vilões na História Japonesa, mas aqui, vejo uma atenuação ao contar sobre o grupo. Tem seus momentos de massacre, mas se foca mais a lidar sobre o sentimento do homem com o caminho do samurai. Se você espera que o foco seja a ação, talvez não seja esse filme, o foco maior é mesmo o drama. A relação da família, o amor, de como lidar com o novo Japão que está por vir, de homens que não estão preparados para esta mudança, e tendo sempre dúvidas de como lidar com o ocidente. Os dois personagens principais têm um show de atuação, mas o Kiichi Nakai, no papel do Yoshimura, é o grande destaque deste filme. Consegue transparecer a dicotomia de seu personagem, que muda dependendo da visão de cada personagem que estão tendo as memórias exploradas. Um homem que vive por sua família, tendo atitudes não dignas de um samurai, como a ganância por dinheiro, mas de todos, é o que mais segue o código do Bushido. Ao mesmo tempo que é um homem gentil, com um ar melancólico.

#yôjirô takita #壬生義士伝 #when the last sword is drawn #japanese cinema #samurai film #stills #japan movies #movies #movie #cinema #japan cinema #shinsengumi

[w-armansky-blog]

The Great Kanto Earthquake, which led to the deaths of almost 110,000 people, had not yet finished finessing the fledgling film director's vision, however. Akira's older brother Heigo took him to witness the devastation first hand. It was a sight that remained with him for the rest of his life. 'Amid an expanse of nauseating redness,' of the kind one can see recreated in his last epic, Ran, 59 years later, I saw corpses charred black, half-burned corpses, corpses in gutters, corpses floating in rivers, corpses piled up on bridges, corpses blocking off a whole street at an , and every manner of death possible to human beings displayed by corpses!' 

Kurosawa's first instinct was to turn away and close his eyes. His brother seized his arm and said, 'Akira, look carefully now. If you shut your eyes to a frightening sight, you end up being frightened. If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.'"

source:  Akira Kurosawa by Peter Wild

#kurosawa #sanjuro #toshiro mifune #yojimbo #sequel #japan #japanese filmmaker #Japanese film #jidaigeki film #samurai film #bodyguard #earthquake #frightened

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