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Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
日本語
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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...
Series
Criterion collection volume 2
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
日本語
Description
Tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire seven out-of-work warriors to protect them from invading bandits.
Series
Criterion collection volume 2
Language
日本語
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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...
Publisher
VIZ
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
日本語
Description
Kagome Higurashi, an average ninth grader, gets pulled into a well by a demon, taking her 500 years in the past to a feudal Japan full of demons and magic. There she meets Inuyasha, a half-demon who seeks the powerful Shikon Jewel to make himself a full-fledged demon. Kagome has the jewel, but through an accident, it shatters into many pieces. Kagome joins together with Inuyasha and her other new friends to find the scattered pieces of the jewel.
5) Kumonosujō
Series
Criterion collection volume 190
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
日本語
Description
A vivid, visceral Macbeth adaptation, directed by Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai), sets Shakespeare's definitive tale of ambition and duplicity in a ghostly, fog-enshrouded landscape in feudal Japan. The film fuses classical Western tragedy with formal elements taken from Noh Theater to create an unforgettable cinematic experience.
Series
Publisher
AnimEigo
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
日本語
Description
Before Tokogawa leyasu has complete domination over Japan he must destroy the Toyotomi clan. The armies of leyasu and the Toyotomi ninja will decide the fate of the nation in a desperate struggle in the dark to stop leyasu from ruling Japan.
Series
Criterion collection volume 190
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
日本語
Description
A vivid, visceral Macbeth adaptation, directed by Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai), sets Shakespeare's definitive tale of ambition and duplicity in a ghostly, fog-enshrouded landscape in feudal Japan. The film fuses classical Western tragedy with formal elements taken from Noh Theater to create an unforgettable cinematic experience.
Publisher
FUNimation
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
日本語
Description
Under the banner of Hideyoshi Toyotomi, brothers Yukimura and Nobuyuki Sanada fought to end the wars raging across Japan uniting the country under one peaceful rule. After many hard-won battles their victory was sealed, but unfortunately the peace lasted only as long as Hideyoshi himself. After his untimely death, the very men who believed in his cause were split down the middle' and for the first time, the Sanada brothers found themselves on opposing...
Publisher
FUNimation
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Set in feudal-era Japan, a young boy named Kotaro and his dog Tobimaru are caught in the turmoil prophecy. At the request of the Ming Dynasty's emperor, the boy is pursued by Chinese assassins. After escaping the destruction of the temple that took him in, he runs into No Name. When Kotaro's dog is poisoned, No Name reluctantly accepts payment to escort them to a temple in Shirato. The unlikely companions form a bond over saving Tobimaru's life, but...
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