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The following is a list of Samurai and their wives. They are listed alphabetically by name. Some have used multiple names, and are listed by their final name. Note that this list is not complete or comprehensive; the total number of persons who belonged to the samurai-class of Japanese society, during the time that such a social category existed, would be in the millions.
A dictator hating creativity and obsessed with control and perfection, to the point he aims to glue the world together. Aku: A dystopian retrofuturistic Earth: Black Mass of Darkness: Samurai Jack: A shapeshifting demon from long ago, Aku sends the protagonist, a Samurai Jack to the future before he could land a killing blow.
In the West, the onna-musha gained popularity when the historical documentary Samurai Warrior Queens aired on the Smithsonian Channel. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] Several other channels reprised the documentary. The 56th NHK taiga drama , Naotora: The Lady Warlord , was the first NHK drama where the female protagonist is the head of a samurai clan. [ 45 ]
A decades-old unproduced screenplay set during Japan’s 1868-’69 civil war has been dusted off and given thoroughly modern action-movie treatment in Kazuya Shiraishi’s “11 Rebels.” A ...
It holds a 100% rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 23 reviews, with a weighted average of 8.38/10. The site's consensus reads: "Technically impressive and superbly acted, Sanjuro is a funny, action-packed samurai adventure featuring outstanding cinematography and a charismatic performance from Toshiro Mifune". [11]
The Sword of Doom is an adaptation of Daibosatsu Toge (lit. ' Great Bodhisattva Pass '), a novel that has remained popular since its initial release in 1913, a year after the death of the Emperor Meiji, "the ruler who oversaw Japan's transition from hermetically sealed feudal state to modern nation."
Neither the name of Lady Saigō's mother nor her dates of birth or death are recorded in any existing documents, although it is known that she was the elder sister of Saigō Kiyokazu. [16] Lady Saigō's father was Tozuka Tadaharu of Tōtōmi Province, under direct control of the Imagawa clan. The marriage between Tadaharu and his wife was very ...
The Twilight Samurai has a rating of 99% at Rotten Tomatoes, based on 70 reviews, and an average rating of 8.1/10, and is certified as "Fresh". The website's critical consensus states, "Samurai epic as a touching drama". [5] Metacritic gave it an overall score of 82 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". [6]