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Initially early samurai films were influenced by the still growing Western film genre before and during World War II. Since then both genres have had a healthy impact on one another. [12] Two forefathers of the genre, Akira Kurosawa and Masaki Kobayashi, were influenced by American film directors such as John Ford. [13] [14] [15]
Oba: The Last Samurai (太平洋の奇跡 –フォックスと呼ばれた男 –, Taiheiyō no kiseki: Fokkusu to yobareta otoko, i.e. Miracle of the Pacific: The Man Called Fox), also known as Miracle of the Pacific, Battle of the Pacific and Codename: Fox, is a 2011 Japanese World War II Pacific War drama film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama and based on the true story of Captain Sakae Ōba ...
Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima; Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears; The Battle of Hong Kong (film) Battle of Okinawa (film) Black Rain (1989 Japanese film) The Blossoming of Kamiya Etsuko; A Boy Called H; The Burmese Harp (1956 film)
Japanese World War II films (1 C, 64 P) Pages in category "Japanese war films" ... The Battle of Port Arthur; Battle of the Japan Sea (film) The Blossoming of Kamiya ...
Japan Shinsengumi Oni Captain: 新選組鬼隊長: Toshikazu Kôno: Based on a novel Woman of fire. 1954 Japan A sunny day and a cloudy day: 照る日くもる日: Toshio Shimura: Drama. Based on a novel A sunny day and a cloudy day. 1954 Japan The Great White Tiger Platoon: 花の白虎隊: Katsuhiko Tasaka: History, War. Byakkotai, Aizu ...
This list of World War II films (1950–1989) contains fictional feature films or miniseries released since 1950 which feature events of World War II in the narrative. The entries on this list are war films or miniseries that are concerned with World War II (or the Sino-Japanese War) and include events which feature as a part of the war effort.
The film or miniseries must be concerned with World War II (or the War of Ethiopia and the Sino-Japanese War) and include events which feature as a part of the war effort. For short films, see the List of World War II short films. For documentaries, see the List of World War II documentary films and the List of Allied propaganda films of World ...
[2] [3] Shot in Eastmancolor, it is the second film of Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy. The film is adapted from Eiji Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, [2] originally released as a serial in the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, between 1935 and 1939. The novel is loosely based on the life of the famous Japanese swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi.