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The fictional plot, set in modern-day, centers around factions of Samurai who have operated in secrecy for centuries. The primary cast was announced, with Tim Kwok named as producer. The film will be a joint-venture production between Universal Pictures, Universal 1440 Entertainment, and Scrappy Heart Productions, and distributed by Netflix. [1 ...
Nemuri Kyoshirō, the master of the Engetsu ("Full Moon Cut") sword style, was a wandering "lone wolf" warrior plagued by the fact that he was fathered in less than honorable circumstance by a "fallen" Portuguese priest who had turned to worshipping Satan and a Japanese noblewoman whom the "fallen" priest had seduced and raped as part of a Black Mass and who had committed suicide after ...
47 Ronin is a 2013 American historical fantasy action film directed by Carl Rinsch in his sole theatrical directorial effort. Written by Chris Morgan and Hossein Amini from a story conceived by Morgan and Walter Hamada, the film is a work of Chūshingura ("The Treasury of Loyal Retainers"), a fictionalized account of the forty-seven rōnin, a real-life group of masterless samurai in 18th ...
The samurai action series is set in Japan's Meiji period and features Junichi Okada as the lead actor. The popularity of non-English shows has led Netflix to double down on them. FX's "Shōgun ...
Blue Eye Samurai is proving to be a hit on Netflix, with the animated show hitting 2.9 million viewers in its first week of release. ... known for his work on the scripts for Logan, Bladerunner ...
A list of Samurai films released in the 2010s. Title Director Cast Release date Notes 13 Assassins: ... Sword of Desperation: 2010: Unforgiven: 2013: Zatoichi the ...
Four well-known appearances in Western culture are Bruce Willis' weapon of opportunity in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, the Bride's signature weapon in Kill Bill (a film strongly influenced by Japanese samurai movies), the katana used by the main characters in Highlander and the 1975 Tom Laughlin action Western film The Master Gunfighter.
Netflix has given a formal green light to Blue Eye Samurai, an animated action series from Michael Green and Amber Noizumi. Maya Erskine (Pen15) leads a voice cast that also includes George Takei ...