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RECOMMENDED BOOKS

 Among Samurai and Shoguns. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, nd.
Miyamoto Musashi. Gorin no shô (The Book of Five Rings).
Shogun: Total War: Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Roseville, CA: Prima Publishing, 2000.
Silver, Alain. The Samurai Film. Cranbury, NJ: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1977. Also, London: Tantivy Presss, 1977.
Tames, Richard. A Traveller's History of Japan. 2nd edition. New York: Interlink Books, 1997.
Yoshikawa, Eiji. Musashi.
Yoshikawa, Eiji. Taiko.

RECOMMENDED MOVIES

 "The Forty Seven Ronin"
"Hidden Fortress" - directed by Akira Kurosawa
"Kagemusha" - literally, "The Shadow Warrior"; directed by Akira Kurosawa
"Ran" - directed by Akira Kurosawa
"Rashomon" - directed by Akira Kurosawa
"The Samurai Trilogy"
"Sanjuro" - directed by Akira Kurosawa
"The Seven Samurai" - directed by Akira Kurosawa
"Throne of Blood" - directed by Akira Kurosawa
"Yojimbo" - directed by Akira Kurosawa

SAMURAI MOVIES - By Director

 Based on "The Samurai Film" by A. Silver
HIDEO GOSHA
  • "Three Outlaw Samurai" [Sambiki no samurai] (1964)
  • "Sword of the Beast" - aka "Samurai Gold Seekers" [Kedamono no ken] (1965)
  • "The Secret of the Urn" [Tange Sazen hien iai-giri] (1966)
  • "Samurai Wolf" [Kiba Okaminosuke] (1966)
  • "Goyokin" (1969)
  • "Tenchu" [Hitokiri] (1969)

    • HIROSHI INAGAKI

  • "Sword for Hire" [Sengoku burai] (1952) -- with Toshiro Mifune
  • "Samurai" parts 1-3 -- with Toshiro Mifune
  • "Ninjitsu" - aka "The Yagyu Secret Scroll" [Soryu hiken] (1958) -- with Toshiro Mifune
  • "Samurai Saga" [Aru kengo no shogai] (1959) -- with Toshiro Mifune
  • "The Three Treasures" [Nippon tanjo] (1959) -- with Toshiro Mifune
  • "Daredevil in the Castle" [Osakajo monogatari] (1961) -- with Toshiro Mifune
  • "Bandits On The Wind" [Yato kaze no naka o hashiru] (1961) -- with Toshiro Mifune
  • "Forty-Seven Ronin" - aka "Chushingura" [Chushingura] (1962) -- with Toshiro Mifune
  • "Young Swordsman" [Hiken] (1963)
  • "Whirlwind" [Dai tatsumaki] (1964)
  • "Rise Against The Sword" [Abare Goemon] (1966)
  • "Kojiro" [Sasaki Kojiro] (1967)
  • "Under the Banner of the Samurai" - aka "Samurai Banners" [Furin Kazan] (1969) -- with Toshiro Mifune
  • "The Ambush" - aka "Incident at Blood Pass" [Machibuse] (1970) -- with Toshiro Mifune

    • MASAKI KOBAYASHI

  • "Hara-kiri" [Seppuku] (1962)
  • "Kwaidan" [Kaidan] (1964)
  • "Rebellion" - aka "Samurai Rebellion" [Joi-uchi] (1967)
  • "Inn of Evil" [Inochi bonifuro] (1971)

    • AKIRA KUROSAWA

  • "Walkers on the Tiger's Tail" - aka "They Who Step on the Tiger's Tail" [Tora no o o fumu otokotachi] (1945) -- with Takashi Shimura
  • "Rashomon" (1950) -- with Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura
  • "Seven Samurai" - aka "The Magnificent Seven" [Shichinin no samurai] (1954) -- with Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura
  • "Throne of Blood" - aka "The Castle of the Spider's Web" [Kumonoso-ju] (1957) -- with Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura
  • "The Hidden Fortress" [Kakushi toride no san-akunin] (1958) -- with Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura
  • "Yojimbo" (1961) -- with Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura
  • "Sanjuro" [Tsubaki Sanjuro] (1962) -- with Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura
  • "Red Beard" (1965) -- with Toshiro Mifune
  • "Kagemusha" - aka "The Shadow Warrior" or "The Double" (1980)
  • "Ran" (1985)

    • KIHACHI OKAMOTO

  • "Warring Clans" [Sengoku yaro] (1963)
  • "Samurai Assassin" [Samurai] (1965)
  • "The Sword of Doom" [Daibosatsu toge] (1966)
  • "Kill!" [Kiru] (1968)
  • "Red Lion" [Akage] (1969)
  • "Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo" [Zatoichi to Yojinbo] (1970)

    • MASAHIRO SHINOBA

  • "The Assassin" [Ansatsu] (1964)
  • "Samurai Spy" [Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke] (1965)
  • "Double Suicide" [Shinju ten no amijima] (1969)
  • "The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan" [Buraikan] (1970)

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