Title. Really liking the Sengoku Jidai time period(Shogun 2 did it's job). Watched 2 documentaries, wondered if there are any you guys might want to share.

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you cant go wrong with Last Samurai and Tom Cruise :<

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not really sengoku jidai, not at all

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Transformers have more in common with samurai lore than this dumbed down garbage

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:)

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If you want more real and more Japanese touch, just go with Akira Kurosawa ... These Hollywood movies are good on their own, but their point of view is different, a side one, not directly involved. Start with the necessary classics Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Ran and if you like it, just watch his whole filmography. You won't regret it.

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well not only that, but the last samurai is turn of the century.. the last century. misses the sengoku jidai period by oh you know just a couple hundred years nbd...

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BAsically, the Bakumatsu (if memory serves me right).

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This!

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13 assassins was pretty awesome.

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THIS!..superb movie

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I was going to say that

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Ran. incredible flick. and anything by Kurosawa of course.
Also, even though its R Chamberlain, the Shogun miniseries is quite good, in fact you dont see that kind of on location quality anymore at all.
umm i know more but they arent coming to mind

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^this, clicky

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Kurosawa all the way, check out 7 Samurai and Rashomon.

Also Zatoichi.

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This guy knows what's up.

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Yes he does :D

If you're not allergic to books, I recommend the whole series about Myamoto Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa. This one especially

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If you are allergic to books, you can watch the Samurai Trilogy on video.

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If you're allergic to books you could also try wearing gloves.

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zatoichi is awesome

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Harakiri

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III

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lol

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it was the first thing that popped into my mind :P and hey they DO go back in time to like the samurai era

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Yeah they did, ninja vs. samurai :)

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Seven Samurai, it's a good classic movie

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Arguably the best movie I've ever seen

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-Anything samurai related by Kurosawa
-Harakiri

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THIS search for Akira Kurosawa starting with Rashômon, Ran, Shichinin no samurai - seven samurai, Yôjinbô etc. these are really good movies - in top 500 of the world

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Listen to this guy!

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All hands and legs up, if you want a definite classics touch and (I could guess) a rightful depiction, just start with this guy. So many people learned from him (even Lucas, anyone?), you can do the same.

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Some of Kurosawa's films aren't as well-known, but anything by him is great. See if you can find Hidden Fortress.

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Hes too young for rashamon.
Its very specific movie. Now a days only few will find it interesting.

samuray champloo :D

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Kwaidan by Masahiro Kobayashi and Kuroneko by Kaneto Shindo

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xarabas holds the truth again

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Nope, not a single one. Ever.

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Well aren't you open-minded.

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You apparently cannot recognize the obvious tongue-in-cheek quality of my statement, given its ridiculousness.

It was meant to poke fun at the ridiculous (and yet unfortunately serious) thread title.

I have watched most of the films mentioned in this thread, including all of the works of Akira Kurosawa, and I am also aware that some of the suggestions really are far too stylized to be considered accurate depictions of the historical time period in Japan under consideration.

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Yes sorry for my lack of recognizing an "obvious" tongue-in-cheek quality of a statement over the internet, because I am an idiot whom can not read that much into text. (Because text obviously has such qualities as telling if a person is sincere or not.)

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The Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, Love and Honor
nice movies from Yamada Yoji

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The Twilight Samurai was a great movie.

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There was the movie with Meiko Kaji, the pretty lady that played central characters in many a gritty Japanese noir film also. "Snowblood"?

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The new Rurouni Kenshin movie was good :p

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+1 I liked it too.

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Lots of titles are already floating around, so I won't add to that. If you have Netflix, check their "Foreign Films" section. They have a bunch of them. I suppose you could just do a search for "Samurai," also.

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I recomend u Fuurin Kazan, its a taiga dorama wich is base on the life of Yamamoto Kansuke. Furrin kazan deals with the sengoku jidai period, u can see the faction and battles.. A very nice serie, and, in the end of the episode they show to us places/region of the actual Japan with a little documentary of monuments, temples and other stuff about yamamoto kansuke and other things...

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Twilight Samurai.

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As many others have said, Kurosawa. Which reminds me I still haven't seen Ran. :o

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My personal favorite Samurai movie is probably Shichinin no samurai - seven samurai. It's really good!

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wow, no one mentioned shogun assassin

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