19 'Carmen Jones' (1954) 20 'Seven Samurai' (1954) Everett Akira Kurosawa’sSeven Samuraiis a film on every master director’s list of must-see films, so there’s no reason it shouldn’t be on yours too. The gist: A village enlists seven samurai to help defend them against a gang...
Each one of these classic films delivers a heady dose of nostalgia, is genuinely entertaining, and will make you sound more interesting at cocktail parties. Where else can you find all that?
First of all, you may be wondering what a ‘backpacking’ website has to do with samurai movies. Well, I’ve been a huge fan of samurai movies since I went to film college when I saw them for the first time, and for the past 25+ years I have watched all the movies listed here,...
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Young Guns remains a beloved cult classic, deserving of its status as one of the best Westerns of the 1980s. Released: 1988 Directed by: Christopher Cain Also ranks #1 on The 30+ Best Emilio Estevez Movies Also ranks #2 on The Best Lou Diamond Phillips Movies Also ranks #3 on The ...
s propulsive samurai classic,Yojimbo. Swap six-shooters for swords and the old west for the late Edo period in Japan, and you have one of the best samurai flicks of Japan’s golden age. And Toshiro Mifune is so iconic as its samurai hero, they brought him back for a sequel,Sanjuro, ...
Tenchu might not necessarily be a samurai but it’s within the same kind of realm. Here in this franchise, we’re thrown back into a more feudal Japan era where we’re mainly following two protagonists who are Ninja’s so there’s your first big change up to this list. Still, samurai...
Even if Criterion had only a handful of Kurosawa films, it would still be difficult to choose between The Seven Samurai, Rashomon, and Ran, to name a few. So why Ikiru? Well, it’s an unqualified masterpiece, about a man with stomach cancer coming to terms with the end of his life....
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(if you’re curious, I suggest listening to the Blank Check episode about the series), but briefly: After five directors were attached and unattached, it eventually landed in the hands of Genndy Tartakovsky, an animator’s animator who already had Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, and Star...