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Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21503) • London, England 8 May

Nearly missed this one. I had planning to visit the Samurai exhibition, at the British Museum, last week, but the day I choose the rail service was disrupted by a suspected gas leak in the City. After spending about 30 minutes...

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Zen story: The Zen master, who was once a great fighter

emptychair @innertalks (23736) • Australia 1 May 22

The Zen master, Serbio Greshohe, had been a champion fighter, in his earlier life, but he had dropped all of this when he took up Zen. This was now his view on fighting. Fighting is about being a shadow, instead of the...

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Zen koan: The Zen master's horse solves a koan

emptychair @innertalks (23736) • Australia 27 Aug 20

The Zen master, Harez Johloske, was getting on in years, but he used to like to ride the horse of his samurai friend, Hiheathler, sometimes still too. One day, he was out riding along, letting the horse go where it wilt...

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I hope Hollywood wont cast Tom Cruise and Scarlett Johansson for this one

Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker @CaptAlbertWhisker (32760) • Calgary, Alberta 8 May 19

So Hollywood is going to make a historical movie about Yasuke. Yasuke was an African Slave who was accompanying Jesuit missionaries to spread Christianity in Japan. He was big and strong so he was recruited by the Warlord...

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Dororo new anime review

Rebelta James @bela360 (2006) • Saint Lucia 9 Mar 19

This one is a new anime and I love it. At the beginning of the anime you see this Lord's wife giving birth to their first child but he goes to an evil place and sells his unborn child body parts to devils. When the child is born...

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Samurai Jack The Best Martial Arts Story Ever

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 10 May 18

I have seen many great Martial Arts and Kung Fu films, as well as some awful ones. My favourite martial arts story however was a long running TV animation, called Samurai Jack that ran from 2001 to 2017, with a long gap between...

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Review: _Yojimbo:_ My favourite Akira Kurosawa movie.

Rebecca Huston @Telynor (1763) • United States 4 Mar 16

I have really started to get into Asian films over the last decade or so. Before, I had watched such classics as _The Seven Samurai,_ and enjoyed them immensely. One of my favourite directors has always been Akira Kurosawa, the...

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Film Review – Lone Wolf And Cub #3 – Baby Cart To Hades

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 27 Sep 15

1972 – spoiler alerts. The third of the six Lone Wolf & Cub movies based on a popular Manga series of comics sees a lot more character development and plot complexity than its two predecessors though it retains a high violence...

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Film Review – Lone Wolf And Cub #2 – Baby Cart At The River Styx

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 17 Sep 15

1972 – spoiler alerts. Part two of the epic sextet bloodfest. Itto’s activity leads to his enemies putting a bounty on his head which a group of deadly acrobatic female assassins try to claim. Itto slaughters all but one of...

Movie Review – Lone Wolf And Cub #1 – Sword Of Vengeance

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 14 Sep 15

Lone Wolf & Cub was a Highly controversial Japanese 1972 martial arts epic, filmed in 6 parts. The first two were later cobbled together crudely for US release as Shogun Assassin, which was banned for many years as a text-book...

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Some Things to Consider While Watching This Movie

ivan88 @ivan88 (193) • Canada 29 Dec 12

It is an amazing and very sentimental movie. Cried while I was watching it. The final battle scene is hard to watch. Still, no one should go away so much from reality when they're making a movie. Historical truth: There was...

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Samurai or ninja?

dankebab @dankebab (92) 10 Nov 12

Just a random thought, who would win in a fight: Samurai or a ninja? I think the samurai would win because of his sword skills. What do you guys think?

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Just watched "The Last Samurai".....

lady Di @lady1993 (27221) • Philippines 4 Feb 11

awesome movie. I just love it, v\even though many critics don't think it's that good. I like everything- the cast, the location, the dialogue, and the story. It taught me lots of stuff abut people and way of life......

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How could A Son Killed His Own Mother who gave him life?

rhizjen @rhizjen (140) • Philippines 24 Nov 10

I'm so much shocked with this recent news in NY. Ugly Betty Actor Michael Brea kills his own mother using a samurai sword while reciting Bible Passages. The Neighbors heard these words yelled by Michael over and over again....

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Samurai Literature

ColinYang @ColinYang (193) • Australia 20 Apr 10

Hi, I have an assignment at school, and to complete it, I need to know some samurai films. Please just list some films that you watched in the past that are based on samurai. Thanks.

Would you cut your belly ?

silverjapan @silverjapan (233) • Romania 26 Mar 10

I always wondered about Japanese warriors, they chose honor instead of life, if they were defeated they committed suicide, if they insulted their lords, they committed suicide, if they ashamed someone or themselves they committed...

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Samurai Champloo

shaliya @shaliya (11) • Malaysia 15 Feb 10

The most realistic samurai series I`v to day. When i first saw this anime,I really didn`t know what to expect. Samurai Champloo makes you that your watching an actual samurai duel in each episode with great choreography on all...

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Renaissance Festivals

Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 2 Sep 09

This is by far my favorite time of year. This part of the year for me starts with the Lammas, followed by Mabon, and ends with our New Year celebration Samhain. We celebrate this portion of the year by attending our Renaissance...

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what makes a sound from katana?

workoutfreak @workoutfreak (377) • Indonesia 1 Sep 09

one thing from japan that i admire is the samurai, i like its sword, katana. however, i wonder, what makes a sound when the blade is pulled out from its sheath. any body knows?

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Missing Samurai Deeper Kyo!!

shubhamv @shubhamv (151) • India 25 Aug 09

Samurai Deeper Kyo was one of my favourite Anime!! But it ended this friday! I am too depressed !!I liked it a lot! Even yesterday I sat in fron of my T.V. at 9:30 p.m. but i remebered that it ended this friday! So Sad!! Are you...