Genre
Samurai Movies (Jidaigeki)
Japanese period drama set in the feudal era, typically concerned with duty, obsolescence, and men whose code has outlived the world that needed it.
Four textbook cases
Not the best four — the four that define the shape. Start anywhere.
Seven Samurai
Akira Kurosawa · 1954
Harakiri
Masaki Kobayashi · 1962
Yojimbo
Akira Kurosawa · 1961
The Sword of Doom
Kihachi Okamoto · 1966
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