by kodokankendo.uk | Jul 26, 2023
Directed by one of Japan’s eminent directors, Kenji Mizoguchi, The film is set in the 12th century when samurai ceased to be just hired fighters and took over as the dominant class in Japanese society. Only available on UK video at the moment. Special Forces...
by kodokankendo.uk | Jul 26, 2023
Adapted from a manga comic by Kasuo Koike who also wrote Lone Wolf and Cub this film is a samurai revenge film with the twist of the person seeking the revenge being a woman. Meiko Kaji plays the title role and also sings the theme song ‘Flower of Carnage’...
by kodokankendo.uk | Jul 26, 2023
Starring Toshiro Mifune and made for his production company, this film is about a samurai who is the power behind Lord Shingen’s Takeda clan during the late 16th century whose aim is to achieve a united Japan.This is only available on UK video. Feudal Japan,...
by kodokankendo.uk | Jul 26, 2023
Another film about the late 16th century and Lord Shingen of the Takeda clan, this film was directed by Akira Kurosawa and executive produced by George Lucas and Francis Ford Copolla. It put Kurosawa back in the limelight and enabled him to make his masterpiece Ran....
by kodokankendo.uk | Jul 26, 2023
Cult director Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer, Audition) delivers a bravado period action film set at the end of Japan’s feudal era. 13 Assassins – a “masterful exercise in cinematic butchery” (New York Post) – is centered around a group of elite samurai who are...
