Keyword: samurai
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Kubo and the Two Strings
There are films you watch once and forget, and then there’s Kubo and the Two Strings — a 2016 adventure from director Travis Knight that has kept audiences talking long after the credits roll. The film’s own tagline — “If you must blink, do it now!” — tells you almost everything about the tone it’s…
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Seven Samurai
There are films you watch once and forget, and then there’s Seven Samurai — a 1954 action from director Akira Kurosawa that has kept audiences talking long after the credits roll. “Unmatched for suspense and spectacle!” That’s the line the studio chose to sell the film, and it doesn’t oversell it by much. The setup…
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Rashomon
There are films you watch once and forget, and then there’s Rashomon — a 1950 crime from director Akira Kurosawa that has kept audiences talking long after the credits roll. You can tell a lot about a movie from its tagline, and “The husband, the wife… or the bandit?” gives away the game in the…