Best samurai movies

[Aaron Gerow]

>what
>10 Samurai movies YOU think are the best

To start off, but also to be a bit confusing, here are some choices in 
rough chronological order:

1. Kokushi muso (Itami)
2. Mito Komon (Arai Ryohei version)
3. Tange Sazen Hyakuman-ryo no tsubo (Yamanaka)
4. Chikemuri Takadanobaba (Makino/Inagaki)
5. Oshidori utagassen (Makino)
6. Shichinin no samurai/Seven Samurai (Kurosawa)
7. Chiyari Fuji (Uchida)
8. Yojinbo (Kurosawa)
9. Ansatsu/Assassination (Shinoda)
10. Joi uchi/Samurai Rebellion (Kobayashi) 

Odd list, if only because half are comedies.  So I am not being strict in 
my definition of the genre, using, for instance, David's notion of the 
Sword Film.  I included anything with a lot of samurai.  This is just 
from memory and today's mood.  Try me again later sometime.

Aaron Gerow
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