In 2020, in the midst of a global lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic, developers Sucker Punch Productions unveiled Ghost of Tsushima, the acclaimed open-world samurai adventure that featured cinematic immersion in history like no other. Gently trap to find the most productive samurai videos ever made.
Set in 1274, players take on the character of Jin Sakai (voiced by actor Daisuke Tsuji), the proud son of the extended Sakai family who is discovered only after a Mongol invasion fleet decimates Sakai’s forces. Left for dead, Jin Sakai returns to a new form of guerrilla warfare and adopts a dark new moniker, “The Ghost,” as he assembles a team of allies to help him take revenge and protect Japan from its invaders.
Unsurprisingly, Sucker Punch was inspired by all kinds of samurai media, especially movies. (The game even features a mode called “Kurosawa Mode,” after filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. )For gaming enthusiasts who prefer more of their surroundings in the form of a movie. , here are 32 must-see films – adding some Chinese films – images in the Wuxia language – that show sword tactics.
Based on the popular manga series by Kazuou Koike and Goseki Kojima, the 1972 film Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance stars Tomisaburo Wakayama as a 19th-century ronin who roams Japan lending his swordsmanship. as a hitman, while accompanied by his adorable grandson. Sword of Vengeance is the first of six Lone Wolf and Cub films, all of which are a must-see for any aspiring chanbara lover. Ghost of Tsushima enthusiasts drawn to the game’s central theme, revenge, will be in luck with Lone Wolf and Cub.
Beautiful and gripping Toshiya Fujita’s Lady Snowblood follows a 19th-century woman seeking revenge against her mother’s rapists and her half-brother’s killers. Produced on a small budget (exact figures are unknown) and conceived as a vehicle for actress and singer Meiko Kaji. , Lady Snowblood is violent poetry in motion, a mesmerizing dance between red blood loss and natural white snow. The film was a prime inspiration for Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, and in fact, Tarantino asked his cast and crew to revisit the set of Lady Snowblood. to set the mood for the film.
Renowned Japanese director Akira Kurosawa directed a series of acclaimed samurai films “jidaigeki” (period drama) that are now respected by artists and cinephiles alike. Among Kurosawa’s biggest enthusiasts was George Lucas, who designed Star Wars based heavily on Kurosawa’s 1958 classic, The Hidden Fortress. The film tells the story of two comic peasants who agree to safely escort a man and a woman through dangerous territory, unaware that their clients are an army general and a princess. Bewitching the concept that old samurai movies are too violent and austere, The Hidden Fortress is practically one of the best adventure movies that makes infiltration and espionage through samurai castles a marvel.
From B-movie director Ryuhei Kitamura, Azumi is an adaptation of Yū Koyama’s manga series about a talented assassin, played by former pop star Aya Ueto, who questions her violent upbringing (and the teacher who trained her) while tasked with killing power. starving people. warlords who threaten Japan’s peace after the Civil War. With Azumi, Kitamura presents his unique action direction that perfectly proves that he is one of the most productive, if underrated, genre filmmakers. Fans of Ghost of Tsushima do everything they can to Azumi.
In 2017, splasher Takashi Miike proved he didn’t miss a beat with his CENTENNIAL (you read that right), Blade of the Immortal. Based on the manga series, Blade of the Immortal tells the story of a swordsman, Manji (Takuya Kimura) who is cursed with immortality until he kills a thousand souls using a cursed sword. Brimming with exquisite violence and laden with melodrama that bemoans unholy powers, Blade of the Immortal is a bloody blast from start to finish.
She and Joe were incredibly unpopular with critics, but Snake Eyes: G. I. Joe Origins deserves to continue to appeal to Ghost of Tsushima enthusiasts in a number of vital ways. Both feature two protagonists who exercise with swords and have a predilection for black. suits, while also employing their new identities to intimidate their enemies. Although Snake Eyes suffers from terrible action direction (there’s a constant lack of coherence and pacing), Crazy Rich Asians star Henry Golding and Warrior’s Andrew Koji, in combination, show perspectives like true action stars. things Hollywood hasn’t noticed in years.
Writer-director Quentin Tarantino’s dazzling duology, the sublime duology of Kill Bill, is a loving homage to samurai movies, yakuza imagery, and Chinese wuxia all rolled into one. Uma Thurman, of course, plays “The Bride,” a swordswoman who needs revenge on the assassins who hunted her down on her wedding day. Like Ghost of Tsushima, The Bride suffers a devastating defeat that paves the bloody path to revenge. Kill Bill introduces some of the swordgaming in film history, while also offering the general public a crash course in the aesthetics of East Asian action cinema.
An exceptional Chinese martial arts epic, Hero stars film legend Jet Li as an anonymous swordsman who tells the king, Qin Shi Huang (Chen Dao Ming), about his battles with feared assassins who tried to take his life. the true motives of man’s state vis-à-vis him. While Ghost of Tsushima is an immersive experience set in historic Japan and obviously influenced by samurai movies, the samurai and wuxia genres have a significant spiritual percentage in stories that are not so unusual as exciting ones of bravery. heroism and struggle against tyranny despite the odds. Hero is one of the lucky wuxia that have been broadcast all over the world with great good fortune and no one can miss him.
One of the most disturbing supernatural horror films ever made comes from Japanese director Kaneto Shindō, with his 1964 vintage Onibaba (translated as “demonic witch”). Set in 14th-century Kyoto, in the midst of the Japanese Civil War, two women. . . She and a widow lure lost samurai to borrow their weapons in exchange for money. When a neighbor comes between them, the older woman finds herself succumbing to an unspeakable evil contained in a terrifying demon-like mask. A samurai movie that’s action-mellow Though full of atmospheric dread, Onibaba is a terrifying vintage that actually influenced Ghost of Tsushima’s supernatural-oriented multiplayer.
Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune formed a cinematic dream team, as they worked together on about a dozen iconic films that romanticize the history of Japan’s samurai. Among his most prominent and influential works is Yojimbo, in which Mifune plays a wandering ronin who discovers that he finds himself in a city torn apart by crime lords and factions who seek out all his talents. Meanwhile, the sequel to Sanjuro, built on the foundation of an entirely different story, sees Mifune return, in a more comical story. Mifune is at his most productive in both films, however, as a prototypical, hardened antihero who is still unflinching to anyone. While Kurosawa himself animated through film noir, his Yojimbo encouraged Italian director Sergio Leone to produce his own mega-classic: A Fistful of Dollars.
Casshern, a visual effects-rich exhibit from director Kazuaki Kiriya, is a modern live-action adaptation of the ancient ninja superhero anime Neo-Human Casshern. Set in the distant future, an artificially designed hero named Casshern rises from the grave to sustain himself globally. (Such a story will be very familiar to fans of Ghost of Tsushima. )Although it offers far more flavour than substance, Casshern is an exciting two hours of breathtaking goodness, with brilliant mental insight while also discarding any sense of realism. . The window.
Ryuhei Kitamura has taken the world by storm with his first independent feature film Versus, in which fugitive prisoners and Yakuza gangsters, all armed with samurai rifles and swords, are set in an enchanted forest overrun by zombies. Tak Sakaguchi and Hideo Sakaki are rivals in The Cult Classic of Kitamura, which also features famed video game designer Hideo Kojima (of Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding) as a zombified extra. Kitamura dated Versus, and it’s a must-have for anyone craving a cinematic feast. Especially the Ghost of Tsushima enthusiasts who know what it’s like to wield the sword in the face of the hordes of evil.
A throwback to the ninja craze of the ’90s, Scott Adkins reprises his role as orphaned American ninja Casey Bowman from the 2009 film Ninja, straight to DVD, for his stunning 2013 sequel Ninja: Shadow of a Tear. After Casey’s domestic life is brutally shattered, Casey teams up with an old friend, Nakabara (actor and ninjutsu expert Kane Kosugi) to track down those responsible. Scott Adkins has long reigned supreme as one of Hollywood’s near-extinct B-movie action heroes, and Ninja: Shadow of a Tear features Adkins demonstrating his mastery.
An exciting task for Martin Scorsese since he read Shūsaku’s 1966 novel of the same name, Silence follows two 17th-century Jesuit priests, played by Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver, who travel to Edo, Japan, to track down their missing instructor (Liam Neeson). ). . Their search leads them to the center of hostile territory, where Japanese fanatics of religion are suppressed by the ruling Tokugawa shogunate. While Silence is far from an action film, it is a must-see film, not only because it is among Scorsese’s most productive works to date, but also because Ghost of Tsushima enthusiasts gain an even deeper understanding of Japan’s tumultuous socio-cultural history.
The Bushidō code is tested in the field in Hideo Gosha’s classic chanbara Three Outlaw Samurai, a prequel to the hit Japanese TV series. Tetsuro Tamba stars Isamu Nagato and Mikijirō Hira reprise their roles to reveal how their characters met: a ronin (Tamba) is hired along with two other swordsmen (Nagato and Hira) to execute peasants who kidnapped the daughter of a corrupt official. Reflections on what’s right and what’s right are explored with the tip of a sword, and Three Outlaw Samurai is a deeply engaging counterpoint to Akira Kurosawa’s famous films, featuring larger archetypal samurai that feel alive in their own way.
A bizarre and low-key film with a star-studded cast, Guy Moshe’s Bunraku tells the story of an unarmed cowboy (Josh Hartnett) and a swordless samurai (Gackt) who team up in this long-term post-apocalyptic period to seek revenge. a tough crime boss known as “The Woodcutter” (Ron Perlman). Woody Harrelson, Kevin McKidd and Demi Moore round out the cast of this highly stylized action film that takes its inspiration from Japanese puppet theater. The film lives up to its calling. And it feels more like a play than a movie, but that’s not a bad thing when it’s also a lot of fun. Ghost of Tsushima fans, you’re in for a treat.
If you’re a fan of Ghost of Tsushima, chances are you’re already familiar with Mortal Kombat. If the first film adaptation released in 1995 is still GOAT, the 2021 remake has its merits. By this we mean the ultimate fight with Scorpion (Hiroyuki Sanada) and Sub-Zero (Joe Taslim from The Raid), which shows more idea and care than the rest of the film. Although the film overall doesn’t live up to expectations: Where’s Johnny Cage?!?- Mortal Kombat has a wonderful evening of beer and pizza with the guys, and an exceptionally talented Sanada who goes out of his way to stop Mortal Kombat from going into the Netherrealm.
47 Ronin, starring Keanu Reeves, was one of the biggest box office flops of the 2010s, to the point that it left Universal Studios in debt by the end of the year. But as an over-the-top, monster-filled fantasy, 47 Ronin is, accidentally, a perfect movie. video game movie that definitely deserves to appeal to Ghost of Tsushima fans. Keanu Reeves fits his wavelengths perfectly here as a half-Japanese, half-English samurai who joins 46 other masterless samurai in the quest for revenge against a tyrant. While the ending of The Genuine 47 Ronin deserves a bigger, more honorable movie, what Reeves delivers, along with Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Asano, Rinko Kikuchi, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, is nothing short of natural entertainment.
In Ghost of Tsushima, many players can activate a feature called “Kurosawa Mode,” which makes the game look like a movie of white, angelic samurai from the ’50s and ’60s. Although it’s just a visual filter, it’s still an unprecedented experience. Fans of the game deserve to see Zhang Yimou’s Chinese blockbuster Shadow, which was effectively released in 2018. Although shot in color, the film’s production design is entirely in blos angelesck and white, from the sets to the costumes, to evoke the feel of Indian ink. Paints. (His story is also brilliant, as it’s a story of political intrigue and identity deception in the Kagemusha Angels. )The movie is spectacular in any and every way, especially in its action, but look it up in 4K. While Ghost of Tsushima simply tones down the color, Shadow immerses the audience in something entirely different.
Cult film icon Shinya Tsukamoto, who burst onto the scene with his 1989 horror film Tetsuo: The Iron Man, presented a brutal feature film in 2018 that dispels any romantic images around samurai. In the midst of a brewing civil war, a ronin who has settled in an apartment in a small town finds himself facing outlaw enemies. Tsukamoto is a director like no other, and his samurai debut should not be missed due to excessive violence and dark psychology.
When the Japanese ninja briefly surpassed the American imagination, independent studio Cannon Films unveiled a series of cult film anthologies about the ninja. The most productive of these is 1983’s Revenge of the Ninja, starring real-life ninjutsu expert Sho Kosugi. The story tells the story of a master ninja who uses his old skills in the 20th century for his son of ruthless gangsters on both sides of the Pacific. Sho Kosugi is one of the most successful people to ever succeed and deserves more popularity than he does. Lately he’s enjoying himself. Find out why in Revenge of the Ninja.
While The Last Samurai is a rather thorny film, as it’s an example of the long-standing fetishization of Japan in America, that doesn’t stop Edward Zwick’s Oscar-nominated film from getting where it counts. Although primarily a fictional painting, The Last Samurai immerses audiences in central Meiji Restoration Japan, a turning point in the country’s modernization from feudal to centralized rule. Nor do we deserve a fundamentally cultural paradigm shift, with the end of the era of the “samurai” and all that it represents. While Ghost of Tsushima is set several centuries before the Meiji Restoration, the game tackles similar themes about the end of the ages.
It is to put into words the magnitude of The Crouching Tiger, the hidden dragon of the year 2000. It was the first genuine glimpse of Chinese wuxia through the general American public and the first foreign-language film to surpass the $100 million mark at the U. S. box office. genuine reasons for this. Ang Lee’s film, based on a novel from the 1940s, is incredibly romantic and thrilling, with its portrayal of kung fu masters as handsome men and women who feel love and pain deep in their souls. While the film doesn’t feature hordes of samurai or Mongol hordes like Ghost of Tsushima, Lee’s film is vast and far-reaching, a sense of wonder was also felt through Tsushima players who took their avatars to the highest peaks and gazed at an infinite horizon.
The blind swordsman Zatoichi is one of the most prominent characters in all of Japanese cinema, with a single film series starring Shintaro Katsu airing between 1962 and 1989 in 26 films (and not being a 100-episode TV show). While in 26 films it sounds daunting, there’s the 2003 standalone reboot directed by and starring Takeshi Kitano. Titled to American audiences as The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, Kitano plays the title character, a blind samurai with incredibly unlikely abilities who lends his talents to a small town under attack by the yakuza. Possibly not living up to the originals, however, Kitano is a powerful, masculine actor whose own touches on Zatoichi create something that seems more original to him than a pale imitation.
It remains one of the most beautiful stories ever told in the Marvel Universe. Wolverine’s adventures in Japan, narrated in the comics by Chris Claremont (and Frank Miller with pencils), show the most savage member of the X-Men neutralized through Japan and its distinct warrior cultures. A long edition of the comic took the form of 2013’s The Wolverine, directed by James Mangold, whose handling of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine is equally cautious and deliberate. The best balance between the quirky action of a comic book (Ninja Robots!High-speed trains!) and a heartfelt drama about the burden of immortality, The Wolverine shows that just because a movie is rated PG-13 doesn’t mean it can’t be profound.
Masaki Kobayashi’s Harakiri is considered to be one of the most productive samurai videos ever made, and everyone can see it if you’ve never touched a PlayStation controller. Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Harakiri tells the story of a ronin who asks to ritually commit suicide. or harakiri, in front of a feudal lord, but not before explaining the story that led him to this dark spot. Soon, a shocking revelation triggers a conflict. In a 2020 interview with Criterion, Ghost of Tsushima managers Nate Fox and Jason Connell in particular cited Harakiri as their main inspiration. Fox said, “They pose, the swords come out, they go by, and then the music starts. It was vital because it showed the negative area involved in the fights, not the noise of the swords, but the noise of the swords. attention, anticipation, and pomp of two other people measuring each other, which is so harsh and exclusive in those movies.
Even Akira Kurosawa, at a complex stage, is unstoppable, as evidenced by his colorful 1980 masterpiece, Kagemusha (translated as “warrior of shadows”). Set in Sengoku-era Japan, the leaders of a vulnerable extended family force a lowly criminal to pose as their dead lord to fend off opportunistic rivals. Meanwhile, the impersonator is chased by the guy he’s impersonating, forcing him to face the unbearable weight of his position. Kurosawa is getting big in Kagemusha, opening its frames to surround the majesty and spaciousness. of power.
It’s fitting that one of the most famous figures in all of Japanese folklore has a trilogy of magnetic films starring none other than Toshiro Mifune. Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, his “Samurai Trilogy” – consisting of Samurai I: Miyamoto Musashi (1954), Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955), and Samurai III: Duel on Ganryu Island (1956) – chronicles the expansion and evolution of Miyamoto Musashi (Mifune), a romantic figure famous for being a notable duelist. The gore and evisceration for which the genre is now known, however, attracted samurai audiences from around the world as the Japanese answer to knights and cowboys, and gave Mifune a way to learn before honing his craft with characters like Kurosawa.
As movies have become more familiar with samurai as heroic figures, Kihachi Okamoto arrived with his transgressive and spiritually dark feature film, The Sword of Doom. Tatsuya Nakadai plays Ryunosuke, a bloodthirsty ronin with a legitimately unsettling look, who uses an unorthodox approach. Indiscriminately about who it kills (it murders everyone from innocent old men to drunks), The Sword of Doom posits that it’s entirely conceivable to get lost in your own reputation. Dazzling, The Sword of Doom shows the true dark aspect of the blade.
A samurai tale of Shakespeare’s Macbeth that duplicates the strange undercurrents of the story, Akira Kurosawa’s The Throne of Blood shows the heavy burden of ambition. Toshiro Mifune plays Taketoki Washizu (the analogue of Macbeth), an unflinching samurai who is informed through an evil spirit who dwells in a forest in which his ascension approaches, unaware that this will also lead to his downfall. While the plot is more or less Macbeth intact, it’s Kurosawa’s impeccable execution that makes Throne of Blood a rare but striking example of ancient horror.
Takashi Miike’s incredible remake of Eiichi Kudo’s 1963 film follows thirteen assassins who plan to kill a harmful samurai lord about to be appointed to a top position. While Miike unleashes his trademark bloodlust taste of an underground movie, Thirteen Assassins also features Miike suffering from prestige ambition. , with greater success and a sense of wonder than imaginable culminating in an elongated series of final acts of the samurai fighting until their last breath. Thirteen Assassins is so overloaded with action that it can take anyone’s breath away.
These jeans would not be beautiful without the samurai gathered in one body. Akira Kurosawa’s stunning masterpiece, The Seven Samurai, remains one of his most productive works to date and one of the most beautiful films ever made. With its prototypical story of seven samurai lending their talents to a failing village at the mercy of bandits, Seven Samurai cemented the romantic belief of samurai around the world as noble, selfless heroes who confront evil. (This is traditionally inaccurate, of course, but as far as videos go, it works. ) Influencing everything from Star Wars to The Avengers, Seven Samurai is a seminal figure in film history, and the players in Ghost of Tsushima would do well to see for themselves.
Eric Francisco is a freelance entertainment journalist and a graduate of Rutgers University. Whether a movie or TV show has superheroes, spaceships, kung fu, or John Cena, it’s up to him to make sense. A former senior editor at Inverse, his firm has also been featured in Vulture, The Daily Beast, Observer, and The Mary Sue. You can find him screaming at Devils hockey games or dodging enemy fire in Call of Duty: Warzone.
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