I love Samurai movies because they are so unique culturally, allowing me to see inside an amazing era of Japan’srHistory.I remember seeing the ”Lone Wolf and Cub” series at the Fox Venice theater in West Los Angeles a long time ago. Recently, I saw the Mandalorian and noted the similarity to my son and his friends.And lo and behold, here was proof that I was on the right track.
Samurai are the fierce warriors of the Japanese feudal era. I looked up Samurai on Wikipedia and the entry is quite excellent.The entry provides not only solid historical and cultural references but warfare references too on the martial arts criteria and battle formations.
Samurai (侍, /ˈsæmʊraɪ/) were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the 12th century to their abolition in the 1870s. They were the well-paid retainers of the daimyo (the great feudal landholders). They had high prestige and special privileges such as wearing two swords. They cultivated the bushido codes of martial virtues, indifference to pain, and unflinching loyalty, engaging in many local battles. During the peaceful Edo era (1603 to 1868) they became the stewards and chamberlains of the daimyo estates, gaining managerial experience and education. In the 1870s samurai families comprised 5% of the population. The Meiji Revolution ended their feudal roles, and they moved into professional and entrepreneurial roles. Their memory and weaponry remain prominent in Japanese popular culture.
The greatest Samurai Films ranked according to IMDB are:
I am a WW2 history junkie, reading all aspects of this world shattering and changing event. Recently, I have been reading the Samuel Eliot Morison books on the Pacific War. Dive Bombing is diving from 20,000 feet to 1,500 feet to aim your bomb at a ship which appears like a speck on a vast ocean. Check out this video.
Critical Drinker once again eviscerates Hollywood's failure to connect with its audience. As Trekkies know, James T. Kirk was a man of immediate intense action. Picard was more of a thinking sommelier and rarely an action risk-taker.
Critical Drinker was, well, drinking a lot to hammer the shit out of Disney' Epic Fail movie remake of “Mulan”. Watch all the way through for drinking pleasure and bad movie hammering.
U.S. and S. Korean forces are currently training on the Korean peninsula. Specials Forces such as Army Rangers, Green Beret, SEALs and more are training. Perhaps some with a mission to eliminate Kim Jon-Un, dictator of North Korean. The same Kim Jong-Un who has shot loyalists on his own staff with an anti-aircraft gun for nodding off at ceremonies and less insults.
Of course, the internet comes through with the North Korean Uncovered Project which seeks to use satellite images to discover the buildings, structures and more in North Korean.
love Samurai movies because they are so unique culturally, allowing me to see inside an amazing era of Japan’s rHistory. I remember seeing the ”Lone Wolf and Cub” series at the Fox Venice theater in West Los Angeles a long time ago. Recently, I saw the Mandalorian and noted the similarity to my son and his friends. And lo and behold, here was proof that I was on the right track.
Samurai (侍, /ˈsæmʊraɪ/) were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the 12th century to their abolition in the 1870s. They were the well-paid retainers of the daimyo (the great feudal landholders). They had high prestige and special privileges such as wearing two swords. They cultivated the bushido codes of martial virtues, indifference to pain, and unflinching loyalty, engaging in many local battles. During the peaceful Edo era (1603 to 1868) they became the stewards and chamberlains of the daimyo estates, gaining managerial experience and education. In the 1870s samurai families comprised 5% of the population. The Meiji Revolution ended their feudal roles, and they moved into professional and entrepreneurial roles. Their memory and weaponry remain prominent in Japanese popular culture.
