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The difficult life of a boy and his single mother looks set to change when they take in an Edo-era samurai warrior who has been magically transported to their time.
Agent for DRAGON sets out to rescue kidnapped girlfriend.
A 77-minute, one-scene, no-cut action sequence in which samurai Miyamoto defeats 588 enemies, one after the other.
A modern-day contract killer in New York, who works according to the Samurai code.
Takashi Miike follows 13 Assassins with a neo-classical remake of the Yasuhiko Takiguchi story about desperate, impoverished ronin and implacably cruel feudal lords.
Tom Cruise goes native in Japan in the years when honour was prized more highly than life itself.
The chief retainer of a small domain in Echigo called Nagaoka is caught between the Eastern and Western armies after the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
A young police officer is drawn into a mysterious maniac's murderous plans.
A man obsessed with avenging his late wife, mown down by a hit-and-run driver, threatens to kill the guilty driver... but will he find his inner samurai to act on the threat?
A village enlists a group of samurai to defend them from bandits.
The samurai as a single parent in 19th century Japan.
Creating atmospheres Jessica Hausner on Sylvie Testud, Léa Seydoux, Heidi and Lourdes
Making magic Austin Andrews and Andrew Holmes on shooting in remote locations for The Island Between Tides
Just trying to live Sébastien Vanicek on suburban life in France, spiders and Infested
Siege tactics Will Gilbey and Chris Reilly on storytelling and action in Jericho Ridge
Hidden gems in plain sight Nate Carlson on Alexander Payne and graphic design in Election and The Holdovers
Director who championed the underdog French cinema mourns death of Palme d’Or winner Laurent Cantet at 63
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