Movies and Anime to inspire you

[Shosuro Ichiro]

So I was have a chat on cbox withe a few people: Yuushahime, Takezo and Jereru. We were talking about what movies are a good watch to inspire and inform you while playing EE and posting here on the forums.

So I will post the ones we came up with and if we missed any please add them to the list.

• Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and all its interpetations
  
• Sansho the Baliff
  
• Ran
  
• Rikyu
  
• Twilight Samurai
  
• Hidden Blade
  
• Ghost Dog
  
• Zatochi
  
• Chushingura (Hiroshi Inagaki 1962)
  
• Shogun the mini-series
  
• Ninja Scroll the Anime
  
• Princess Mononoke
  

Also anything from Kurosawa, Mizoguchi and Ozu.

So please add anything we may have missed.

[Kasuga Shinobu]

* the Samurai trilogy
* Lone Wolf and Cub
* 47 Ronin
*Samurai Champloo
*Ruroni Kenshin

[Kitsu Natsuki]

And for all the shugenja fans out there, Shonen Onmyouji.

[Ikoma Buretto]

Strongly recommend some NSFW/R+ ratings on your suggestions, like Ninja Scroll >.>
Anyway, most stories with Abe no Seimei in it work for ideas on shugenja or priests. Just about any samurai flick. I think if you can get your hands on them, the L5R RPG books typically have a selected list of suggestions for reading/watching too!

[Kakita Shinji]

Harakiri by Kobayashi, my absolute no.1 in terms of samurai cinema. Better than alll Kurosawa's work.

An as for Kurosawa I'd recommend Kagemusha more than Shinin no samurai Just as I preffer Sanjuro to Yojimbo. But of course all those titles are great.

Sword Of Stranger
Samurai Champloo (crazy samurai - hip hop mashup)
Spirited Away (da music!!!)

[tadakasan]

*Samurai Jack - Set in the future sure, but he definitely has the act down.

*Samurai Deeper Kyo - Tokugawa Era yo

*The12 Kingdoms (Juuni Kokki) - Not really Japan, but lots of Japanese influences in the series. Better for courtiers than Samurai per say, but has a little of both.

Saying Kurosawa covers a lot though Oh, and DESPITE the fact it's not in the thread title, I think video games belong in here too tyvm!

*Any of the Samurai Shodown games - The original samurai fighting game. A little over the top but that can definitely be a good thing sometimes ^^

*Last Blade 1 and 2 - Similar to Samurai Shodown, but I like it better because it's more "authentic" and less stereotypes of samurai and ninja.

*Shogun (and soon 2!) - Shogun's just a bit old now, but it's still a great way to look at the tactics of samurai warriors along with ashigaru, sohei, and ninja, And looking at the gameplay previews for Shogun 2 it looks like it'll be 20 times better.

*The Onimusha series - Well, most of them. But even 4 is still a pretty darn good samurai game.

*Okami - Not samurai, but a game most people would say is a masterpiece of Japanese feudal culture.

I could say books too, but not going to even start on that.

[Kakita Kyoshi]

Already many good films listed here, I want to add one:

Hero - not a samurai film, but I think it is still perfect for L5R (especially the soundtrack is great, Japanese drums in a Chinese movie, how I loved them).

[Ikoma Buretto]

Feb 25, 2011 3:36:17 GMT -5 @tadakasan said:

*Shogun (and soon 2!) - Shogun's just a bit old now, but it's still a great way to look at the tactics of samurai warriors along with ashigaru, sohei, and ninja, And looking at the gameplay previews for Shogun 2 it looks like it'll be 20 times better.

I always figured if L5R had a computer Game, the guys of Total War should do it because of how great Shogun captures the elements of warfare we'd expect.

[tadakasan]

Feb 25, 2011 3:53:30 GMT -5 Ikoma Buretto said:

Feb 25, 2011 3:36:17 GMT -5 @tadakasan said:

*Shogun (and soon 2!) - Shogun's just a bit old now, but it's still a great way to look at the tactics of samurai warriors along with ashigaru, sohei, and ninja, And looking at the gameplay previews for Shogun 2 it looks like it'll be 20 times better.

I always figured if L5R had a computer Game, the guys of Total War should do it because of how great Shogun captures the elements of warfare we'd expect.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIW6a1BsUcU
*nods* Watch that if you haven't already. Obviously not a Lion army defending, but you get the point

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gim3Jb8XsLM&feature=related
Oh, and a little something for you lovers samurai wearing black pajamas from the game. No ninja of course; ninja don't exist.

[Utaku Kasumi]

I'd say...
* Genji monogatari
* Tsubaki Sanjuuro - Kurosawa
* Youjimbo - Kurosawa
* Kagemusha - Kurosawa
* Azumi (1,2)
* Shinobi
* Kozure Ookami
* Most of movies with "Zatoichi"
* Tasogare Seibei (1), Kakushi Ken: Oni no Tsume (2), Bushi no Ichibun (3)
* Mibu Gishi Den
* Ten to chi to
* Satomi Hakkende
* Yagu ichizoku no inbou
* Seppuku
* Samurai Sebun (aka Samurai 7)
* Code of the Samurai

Hmm, and some more But those were ok

[shinguma]

Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess
Throne of Blood
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

none japan based (Hong Kong / China & Korean
Storm Riders
the Duel (reminds me of a Crane and a Dragon duel)
Red Cliff 1 &2
Chinese ghost Story ( a spider clan love story) animated
Warlord
Seven Swords
Three Kingdoms:Resurrection of the Dragon
The restless
The banquet
The promise
Curse of the golden flower
An Empress and the Warrior


Shadowless sword
Arahan
The duelist

[Utaku Kasumi]

Of curse, I didn't "double" those already here
Man, my list would be a monster... I watch too many movies it seems

edit:
Now when I read again those above... I see some doubles Like Seppuku/Harakiri etc Oh well

[Mirumoto Asano]

My personal favourite
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story

[Doji Hyuu]

I've always found Il Divo to be really inspirational for playing courtiers.

[Kakita Shinji]

Feb 25, 2011 5:43:27 GMT -5 @shinguma said:

Arahan

Nioh, nioh... right, that was one crazy ride
i.dramacrazy.net/arahan.jpg - that's my wallpaper right now.