Silver Screen Samurai
The Best of Japan’s Samurai Movie Posters
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Silver Screen Samurai: The Best of Japan’s Samurai Movie Posters
by DH Publishing
For 50 years samurai movies have wowed the Japanese - and the world - with gory sword fights and tear-jerking tales of honor and sacrifice. From Kurosawa's Seven Samurai to anime's Samurai X, this first-ever collection of original samurai movie art pays tribute to a cinematic genre that is truly Japanese. Silver Screen Samurai is a must-have for samurai fans, movie-buffs and lovers of poster art!
About Author:
DH Publishing is Tokyo's #1 publisher of Japanese pop culture books for the English speaking world. DH Publishing's goal is to introduce non-Japanese readers to the many facets of Japan's vibrant pop and underground cultures.
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With their menacing depictions of sword-wielding warriors, samurai movie posters have been coaxing fans into theaters since the 1930s. Fuzzy landscapes featuring cherry tree blossoms or Himalayan peaks often serve as the background for these fierce-looking heroes, who usually appear with their eyebrows furrowed in determination as a fair maiden looks on. This compendium, which claims to be the first ever collection of original samurai movie art, is divided into four main chronological sections, spanning the years 1935 to 2003. In his introduction, Foster, who has lived in Japan for 26 years, reviews samurai poster themes (such as the popularity of the color red) and describes important actors, like Katsu Shin, who appears in 16 of the films covered in the book. He also provides a section on"what to look for" in samurai movie posters and explains terms like kodachi (a small, short sword) and ronin (a masterless samurai).
