Ron Howard's «The Missing» takes place in 1886; «The Alamo» revisits the 1836 siege; and «The Last Samurai,» starring Tom Cruise, details an epic slice of
Japanese warrior culture circa 1875.
Not exact matches
Melville took lone
warrior mythology from
Japanese culture, married it with the tough guy angles of»40s gangster movies, and, along with John Boorman and Point Blank, ushered in a new age of neo noir.
With excellent art, voice acting, and plot progression that makes you care about the minutiae of everyday life for a troupe of
warriors, Utawarerumono is definitely a series that fans of anime, books and manga, or feudal
Japanese culture will absolutely love.
Details of four works in the Connecting
Cultures installation, from top: Girl in a
Japanese Costume, circa 1890, William Merritt Chase; Seated Shakyamuni Buddha, late 19th — early 20th century;
Warrior Figure, Huastec, 13th or 14th Century; Mask (Ges), 19th century