Sentences with phrase «samurai epic»

Putting the difficult nature of Nioh aside, the finely tuned combat that Team Ninja has crafted for this samurai epic is among the best I've played in years.

Team Ninja's samurai epic, Nioh, moves to change that scenario by taking the player deeper into the Far East where dragons and knights have been replaced with more vicious samurai and yokai.

Ghost of Tsushima Infamous creator Sucker Punch announced Samurai epic Ghost of Tsushima at Paris Games Week.

Dark Horse has collected Lone Wolf and Cub in 28 volumes, making this classic samurai epic accessible to all.

But when Miike committed to remaking Eiichi Kudô's underseen 1963 samurai epic, he took his time.

That was also the case in 2011's brother vs. brother MMA brawler Warrior, the Thai Ong Bak movies, and Takashi Miike's 2010 samurai epic, 13 Assassins — all of which rank among the most interesting action films to hit theaters in recent years.

It was only a month ago that I wrote about Takashi Miike's latest incredible film, the thrilling samurai epic «Blade of the Immortal,» which earned a place on my top ten films list of last year.

Team Ninja's samurai epic, Nioh, moves to change that scenario by taking the player deeper into the Far East where dragons and knights have been replaced with more vicious samurai and yokai.

8:00 am / 7:00 am — IFC — The Seven Samurai Akira Kurosawa's Samurai epic usually appears very near the top of any list of favorite / best foreign films.

It's a solid samurai epic with Cruise fighting out of his element, playing an American Civil War official overseas as a dynasty comes to an end.

His best - known films remain his samurai epics Seven Samurai and Yojimbo, but his intimate dramas, such as Ikiru and High and Low, are just as searing.

Not exact matches

Though Vanilla Sky's sometimes surreal trappings found the film receiving a mixed reception at the box office, the same could not be said for the following year's massively successful sci - fi chase film Minority Report, directed by Steven Spielberg, or of the historical epic The Last Samurai, directed by Edward Zwick.For his next film, Cruise picked a role unlike any he'd ever played; starring as a sociopathic hitman in the Michael Mann psychological thriller Collateral.

A great Japanese fantasy tale, filled with epic samurai upholding social order ahead of their own lives.The film does a great job of showing that duty and honor to ones lord is far more important than adventure.

At the same time, Uchida is responsible for some of the most remarkable swordplay films of the 1950s and»60s; his five - film Musashi Miyamoto epic (not screened at MOMA), starring Kinnosuke Nakamura in the title role and Ken Takakura as his arch-nemesis Kojiro, surpasses the better - known Inagaki Samurai Trilogy starring Toshiro Mifune in terms of both drama and swordplay, yet remains little - known in the West (despite its availability on DVD in the U.S.) After the BAM retrospective (and others) in 2008, most of Uchida's films remained unscreened and undistributed in America, so with MOMA's bigger series recently ending, it's time again to encourage distributors like the Criterion Collection, Kino Lorber, and Arrow Video to bring out more of the director's masterpieces, both for critical reconsideration and for those whom the veteran filmmaker will be a major new discovery.

Needless to say, things go awry quite quickly for each faction that leads to an epic battle between the Knights, Vikings and Samurai.

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.

Universal's troubled, long delayed, and mega budget (at least $ 200 million) samurai fantasy epic was so ambitious it stirred reports that the studio had to briefly step in to help commercials and short helmer Carl Erik Rinsch out with...

But the epic battle, on Wakanda, is another Marvel hash, as far removed from Game of Thrones» spectacular Battle of the Bastards as Battle of the Bastards is from the thunderous clash in the rain and mud in Akira Kurosawa's great Seven Samurai.

The Last Samurai At once a sprawling epic, an intimate character study, and a critique on American imperialism, Edward Zwick's The Last Samurai is the director's crowning achievement.

13 Assassins was an exciting, epic throwback to the samurai films of Akira Kurosawa, as well as being Takashi Miike» best film to date.

The 300 - year - old story of the 47 ronin — samurai who sought revenge against the man who drove their master to suicide — becomes an epic battle of physical skill versus witchcraft.

An epic story that begins 1000 years prior takes you through villages and dungeons and places you as the wandering samurai Shiren alongside figures straight out of Japanese mythology.

2 (Grade: B): This kinder, gentler second half (not a sequel, the producers stress) of Quentin Tarantino's epic vengeance saga has its heroine (Uma Thurman) buried alive, training with a kung fu master (Gordon Liu), battling several villains (Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah) for re-possession of her samurai sword and trying to work out her relationship problems with Bill (David Carradine) in an anti-climactic series of rather static dialogue scenes.

Japan Cuts: The Festival of New Japanese Film comes roaring back to life for another season of fresh flicks with the ninja - samurai action epic MUMON: The Land of Stealth kicking things off July 13 at the Japan Society in New...

Miike has been known to be a little excessive when it comes to runtimes lately, delivering films like his two recent samurai flicks that ran about 140 minutes each, but at least for those, it's slightly justified because of the epic story.

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There, adamantium claws will clash with samurai steel as Logan confronts a mysterious figure from his past in an epic battle that will change him forever.

The writer / director, who's known for the epic samurai flick 13 Assassins among many other films, has pulled together a stellar Japanese cast, with talented youngster Hana Sugisaki starring alongside the action icon / cultural phenomenon Takuya Kimura.

The Last Samurai is an epic movie, and I'll tell you right now, it wasn't designed for watching.

It's not always the case that such wisdom transfers to other mediums, but if it can be applied to the world of film, Akira Kurosawa's seminal epic Seven Samurai would certainly be the test case.

Once all the pieces get put into place, 13 Assassins spends its second hour unleashing one of the great action sequences of this century, an epic battle between an army of hundreds and the small group of samurai.

Former television director Zwick, who would go on to make Academy Award nominated epics like Glory and The Last Samurai, directs his first feature film with this one, and the result is uneven for the most part, but when it works, it works well.

One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a sixteenth - century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bSamurai (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a sixteenth - century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bsamurai) tells the story of a sixteenth - century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits.

Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune.

Mini Ninjas is a new IP developed by IO Interactive and published by Eidos, in which you will assume the role of Hiro, Futo, Suzume and their ninja friends in an epic adventure to save the world from being destroyed by the Evil Samurai Warlord with Kuji Magic which he stole from the Tengu, the bird people.

Some upcoming Wii games include Metroid ™: Other M on Aug. 31, Samurai Warriors ™ 3 on Sept. 27, Wii Party ™ on Oct. 3, Kirby's Epic Yarn ™ on Oct. 17, PokéPark ™ Wii: Pikachu's Adventure on Nov. 1, FlingSmash ™ on Nov. 7 and Donkey Kong Country ™ Returns on Nov. 21.

Those games announced for the convention next week include: action - fantasy epic TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll, the mysterious Warriors: Legends of Troy, DS - exclusive creature - trainer / racer Monster Racers, and the sequel to the Dynasty Warriors / Samurai Warriors crossover brawler, Warriors Orochi 2.

Wii games slated for release this year inlcude: Sin & Punishment: Star Successor on June 27, Metroid: Other M on August 31, Samurai Warriors 3 on September 27, Kirby's Epic Yarn and Wii Party in the fall, and Donkey Kong Country Returns, FlingSmash and PokePark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure for the holidays.

While the promise of a bunch of Samurai beating each other up in epic battles spanning huge arenas and hundreds of fighters on both sides sounds like a really fun time, admittedly, I wasn't too excited to review this one before I actually played it.

No time to avoiding evil gear up with lethal weapons, samurai sword, shuriken and all for epic revenge in android play store.

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The above cinematic is just the beginning, the show demonstrated how you can play as the Vikings and sail your fleet heading to plunder the Samurai Warriors in an epic battle.

These material experiments eventually led to her breakthrough series Samurai (1981 — 83), first shown at Phyllis Kind (1983) and recently on view at JTT Gallery, New York (November 13, 2016 — January 15, 2017), one of three galleries that currently represent the artist.4 Haunted by the memory of a scene from Akira Kurosawa's epic film Kagemusha (1980), in particular the armor worn by samurai during a ceremonial gathering, Simpson abstracted the cascading arcs and linear folds of the warriors» skirts into free - form struSamurai (1981 — 83), first shown at Phyllis Kind (1983) and recently on view at JTT Gallery, New York (November 13, 2016 — January 15, 2017), one of three galleries that currently represent the artist.4 Haunted by the memory of a scene from Akira Kurosawa's epic film Kagemusha (1980), in particular the armor worn by samurai during a ceremonial gathering, Simpson abstracted the cascading arcs and linear folds of the warriors» skirts into free - form strusamurai during a ceremonial gathering, Simpson abstracted the cascading arcs and linear folds of the warriors» skirts into free - form structures.