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"Who rushes upon my sword kills himself."

A collection of books, movies, and music that will immerse you in the world of the samurai. These are organized by category and then slightly weighted from my more favorites to least favorites. Items which I have yet to view/read/hear are at the bottom of each category.

  1. 1.
    Samurai Rebellion (The Criterion Collection)
    by Masaki Kobayashi
  2. 2.
    Harakiri (The Criterion Collection)
    by Masaki Kobayashi
  3. 3.
    Yojimbo (The Criterion Collection)
    by Akira Kurosawa
  4. 4.
    Kill! (The Criterion Collection)
    by Kihachi Okamoto
  5. 5.
    Sanjuro (The Criterion Collection)
    by Akira Kurosawa
  6. 6.
    Goyokin

  7. 7.
    Ran (Masterworks Edition)

  8. 8.
    Red Lion

  10. 10.
    Samurai Trilogy Box Set (The Criterion Collection)
    by Hiroshi Inagaki
  11. 11.
    The Twilight Samurai

  12. 12.
  13. 13.
    Kagemusha (The Criterion Collection)
    by Akira Kurosawa
  14. 14.
    Chushingura
    by Hiroshi Inagaki
  15. 15.
    Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
    by Tadashi Sawashima
  16. 16.
    Dora-Heita
    by Kon Ichikawa
  17. 17.
    Samurai Banners
    by Hiroshi Inagaki
  18. 18.
    When the Last Sword Is Drawn
    by Yôjirô Takita
  19. 19.
  21. 21.
  22. 22.
    Incident at Blood Pass
    by Hiroshi Inagaki
  23. 23.
    The Last Samurai (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Edward Zwick
  24. 24.
    A Film By Hiroyuki Nakano: Samurai Fiction
    by Hiroyuki Nakano
  25. 25.
    Sword of the Beast (The Criterion Collection)
    by Hideo Gosha
  26. 26.
    The Hidden Blade
    by Yôji Yamada
  28. 28.
    Shogun's Samurai - The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy
    by Kinji Fukasaku
  29. 29.
    Ronin Gai
    by Kazuo Kuroki
  31. 31.
    Mikogami Trilogy

  32. 32.
    Kwaidan (The Criterion Collection)
    by Masaki Kobayashi
  33. 33.
    Time Slip (aka GI Samurai) Two-Disc Special Edition
    by Mitsumasa Saito and Kosei Saito
  34. 34.
    The Sword of Doom (The Criterion Collection)
    by Kihachi Okamoto
  35. 35.
    Samurai Assassin
    by Kihachi Okamoto
  36. 36.
    Samurai Spy (The Criterion Collection)
    by Masahiro Shinoda
  37. 37.
    Shogun's Shadow: The Sonny Chiba Collection
    by Yasuo Furuhata
  38. 38.
    Legend Of The Eight Samurai
    by Kinji Fukasaku
  39. 39.
    Kon Ichikawa's 47 Ronin
    by Kon Ichikawa
  40. 40.
    Shadow Hunters
    by Toshio Masuda
  41. 41.
    Echo of Destiny: Shadow Hunters II
    by Toshio Masuda
  42. 42.
    Demon Spies

  43. 43.
    The Bushido Blade

  44. 44.
    Shogun
    by James Clavell
  45. 45.
    The Book of Five Rings
    by Miyamoto Musashi
  46. 46.
    Samurai William: The Englishman Who Opened Japan
    by Giles Milton
  47. 47.
    The Art of War (Shambhala Classics)
    by Sun Tzu
  49. 49.
    Soul Sword, 2nd Edition: The Way and Mind of a Zen Warrior
    by Vernon Kitabu Turner
  50. 50.
    Legends of the Samurai
    by Hiroaki Sato
  51. 51.
    Shinsengumi: The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps
    by Romulus Hillsborough
  52. 52.
    Musashi
    by Eiji Yoshikawa
  53. 53.
    Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
    by Yamamoto Tsunetomo
  54. 54.
  55. 55.
    Shakuhachi - The Japanese Flute
    by Kohachiro Miyata
  56. 56.
    Japan: Kabuki & Other Traditional Music
    by Various Artists
  57. 57.
    The Best of Kodo
    by Kodo
  58. 58.
    Yoshida Brothers
    by Yoshida Brothers
  59. 59.
    Yoshida Brothers 2
    by Yoshida Brothers
  60. 60.
    Japanese Traditional Koto and Shakuhachi Music
    by Satomi Saeki
  61. 61.
    Noh Music
    by Various Artists
  62. 62.
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Created by Rew on Jan 29, 2007.
 

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