Samurai Films (20 page)

A promotional poster for
Kagemusha. Kagemusha
directed by Akira Kurosawa and produced by Akira Kurosawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas for Kurosawa Production Co., Toho Studios and 20
^th
Century Fox. Image provided by 20th Century Fox and Photofest. © 20th Century Fox.

Tatsuya Nakadai as Hidetora.
Ran
directed by Akira Kurosawa and produced by Katsumi Furukawa, Masato Hara, Hisao Kurosawa and Serge Silberman for Greenwich Film Productions, Herald Ace Inc. and Nippon Herald Films.

Jiro’s army on the move. This beautiful image from
Ran
gives a good impression of the film’s large-scale battle scenes.
Ran
directed by Akira Kurosawa and produced by Katsumi Furukawa, Masato Hara, Hisao Kurosawa and Serge Silberman for Greenwich Film Productions, Herald Ace Inc. and Nippon Herald Films. Image provided by Orion Classics and Photofest. © Orion Classics.

Seibei (Hiroyuki Sanada) is both a caring father…
The Twilight Samurai
directed by Yoji Yamada and produced by Hiroshi Fukazawa, Shigehiro Nakagawa and Ichiro Yamamoto for Hakuhodo, Nippon Television Network Corporation and the Sumitomo Corporation.

…and a skilled warrior.
The Twilight Samurai
directed by Yoji Yamada and produced by Hiroshi Fukazawa, Shigehiro Nakagawa, and Ichiro Yamamoto for Hakuhodo, Nippon Television Network Corporation and the Sumitomo Corporation.

Takeshi Kitano as Zatoichi.
Zatoichi
(2003) directed by Takeshi Kitano and produced by Masayuki Mori and Tsunehisa Saito for Bandai Visual Co., Saito Entertainment and Office Kitano Productions.

Tadanobu Asano as Hattori and Takeshi Kitano as Zatoichi.
Zatoichi
(2003) directed by Takeshi Kitano and produced by Masayuki Mori and Tsunehisa Saito for Bandai Visual Co., Saito Entertainment and Office Kitano Productions. Image provided by Miramax and Photofest. © Miramax.

An unusual duel in an unusual temple.
Aragami
directed by Ryuhei Kitamura and produced by Yuuji Ishida, Shinya Kawai and Haruo Umekawa for Napalm Films, Amuse, Micott and DUEL film partners.

Yukiyoshi Ozawa as Yaichiro and Masatoshi Nagase as Munezo.
The Hidden Blade
directed by Yoji Yamada and produced by Hiroshi Fukazawa for Shochiku Co. Image provided by Shochiku, Tartan and Photofest. © Shochiku.

Masatoshi Nagase as Munezo and Takako Matsu as Kie.
The Hidden Blade
directed by Yoji Yamada and produced by Hiroshi Fukazawa for Shochiku Co. Image provided by Shochiku, Tartan and Photofest. © Shochiku.