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  • Assassination (1964)
    Battle for supremacy in 19th century Japan, as America attempts to open trade routes.
  • High And Low (1963)
    When a man who thinks his child has been kidnapped discovers they've nabbed the wrong kid, he has to decide if the life of another's son is equally worth saving.
  • Seven Samurai (1954)
    Review preview for Seven Samurai

    It's easy to forget that beyond its huge influence it is also hugely entertaining.

    Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
    A village enlists a group of samurai to defend them from bandits.
  • Zen And Sword (1961)
    Review preview for Zen And Sword

    Musashi is no American action hero. He does not need a kidnapped daughter of murdered wife to justify violence. All he needs is becoming spiritually one with the sword.

    Donald Munro · 4 out of 5
    An adaptation of Yoshikawa Eiji's biography of Miyamoto Musashi, swordsman and author of the Book Of Five Rings, who fights his way through many opponents while developing his philosophy of swordsmanship.

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