Samurai

Samurai

A community portal about Samurai with blogs, videos, and photos. Samurai was a term for the military nobility in pre-industrial Japan. The word'samurai' is derived from the archaic Japanese verb'samorau', changed to'saburau', meaning'to... [more]

A community portal about Samurai with blogs, videos, and photos. Samurai was a term for the military nobility in pre-industrial Japan. The word'samurai' is derived from the archaic Japanese verb'samorau', changed to'saburau', meaning'to serve'; a samurai is the servant of a lord.

Hollywood has long been an enthusiastic remaker of foreign films, including ones from Japan. Kurosawa was an early favorite since his samurai could easily be repurposed as cowboys, beginning with "The Magnificent Seven," the 1960 remake of "The Seven Samurai," (1954). J-horror was also once a fertile remake hunting ground, with the hit shockers "Ring" (1998) and "Ju-on" ("The Grudge," 2002) getting Hollywood do-overs, but pickings have since...  
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