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50 Best Samurai Films of All Time (by Paste Magazine)

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First thoughts: this is a super predictable, obvious list of with the bare minimum of observation or research.

1-3: PRE-MUROMACHI | BEFORE THE 14th CENTURY A.D.
4-10: THE AGE OF CIVIL WAR | 1460s – 1603
11-48: THE EDO PERIOD | ca. 1603 – 1860s
49-61: THE END OF THE SAMURAI | LATE 19th CENTURY

There are 61 entries in the list bc the original list includes trilogies and series counted as single entries. They have been split into individual entries.

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/08/the-50-best-samurai-films-of-all-time.html?a=1

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Movies on 50 Best Samurai Films of All Time (by Paste Magazine) List
TitleDirector(s)Year ReleasedWatchedViewed On
13 AssassinsTakashi Miike2010Yes06/01/2011
47 Ronin, TheKenji Mizoguchi1941NoN/A
Actor's Revenge, AnKon Ichikawa1963Yes02/03/2014
After the RainTakashi Koizumi2000NoN/A
AssassinationMasahiro Shinoda1964NoN/A
Bloody Spear at Mount FujiTomu Uchida1955NoN/A
ChûshinguraHiroshi Inagaki1962NoN/A
Dora-heitaKon Ichikawa2000NoN/A
Gate of HellTeinosuke Kinugasa1953NoN/A
Gonza the SpearmanMasahiro Shinoda1986NoN/A