Stray Dogs & Lone Wolves Samurai Film Handbook TP

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Stray Dogs & Lone Wolves provides essential background on the samurai warrior in Japanese culture and helps explain what makes these tales of loyalty, revenge, and explosive swordsmanship so watchable. Covering top directors and stars, this guide boasts over 50 original reviews of a wide variety of films, from classics such as the Oscar-winning Samurai Trilogy and Yojimbo (remade five times including A Fistful of Dollars) to influential films such as Lady Snowblood, and newly released hits such as Takeshi Kitano’s Zatoichi.