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77 Years Later, Kurosawa’s Noir Masterpiece Just Got A Huge Upgrade

'Stray Dog,' Kurosawa’s 1949 crime thriller, is back and better than ever in 4K. Here's what to know.

Inverse

No licence to steal: Original Bond girl fortune found in Italy among villas, vineyards and artworks

Italian authorities have seized up to €20 million worth of property, artworks and financial assets allegedly bought from money stolen from Ursula Andress, the original Bond girl who starred opposite Sean Connery in 1962's Dr. No.

Euronews

"What we wanted to depict was the figure of a young, rough-edged Musashi": Onimusha: Way of the Sword's protagonist melds a historical figure with a cinematic legend

Big in 2026 | History, cinema, and dark fantasy clash – and the resulting explosion is dazzling

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Tatsuya Nakadai obituary

One of the greatest actors of Japanese cinema best known for Ran, the 1985 film adaptation of King Lear

The Guardian - UK

The golden age of Japanese cinema: 5 Tatsuya Nakadai films you must see

The great Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai has died, aged 92. Alongside fellow actor Toshiro Mifune (1920–97), Nakadai was, for many, the face of Japanese cinema across the globe.

The Conversation

Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese actor of Ran, Yojimbo and Harakiri, dies aged 92

Star of Japan’s cinematic golden age, who collaborated with Kurosawa and played the lead in Kobayashi’s Human Condition trilogy, died from pneumonia

The Guardian - AU

62 Years Later, Kurosawa's Noir Masterpiece Just Got A Huge Upgrade

Just like America expressed its national anguish on-screen, so too did Japan, through one of its greatest filmmakers.

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While Everybody's Talking About Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest, Can I Please Talk About The Excellent Akira Kurosawa Movie That Inspired It?

You can be high, or you can be low, but there is no in-between in this film noir classic.

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Onimusha: Way of the Sword started development in 2020, but it took 2 years to get late samurai movie star Toshiro Mifune's likeness for the protagonist

The idea to have Mifune came from the game's director trying to visualize "what it is about samurai that makes them actually cool"

GamesRadar

28 years after his death, Onimusha: Way of the Sword has recast one of Japan's most legendary actors in one of his most iconic roles

Toshiro Mifune posthumously returns to his role as Miyamoto Musashi

GamesRadar

Capcom is so devoted to samurai authenticity with the new Onimusha, it went and licensed the face of Japan's most legendary actor

Onimusha: Way of the Sword got Toshiro Mifune.

PC Gamer

Stray Dog/High and Low review – Kurosawa lifts crime drama to astonishing new peaks

Drawing on hardboiled US fiction, as American film had fed on his own Seven Samurai, the director brings unforgettable intensity to his anxious noir

The Guardian - UK

Seven Samurai at 70: the greatest action film of all time

Directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura, 1954’s Seven Samurai (七人の侍, Shichinin no Samurai), is a technical and creative watershed of the action genre and world cinema.

The Conversation

32 must-see samurai movies for Ghost of Tsushima fans

Jin Sakai’s sword cuts deep, and so do these classic movies

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The 10 best samurai movies of all time, ranked

From 13 Samurai to The Last Samurai, we pick the 10 best samurai movies that you need to rewatch today

The Guardian - AU

Rashomon: Akira Kurosawa’s truly daring film is still electrifying

Famously telling four contradictory accounts of the same event – a samurai is dead – Kurosawa’s unsettling movie influenced countless productions that came after

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