Film Review: Goyokin (1969)
byGoyokin is a samurai film about honour. Opening voice-over narration explains that the title refers to a payment of gold delivered as a tax…
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Film review: Shane (1953)
by‘A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.’ These are words to live by. These are words…
Film Review: Yojimbo (1961)
byYojimbo (1961) is probably legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s most accessible film for modern audiences. By his standards it is relatively short, full of…
Film Review: Seven Samurai (1954)
byEarly in Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) the wise Kambei Shimada (Takashi Shimura) explains, ‘I’m not a man with any special skills, but I’ve…