Under the Stones: How Bushido Made Me Want to Learn Go
Bushido made Go click: samurai drama, real board strategy, hidden moves, and me becoming proudly terrible one stone at a time.
G.I. Samurai: Sonny Chiba Takes a Tank to Feudal Japan
Sonny Chiba takes a tank to feudal Japan in a messy, brutal cult epic about war, power, and the madness of rewriting history.
Kurosawa Walks Into the Samurai Genre and Locks the Doors
Kurosawa’s first samurai film hits Cannes: a siege outside, a murder inside, and paranoia closing in. This one feels different.
Bushido
Had a Go idea for VIKINGS vs SAMURAI. Then Bushido drops and I’m like damn, Shiraishi already played that hand better, deeper, colder.
I Saw Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Kill Bill on the big screen was pure bliss: epic fights, electric crowd, plush seats, zero distractions. I’m going again. If it’s playing, don’t miss it.
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
December 5. Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair. Four hours, one cut, all blood. Not a movie, Tarantino’s gospel. I’m calling it: this is church.
Three Sons, One Mad Lord, and Zero Pee Breaks: Surviving Ran in 4K
Took a day off, saw Kurosawa’s Ran in 4K. Bleak, brutal, brilliant. King Lear with samurai, fire, betrayal, and one hell of a jester.
How Seven Samurai Became the Blueprint for Modern Action Cinema
Seven Samurai (1954) didn’t just change cinem, it became the blueprint for every badass misfit-squad story that followed.
The White Viking
Baptized, exiled, hunted, Askur fakes death in blood, Embla flees the king. A church burns, a father falls, and fate tightens its grip.
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Duel at Ganryu Island isn’t just a trilogy closer, it’s a masterclass in endings. No nostalgia bait, no excess. Just Musashi, Kojiro, and the duel that seals a legend.
