Movies

Movies

These flicks, brother, they’re the dynamite for VIKINGS vs SAMURAI. Think Seven Samurai, The Northman, and Lady Snowblood. They’re the cream of the crop, the kind of stories that’ll kick you in the teeth and leave you begging for more. Check ‘em out, they’ll blow your mind, just like they did mine!
Jul
06
Hidari

Keanu Reeves Joins Hidari, the Wood-Punk Samurai Revenge Film We Need

Keanu Reeves joins Hidari, a hand-carved wood-punk samurai epic of stop-motion, revenge, folklore, and anti-AI craft.
1 min read
Jun
30
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

The Samurai Code as Horror Show: Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

A brutal samurai film that exposes honor as obedience, turning family history into a 350-year curse of sacrifice and shame.
4 min read
Jun
19
Gobangiri

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.
2 min read
Jun
08
G.I. Samurai

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.
5 min read
May
18
The Samurai and the Prisoner

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.
2 min read
Mar
21
Bushido

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.
4 min read
Dec
06
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

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.
2 min read
Nov
11
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

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.
1 min read
Jun
24
4K restoration on Akira Kurosawa's Ran

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.
3 min read
May
30
Seven Samurai

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.
2 min read