Samuraidvd.com
I have been collecting jidaigeki* films for several years now. They are a genre of film I thoroughly enjoy.
At first I started with the basics, “Seven Samurai,” Samurai Trilogy” “Hidden Fortress,” Yojimbo,” Baby cart Series, and several of the Zatoichi adventures. But as time went by, I started searching for some of the more unknown, harder to find films.
Recently I found a website that offers some of the difficult to obtain jidaigeki films. That site is called “samuraidvd.com.”
Looking over their site they offer at least 100 movies, ranging in price from the upper twenties to low forties. Titles such as:
They also offer the five-part Musahi movie, which is based more closely on the book written by Eiji Yoshikawa than the better-known Mifune version, as well as the complete Satan’s sword trilogy. Two movie sets I had had a hard time finding in the past.
Since I have only recently discovered this site, I have not had the chance to order anything yet, so I cannot comment on their customer service or the quality of their products. However, I look forward to making my first purchase really soon.
* “Jidaigeki is a genre of film and televeision or theater play in Japan. The name means period drama, and the period is usually the Edo period of Japanese history which was from 1600 to 1868. Some, however, are set much earlier — “Portrait of Hell,” for example, is set during the late Heian period. Jidaigeki show the lives of the samurai, farmers, craftsmen and merchants of this time. Jidaigeki films are sometimes referred to as chambara movies, a word meaning "sword fight". They have a set of dramatic conventions including the use of makeup, language, catchphrases, and plotlines.”
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At first I started with the basics, “Seven Samurai,” Samurai Trilogy” “Hidden Fortress,” Yojimbo,” Baby cart Series, and several of the Zatoichi adventures. But as time went by, I started searching for some of the more unknown, harder to find films.
Recently I found a website that offers some of the difficult to obtain jidaigeki films. That site is called “samuraidvd.com.”
Looking over their site they offer at least 100 movies, ranging in price from the upper twenties to low forties. Titles such as:
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They also offer the five-part Musahi movie, which is based more closely on the book written by Eiji Yoshikawa than the better-known Mifune version, as well as the complete Satan’s sword trilogy. Two movie sets I had had a hard time finding in the past.
Since I have only recently discovered this site, I have not had the chance to order anything yet, so I cannot comment on their customer service or the quality of their products. However, I look forward to making my first purchase really soon.
* “Jidaigeki is a genre of film and televeision or theater play in Japan. The name means period drama, and the period is usually the Edo period of Japanese history which was from 1600 to 1868. Some, however, are set much earlier — “Portrait of Hell,” for example, is set during the late Heian period. Jidaigeki show the lives of the samurai, farmers, craftsmen and merchants of this time. Jidaigeki films are sometimes referred to as chambara movies, a word meaning "sword fight". They have a set of dramatic conventions including the use of makeup, language, catchphrases, and plotlines.”
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