Yet, stylish and dazzling,Blade of the Immortalwas an excellent representation of its source material.
No other film could have pulled off such a daring idea successfully.
There’s no shortage of violence and gore in this film, either.
One of Kurosawa’s later works,Kagemushastands as a testament to his longevity as a filmmaker.
However, before those two releases came the comparatively less-recognizedNinja Scroll.
High-octane, blood-soaked, and limit-pushing,Ninja Scrollmade Western audiences sit up and take notice.
It’s a period drama and action film that checks all of the boxes for the genre.
Even more impressive is the fact that it’s a remake of a 1963 classic from an esteemed director.
Before13 Assassins, many film critics agreed that samurai films were no longer fashionable and had aged poorly.
Fortunately, the13 Assassinsremake proved everyone wrong.
Ranis basically Kurosawa’s take on Shakespeare’sKing Lear.
It involves a dying feudal lord who drove his kingdom to ruin.
1957’sThrone of Bloodwas his second-highest-rated film according to Rotten Tomatoes.
LikeRan,Throne of Bloodwas Kurosawa’s take on another Shakespeare classic, this time adapting the epicMacbeth.
It also features Toshiro Mifune, perhaps Kurosawa’s favorite actoras the protagonist.
