Fan of Chanbara? This quiz is for you!
In connection with the release of the animated film Samouraï Academy, we have prepared a special quiz for you. Can you find which movie these 9 samurai come from?
In the animated feature film by Rob Minkoff, Mark Kotsier and Chris Bailey, Hank, a toy dog, dreams of being a samurai in a world where that privilege is reserved…only for cats! Ridiculed, rejected by every samurai school, he meets a big, goofy Tom, who eventually agrees to teach him the ancestral techniques of the samurai.
Apprenticeship is going to be rough and Hank isn’t very talented. When the Shogun’s army of cats invades the city, the apprentice samurai’s courage and cunning will finally pay off.
Katanas, Sensei, Shogun… Samurai Academy A real Chanbara movie for children.
Japanese director Akira Kurosawa contributed greatly to the popularization of chanbara in cinema with films such as Seven Samurai, Rashomon, Ran or Kagemusha, Shadow of the Warrior.
After Samurai movies have become a genre unto themselves, and the West is moving beyond it. They have a wide range Inspired by both Edward Zwick’s The Last Samurai and Quentin Tarantino makes Respect the genre in Kill Bill.
On the small screen, samurai are also very present in live action (Le Samouraï, Shogun with Richard Chamberlain) or animation (Samurai Champloo, Afro Samurai, Kenshin le Vagabond…).
With the film release of Samurai Academy, co-directed by Rob Minkoff, The Lion King, samurai are back in the spotlight. The latter explains:The Samurai Academy draws freely on Western culture and Eastern traditionsThe film really combines the Western and Chanbara genres.
Omar Sy will be Yasuke, the first black samurai
At the beginning of last September, Netflix announced thatOmar C will star in the live-action adaptation of the animated series Yasuke, based on the true story of Kuro-san, a 16th-century African slave.
Thus, the French actor will portray the first Black Samurai for the streaming platform.
The 5-episode series will be produced by Omar Sy, Sean Levy and Forest Whitaker aka Ghost Dog.
If the animated series flirts with fantasy, this new version will be a more faithful adaptation of the real story of the samurai. It will be discussed, in particular, about his friendship with the military leader Oda nabunaga, Known for being the first Japanese warrior to use firearms.
Source: allocine
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