Samurai

PHOTOS: National Geographic Spotlights Samurai In New Exhibition

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 03.02.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Cherry blossom season is coming up fast, and the National Geographic Museum is getting into the spirit of all things Japanese with its n...

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Movie review: Outrage

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.29.2012

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Marshall Fine

Takeshi Kitano has always been a rule-breaker so it's no surprise that Outrage, his latest gangster film, should foil expectations. A good part of th...

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Leonardo Vecchiarelli: La Grande Transizione, Women Warriors Meet Oriental Empresses

Evelyne Politanoff | Posted 12.28.2011

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Evelyne Politanoff

2011-10-28-Leonardo.jpg There are 30 pictures of women warriors, dressed and decorated with the keen eye of a samurai preparing for battle, inspired by oriental empresses.

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Ben Muessig

Samurai Sword Suspect Has A Face Cops Won't Forget

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Muessig | Posted 11.30.2011

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Albert Tejeda has a face that's hard to forget -- especially for deputies with the Pinal County Sheriff's Office. Thanks the suspect's unique facia...

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Actor Josh Hartnett Toys With Swordplay in Bunraku and Lives to Discuss It

Brad Balfour | Posted 11.29.2011

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Brad Balfour

Through Bunraku, an archly-stylized swordplay fantasy, Josh Hartnett returns to the genre spotlight. This computer-enhanced tale revolves around a "Man with No Name," and draws heavily on Samurai and Western tropes in an alternate-world dystopia.

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David Lohr

Sword-Swinging Samurai Declares Himself 'Cuckoo For Cocoa Puffs'

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 11.06.2011

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Authorities in Indiana say they have arrested a 43-year-old, sword-carrying samurai who described himself as "Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs." On Sunday, I...

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Shirtless Man With Samurai Sword Arrested On Indiana Highway

Posted 11.06.2011

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A Cicero man is being held in an Indiana jail after authorities found him marching shirtless down Interstate 65 wielding a 35-inch samurai sword Sunda...

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Cannes 2011: Director Takashi Miike Speaks About Samurai Ritual Suicide

Karin Badt | Posted 07.22.2011

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Karin Badt

Takashi Miike's new film Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai -- in three D -- starts with an intriguing (although unbearably long) ritual scene of hara kiri...

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Controversial War Photography

Posted 05.25.2011

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WHO: Felice Beato WHAT: A Photographer on the Eastern Road WHERE: The J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Center 1200 Getty Center Drive Los Angeles, ...

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Cultish Cinema Stalks Manhattan for the Next Month

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brad Balfour

This spring is bringing out the weird in a lot of film programmers. Topping the list of strangely eccentric festivals to come is Lincoln Center Film Society's annual Film Comment Selects.

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Welcome To The Imaginarium: The Art Of Ray Caesar

Kisa Lala | Posted 05.25.2011

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